Re: News: Police fire on mob....

[murtaza <a1285@emirates.net.ae>]

At 11:11 AM 7/14/97 +0530, you wrote:
>The police version is that some rioters tried to set fire to Three trucks
>carrying compressed LPG Gas. Had even truck caught fire, it would have
>spread to the other two trucks and the blast would have blown apart the
>entire slum area and area for miles along all sides. There was no time and
>choice - they had to react instantaneously.That was when the firing
>happened.
>in another case the mob set fire to a luxury bus carrying outstation
>pasengers and then did not allow the passengers to alight from the bus. The
>police had to intervene to allow passengers to come out.
>
>If the above is true, it does not seem that police had a choice. However
>the fact remains that they could have fired on the legs - there has been
>indiscriminate firing - but I think the leaders of the political parties
>should take responsibility for inciting the mob rather than trying to calm
>hings down. they had a chance to do so.
>
>>The news dispatch from Reuters (the one I distributed) seemed to indicate that
>>the police could have avoided firing. But I have learnt since then that they
>>(the police) did not have much choice. I would desperately like to believe the
>>latter since I would hate to think of Bombay (and India) as a place where
>>the law-keepers are out of control.
>>
>>Can someone from Bombay provide a balanced view of this whole sordid saga ?
>>
>This seems to be an clearly , politically provocated peice  of work . what
happened to Sudhakar Rao Naik AND Sharad Pawar at their times, is happening
to shivsena. 
The  ruling govt is being blamed for their inefficiency to maintain law and
order in the city.
In this process Bombay , is the scape goat. since last few years Bombay is
targeted for any polotical or religiuonal disturbances. 
i think the Bombay , which we all were proud of , the bombay which was a
place where all cultures lived in harmony, the Bombay where there
was"integrity in diversity" , no longer exists, it is history.
Although the natives of Bombay are ,for sure ,not the culprits , there are
external powers who are more interested in their personal benifits then the
wellbeing and welfare of bombay. in this process the happy living people of
bombay are mere witnesses of  physical torture, economic instability , and
mental disability . why????Cant we all unite and think of an end tto this.
Our target of thinking should be:" how to neutralize the power of external
interests who tend to cause harm to the normal living in BOMBAY"!!!!!
WHAT WE DO DURING OUR WORKING HOURS , DETERMINES WHAT WE HAVE,
    WHAT WE DO DURING OUR LEISRURE HOURS ,DETERMINES WHAT WE ARE.

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