R. V. S. Mani

Early life and education Mani was born and brought up in Delhi, as his father K.R. Ramaswamy served in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He holds a master's degree in sociology, an LL.B. from the University of Delhi, and an M.Sc. in Human Resource Development from the University of Manchester.

Mani later said that he had drafted the first affidavit under the guidance of senior officers, but had not drafted the supplementary affidavit and had signed and filed it because he was acting under official orders. In an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court in 2014, Mani alleged that CBI officers had subsequently harassed, followed and pressured him because he would not implicate his former superiors. In 2016, Mani further alleged that Verma had abused him and burned him with cigarettes during questioning in 2013. Verma denied torturing Mani and maintained the investigation team's conclusion that the encounter had been staged.

In August 2013, while serving as an under-secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development, Mani sought voluntary retirement from government service. His lawyer attributed the application to alleged harassment following Mani's questioning in the Ishrat Jahan investigation, although Mani's retirement letter did not itself mention harassment.

Writing and academic work

After his retirement from government service, he remained Visiting Processor at Sharda University, Agra. Mani wrote books and articles on internal security, public administration and politics. In 2018 he published, The Myth of Hindu Terror: Insider Account of Ministry of Home Affairs 2006–2010 (2018), followed by Deception: A Family That Deceived the Whole Nation in 2021, and When Mani Writes in 2022, s a collection of his previously published articles.

Honors and awards

Selected works