~ Unfortunately, this right to life is much abused and trampled upon by the State. Almost all actions of the police in depriving the people of life and personal liberty go unnoticed by the agency of law and unpunished by the courts.
The violations of this fundamental right go on with impunity. In the name of curbing violent or extremist activity, several thousands of people in this country are shot dead in blatant violation of law.
People are picked up from their homes, working places, or educational institutions and shot dead. Several people are picked up in normal course as a measure of ‘interrogation’, irrespective of whether they are involved in any crime or not,
or whether there is any allegation or not, and tortured and killed. Several people are now shown as missing. Their parents are not aware of the whereabouts of their sons and daughters. Some are still waiting for their return.
Several thousands of people are lifted from their homes, right in front of their parents or relatives or neighbours and are either brought back dead or informed that they are dead, no reasons forthcoming. No one dare question the acts of the police out of fear
that the same act may be repeated in their case. Several thousands of people are tortured in police lock-up and killed, and later shown as cases of suicide...
a section of the society is brainwashed to a level that they believe that such people deserve such deaths. People are slowly becoming immune to such brutalities. ~ Bojja Tharakam in thesharedmirror.org/?product=in-qu…

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