However, success always comes with controversies. One of the first ones was the alleged fake encounter in the underground parking lot of Ansal Plaza. Ashok Chand who had already served as DCP of the special cell for six years was shunted out. Singh also fell out of favour with Joint Commissioner Karnal Singh.
Inspector Sharma, however escaped, but not unscathed by controversies. His promotion as ACP, due for the last two years, had been put on hold due to a series of complaints against him. However, Sharma, with expertise as an intelligence analyst and experience of working on terrorist organization continued to remain in the good books.