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H.T.Sangliana : Policeman

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H.T.Sangliana : Policeman
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It’s a transformation that has seen the making of a legend in Karnataka’spolice force. A legend that has three feature films named after him. The first two were‘true’ stories. Sangliana III will be a futuristic account of how theofficer busts a drug gang in Karnataka following Hong Kong’s transfer to China in1997. Slapping corrupt officers, booking a chief minister’s driver for trafficviolation, cycling around in disguise to experience the problems faced by nightbeatconstables, seizing record amounts of timber and sandalwood, Sangliana has done it all.His negotiation skills are awesome. "I’ve never ordered a lathicharge,tear-gassing or firing," he says. But the state government has resisted appeals todraft Sangliana to catch Veerappan.

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"If I have achieved anything, I attribute it all to my faith in God and thepublic," says the staunch Christian, who has prayed and wept with victims of crime inhis chambers. "If there is a heaven and I go there and get an opportunity to serveGod and his people, I will choose the police service again."

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