Ever since lockdown has been
announced in India, cops have taken over roads of the country to maintain law
and order along with physical distancing. But within 2 days news about cops
high handedness of became headlines of all leading news channels, newspaper and
in social media platform like Twitter, where people vented their anger, tagging
all top officials of police department along with PMO and Chief Ministers of
respective states.
Within no time this news spread
like fire in jungle, to add fuel to the fire were some of the videos where cops
could be seen caning and abusing people were made viral on whatsapp, which made
the matter worse. Taking advantage of the situation, people created numerous
videos on various applications and shared them through facebook and whatsapp.
There were instances of
casualties also due to caning in some parts of the country, as a result of
which few cops were suspended and departmental inquiry was initiated against
them. If proved guilty, cops may be punished too, as these acts leads to
violation of human rights too.
Taking stock of these situations
DCPs of few states flung into action and issued orders to the force, not to hit
people. Now cops on road were in a dilemma, to figure out innovate ways to keep
people thronging road unnecessarily without using sticks.
In Chennai, cops used corona
virus structured helmet to scare people away from road and it worked for them,
it was applauded by people too. This was very innovate thought by Chennai
police to scare people through virus replica, as till date people have seen the
virus only in mages not in structural form.
In Kerala, after the initial
caning now cops make people to do sit ups, if they are found wandering in the
city without valid reasons. When I watched the sit up video recently, it took
me back to my school days. I am happy that there is no violence and cops have
decided mellow down their anger on masses to handle situation calmly.
Bengaluru police commissioner asked
this staff to talk politely with people when on road and not to resort to
violence of any kind. He is addressing press on daily basis and taking all
preventive measures to avoid any outcry among masses and they cooperate with the
administration during these time.
I am happy that now there is no violence on roads now else
situation could have gone out of control for the government to manage and the
entire purpose of lockdown would have failed drastically. But thanks to the timely intervention of top
brass of police officials they not only managed the situation but also
instilled the faith of people in police department once again.
I am against all those people who venture out of their homes
unreasonably just to risk their life along with their family members. Action
should be taken against them but in a way where they understand their mistake
and is ashamed of their deeds, just the way kids are taught in schools.
