Police The Police

When cops turn corrupt, they hit the news, especially when they are into criminal acts. The Mumbai policeman, Sunil More's alleged rape of a minor college girl, and that too at a police outpost, is shocking and shameful. Mumbai Police Commissioner, Anami Roy is right to have summarily dismissed More from service. A handful of such cops defame the entire police fraternity. Rape is inhuman and when a supposed protector of law commits such a crime, people are bound to be sceptical of the selection and the training processes of these government servants. The judiciary should look to it that the case is not hushed up. The rapist should be thrown behind the bars, if not hanged. An exemplary punishment has to be meted out to the criminal, so people dare not think of raping, whether or not under the influence of narcotics. Spare a thought for the victim! Perhaps the root of the crime lies in our social setup where even till date, women are often commodified, and where often 'women's liberation', 'women's empowerment' dwindle into oblivion as empty vaunts, and bear only academic interests.