The recent encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey is more like a real-life imitating the reel life (not vice versa).
Dubey's encounter in UP exposes the dangerous nexus between politics, crime and a rotten political system. The journey of Dubey whose men had massacred 8 police personnel when they raided his den was a depressing tale of the corrosive political culture in UP which made a mockery of rule of law. Dubey who is a product of political-bureaucratical-criminal nexus would have resulted in his death, sooner than later. 5 of his aids had been killed in separate gunfights in multiple locations. Dubey’s surrender and his aids encounter are raising many questions. Why kill? Why not capture alive? These men would have been more valuable to the police alive than dead as they would have been able to shed light on don’s activities, Don too, if not encountered, would have revealed political-bureaucratic and criminal nexus. But if you see, police killing someone and calling it an “encounter” has become common now. Dubey’s and his associates' encounters, felt like a movie plot of Manmohan Desai’s film (I'm not familiar with the directors of this generation).
We expect the government elected by the people to uphold the constitution not exploit the loopholes in the system and take advantage of it. Even hardened criminals do not deserve such death. They should be brought before the law. This is yet another addition to the alarmingly high number of extrajudicial killings over the last few months. The onus is on the state, and the judiciary to nip this trend in bud, lest we end up having a police force that sees it fit to bypass judicial procedures as and when they please. While I agree, that those engaging in crime must be brought to book, there is supposed to be strict adherence to the procedure.
The UP gangster Dubey may not have anyone mourning his death in a stage-managed accident-cum-encounter, responsible as he was for many killings, the last being 8 policemen. Does it sit easy on the conscience of the police, which has put out the most outrageous and improbable theory? Does it not indicate that the police patrons of Dubey and their protector policemen had too much to lose, had the don filled the details of the unholy politician-criminal nexus that has entrenched itself in the state in the mutually-self serving manner? Does this not damage Yogi ‘s image of a no-nonsense leader with zero tolerance for corruption and mafia, for good, considering he was personally supervising Dubey’s case? India is a democracy after all and even criminals with such intimidating rap sheets like Dubey have a right to justice, representation, and being heard in the court of law. Supreme Court has declared encounter killings as unlawful. A fair and transparent trial can not be dispensed with to satisfy cries for vengeance. Goading the police on to deliver instant justice, or even tolerating such behaviour creates an atmosphere of impunity that could lead to the murder of innocent people as happened with the custodial deaths in Tamilnadu. Support for such killings by police will not make society more just. Mob justice is no justice at all. When law -enforcers short circuit due process the damage to state institutions is severe and long-lasting. UP’s Police theory on why it killed Vikas Dubey doesn’t stand to reason. The politics of criminal nexus will never be exposed. This encounter is “encountering the truth. “
Dubey's encounter in UP exposes the dangerous nexus between politics, crime and a rotten political system. The journey of Dubey whose men had massacred 8 police personnel when they raided his den was a depressing tale of the corrosive political culture in UP which made a mockery of rule of law. Dubey who is a product of political-bureaucratical-criminal nexus would have resulted in his death, sooner than later. 5 of his aids had been killed in separate gunfights in multiple locations. Dubey’s surrender and his aids encounter are raising many questions. Why kill? Why not capture alive? These men would have been more valuable to the police alive than dead as they would have been able to shed light on don’s activities, Don too, if not encountered, would have revealed political-bureaucratic and criminal nexus. But if you see, police killing someone and calling it an “encounter” has become common now. Dubey’s and his associates' encounters, felt like a movie plot of Manmohan Desai’s film (I'm not familiar with the directors of this generation).
We expect the government elected by the people to uphold the constitution not exploit the loopholes in the system and take advantage of it. Even hardened criminals do not deserve such death. They should be brought before the law. This is yet another addition to the alarmingly high number of extrajudicial killings over the last few months. The onus is on the state, and the judiciary to nip this trend in bud, lest we end up having a police force that sees it fit to bypass judicial procedures as and when they please. While I agree, that those engaging in crime must be brought to book, there is supposed to be strict adherence to the procedure.
The UP gangster Dubey may not have anyone mourning his death in a stage-managed accident-cum-encounter, responsible as he was for many killings, the last being 8 policemen. Does it sit easy on the conscience of the police, which has put out the most outrageous and improbable theory? Does it not indicate that the police patrons of Dubey and their protector policemen had too much to lose, had the don filled the details of the unholy politician-criminal nexus that has entrenched itself in the state in the mutually-self serving manner? Does this not damage Yogi ‘s image of a no-nonsense leader with zero tolerance for corruption and mafia, for good, considering he was personally supervising Dubey’s case? India is a democracy after all and even criminals with such intimidating rap sheets like Dubey have a right to justice, representation, and being heard in the court of law. Supreme Court has declared encounter killings as unlawful. A fair and transparent trial can not be dispensed with to satisfy cries for vengeance. Goading the police on to deliver instant justice, or even tolerating such behaviour creates an atmosphere of impunity that could lead to the murder of innocent people as happened with the custodial deaths in Tamilnadu. Support for such killings by police will not make society more just. Mob justice is no justice at all. When law -enforcers short circuit due process the damage to state institutions is severe and long-lasting. UP’s Police theory on why it killed Vikas Dubey doesn’t stand to reason. The politics of criminal nexus will never be exposed. This encounter is “encountering the truth. “
