‘Police Need Accountability’: Former IB Special Director Yashovardhan Azad Speaks Out | Booked
Who polices the police? Should pellet guns be banned? Is India’s policing system still trapped in a colonial mindset? Has the Right to Privacy strengthened
Who polices the police? Should pellet guns be banned? Is India’s policing system still trapped in a colonial mindset? Has the Right to Privacy strengthened citizens - or weakened transparency? In this episode of Booked, India Today’s Marya Shakil speaks to former Intelligence Bureau Special Director Yashovardhan Azad about his latest book Policing The Republic. Drawing on over three decades in India’s security establishment, Azad reflects on police reforms, accountability, crowd control, intelligence, corruption, CBI autonomy, the Lokpal, surveillance, privacy, Manipur, Kashmir and the future of policing in a democracy.
He also explains why he believes political will - not merely new laws - is the missing piece in reforming India’s criminal justice system. Who should police the police? Police accountability and crowd control Why Yashovardhan Azad wants pellet guns banned The debate over privacy, facial recognition and surveillance Why CBI and Lokpal need structural reforms Lessons from the 1984 riots Manipur and the limits of security solutions Cricket, diplomacy and leadership Watch the full conversation on Booked.
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