I have been a great admirer of Karnal Singh since the time I first saw him as being introduced as the honorary faculty of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan. Miles apart from the disgusting picture that precedes Delhi Police and its unprofessional, corrupt and arrogant employees; Karnal personifies a whiff of fresh breeze. A man of pleasing personality, god-fearing and someone who believes in Karma----the ultimate limit of freewill that can change the destiny of a man. As a member of faculty, he is one of the most helping but only within the precincts of the four walls, dedicated and someone who is clear about his perceptions with a command over the subject. As a matter of fact he is quite an admired soul not merely because of his in-depth knowledge over the subject but because of his magnanimity and charm that creates a kind of a halo around him.
All said and done... I somehow don't seem to share his views about the force he represents professionally. My personal experiences in particular have been quite a disaster... the only saving grace lent by none other than the no. two in command Neeraj Kumar, Spl. Comm. in Delhi Police. This is one such service in which even the lowest ranking wields an equal authority as the commissioner himself in relevant proportions. Unfriendly and repulsive attitude, tea, snacks, paan, shopping over the small time road side vendors as an all time bonus, haftas, mullah running into 10-15 thousands for the extended residential constructions, refusal to lodge a FIR, inability to apprehend or rather as to say patronising chain snatchers, small time gangs, rash drivers, hooligans and eve teasers with a small greasing of their hands, the limit I found greatly violated when a close colleague narrated about a drunk ASI coming to him on a theft complaint and oscillating left-right asking irrelevant qs.; or advising the young girls not to come out of the house when she calls the helpline no. on being eve-teased..........is what in short would define the Delhi Police.
The main reason I fathom is the inability and short-sightedness of the seniors who hardly take any rounds of police stations except when the new Comm. is appointed and walk the streets with media hogging the lime lights..........who perhaps are too immersed in their own survival sycophancy oriented posting blues rather than in generating a sense of accountability down to the last in the line.
In this backdrop of practicality of events............Karnal Singh's advice in H.T. dated 31st Aug, 2009 to cooperate with police seems not that easy a nut to digest. If that be so, many girls even after having informed about the advances and perverted behaviors of some part time Romeos to the local police wouldn't have met with either acid thrown on their faces or ended up having been raped or murdered. Many complaints of a ruckus caused by anti-social elements go unnoticed till it takes a monumental proportions and then when media flashes it with a breaking news sequence, we find our good Samaritans coming with latest versions of their constraints .....over the camera. If only the seniors venture into a local bus or walk like a common man on the streets that DELHI POLICE would be what Karnal Singh's views reflect or what Neeraj Kumar, Dharmender, Tajendra Luthra, S.N. Srivastava or Ajay Kashyap are worthy of transforming into............
AS GALIB HAD ONCE SAID---------------Delhi abhi door hai.....................so is the effective policing..........and with gentlemen like these,,,,,,,,,there is still a streak of hope............
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