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Shashi Bhushan Sahai was an Indian author who also served as Director General of Police in Bihar. He was a 1952 batch IPS officer.

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Shashi Bhushan Sahai was born in Arrah, the headquarters of Shahabad district (now Bhojpur) of Bihar. Sahai began his career as a college lecturer in Economics in 1950. He joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1952 and rose to be the Director General of Police. [1] . He died at 90 in Hyderabad.

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References

  1. Weisman, Steven R. (27 April 1987). "INDIA'S CORNER OF MYSTERY: BIHAR'S POOR AND LAWLESS". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 12 January 2011.