When a encounter specialist like Sachin Vaze of the Mumbai Police is booked for planting a car laden with gelatin sticks outside the residence of one of India’s leading industrialists, the support is apparent.
Police officers turned rogues are more dangerous than the criminals they pursue daily. They enjoy the protection of the uniform and consequently become a law unto themselves.
The impunity the uniform enjoys enables them to kill without fear. In fact, they are hailed by their superiors in the service and honoured by the political class which is constantly chasing votes and voters.
The reinstating of Sachin Vaze would not have been possible without the pressure of top leaders from the Shiv-Sena government.
These specialists are fast turning into uninformed criminals protected by the State.
If the reinstatement was against the Bombay HC orders and that of the Advocate General`s advice too, it amount to contempt of court.
"Satyamev Jayate" remains beautifully carved in stone, but nowhere is practised. If police administration and government support such murderers in the police force where will the common man go for justice?
