Once you visit small countries like Sri Lanka, Thailand, or Vietnam, or cities like Dubai for the first time and then come back to Indian streets, you realize how much you’ve been scammed by your municipality, local MLA, MP, and the whole system.
A Madurai court today sentenced nine Tamil Nadu cops to death in the 2020 Sathankulam custodial deaths case, calling it “rarest of rare.”
On 19 Jun 2020 in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi, P. Jayaraj (60) was picked up for keeping his shop open past lockdown hours.
It was a petty violation, something that would normally attract a fine. Instead, he was taken to the police station and beaten. Word reached his son, J. Bennix (31), who came to the station.
When Bennix arrived and saw his father already assaulted, he protested and argued with the police. That confrontation became the turning point. Instead of de-escalating, the police turned on both of them with far greater intensity. What followed was not sporadic violence but sustained custodial torture. Through the night, both men were stripped and repeatedly beaten with lathis. Eyewitnesses later described continuous assault: blow after blow, hour after hour, targeting not just the limbs and back but also lathis forced into their rectums. The violence was methodical and prolonged, not a sudden burst of anger. Their blood was splattered across the station walls, and they were made to clean the floor of their own blood multiple times.
The next morning, they were taken to a govt hospital and, shockingly, declared “fit” for custody despite requiring changes of six lungis due to profuse rectal bleeding.
They were then produced before magistrate D. Saravanan, who remanded them to custody without examining their condition or speaking to them directly, citing COVID protocols. He reportedly stood on his balcony while police surrounded the injured men below and, without following basic safeguards against custodial abuse, signaled the police to take them away. The two were then sent to Kovilpatti sub-jail, about 100 km from Sathankulam. Both died within the next few days.
This wasn’t some distant, dark chapter from history. This happened in 2020, just a few years ago, out in the open, without fear of law, backlash, or consequence. And that’s what makes it worse.
Police brutality is routine, not an exception. For every case that shocks the nation, there are countless others that never surface. Many don’t report because they fear the very system meant to protect them. Social media occasionally forces attention, but justice shouldn’t depend on something going viral. Sadly, this will continue because governments are apathetic towards police reforms.
@shiladitya4u Giving reservation, promoting corruption and devising next ladli gudia/gudda yojna for winning election and doing some hindu muslim in parallel
देश भर में “भ्रष्ट” जनता पार्टी की डबल इंजन सरकारों ने जनता की ज़िंदगी तबाह कर दी है।
भ्रष्टाचार के साथ सत्ता का दुरुपयोग और अहंकार का ज़हर BJP की राजनीति में ऊपर से नीचे तक फैल चुका है।
इनके सिस्टम में गरीब, असहाय, मज़दूर और मध्यमवर्ग की ज़िंदगी सिर्फ़ आंकड़ा है और “विकास” के नाम पर वसूली-तंत्र चल रहा है।
उत्तराखंड में अंकिता भंडारी की निर्मम हत्या ने पूरे देश को झकझोर दिया - लेकिन सवाल आज भी वही है: सत्ता का संरक्षण BJP के किस VIP को बचा रहा है? कानून सबके लिए बराबर कब होगा?
उत्तर प्रदेश के उन्नाव कांड में भी पूरा देश देख चुका है कि सत्ता के गुरूर में अपराधियों को कैसे बचाया गया और पीड़िता को न्याय के लिए कितनी कीमत चुकानी पड़ी।
इंदौर में ज़हरीला पानी पीकर मौतें हों या गुजरात-हरियाणा-दिल्ली तक “काले पानी” और दूषित सप्लाई की शिकायतें - हर तरफ़ बीमारियों का डर है।
राजस्थान की अरावली हो या प्राकृतिक संसाधन - जहां-जहां अरबपतियों का लालच और स्वार्थ पहुंचा, वहां-वहां नियमों को रौंद दिया गया। पहाड़ काटे जा रहे हैं, जंगल उजाड़े जा रहे हैं - और जनता को बदले में मिल रहा है: धूल, प्रदूषण और आपदा।
खांसी के सिरप से बच्चों की मौतें, सरकारी अस्पतालों में नवजातों को मारते चूहे, सरकारी स्कूलों की गिरती छतें - ये “लापरवाही” नहीं, भ्रष्टाचार की सीधी मार है।
पुल गिरते हैं, सड़कें धंसती हैं, ट्रेन हादसों में परिवार मिट जाते हैं और BJP सरकार हर बार वही करती है: फोटो-ऑप, ट्वीट और मुआवज़े की औपचारिकता।
मोदी जी का “डबल इंजन” चल रहा है - लेकिन सिर्फ़ अरबपतियों के लिए। आम भारतीय के लिए ये भ्रष्टाचार की डबल इंजन सरकार विकास नहीं, तबाही की रफ्तार है - जो हर दिन किसी न किसी की ज़िंदगी कुचल रहा है।
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@theskindoctor13 Generally i don't comment on tweets due to ignorance, laziness but this is really heartful. May the parents of the kid get some happiness again and may BJP rot in hell or even if there is worse than that if possible.
@mohitlaws I don't understand what exactly was the propnandga in the movie. We know Pakistan was behind terrorists attack shown in the movie and then it is just a spy thriller.