Extra- judicial killing
I had the chance to go through the editorial in your daily on 'Cross-fire killings' published on the 31st May, 2009. I fully agree with you that there should not be any extra-judicial killing, which you have rightly pointed at. The media has been rightly agitated at the report of the latest death of two polytechnic students, though their innocence has yet to be verified through impartial investigation. In this context, I would like to mention here that the mandate of the law enforcing agencies is to protect the innocent citizens from extortion, robbery, hijacking etc . So, while performing their duty, if they are fired upon by anyone, I am in support of the home minister's claim that they should protect themselves first. Otherwise, I am afraid, they will be discouraged and finally turn to be reluctant to perform their duties and the miscreants will get an upper hand.
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