Ooty's check-post sharks

The RTO check-post set us back by Rs.200 on our way in - Rs.150 for the road permit; and our driver was not sure what the other Rs.50 was for. If it was the guy at RTO check-post on our way in, it was the police on our way out of Ooty. An arrangement of convenience to fleeze tourists, I guess...More...

Human rights course for cops

It is refreshing to note a top cop, in the rank of additional director-general of police, taking a stance on the issue in an open forum...What I read in his article, however, wasn't so heartening. He says he wasn’t shocked by the TV pictures of a Bhagalpur cop on a motorbike towing a battered chain-snatcher tethered to his vehicle...More...

Bangalore's NRI-funded police station

I spent rest of my auto-ride speculating who would want to fund a police station building to perpectuate the memory of the donor family in its native town. Maybe the NRI was once a policeman, or son of a cop...More...

Police brutality on live TV

We can only hope that those who witnessed the gruesome scene wouldn't back off when they are called to give evidence against the cops. . . The phone-in on Headlines Today had a caller, asking why the media, present on the scene, couldn't intervene to stop the cops from beating the man. . .More. . .