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CHHATTISGARH POLICE’S LAW AND ORDER IN A DEATH SPIRAL
“अपराधी तो छोड़ो, पुलिस डिपार्टमेंट अगर चाहे और सरकार इजाजत दे तो शहर में कोई छोटे बच्चे का खिलौना भी नहीं छीन सकता।”
(Forget the criminals-if the police department truly wants and the government allows, not even a child’s toy could be snatched in this city.)
Just two days ago, I found myself on a long and striking phone call with an IPS officer - one recently transferred to a high-crime district bordering Raipur, as part of the senior IPS reshuffle carried out on April 21.
His tone was firm, his words surgical. Without the usual bureaucratic vagueness, he laid it bare:
“अगर सरकार अपने पॉलिटिकल विल पावर को एक्सरसाइज़ करे तो एक 24 घंटे में छत्तीसगढ़ का लॉ एंड ऑर्डर और क्रिमिनल्स का इलाज हो जाएगा। बशर्ते सरकार बिना दबाव या दखल के अपने पुलिस डिपार्टमेंट के अधिकारियों को इसकी छूट दे।”
(If the government chooses to exercise its political will, law and order and criminal infestation in Chhattisgarh can be cured within 24 hours -provided it gives a free hand to its police officers without interference or pressure.)
This wasn’t some rhetoric from a rookie. This IPS officer is widely known for his clinical crackdowns, incorruptible posture, and a fearsome reputation that keeps even his own subordinates stiff-spined in his presence. His remarks were grounded not in theory but in observation - a state capital where gangsters assault contractors with knives in railway stations, where a woman complainant is publicly humiliated inside a police station, where muscle-backed loan sharks operate with impunity, and where sand mafia deals are allegedly blessed by uniforms themselves.
His voice reminded me of another. Not a bureaucrat, not a politician - but the silver screen’s sharpest truth-teller. This wasn’t just a dramatic flourish from Khakee, the 2004 Bollywood thriller. It was Amitabh Bachchan’s iconic distillation of the power and responsibility embedded within the khaki uniform.
His words echo what every citizen in Chhattisgarh is asking today - if the police truly want, and the government truly allows, why is the state still bleeding?
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