He then studied law at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
He re-joined the police force on return to Fiji but in 1974 joined the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
In 1976, he left government service to set up a law firm in Ba.
For the 1987 general election, the NFP–Labour Coalition chose him as a candidate for the Nadi Indian Communal Constituency which he won easily, but was a member of Parliament for a month when the military coup of 1987 prematurely ended his political career.
[2] He was one of the coalition members not detained during the coup as he was not present in Parliament when it was stormed by armed soldiers led by Sitiveni Rabuka.