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Handcuffed parade of guilty policemen in Siddharthnagar (UP) rather than mere formality of suspension

Kashmir Times. Dated: 9/16/2019 11:40:56 AM

Dear Editor,
It is beyond understanding if we are living in a civilised nation where video of two policemen in Siddhartnagar (UP) mercilessly beating a young man with legs and blows in front of his crying five-year old niece just for alleged violation of recently imposed dictatorial traffic-rules, went viral. Fortunately some one made video-clipping of the police-torture in open public, and put it on social media to make authorities fulfilling formality of suspending two police-men. It is a bitter fact that after formal enquiries, such suspensions are usually revoked after public-memory fades down. Otherwise there may be numerous such incidents daily going unreported in a system dominated by inhuman police-raaj.
Both the guilty policemen should be handcuffed paraded on roads with non-bailable arrest as a deterrent against such police-torture. Rather then suspension, both of them should be immediately terminated from service with viral video considered more than any proof of enquiry. National Human Rights Commission and UP State Human Rights Commission both should take sue-motto cognizance of the incident to ensure that the matter does not cool down with fading of public-memory. Union Minister for Road Transport should also take cognizance of the incident, and be practically merciful by diluting new dictatorial traffic-rules in consultation with states.
—Subhash Chandra Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba, Chandni Chowk Delhi.