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Police Atrocity in So-called Largest Democracy, India
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
On August 4, 2009, New York based Human Rights Watch have published a 118-page report titled "Broken System: Dysfunction, Abuse and Impunity in the Indian Police" that records a range of human rights violations committed by police, including arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and extrajudicial killings. The report is based on interviews with more than 80 police officers of varying ranks, 60 victims of police abuses, and numerous discussions with experts and civil society activists. It documents the failings of state police forces that operate outside the law, lack sufficient ethical and professional standards, and are overstretched and outmatched by criminal elements, and unable to cope with increasing demands and public expectations.
"India is modernizing rapidly, but the police continue to use their old methods: abuse and threats," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "It's time for the government to stop talking about reform and fix the system."
