{"id":3249,"date":"2011-08-09T21:23:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2011-08-09T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:53:56","slug":"im-shocked-to-see-so-many-people-support-fake-encounters-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2011\/politics\/im-shocked-to-see-so-many-people-support-fake-encounters-in-india.html\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Shocked to see so many people support Fake Encounters in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the Supreme Court observed that cops involved in fake encounter cases should be hanged. For those new to the term, a “fake encounter”<\/a> is one where the police murder a suspect in custody by staging his escape and a subsequent “gun battle.” It’s a crime that is far worse than mere murder. This is culpable homicide by those who are charged with preserving the law<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Fake Encounters in India are a disgrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I won’t go into the argument about whether or not the death penalty is valid. My point is that after reading about this article in the TOI<\/a>, the comments that followed showed an overwhelming support<\/em> for these extra judicial killings by the police. I’m unable to understand this. It seems that people are beginning to support the breakdown of law and order even further.<\/p>\n

The average Internet Indian it seems is a bloodthirsty fellow. When we read about a crime in the papers, comments follow demanding that person’s execution or torture. There doesn’t appear to be any desire to follow a proper procedure of law to determine whether in fact a person is really guilty or not. Everyone thinks that if a person is behind bars, they are automatically responsible for the crime.<\/p>\n

Take Kasab for example. Personally I feel that Kasab is far more valuable to India alive than dead. He’s a bargaining chip. He’s the face of terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Keep him alive for as long as possible I say. Killing him will yield nothing useful to India. But everyone else seems to want to bypass the judicial process and hang him on the road.<\/p>\n

I’m also disturbed by the willingness of people to give so much power to the police and the government. What have they done to deserve such power? Have they shown us they can handle it responsibly? No. If “fake encounters” are so acceptable, then why not just change the law to do it openly? Just say that whoever is arrested is to be killed off as soon as possible (after some appropriate torturing of course!)<\/p>\n

One reason perhaps is that we don’t view criminals as individuals with rights. Just because someone is accused of committing a crime doesn’t mean they lose the right to a fair trial. Even if they’re found guilty they still have the right to be treated in accordance with the law. No one can be just bumped off like that just cause “he deserved it.”<\/p>\n

If the public support “fake encounters,” don’t they see that this merely makes policemen feel the law is something which they need not take into consideration? Tomorrow when you yourself are in jail for something you didn’t do, they will torture you and others will say you deserved it. The law is there for a reason. In our frustration with the tortuous Indian legal system, let’s not forget that we’re supposed to be better<\/em>\u00a0than the criminals. We can’t sink down to their level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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