Escape of terrorists. It reflects poorly on police functioning

Three Pakistani terrorists giving the slip to a lone policeman escorting them in Delhi last Friday and five police officers caught in camera dancing at a party hosted by an underworld don in Mumbai underlines the extent of the rot that has set in in the system. Can the country fight the terrorist menace successfully or handle the mafia groups if the police force takes its work so non-seriously or possibly even colludes with them? The three Pakistanis, who had served their jail terms for working as ISI agents and abetting terrorist strikes in India, were to be deported soon. When they complained of some eye problem, an Indian Reserve Battalion Sub-Inspector was asked to take them to a hospital. The terrorists gave the security personnel the slip while they were taking food in a restaurant after an eye check-up. It is surprising why only one policeman was assigned the task of getting the eyes of the terrorists examined by a doctor? Shamefully, he, too, took the responsibility given to him in a casual manner.
Clearly, the three terrorists virtually having been allowed to disappear is a major security lapse. But who is responsible for this? What is there in the Home Ministry’s enquiry report is yet to be made public. Blame game, which has been going on between the Foreign Regional Registration Office and the Special Branch of the Delhi Police, will not do. It is not difficult to find out the officials guilty of not taking their job with utmost seriousness when it involved handling convicted terrorists. The guilty must be given the harshest punishment possible. The terrorists at large pose a serious threat to security in the country. They must be nabbed before they indulge in what they are trained for.
The two incidents — one in Delhi and other in Mumbai — call for a thorough overhaul of the police functioning. How can the police discharge its onerous responsibilities honestly and effectively when some of its officials face the charge of being part of a nexus involving mafia dons? The five police personnel, including a Deputy Commissioner of Police, have been suspended. But this is not enough. They must be removed from service if the enquiry ordered into the episode establishes their link with criminal gangs.  
 

Source: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India.

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