It was 2007 and the insurgency against US troops was raging next door in Iraq. Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, a fellow secular Baathist like Assad, had been executed just six months earlier.
A man was arrested by the Madipakkam police after being found in possession of 5 grams of methamphetamine and a phone. Acting on a tip-off, a special police team from the Madipakkam Police Station ...