Public's response to crimes- India and Bangladesh
On October 14, 2011, I watched a programme named 'Crime Patrol' (real life show on Indian television). A girl was stabbed 15 times at a bazaar in public. No one appeared to stop or catch the killers, and no one even took the girl to a hospital when the killers went away. They refused to testify against the murderers during police investigation. It reminded me of an incident that occurred in our country a few years back. A businessman killed a helper of a bus in public. Therefore, he was beaten to death by public. Now, the only question that comes to my mind is, why didn't the public in India take any action against the criminals during the girl's murder? After the incident took place, Indian people staged a huge procession demanding justice and created pressure on the police through media. The interesting thing is that in our country public don't wait for the police to come and take action against the criminals, instead they take law in their own hands. It was the Indian police who solved the case brilliantly, tracked down the killers and found out their motive behind the killing.
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