Amid the horrific scenes of raw communal frenzy that had shaken Northeast Delhi since Sunday evening and had sent ripples of unease all across the country, it’s the intervention of judiciary that has come in as a ray of assurance. Delhi HC’s dressing-down of Delhi Police has been viewed as an ample corroboration of the failure of law enforcing machinery to act in a manner expected of them, that led to the bloodbath and most painfully, a sharp erosion of communal harmony in the national capital that might take years to rebuild.
Over last three days, the singular question that seemingly had no answer was that why things were left to escalate to the point where it was a situation that resembles something like ‘do as you want’ and also it was the height of bewilderment since it was all happening at the heart of the national capital, which is supposed to be fortified by all means when it comes to law and order maintenance. And the common man’s feelings of angst had perhaps been ably mirrored by the sharp reprimands of the Delhi HC which had even screened the clips of hate speeches of ‘those leaders’ in front of top brass of Delhi Police, questioning their strange apathy in registering FIRs, adding that lack of FIRs over hate speeches send wrong messages. As on late Wednesday evening, death toll had crossed 24 and will presumably jump further since there are more than 200 injuries, out of which scores are currently fighting it out medically. Now, after facing the music, there is an initiation of flurry of activities with arrest of more than 100 people in connection with the violence. But it is a great and repetitive misfortune of the nation that right things are seldom done at right times resulting in damages beyond repair, with common people always at the receiving end. Can take pre-emptive measures to tame Pakistan, but when it comes to managing sensitive issues that demand immediate actions, hardly had there been any such appreciable urgency. The entire gamut of the Delhi administrative apparatus involving police, intelligence and all allied ones are thus now being questioned of their roles, where their ‘go slow’ attitude is the crux of allegations. Had there been prompt actions against those rabble-rousing vitriols, the mayhem could have been avoided to a large extent, the lament is gradually getting ubiquitous.
A great test of professional competence awaits Delhi police, now supplemented by the paramilitary in containing violence from spreading to other parts of the capital. But the damage that had been done in terms of loss of life, property and most vitally, people’s faith on administration can hardly be made good. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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