Betrayal runs deep in the blood and spills blood as well: Ambush of soldiers by Naxals in India

India is not the only country where soldiers have been betrayed for utterly no mistake of theirs. The battle of Plassey was the major betrayal that paved the way for colonial domination of India. And after that several betrayals of Indians by fellow Indians made it clear that this is a normal behavior. Maybe it is just human nature and that is why we have safeguard mechanisms in place like the law and order system of the country and moral structures like religions.

But what happened at Sukma was nothing but cold-blooded man-slaughter. The villagers tipped the Naxals of the positions of the CRPF; though the attack was not just to kill the soldiers. The Naxals wanted to loot the contingent of their supplies and radio and weapons. They killed 25 soldiers using their advantageous position and surprise. But the heat is still on as the government is trying to find out the people who did this.

It is said that when to big forces collide it always damages the things that are surrounding them and who are totally not responsible for anything. Here the Naxals might not be wrong in their philosophy but why should their clashes with the government make soldiers scapegoats. And in the aftermath of this incident the villagers will face the ire of the security forces and the government. 

But this is not the first incident that has happened over the past many decades. Naxals have always been questioning the existence of a democracy. This was more than just an event. It was a reminder from the Naxals that they will continue their propaganda in any government, be it the NDA or the UPA. And it is time for them to see that this government is different from the UPA and won’t tolerate terrorism, be it on the borders or inside the nation.

Drug mafia killed Manish; not Africans: Racial Attack on Africans in Noida

When we listen about a racial attack we automatically think that the victim was an Indian in a foreign country. But now people of Greater Noida have learnt this from their foreign counterparts that racism can be used for terrorizing people. The attack on Nigerian students was a shocking incident with explicit videos showing people hitting them with chairs. And now the attack on a Kenyan woman is another incident that is beginning to raise questions about law and order in the capital. 

But the shocking fact is the main reason behind these attacks. The death of school student Manish has led everybody to believe that it was due to overdose of drugs. The African suspects that were arrested were released due to lack of evidence. But the people believed that it was due to the Africans that the drugs are being cycled within teenagers and they decided to attack the unsuspecting individuals in the most brutal manner. If we compare these attacks to those of terrorists they look the same. Terrorists use the same techniques to raise fear in the general public and raise inhibitions in the society.

This can also give rise to crime as some people might use this excuse to commit some other crimes and lay the blame on the attackers. And also lately there have been a lot of unconstitutional activities that have rocked the country; the attack on an airline official by an MP, the rape of a school student and now this one. 

The actual culprit behind all this is the drug mafia that is trying to waive off the issue in the light of these attacks. The mafia will try to do more of these attacks in an attempt to divert attention from the real reason of the death of the student. For if the drug chain is discovered that will be a huge blow to their industry.

Mainly the parents must understand that by giving their child some money, they are not only increasing their freedom but their responsibilities as well. The parents must be trained to find out symptoms related to drug abuse in their children. This would help them identify any abnormal behaviors and mitigate such incidents as that of Manish’s. The police can get involved with schools to train the students and parents alike about the ill-effects of drug abuse. Beating up some innocent students will not be the answer to stop drug abuse; the society must nip it in the bud.

 

When Teachers turn to Rapists, who else won’t?: The Bikaner Gang Rape Incident

It is not even a month after an acid attack in the country when a rape incident crops up. And then this one is different. It was committed by a group of teachers in a school in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The girl was molested over a period of two years and was given medicines to prevent pregnancy. It was not until she developed cancer-like symptoms did her parents notice the issue.

The lamest thing is that the parents never once noticed their child in 2 years. The child is not to be blamed but did she never even trust her parents to tell them about school. And worst of all the teachers who never thought to stop for a single time whilst they were doing this ghastly crime of raping a child. This is not the first time that the country has proved that India is progressing in everything.  Starting from a booming economy, a dedicated space research organization breaking all conventions and records; India has moved ahead in everything. Even in crime, India has gone the next level.

 

It was in 2008 that we heard about an incident regarding a gang rape committed by a group of teachers in a PTC college in Patan, Gujarat. The case was similar to this and the girl was mentally unstable by the time this incident was noted. Then later we saw the Damini case where the rapists broke all records and went on to be labeled as the rarest of the rare case. There is no dearth of cases that depict the paralysis that the Indian legal systems. 

The system works like an analog watch in an atomic clock age. By the time the clock strikes twelve the criminal might be at six. The accused are now absconding and police are under the heat of finding them out as fast as possible. The NCW has appealed to the Rajasthan government that they take this case very seriously and punish the criminals. 

But this case is not just because of the law and order system. Two years is not a small time and the parents are the real handicap. They never notice their child. They are not even trusted by their kid. And all this is the courtesy of the moral policing that Indians are famous for. They teach the kids that they should never think about anything that even remotely relates to sex. And this leads to ignorance and consequently to crime. Let us not forget that the main reason of crimes in the society is not only the courage of the criminals to do it but also the ignorance of the victims who have it done to them. 

Road Romeos or Acid Throwers, Who’re the Real Culprits

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.