More royal than the king

The top cop of Andhra Pradesh, Mr M A Basith, went to town saying that the bullets used in the Mecca Masjid firing were indeed rubber bullets. The one who fed Basith this info: was none other than Balwinder Singh, the Hyderabad Police Commissioner. He was till recently Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission. Amiable and easily accessible, Balwinder has a good PR with all concerned. To start with, the Mecca Masjid firing caused a dent in his image. Added to that was the false infornatio purveyed. To worsen matters, he booked the Congress dissident leader's son P Janardhan Reddy's son and son-in-law under a section related to manslaughter and packed them off to jail !! Pleasing the boss is okay but why go overboard with it ?