CONTROLING CRIMES

Out of about ten or so criminals who created havoc at different places at Mumbai on
26-11-2008, specially the Railway station, the hotels of international fame, and killed about 160 persons including women and children and some top police officials. Many persons were injured as well, some very seriously, and properties worth crores of rupees were destroyed. The surviving criminal named Kasab who was caught in the police operations has been awarded sentence to be hanged till death. This case has been decided on 7-5-2010 after a prolonged trial in the court for about 17 months involving expenses of crores of rupees for protecting the criminal named Kasab and on court proceedings.

Going by the electronic and print media information there has been a lot of hulas bulla prior to declaration of the sentence demanding death to the criminal and after declaration of the judgment by burning of fire crackers and distribution of sweets for the death sentence given to Kasab. Similar types of activities were observed after the act of attack was finished in Nov. 2008. Then it was by lighting of candles for the peace of the dead, huge processions and loud expressions of anger, visiting the injured in the hospitals including by the top politicians ( whose visits to the hospitals in no way help the injured who can be looked after only by the hospital staff and doctors). In some cases visits are also made to the residences of those who had died. All such activities may not be of any help as far as controlling crimes. The fear is that our whole political class and the executive has still not acted in the way that such incidents of criminal activities are stopped for ever. The news pours in daily, reporting deaths of many innocents as well as a large number of security personnel at the hands of terrorists, separatists and extremist groups. Also a lot of loss to the public property is done by the groups showing anger for one or the other reason and for attaining fulfillment of the demands made just for selfish ends. Also many lives are ended by the acts of goons and unsocial elements.
So more important is to plug the loop holes wherever they exist, other wise the results shall be as has been happening now. R………. is to all corners of the society/ the political class and the bureaucracy to be concerned, bold and fair, so that the country and the countrymen are made fully safe from all types of crimes. The protective umbrella should be for all citizens and not for a certain class only.
No show business and putting blame on others has ever helped, nor it will do in future.

R.D.Agarwal
A-86, Indira Nagar
Lucknow-226016