November 17, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
Thrashing out questions
by Dhimant Parekh
Yesterday’s Times of India, Bangalore edition, carried this article on how a chain-snatcher was caught by the public.
No doubt its good that a chain snatcher was nabbed, but what got me thinking is this excerpt:
“…some passersby caught hold of one of the chain-snatchers . He was thrashed by the public before being handed over to the police” [emphasis is mine]
Why is it not even a concern for us when we read this? Isn’t thrashing anybody an illegal thing to do? Isn’t the law & order system supposed to take care of the punishment? Yet, why doesn’t the police or even the journalist reporting it raise this as an issue? Or is it that we are happy to have dished out justice as we no longer trust the state and its ways? And this has become a part of our lives. Where does this lead us?
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Posted by asti
November 23, 2009 @ 9:44 am
It sufficies to say that years back the public lost trust in the “law and order” system in India. I am actually glad to see increasing instances of people sorting out the mess themselves.
As a side when high profile breakdowns of law and order such as 26/11 are still going on a year after it happened with the lone gunman still alive and having the life of his time throwing tanturms i cant understand how regular people could believe in the sham democracy that has become of India.
Posted by mumbai paused
February 27, 2010 @ 9:00 am
That’s the Indian way of doing it. And Taliban’s.