Police personnel around our motherland seem well on their way to becoming a law unto themselves thanks to the patronage of their political benefactors and the common man cowering before their brutality and might; thereby failing to register complaints against them, after all who can investigate the very one's who are entrusted with the job of protecting the common man and investigating crimes against him.........
In the latest case of unwarranted and unprovoked police brutality reported from Kashmir's Sopore town, a 25 year old youth was unceremoniously picked up by the local police forces on suspicion of being involved in a theft case beaten black and blue, subjected to third degree torture and subsequently dumped in a government hospital in a clandestine manner when things threatened to get out of hand.......
Saddam Khan a 25 year old resident of a nondescript village in Kashmir's Sopore area was picked up by the local cops from just outside his humble abode on suspicion of being involved in a theft reported from his village, bundled off to the local police station without informing his family or well wishers, beaten black and blue, subjected to inhuman forms of brutality and violence and finally literally thrown into the nearest government hospital when he lost consciousness and showed signs of succumbing to the "special" treatment meted out to him.......
This brutal, heart rending and simply macabre incident came to light only a couple of days ago when a resident of the same village happened upon Saddam in the government hospital and duly informed his family members of his pathetic and dismal state........
His hapless family members immediately made a beeline towards the said hospital and were aghast to see him with marks and injuries all over his body (especially the soles of his feet), unconscious and whimpering incoherently in a state of delirium........
Thankfully, he regained consciousness after a short while and was coherent and stable enough to inform his family members about his travails and experiences after being accosted, thrown into a police lock up, beaten black and blue and then being incarcerated in the hospital and all this without any opportunity whatsoever of proving his innocence or tendering his version of events.......
As for his grieving, sorrowful and bewildered family they are thankful of the fact that their son is at least alive to tell the tale and wondering whether they will ever get the much desired though seemingly elusive justice as Saddam is oblivious to the identity of his tormentors as he was blind folded and then beaten up.......
The local superintendent of police has however condescended to register a case against persons unknown and mouthed the usual banalities and homilies about bringing the culprits to book at the earliest; cold crumbs of comfort did I hear someone say........
What boggles the mind and torments the soul is the indisputable fact that numerous such cases of police brutality and callous torture are simply swept under the carpet without as much as a by your leave; such cases are conveniently closed citing a lack of certifiable and credible evidence therefore enabling such rogue elements within the police forces to unleash their reign of terror on seeming innocents inherently incapable of defending themselves.......
And to think that we rendered a hue and cry of herculean proportions and cried ourselves hoarse when eminent lawyer and Aam Aadmi party founding member Prashant Bhushan expressed his sentiments about holding a referendum pertaining to such incidents of human rights abuses perpetrated by either the army or other brutes in uniform........
In the latest case of unwarranted and unprovoked police brutality reported from Kashmir's Sopore town, a 25 year old youth was unceremoniously picked up by the local police forces on suspicion of being involved in a theft case beaten black and blue, subjected to third degree torture and subsequently dumped in a government hospital in a clandestine manner when things threatened to get out of hand.......
Saddam Khan a 25 year old resident of a nondescript village in Kashmir's Sopore area was picked up by the local cops from just outside his humble abode on suspicion of being involved in a theft reported from his village, bundled off to the local police station without informing his family or well wishers, beaten black and blue, subjected to inhuman forms of brutality and violence and finally literally thrown into the nearest government hospital when he lost consciousness and showed signs of succumbing to the "special" treatment meted out to him.......
This brutal, heart rending and simply macabre incident came to light only a couple of days ago when a resident of the same village happened upon Saddam in the government hospital and duly informed his family members of his pathetic and dismal state........
His hapless family members immediately made a beeline towards the said hospital and were aghast to see him with marks and injuries all over his body (especially the soles of his feet), unconscious and whimpering incoherently in a state of delirium........
Thankfully, he regained consciousness after a short while and was coherent and stable enough to inform his family members about his travails and experiences after being accosted, thrown into a police lock up, beaten black and blue and then being incarcerated in the hospital and all this without any opportunity whatsoever of proving his innocence or tendering his version of events.......
As for his grieving, sorrowful and bewildered family they are thankful of the fact that their son is at least alive to tell the tale and wondering whether they will ever get the much desired though seemingly elusive justice as Saddam is oblivious to the identity of his tormentors as he was blind folded and then beaten up.......
The local superintendent of police has however condescended to register a case against persons unknown and mouthed the usual banalities and homilies about bringing the culprits to book at the earliest; cold crumbs of comfort did I hear someone say........
What boggles the mind and torments the soul is the indisputable fact that numerous such cases of police brutality and callous torture are simply swept under the carpet without as much as a by your leave; such cases are conveniently closed citing a lack of certifiable and credible evidence therefore enabling such rogue elements within the police forces to unleash their reign of terror on seeming innocents inherently incapable of defending themselves.......
And to think that we rendered a hue and cry of herculean proportions and cried ourselves hoarse when eminent lawyer and Aam Aadmi party founding member Prashant Bhushan expressed his sentiments about holding a referendum pertaining to such incidents of human rights abuses perpetrated by either the army or other brutes in uniform........
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