Mangalore: Vested Interests Conspiring to Defame Police Personnel - SP
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Sep 18: District superintendent of police, Dr A Subrahmanyeshwar Rao, rued that an organized effort is being made to sully the image of the policemen by certain vested interests, even when the policemen try to enforce the law without fear or favour.
Citing the incident that occurred near Uppinangady recently, in which two youths had jumped off the vehicles in which they were illegally transporting the cattle and then fled by plunging into River Netravati nearby, he said that some people had tried to project this as murder. It was alleged that the policemen had beaten up the two and then thrown them into the river. As if to prove these allegations right, some clothes purported to have been worn by the two, were placed near the bridge from where they had jumped into the river. The conspirators failed in their attempts, as the bodies of those who jumped into the river, were found later, with clothes on, he noted.
He stated, that the man who was arrested in the said incident, had given wrong names of his accomplices, who had jumped into the river. He gave the correct names only after their bodies were recovered, he revealed. He added that contrary to some reports, the Uppinangady operation was conducted by the policemen alone, and that no organization had a hand in it. At the same time, he insisted that the policemen cannot be put at fault, if they get assistance from the people, while making efforts to stop illegal activities.
The SP also expressed displeasure at some twisted and one-sided reports appearing in some of the media, to prove the policemen to be wrong, even when they act legally.
"It is the duty of the policemen to investigate and interrogate suspects. In cases like murder threats, the persons concerned have to be produced in courts. You cannot expect the policemen to go into the details of whether the concerned was a bright student, by contacting the principal and questioning him. It is up to the court to deliver justice, not the policemen," he said.