The Union Home Ministry’s decision to strip former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore of his President’s Police Medal following his conviction in the Ruchika molestation case will be some consolation for the right-thinking people who were appalled at the disrepute to which he brought the police force through his unbecoming conduct. The withdrawal will be a stern warning to other tainted officials as well. The ministry may recommend withdrawal of police medals from all persons convicted for moral turpitude or any act that brought disrespect to the police force, or any officer who was dismissed from the service for his act that brought disrepute to the police. Several officers may also be stripped of their police awards.
While the loss of medals may be a disgrace for men like Rathore, what is all the more important is that they get due punishment. Only that can act as a deterrent against misuse of their position. They are given authority to protect the public, not to shield themselves. In fact, the way Rathore connived with other powerful politicians and policemen to make life hell for the family of Ruchika and that of her friend Aradhana makes his being free on bail a risky proposition. The convict is making much of the so-called media trial. What he is forgetting is that the media is only pleading that there should be a fair trial, which he had circumvented ruthlessly. If he and others like him had not made a mockery of justice, the media would not have come into the picture at all. There is need to put in place a mechanism that men like him are not able to take the justice delivery system for a ride. He had the entire might of the state with him. What is wrong with the media sympathising with the distraught families who underwent a nightmare for 19 long years?
Source: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India.
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