Four Telangana rapists killed in police encounter.Country in euphoria, celebratory –dancing mood. Hyderabad Police hailed for ‘ timely action’
Unfortunately, the Unnao gang rape victim died of 90% burns in a Delhi hospital last night. Country is sullen and depressed. A police cop was allegedly caught in a sting operation by Republic TV while destroying real evidences and fabricating fake evidences before filing report. The Public is hugely outraged .
The incredible was yet to come . A five year old girl has been reportedly raped in Bihar’s Darbhanga . Keep counting . Another inhuman act in Uttar Pradesh. A 14-year-old minor teenager was held hostage in a farm, and was gangraped in UP’s Bulandshehr . Rapists reportedly arrested.
Hyderabad’s Good Police V/s Bad police of UP,Bihar,controversy . Rapes have become a national hobby.Politicians have no time to visit the aggrieved.Chief ministers have no time to spare as they are busy politicking, wooing voters, wasting tax payers funds.
Strangely, no one accuses the Judiciary for delaying the prosecution of the accused by granting frequent adjournments on flimsy grounds. All Lords to themselves, not accountable to higher courts or the public.
No one blames the political and administrative Executive in union Home ministry for delaying processing of mercy petitions. All must be identified and prosecuted for non-performance. In the Nirbhaya case, MHA officers and successive union home ministers should be held accountable and punished for dereliction of duties. Conduct a case study in the Nirbhaya case and analyse the results.
Police, across the country is usually corrupt,inefficient and unprofessional . It is rarely effective and co-operative. Always interested in out-of-court settlements and extracting money from both parties.
Change Laws
Law makers in consultation with top Judiciary ,must change the laws relating to outraging the modesty of women by covering the following aspects :--
(a) All criminal proceeding must be completed within three months by the fast-track courts on day-to-day basis without adjournments. Delay must attract appropriate punishments. With no faith in the Rule of Law, the outraged public demands time-bound executions ;
(b) Death penalty must be the Rule rather than the Exception.Life sentence is a liability on public exchequer.They all emerge as hardened criminals. Punishment like physical and chemical castrations do not eliminate the menace of rapes;
(c) The juveniles and adults must be treated at par for applying the Laws ; No distinction, based on age criteria. Instant gratification is the common factor ;
(d) Level of Inquiry Officers (IO) must be upgraded from Sub-inspectors to SHOs (Inspectors). Normally, hawaldaars are sent to crime sites for inquiries
(e) Laws on granting bails must be made extremely stringent in cases of rapes,molestations and other acts of outraging the modesty of women;
(f) Duty officers in all police stations who dilly dally in filing FIRs,complaints to fudge records to show low crime rates or even refusing to give a patient hearing to the victims and their kins,must be identified and sacked straightaway.They do not deserve milk of human kindness by applying the Principle of Equity and Natural Justice. Instal Audeo and CCTVs at all police stations for factual recordings.
(g) Surprise checks of thanas’ functionings by senior officers and usually absent beat constables. They are more interested in collecting haftasThe senior police officers are usually more crazy about appearing on TV channels for briefings,sometimes irrelevant. Let such jobs be left to SHOs with Questions and Answers by the media and public .
(h) Quantum of punishment like life imprisonments and/or death penalties, must be finalized and executed within three months.
The public is feeling hugely outraged by incidents of rapes from Telangana’s Hyderabad to UP’s Unnao to Bulandshehr and Bihar’s Darbhanga. All in quick succession.
The rage is not impotent, this time. The Public must keep up the pressure on Law makers,Judiciary , political and the administrative Executive must take the call.Media will ,no doubt continue to play its role,as always.