PC Arun Ghir   played by Abhin Galeya

First appearance    New Blood [# 660] (12/06/08)        

PC Arun Ghir joined the police the day after his dad got beaten up by a gang of 15-year-olds after he’d asked them to move away from his car. Now after two years in the service, Arun takes being a cop a tad too seriously. He’s full of fighting spirit and chomping at the bit to knock down doors and get a result.

Growing up, he would watch American gangster movies and developed a romanticised view of gangs. Arun couldn’t gel his hair without donning an American accent and reprising the Taxi Driver monologue in front of the mirror.

Within five weeks of signing up to London’s biggest gang, Arun was in a police uniform and on the beat. When faced with an insult from the gangs on his estate, for the first time, without any trace of fear or irony he would ask: “Are you talking to me?”