A couple of weeks back, there was an unfortunate incident in Kozhikode where a police officer had fired from his personal weapon while tackling unruly moments of a students' agitation. The students belonged to the CPM and they're exercised over an engineering student's admission into the government's engineering college in the city. It's also pertinent to mention that no student was hurt by the firing but the casualties - on both sides, mind you - were due to the scuffle between the policemen on deployment and the rampaging students!
Last week, MV Jayarajan, a prominent leader of the CPM, had much to one's anguish, exhorted the students to 'deal' with the police officer when he was out of uniform. Yesterday, Sivadasa Menon, another leader of the same party, had gone a step further and exhorted the students to 'tackle' the police officer even while he's in uniform! One can't help but look at such misdemeanours with disdain and the contempt that they deserve. Sadly, no leader across the political spectrum has either indicted the protagonists or condemned the incident thus far. And rightfully, the police has filed cases on the duo!
Who has given the right to these people to take law into their hands? Would they've done so if their near relatives were men in uniform? Do they think that men in uniform have no right to live with dignity? Anyways, it's a known fact that the political parties, on assuming power, use the police to attain their political agendas.
Having said that, I'm not condoning the actions of the police officer. Departmentally, he's answerable for his actions and he needs to provide satisfying answers, failing which, he'll have to face appropriate punitive consequences. For the sake of the effectiveness of the police force, in the state, do not meddle with their work or the society will have to pay for their consequent demoralisation and ineffectiveness!!
The police have a tough task and they need to be respected. And if one can't respect them, at least, refrain from demeaning them!
Last week, MV Jayarajan, a prominent leader of the CPM, had much to one's anguish, exhorted the students to 'deal' with the police officer when he was out of uniform. Yesterday, Sivadasa Menon, another leader of the same party, had gone a step further and exhorted the students to 'tackle' the police officer even while he's in uniform! One can't help but look at such misdemeanours with disdain and the contempt that they deserve. Sadly, no leader across the political spectrum has either indicted the protagonists or condemned the incident thus far. And rightfully, the police has filed cases on the duo!
Who has given the right to these people to take law into their hands? Would they've done so if their near relatives were men in uniform? Do they think that men in uniform have no right to live with dignity? Anyways, it's a known fact that the political parties, on assuming power, use the police to attain their political agendas.
Having said that, I'm not condoning the actions of the police officer. Departmentally, he's answerable for his actions and he needs to provide satisfying answers, failing which, he'll have to face appropriate punitive consequences. For the sake of the effectiveness of the police force, in the state, do not meddle with their work or the society will have to pay for their consequent demoralisation and ineffectiveness!!
The police have a tough task and they need to be respected. And if one can't respect them, at least, refrain from demeaning them!
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