Power sans responsibility

Rather than a sense of security, the presence of the police strikes fear in people’s hearts.

The brutal thrashing of a doctor who was walking home after finishing his shift has brought forth public claims that a repressive mindset is still operational within the police force. Dr Kul Bahadur Ghishing was viciously attacked on his way home from the hospital by a constable on the pretext that he had been walking at night. This is not the first case wherein the security apparatus has shown severe abuse of power. However, it is alarming that the confidence to act brazenly emerges possibly in the complete absence of training concerning the rights of citizens and the limitations of power accorded to the security apparatus.