Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Gruesome murders in Noida - Khaleej Times - 6 January 2007

THE gruesome murder of innocent children in Noida, India, would never be a way to start a new year. Once again, it explains that complacency on the part of the police force who never relented to the requests of the victimised parents.The suspension of two police officers in the lower strata of the hierarchy could never diffuse the tension and agony of the parents, nor the compensation package received by them could ever emancipate rid them of the trauma. It is impossible to comprehend the fact that the police officers were not ready to lodge an FIR (First Information Report) when news of the missing children was brought to them.Are these children of a lesser god as their parents come from humble backgrounds? Is the position of an incumbent of an equalitarian society above the law of the land? How are the state and Central governments going to react to the dereliction of duty from the state police force?The hue and cry of the public is very much justified, as it was again not the police that sprang to action but the public that did the needful.

Yasmin Banu, Abu Dhabi

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