Posted by: Riten April 6, 2005
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Question is NOT whether the driver is at fault. Question is should we, as Nepali citizens who are subject to Nepal Police's administration of law, accept this vigilante justice (if one can call it justice) served by a person with authority to a fellow citizen in such brutal manner without due process. Today it is this school-bus driver. Tomorrow it could be you. Consider this: You are riding on your Hero Honda and make a U-turn at a place where it is not allowed. Maybe you did not see the sign, maybe you genuinely made a mistake, maybe you did not care. Nobody is hurt, but a traffic cop sees you and beats you up for breaking the law. Now is that justified? Just because a citizen breaks the law, does the man in the blue uniform have the right to take matters in his own hands? See, law of the land is clear here - even in this current state of emergency, police are there to arrest the offenders, period. Arrest, nothing more. Delivery of justice should be left to the judicial system. As far as I can see, the POLICE has become the CRIMINAL by beating up the driver, even though he might have broken the law by not letting the police vehicle pass. And we, as that driver's fellow Nepali citizens, should be outraged by such brutal action of police, who by the way is there to serve us and protect us.
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