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The Indian <strong>Police</strong> JournalIndian Army operation, not police action. The present generation <strong>of</strong>Indian youth would not be in a position to comprehend the extent <strong>of</strong>the savagery indulged in <strong>by</strong> the British Raj to hold on to their empirejust <strong>by</strong> reading history. The distance <strong>of</strong> time has blurred the vision.But a picture like Sir Attenborough’s G<strong>and</strong>hi has recreated some <strong>of</strong>the scenes vividly. Just watch the scene <strong>of</strong> batches <strong>of</strong> satyagrahisadvancing in the D<strong>and</strong>i March to be beaten up brutally <strong>by</strong> the police.one would expect Indian policemen to rise in revolt <strong>and</strong> refuse to lathichargepeaceful processions. Of course, it did not happen at any stage<strong>of</strong> the freedom struggle. The Indian <strong>Police</strong> served their British masters,not the people <strong>of</strong> India. The pity is that the masters belonged to thecountry that was the cradle <strong>of</strong> democracy, jealously guarding the rights<strong>of</strong> the people - <strong>of</strong> course, their people, not the colonial natives. Thequestion that I would ask later is: Is the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>of</strong> Free India anywaydifferent?Steel Frame <strong>Bureau</strong>caray & Colonial <strong>Police</strong>It was but natural that the leaders <strong>of</strong> Freedom Movement, victims<strong>of</strong> many atrocities committed on them <strong>by</strong> the police, wanted anoverhauling <strong>of</strong> the organization as soon as they acquired power. Therewas even talk <strong>of</strong> completely disb<strong>and</strong>ing it <strong>and</strong> starting a new systemwith a view to achieving a complete break with the unsavoury past.needed a police service wedded to the philosophy <strong>of</strong> sovereignty <strong>of</strong> existing system in maintaining their own dispensation. There will beagitations <strong>by</strong> the opponents <strong>of</strong> the rulers in a democracy, more thanin the colonial regime. If the police acts according to law <strong>and</strong> notaccording to the dictates <strong>of</strong> the rulers, how could they hold on topower?The Nehru-Patel era was the most propitious period for ushering in proven statesmen, unlikely to place self above the State. SardarPatel spoke <strong>of</strong> the “legacy <strong>of</strong> suspicion <strong>and</strong> dislike” inherited <strong>by</strong> thepolice <strong>and</strong> wanted both public <strong>and</strong> police to “change their attitude”.Nehru said something similar in his address to the Inspectors-GeneralJanuary - March, 20135
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