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Place of Birth: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
About Vibhuti Narain Rai
- Vibhuti Narain Rai (born 28 November 1951) is a police officer and author from India.
- He obtained an M.A.
- in English literature from Allahabad University in 1971 and joined the Indian Police Service in 1975 as a part of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
- He served many sensitive districts as a superintendent of police. Between 1992–2001, Rai was seconded to the Government of India, during which time his postings included anti-insurgency operations in the Kashmir Valley (1993–94).
- Subsequently, Rai has been posted as Additional Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh.
- He has been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Services and Police Medal for Meritorious Services. Rai has also written five works of Hindi literature, being the novels Ghar, Shahar Mein Curfew, Kissa Loktantra, Tabadla and Prem Ki Bhoot Katha.
- Some of these have been translated into other languages.
- He has also written satires, including the collection titled Ek Chhatra Neta Ka Rojnamcha.
- He has authored the chapter An Open Letter to My Fellow Police Officers in the book Gujarat:The making of a tragedy which is about the 2002 Gujarat riots.
- The book was edited by Siddharth Varadarajan and published by Penguin(ISBN 978-0143029014). On 4 March 2016 on the occasion of completing 200 years of Treaty of Sugauli, Mr.
- Rai got Ramesh Chandra Jha Smriti Samman 2016 for his contribution in Hindi literature.
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