Inspector Bhanupratap Barge sets example of transparency at time when Anna's anti-graft movement has gripped nation

As the debate over transparency in the higher echelons of the government rages on and top officials in government agencies continue to stonewall activists' demands to declare their assets, a grassroot-level public servant has set an example of sorts by making public the list of his movable and immovable properties on Facebook, the social networking site that now connects the world.


An officer and a gentleman: Inspector Bhanupratap Barge has
several achievements to his credit, including the President's medal.
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Police Inspector Bhanupratap Barge, who is attached to the Social Security Cell of the Crime Branch, has put up his property declaration on his Facebook wall at a time when Anna Hazare's anti-graft movement has gripped the imagination of the nation.