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MURDER IN UNIFORM CUSTODIAL DEATHS IN INDIA Police or policing presupposes the concept of protection of law and order within an area of civil administration of a government. Law enforcement, either compulsively or voluntarily is one of the functions of police. Law enforcement uses the rule of law and the threat of punishment to enforce obedience. However, it is also argued that policing is intended to deal with behavior through community relationship and addressing root causes. But at the end of the day police men anywhere in the world are there to protect law abiding citizens and to detain, arrest and punish in accordance with the law of the land those who are enemies of general public and public order. However, we are all privy to the truth, for varieties of reasons, police have resorted to violence with both, who are criminals and those who are innocents. The stories of heavy hand methods, or 3rd degree methods of obtaining confessions from detained persons, sometime even juveniles,...

NEW DELHI: A report datelined New Delhi said “Inter ministerial team to probe Rajiv Foundation”. The report also informed about other two trusts “Rajiv Gandhi charitable trust” and “Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust”, also being investigated besides Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. The accusations are, receiving money from questionable sources, money laundering, foreign exchange regulation violations, income tax evasion etc. It is known that these trusts are managed and controlled by Sonia Gandhi and family. Post India-China standoff at the border and the accusation that Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received funds from Chinese embassy has triggered the latest move by the government.  Understandably Congress party is upset and accused the union government of witch-hunt. While the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has every reason to go after those who are indulging in illegal financial dealings, it has to be on sustainable grounds. Now that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken up the case, it will...