Immoral Cops Question Police Morals
Wherever the police system is weak, crooks rule. All communal riots in the country have taken place due to the inaction of the police. Be it in Gujarat, Mumbai, or the riots that took place in Delhi recently, reports point to the police department’s failure and inaction. It has been alleged that while in some cases it was sheer police inaction during the riots, elsewhere it was the police who were directly involved in the riots. If the police take stringent action and perform their duties with utmost sincerity, no one will dare to riot.
Of late, moral policing has reared its head in several parts of the state including Mangalore. Ironically, the miscreants involved in moral policing are those who are ‘close’ to the cops. These miscreants who were earlier involved in rowdyism, robbery, and illegal activities and thus were ‘guests of police’ are now shining in the state with their ‘moral policing’ acts These people are taking decisions about who should move around with whom and to whom should farmers sell their cattle and when. People are alleging that the ‘soft stance’ adopted by the police towards ‘moral policing’ is responsible for the increasing number of such incidents in the state. While politicians are making flamboyant speeches that the undivided Dakshina Kannada district will play a significant role in the development of the state, these miscreants are trying to hijack the law and order situation in Dakshina Kannada district with the help of these politicians.
Politicians without realizing that development and anarchy cannot go hand in hand are inadvertently becoming huge obstacles in shaping the district’s future. In the undivided Dakshina Kannada district and Malnad districts, miscreants are wearing masks of ‘protectors of culture’ and ‘protectors of cattle.’ Any criminal activity performed wearing these facades get covert approval of the law. By wearing a specific colour shawl and taking advantage of the political support, they are wielding the authority of stopping any bus or any vehicle and conducting an inquiry as to who is travelling with whom and why. After the moral policing team completes the interrogation, innocent commuters or youth are taken to the police station where the police conduct an inquiry. This is the modus operandi. The police should first question these miscreants and ask them who gave them the authority to stop the bus, if the government has given them the license to interrogate young women, and also the jurisdiction under which the ‘moral policing’ department falls under and take action against them. Action can be taken against innocent commuters only when it is proved that they illegal or unlawfully committed any act. Tragically, police have been taking action against innocent people who have been subjected to moral policing.
Since last January, in Dakshina Kannada district alone, more than 12 incidents of moral policing have been reported. Common people are analyzing these incidents in several ways. It is said that the reason for the increase in the number of such incidents is that the police are treating the miscreants involved in moral policing with kid gloves knowing fully well that they have criminal background. Another argument is that the police are hands in glove with Sangha Parivar. The main objective of these miscreants is to spread hatred against a particular community and instill fear in them. This is not limited to miscreants of Sangh Parivar alone. Recently, in Bangalore, members of an organization stopped a man on the bike and attacked him for travelling with a Muslim girl. Such incidents have taken place in coastal areas also. However, what is special is that the police are more than enthusiastic in taking action against the miscreants of a particular community while they take their own sweet time in acting against the miscreants of Sangha Parivar.
There is not much of a difference between ‘fake cow protectors’ and ‘moral policing’. Fake cow protectors are taking decisions on the streets regarding a farmer selling the cattle he has reared. And the police seem to have given their approval covertly to attack cattle owners or the drivers of the vehicles used to transport cattle, regardless of whether they are being transported legally or illegally. Sometimes they rob the driver of cash and other valuables like cell phones. Though several such cases have been reported, the police are filing cases only against the victims and not against fake cow protectors. How can the number of incidents of moral policing not increase when protectors of culture and fake cow protectors are allowed to roam around freely despite attacking innocents?
Due to such parallel policing by miscreants in Mangalore and other districts in the state, a situation has been created where students, industrialists, women, farmers and others are unable to roam around freely. Parents are scared to send students to educational institutions to these districts. Industrialists are hesitating to invest in coastal districts. Some time ago, an RSS leader had proclaimed Ullal as ‘Pakistan.’ It won’t be surprising if this area is branded as ‘Taliban-occupied area’ by outsiders if the law and order is taken over by miscreants. Before such a situation arises, the police department should understand its responsibilities, carry out its duties, and save its professional dignity. The coastal districts should be immediately saved from the clutches of miscreants.
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Prez nod for FIR against AAP's Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain in Rs 2,000-cr classroom 'scam'
New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval for the registration of an FIR against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in an alleged scam of Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools, sources said.
In 2022, the Delhi government's vigilance directorate recommended a probe into the alleged scam and submitted a report to the chief secretary.
The President has given her approval for registering the FIR against Sisodia and Jain in connection with the alleged scam during their tenures as ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government, the sources said.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), in a report dated February 17, 2020, highlighted "glaring irregularities" in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools by the Public Works Department (PWD).
The President's approval came under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act that pertains to "enquiry or inquiry or investigation of offences relatable to recommendations made or decision taken by public servant in discharge of official functions or duties".
Reacting to the development, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the BJP of carrying out a witch-hunt against its political rivals.
The BJP has no interest or intention to fulfil the promises it made to the people of Delhi. Its only agenda is to carry out a witch-hunt against its political rivals to stifle the voice of people, the former minister said in a statement.
The BJP-led central government has already decided to prosecute every political adversary of the party and grant approvals to move the case forward but it should wait for the judicial process to begin, he said.
In July 2019, BJP leader Harish Khurana and then AAP rebel MLA Kapil Mishra, now a minister in the Delhi government, lodged a police complaint about the alleged scam.
According to a report prepared by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Delhi government, the complainants alleged that there was a scam worth over Rs 2,000 crore in the construction of classrooms and school buildings in Delhi. The work was done at a highly inflated cost by the Delhi government.
The alleged scam involves the construction of around 12,748 classrooms.
The ACB report said the total expenditure incurred for constructing the classrooms and school buildings was around Rs 2,892.65 crore. They were allegedly constructed at the rate of Rs 8,800 per square feet, whereas it was common knowledge that the average construction cost (even for a builder of flats) was around Rs 1,500 per square feet.
The total cost for constructing a classroom and school building, according to the tender awarded, was allegedly around Rs 24.86 lakh per room, whereas such rooms are easily constructed in Delhi at around Rs 5 lakh per room, it said.
The prices were increased almost five times to defraud the taxpayer by siphoning off money from the public exchequer in the garb of construction cost, the report said.
Even for a 5-star hotel, top ultra-luxury quality construction is around Rs 5,000 to Rs 5,500 per square feet, it said.
The complainants submitted a copy of documents in which information received under the RTI Act in respect of the construction of 18 classrooms in the Govt Girls Senior Secondary School, Nathupura, Burari (school ID:-1207111) revealed that they were constructed at a cost of Rs 12 crore, the ACB report said.
