Facing obstacles with courage and dignity, sums up the experience of Lucky Bisht, former National Security Guard (NSG) commando and spy whose real life story has been penned by S Hussain Zaidi in the book R.A.W Hitman: The real story of Agent Lima. Published by Simon & Schuster , the book, to be launched in the US and India, focusses on the years from 2011 to 2015 when Lucky Bisht, a personal bodyguard to many leading political leaders such as LK Advani, Chandrababu Naidu Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others, was accused of twin murders and imprisoned for five years.
The year was 2011 when Lucky, who was the bodyguard of LK Advani was on a 15-day leave when international arms dealer Raju Pargai and Amit Arya were murdered. and it was deduced that Agent Lima, a covert agent, considered one of the best snipers, was their killer. Investigative agencies then arrested Lucky Bisht, presumed him to be the face behind Agent Lima. “The book raises pertinent questions,” says Lucky over the phone from Mumbai. “It asks if Lucky and Agent Lima are the same; if they are not, why was Lucky accused, jailed and subsequently released?”
