Saturday, January 25, 2014

Why we blame only the government and police??




#About the video shared as "delhi police brutaity"

I wish to begin by mentioning that i m n no way justifying the brutality..but lets think a moment..Sex determination and selective abortion of female foetus cannot be done without the connivance of doctors..yet we dont say "doctors brutality", There are lot of teachers who mistreat and misbehave their students, yet we dont say "teachers brutality", There are lot of  corporate companies which evade taxes, follow unethical business practices, compromise the quality of even life saving drugs(pharma company ranbaxy) yet we dont say "corporate brutality".I can add engineers, lawyers and every damn profession in this list. But when it comes to blaming the politicians are bueuracracy we use words like "dirty politics", "corrupt bueraucracy" etc as if every single person in this profession is corrupt...

There are corrupt people in every profession..each one of us is corrupt to a particular extent.Lets remember that we are able to sleep peacefully because there are honest police men who patrol in the streets round the clock sacrificing their sleeps.

I try my best to ignore AAP but couldnt..because the "delhi police brutality" video ended with a small propaganda for AAP.. When I was in delhi during 2011 Delhi high court blast, i received a message from team anna that "bomb blasts happen because of the apathy and connivance of corrupt police officers"..after the delhi december 17 gang rape incident, the AAP poster said "keep voting for the corrupt, women will keep getting raped"..Ending corruption may be a sensible goal but this absurdity has gone to the extent of linking each and every problem to corruption..

The example of height of this absurdity is -to blame only every politicians and government as corrupt as if we are ultra clean..

The brutality done by 2 men in uniform,if true, must be condemned. Further, its serious because the protectors of people themselves have become perpetrators of a crime.
 While blaming them on one side, I wish the same people to also remember hundreds of honest police officers and every men-in-uniform in the armed forces and paramilitary forces on Republic Day...

Please read the link below to know more
http://nitinagokhale.blogspot.in/2014/01/iaf-indian-army-bravehearts-awarded.html

Jai Hind


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Police-under State or Centre?





The debate whether the centre should control the police or state should control the police is ridiculous...only if the police force is insulated from the unwarranted influences of the government in power, they can work better. The supreme court has laid down this guideline far back in 2006.

The judgment had said, "Security Commission in every state to ensure that the state government does not exercise unwarranted influence or pressure on the state police and for laying down the broad policy guidelines so that the state police always acts according to the laws of the land and the Constitution of the country."

In total SC laid down 7 guidelines to ensure the effective functioning of police..(the PIL was put by Mr.Prakash Singh a retired IPS officer)

Noone other than a few rallied behing MR.Prakash singh, noone cared for 6 years why SC guidelines were not implemented(which implies contempt of court), even during the december 16 gangrape incident, noone talked abt police reforms, even at that time the Delhi police was under the control of centre..now suddenly everybody has woken up from slumber..

Police can function better only if the governments in power dont use it as their private army..it doesnt matter whether centre controls it or the state..

##if you need a reform demand it holistically and selflessly, not because your lawminister's batman avatar failed miserably. I hope Christopher Nolan forgives you....
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The 7 SC guidelines are as follows
Directive One
Constitute a State Security Commission (SSC) to:
(i) Ensure that the state government does not exercise unwarranted influence or pressure on
the police
(ii) Lay down broad policy guideline and
(iii) Evaluate the performance of the state police

Directive Two
Ensure that the DGP is appointed through merit based transparent process and secure a
minimum tenure of two years

Directive Three
Ensure that other police officers on operational duties (including Superintendents of Police
in-charge of a district and Station House Officers in-charge of a police station) are also
provided a minimum tenure of two years

Directive Four
Separate the investigation and law and order functions of the police..

Directive Five
Set up a Police Establishment Board (PEB) to decide transfers, postings, promotions and other
service related matters of police officers of and below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of
Police and make recommendations on postings and transfers above the rank of Deputy
Superintendent of Police

Directive Six
Set up a Police Complaints Authority (PCA) at  state level to inquire into public complaints
against police officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police in cases of
serious misconduct, including custodial death, grievous hurt, or rape in police custody and at
district levels to inquire into public complaints against the police personnel below the rank of
Deputy Superintendent of Police in cases of serious misconduct 

Directive Seven
Set up a National Security Commission (NSC)  at the union level to prepare a panel for
selection and placement of Chiefs of the Central Police Organisations (CPO) with a minimum
tenure of two years.