Wednesday, May 21, 2008

the other side of democracy of india in Rajasthan

The other side of democracy of India

Police officials went behemoth, low closed its eyes

With heavy boozing and fogging police officers tortured four innocent youth with the army men.

The top management and different commissions are planning to change the face of police deportment more public friendly and pro people with the time using force from their head to tale. In this process there are many new acts came in to existence to turn the police as the worker of the innocent public and a fear factor for the criminals, but there are so many incidents happening daily with this deportment which clearly provides a simple message to the common people that they are not going free from the fear of these govt.’s official criminals in near future.

On the 7th April 2008 what ever happened in the Balesar police station of Jodhpur district in the presence of Dy. Superintendent of police Mr. Devendra Sharma and other police officials, denotes that police deportment is in no mood to change itself.

This incident took place when soldiers of a mobile military canteen informed the police that, the money of the sales have been stolen by some one. The police without any investigation picked up four innocent college students from their homes and beaten them brutally in the police station for whole night and in next day the morning thrown them in their village without any medical assistance.

When we look in to the matter of theft, soldiers are them self come in to circle of suspicion. No FIR of theft lodged in any police station and the money which was stolen found in the very backyard of the military canteen. But still police officers jokingly played with the law in the very presence of military officers too.

Rajuram S/O Pratapram, Jetharam S/O Pratapram, Ramesh S/O Tejpal and Dhannaram S/O Ramchandra, all resident of Agolai village of Jodhpur district and a main bus stand on Jodhpur Jaisalmer Highway, faced third degree of police torture at Balesar Police station.

Dy. S.P Devendra Sharma, Constable Mnohar Singh , constable Sohan Singh, Constable Baburam, Constable Rajendra Kumar, Cornel Guneet Singh 204 Armed Battalion, Deputy Subedar 204 Battalion armed Ram Bhavan and constable Tejpal 204 armed battalion and some other soldiers of the same battalions very knowingly implied third degree torture on these four village youth, which is even banned for hardcore criminals.

The police officers and military men hanged these you boys by legs, tide their hands and legs and then beaten them with sticks (Danda) and belts (Patta), they even not allowed them to drink water. One boy got unconscious, then police sprayed water on the face and when he become conscious, they again beaten him, one boy urine in his pants, even then the police never stopped.

This is not an accident done by some lower class police man but a R.P.S officer who reached at Balesar police station, drunk fully, has a bottle of wine in one hand and a gloss full of wine in other hand, the youth told that Bade Shahab (Dy. S.P.) was drinking wine and after finishing one pag, he made another and in bet been beating to these youths. One of the constable brought “Afeem” (opium) and he offered it to every one, and every one had it.

Meanwhile the family member’s gathered out of the police station and they all were crying and weeping, inside the police station these young boys were cry and asking for pity.

The family members of these youths bowed on the feet of these police men to have mercy on their children but the police men thrown them out and never allowed them to meet to these youths.

One of the victim of this mishap Rajuram was student of Jai Narayan University Jodhpur and he has to appear in the examination in the next day, but these official criminals sent him to hospital instead of the examination hall.

In the same night at three o’ clock in the morning Dy. S.P devendra Sharma arrived in the Agolai Village at Pratap Ram’s and with out any search warrant he searched his house and thrown all the pots and other things in the courtyard. Not only this, these officers abused women of the family. The officer brought Rajuram along with him, when family members tried to offer water to Rajuram one of the policemen snatched the pot of water and thrown it away.

Next day morning when family members of the victims, brought them to govt. hospital for the cure, the doctors of the hospital deniyed to cure, when some social activist interfere in the matter then only the doctors admitted them in the hospital and provided them some medication, but without much cure, the doctors relived them from hospital and even did not perform the medical checkup.

When activists of Dalit Adhikar Network approached higher officials and made pressure on them, even then no FIR lodged against any police men or military officers, only two constables sent to police line and no other action was taken against any one.

This entire drama of police and military cruelty absolutely raised some questions like

Why the FIR of the matter is not lodged in any Police station?

With out any FIR and warrant why these boys arrested and how?

Why these youths kept in police lock up with out any entry any where?

Why without any reasons these youth were beaten brutally?

These questions raised some critical issues which should be tackled at larger levels. The police officers who are responsible for the security of the common innocent people and if these officers are behaving so brutally to the common people and escaped clean

Who is the responsible for these non responsible officers in a democracy of India?

By

Prahsant Mishra

Regional Activist

Dalit Adhikar Network Rajaasthan

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