The news of release of Malkangiri District collector Krishna by the maoists has come as big relief to all concerned as also to the family of abducted bureaucrat. Since yesterday the delay in his release has been causing concern to all as the risk involved was looming large with uncertainity over his release more after the release of junior engineer abducted alongwith him.This incident has come close to another unfortunate and bizzare incident involving Additional district collector Nashik in Maharashtra resulting in the death of a promising officer.Given these abnormal incidents it is now necessary to review the entire security mechanism provided to public servants so as to enable them to to discharge their duties fearlessly and efficiently.Over the decades there has been hardly any security to field officers in bureaucracy as they were to exhibit confidence so as to raisethe morale of their own team as well as the public at large by their own conduct. Going by personal experience in this field as formerI A S officer, it used to be normal to handle even serious law and order problems personally avoiding police presence and much less its use which was only to be the last resort.It now goes without saying that with changed scenario over a period of time as also the complexity of present times there is urgent need to address this issue of securtiy to public servants in general and field officers in particular.