GPS is secure—Spoofing GPS signals is next to impossible
Of late, media has been abuzz with the talk of GPS spoofing— where terrorists spoof the GPS, making passenger jets crash or test fired missiles go haywire
Nithari Case: Failed investigation & lessons for criminal justice system
Few criminal cases in India’s recent memory have evoked such horror, disbelief, and outrage as the Nithari killings.
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man #1
Why the society needs responsive and honest police?
Police and medical services are two departments to which people go only when they are in acute...
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man #2
Government officers in general and police officers, in particular, tend to be insensitive, cruel, unreasonable, and mechanistic.
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man #3
Police officers who do ‘unprofessional’ things do so because they are compelled by the politicians but to serve their own interests
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man #4
Police officers are like a computer, the default response of which is ‘no’. Irrespective of whatever key you press, the screen will show ‘no’. Unless you have the ‘manual override’ of some pressure or bribe, the screen will keep on showing ‘no’.
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man #5
Indian policemen are known for their habit of carrying a danda and beating up people. Anyone can be at the receiving end of the ‘danda’.
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man # 6
The refusal to register your FIR is such a common malady in India. It is so difficult that most people think that they have won half the battle if the FIR is registered
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man # 7
The objective of limiting police custody to 15 days under Section 167 CrPC was to reduce the possibility of torture in police custody. However, there is a catch in Section 167 CrPC itself. Crooked cops exploit it.
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man # 9
When it comes to finding ingenious ways to harass people, the ingenuity of the cops knows no bounds. One of the most popular ways of harassing people is to oppose bail. Another common tool is to summon people unnecessarily to the police station to harass them
Yeh Mera India: Police and the Common Man # 10
It should not require the Supreme Court to tell the police that it is their primary responsibility to prevent the commission of crimes; to ensure that law and order and public order are maintained; and that mobs do not become lawless. The Rule of Law has to be upheld at any cost.
Hoax of martial arts and self-defence
Whenever there is a fresh incident of rape or molestation, there is a clarion call for teaching self-defence or some sort of martial arts to women from numerous quarters.
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