Policing the police

I wonder what is happening to the police these days. More than one hundred people, 115 as reported so far, died in a stampede which occurred in Ratangarh on October 13, 2013. one witness said, "I hear pilgrims screaming on the bridge tht police were dumping bodies and throwing injured and alive children into the river. I rescued six children from the site f the stampede, including one from the river." Another witness, Indel Aharwar, says, "I have seen policemen  dumping children into the river. it was a heart-wrenching scene...I am ready to testify before any court".(The Times of India, Bangalore, October 15, 2013 Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday announced constitution of a commission to be headed by Justice (retd) Rakesh Saksena of the high court to probe the Ratangarh temple stampede in which 115 people were killed and many injured. The decision to appoint Justice (retd) Saksena of the Madhya Pradesh high court was taken by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, official sources said. The one-member panel, to be headquartered at Gwalior, is mandated to probe the circumstances that led to the stampede on Sunday and the role of district and police officials concerned. The commission will have to submit its report, along with recommendations, within two months. A total of 115 people were killed and scores of others injured following a stampede on a bridge over Sindh river leading to a temple in Datia district on October 13. Meanwhile, taking a suo motu cognisance of the case, the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has issued a notice to the state chief secretary and the DGP directing them to file their reply on the tragedy within a week. MP Govt constitutes judicial panel to probe Ratangarh stampede MPHRC chairman, Justice A K Saxena issued the notice directing them to reply on various issues including lapses and action taken by the government against those responsible for the stampede. The state government has already suspended a total of 21 officials and policemen including Datia district Collector and Superintendent of Police in the wake of the incident.

Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mp-govt-constitutes-judicial-panel-to-probe-ratangarh-stampede/428696-3-236.html?utm_source=ref_article

A serial killer and rapist Jaishankar alias M. Shankar, 34, who escaped from the Central Jail on August 31 and was caught six days later, said that he could flee from the jail with the help from prison officials and other inmates. (The Times of India, Bangalore, October 22, 2013, p. 5)

And now again, there is news that, "City police appear to be the wrong side of the law again. A week after a sub-inspector and two constables were allegedly caught looting cash and gold jewelry from a maid servant who was accused of theft, an inspector is accused of robbing a known offender." The report said, "The inspector collected 600 gm of gold jewelry from Pasha. Though he did record other recoveries from Pasha, he did not register 50 gm of jewelry pertaining to a case reported at Parappana Agrahara police station."(The Times of India, Bangalore, Wednesday, October 23, 2013, p. 5)
These are examples of police character in South Asia or/and throughout the world. When such things are not controlled, who will police the police?

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