Police get defamed for no action or extreme action, says Home Minister Amit Shah

Aug 2: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah on Sunday said that police get defamed due to either “no action” or “extreme action”. “I often say that police get defamed due to two reasons — one is no action, and the second is extreme action. No action is not right as indolence cannot rectify the law and order system. And extreme is also not correct as it triggers a reaction. Both are bad, and that is why just action is required,” said Amit Shah after laying the foundation of the UP State Institute of Forensic Sciences in Lucknow.

“Today policing is not confined to what was imagined 20 years ago, be it counterfeit notes, narcotics, narco-terror, cyber crime or cow smuggling. The day is not far when every district in UP will have a mobile forensic van, and there will be regional FSLs (forensic sciences laboratories),” he said. After laying Uttar Pradesh State Institute Of Forensic Sciences’ foundation in Lucknow, Shah said the institute will help in this direction.

Though Mr Shah did not mention it, yet his saying also holds good in the recent border clashes between Assam and Mizoram in which Mizoram Police forces killed 6 Assam Police personnel and injured 40 plus policemen including the Police Super of Cachar. To use the language of Shah, the act of Mizoram Police amounts to “extreme action”, which is also not a healthy sign.