Ashok Kumar (police officer)

[citation needed] At the time of demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, he discharged curfew duties for ten days.

[citation needed] As  Senior Superintendent of Police in Haridwar, he collapsed the budding network of kidnappers, assassins, and land mafia who were trying to settle their roots in Uttarakhand after its creation.

[citation needed] As Additional Superintendent of Police in Nainital, he led the counter-terrorist operation gunning down two terrorists of the dreaded Hira Singh gang in a 3-hour long, fierce gun-fight on 22 January 1994.

[citation needed] Served in the UN Mission in war-infested Kosovo as Team Leader of Crime Investigation Unit for which he was awarded the UN Medal and Bar in 2001.

[citation needed] He has authored the book Human in Khaki,[3] which is a collection of anecdotes and experiences of him and Lokesh Ohri as police officers across numerous districts.

He has also authored three other books titled, Challenges to Internal Security of India, Cracking the Civil Services Examination: The Open Secret, and Ethics Integrity & Aptitude.