Safety- Not for Commoners but for Police!

Crimes like murders in UTTAR PRADESH hardly make news these days. A report reveals that about 20 cases of murders take place on an average everyday in this highest populated state of the country. But the recent murder of the DSP in the pratapgarh district has actually raised an alarm because this time it’s not a common man who lost his life but a police officer and that too of a DSP level.

We have often accused police of not being prompt, not being cooperative and not being helpful for a common man. Yes I agree, but today after this incident I realize that it’s not the problem of the police alone. A police officer active enough to probe a death in that village of UP, honest enough to deal with the situation, tried to do something according to the law, but what happened to him? He lost his life, a mob killed him in front if the whole village and there are no eye witnesses at all! A young man enters the police to serve the common people, to help maintain law and no not to work as a slave of the politicians who can take their lives whenever they wish. How can a policeman work independently in this anarchic scenario? Yes he doesn't take actions swiftly and honestly because he also has a family to look after and he also has a fear that if anything happens to him what will happen to his family?, the politicians would not even abstain from eating up the grants meant for his family. We should remember that it’s not just a policeman who lost his life but also a Father lost his child, and a wife lost her husband.

 I also saw on the news channels people revolting against the ruling government, against the MLA Raja Bhaiya and against Akhilesh Yadav. But I wonder where the sentiments of these people were when they voted for Raja Bhaiya not once but for 5 times! This is not the first time that any criminal charge has been levied on him. He was accused of dozens of others severe crimes before he was elected during the last election. So why didn't the people revolt at the time of election with the power of vote that has been given to them in this largest democracy of the world. A police officer is killed in the middle of a village and nobody saw the culprits? Or was it a fear that made them turn their blind eyes towards the heinous crime. If we do not have the courage to fight for the truth, for the justice of a policeman who died for no reason then how can we expect the same from the policemen, aren't they a part of this society?

And because the common people have not seen anything the case becomes complicated and there would be a CBI probe and not to mention this probe would never end. I believe before raising questions on the police or on the government we need to look into ourselves, because shouting on the streets for a change is easy, working for that change needs courage. Rest in peace Zia- Ul Haq.