Not only are fake ‘encounter’ killings by cops rampant across the country, they are wildly cheered by a people who have lost faith in the criminal justice system
Prakash Singh
Editor
Don’t blame the security forces, work to reform them
Recommendations by several commissions gather dust as successive regimes decide to play it safe.
Indian Police are stuck in the colonial mould. They need autonomy from state governments, extensive structural reforms and better working conditions, writes ex top-cop Prakash Singh
Trans-border ops may have more optic value, but internal security needs a revamp
The Centre and states have been dragging their feet on long overdue changes
Despite losses, Maoist insurgency is nowhere close to extinction
We need to transform ruler’s police into people’s police.
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