Fading fear: Cops blame it on easy availability of weapons
30 Sept 2014 5:49 AM IST
In a recent incident, a Delhi Police constable was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur area. ‘The criminals especially the first-timers have no respect for police,’ a police official heading the Special Task Unit said.
The police officials also blame it on easy availability of weapons and weak laws for the frequent attacks on cops. ‘It is a universal truth that the fear of police and law has vanished. There is no sense of responsibility among citizens towards the authorities,’ another police official added. He further added that policemen are often rebuked if they reach late at a crime spot. ‘If the victim frames false allegations against the cops, the mob start thrashing the policemen. The public also damage government property such PCR vans, patrolling bikes, police station building’, he complained.
Recently, a police team was attacked by an agitating mob outside a government school where two girls went missing. Later, the case turned out to be false. The policemen also blame the ‘human rights organisations’ for the fading fear of police in the minds of criminals. These organisations do not allow the cops to take strict actions against any accused, said another police officer requesting anonymity. ‘Earlier, we could deal with criminals in our own way. But now, if an accused is arrested we can’t even touch him. This gives him a feeling that police can’t do anything beyond arrest,’ he added.
According to senior police officials, the most difficult job is performed by the beat policemen who are deployed across the city. ‘These policemen also include traffic cops, patrolling constables. But it has been seen many times in the past that these cops are most vulnerable to attacks. In India, people do not value their rights and laws,’ he added.
The police officials also blame it on easy availability of weapons and weak laws for the frequent attacks on cops. ‘It is a universal truth that the fear of police and law has vanished. There is no sense of responsibility among citizens towards the authorities,’ another police official added. He further added that policemen are often rebuked if they reach late at a crime spot. ‘If the victim frames false allegations against the cops, the mob start thrashing the policemen. The public also damage government property such PCR vans, patrolling bikes, police station building’, he complained.
Recently, a police team was attacked by an agitating mob outside a government school where two girls went missing. Later, the case turned out to be false. The policemen also blame the ‘human rights organisations’ for the fading fear of police in the minds of criminals. These organisations do not allow the cops to take strict actions against any accused, said another police officer requesting anonymity. ‘Earlier, we could deal with criminals in our own way. But now, if an accused is arrested we can’t even touch him. This gives him a feeling that police can’t do anything beyond arrest,’ he added.
According to senior police officials, the most difficult job is performed by the beat policemen who are deployed across the city. ‘These policemen also include traffic cops, patrolling constables. But it has been seen many times in the past that these cops are most vulnerable to attacks. In India, people do not value their rights and laws,’ he added.
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