The State of Police

Coomi Kapoor on Record breaking ages:

“Vikram Srivastava took over as head of the Central Reserve Police Force on the first of this month. His brother Raman Srivastava was appointed chief of the Border Security Force in August last year. That two brothers now head the country’s two largest para-military forces is a record of sorts. The Srivastavas’ elevation has also brought to the fore an old controversy regarding their ages. According to the files in the Home Ministry, there is a difference of just five months between the brothers, which is a biological impossibility. Raman was born on October 24, 1951 and Vikram on March 18, 1952. Asked about the discrepancy, Vikram brushed it aside with the cryptic remark, “The matter has been duly examined by the competent authority.” This is surely an even more amazing entry for the record books.”