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Originally Posted by kuku
We have to make sure that the local police and judicial system is able to take care of such situations all over India.
Otherwise, even if you call the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and the Coast Guards, nothing important will happen.
Any Ideas how that can happen?
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Was there not a Model Police Act in the offing that would remove the police from the clutches of the politicos? whatever hapened to that? On a related note, check out this piece of news from the Calcutta Telegraph:
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SP washes hands of Nandi
IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI
A Nandigram villager who has returned home arms herself with a brick and sticks. Picture by Pradip Sanyal
Tamluk, May 8: East Midnapore superintendent of police S.S. Panda said tonight that the violence in Nandigram would continue till the panchayat elections wind up on May 11 and he would not be able to do anything to bring it under control.
Speaking to reporters as Mamata Banerjee protested at his office, he said: “Nandigram will continue to be a hotspot for trouble and violence till May 11, and it is not possible for me to bring the situation under control. However, after May 11, I believe I will be able to restore normality in the area.”
The SP said many arms are lying hidden with “local people”. “But it is neither possible for us to recover them, nor is it our responsibility,” Panda said.
Asked about protection for the villagers who had returned to Nandigram, he said: “We cannot provide protection to the homeless people who have returned on an individual basis, it is just not possible.”
Not that they are banking on the police too much. Many of the around 200 villagers in Nandigram Block I, who returned today after being hounded out by CPM cadres, are still living in fear and have decided to protect themselves with sticks and stones.
In the run-up to the May 11 rural polls, 600 villagers had been forced to flee.
Mamata sat on a dharna inside the office of the SP tonight. “CPM activists are hurling bombs and firing to create panic among villagers who returned home today,” she shouted at him.
The officer agreed to visit Nandigram but backed out when the Trinamul Congress chief insisted she would follow him.
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The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | SP washes hands of Nandi
How can a duty bound Police Officer even give a statement like this? Removing illegal arms is not a responsibility for the police? Such a comment in the private sector would have invited swift dismissal, but I guess Article 311 allows mediocrity like this.