Sonia: The Beloved of the Masses

Advocate K V Thomas, a Law Graduate from Kerala University has over 36 years of distinguished career in Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in various capacities in different parts of India including the far-flung insurgency affected areas of North-East. For his outstanding contributions to the Bureau, he was decorated with President's Police Medal for Meritorious service in 1996, besides Special Awards of IB in the field of internal security. Awarded Police Fellowship by National Police Academy (NPA), Hyderabad for undertaking a research project on "Policing, Left Wing Extremism and Human/Civil Rights Issues" in 1998. His close observation on various aspects of law enforcement in different States and interaction with a wide spectrum of police personnel and objective and unbiased analysis of policing issues have given new insights into the intricate aspects of law inforcement in the country in the new millennium.