Friends,

This is with regards to the incidence as happened to Sri Saugata
Chatterjee of B'lore in which he has not only narrated the facts of
the incidence but has also made his solemn vow to stand up and take
its culprits to their logical conclusion.
It was heart-rendering to go thru this incidence which as it says, is
the real-life story of a B'lore based young and active person who had
to go thru a most horrid experience in one of the most educated and
developed cities of our nation. That such events and such brutal
happenings still do take place in the heart of the sophisticated
metropolis is like an eye-opener to all of us, particularly to higher
police officers like me in the Indian Police Service, safely ensconced
in our well-guarded and nicely preserved empires.
But what seems to be no less relevant is the experience this person
had to go through vis-à-vis the police organization in and out of the
police station. When one comes to think of men like Thimmappa and
Vittal, we do start feeling ashamed and perturbed who, as the story
says, played a rather poor and undistinguished role in the time of
dire need, where the occasion required immediate and positive response.
But at the same time, there are policemen like Ajay whose actions and
attitude made such a pleasant and soothing mark on this bruised
person's heart, which also proves the fact that people are willing to
lap, clap and appreciate the policemen if we are reciprocating in our
own expected manner. Everyone of the police force has his/her own
lessons to learn and guidelines to take from this incidence where this
one person, Saugata so boldly and courageously came forward for the
sake of justice, at the same time praising and condemning the
policemen as he felt they deserved.
This is a lesson we need to harp upon again and again.

Amitabh Thakur
SP (Intll),
Faizabad
UP
# 94155-34526