The world came crashing down for Amrit Bir Singh, then 21 years old, when his father Raghbir Singh, an inspector with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was killed in an ambush laid by Maoists in Sukma area of Chhattisgarh in 2017. “The void can’t be filled, but there is some consolation that the government has secured my career by giving me a respectable job,” says Amrit Bir, now 25 and under training as a tehsildar. According to the government officers who interviewed him, besides being the only child of the slain CRPF inspector, he has strong credentials for the job.