It is not even a week from the time that the UP government
started. From the Yogi government is already on its way to prove to the people
that it is different from the previous governments of UP. And some of the
notable directives that have been brought into force are quite interesting. One
among them is ban on tobacco and gutkha products and paan products inside
government buildings. And it doesn’t end there. The police has taken up a task
of punishing road romeos. The initiative was taken up and many videos showing
the punishing techniques have been uploaded on Youtube. In fact even national
TV celebrated it by showing these funny punishments.
The police could easily raise their collars for these
initiatives, but hold on this is no Rowdy Rathore moment for them. These videos
were a testament that women will not be tolerating any attacks on their freedom
anymore, but just by punishing few teenagers is not going to end this madness. The
real crime that we are talking about is acid attack.
Not soon after these videos started to show on headlines,
than the news of an acid attack in Meerut came up. Now what is the use of punishing
a few teenagers in one lane when a girl is being attacked by a scorned lover
just a lane away. These punishments don’t serve the basic purpose of making the
criminal feel guilty. The acid throwers are the culprits who don’t like when
their ego is hurt. And when it is hurt they turn into a snake, spitting venom
on its enemies. And then there is a phone call from ‘above’ and they are let
loose because they happened to be the family or family-like of the police.
The problem is that the criminal system makes discrimination
between a person who is not the family of a policeman and one who is. They are
tried by different laws apparently and that makes all the unfair advantage. And
since the perpetrators know they are going to get away with it they enjoy the
thrill again and again.
I think it might be a good time if Yogi Adityanath thinks
about computerizing the entire law system as such and eliminates all humans
from it. Perhaps that is the only solution for the system to be crack-proof. Because
time and again these things happen and then we have some minister sitting on
his chair and explaining that it was the girl’s fault. And then we will have
women’s rights commission gaining publicity on the issue by dragging the poor
girl in and out of government offices. Or perhaps there should be a separate commission
for handling this all together, like a Molestation and Allied Offences
Redressal Commission.
The system will never change itself, it will only try to add
a new body in the government and that is the end of it. In the evening news,
the so called thinkers and experts will be called on a news channel and India
will be reminded of its heritage and diverse culture and then asked to adjust
for everybody’s survival.
Possibly one way to deal with it might be allowing the
girl/woman and a group of women of the same age and lifestyle to have a prime
say in the case proceeding. The group could say where they feel the system is
failing and particularly the girl can say if she is satisfied with the process.
A lawyer from the Higher Court can make sure that the girl is not influenced
and in a matter of 10 days the process should be finished.
There are many alternatives to think about and the sky is
the limit for one who thinks. But when we see our history the Nanavati case
reminds us that even if the system shows itself to be impregnable our own
instincts betray us. Maybe we need introspection whether we are the real
culprits or the acid-throwers. Perhaps imagine ourselves walking down the
street and have somebody throw acid on our face. But the burn will not be real
in this case.
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