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Do some members of the Police understand their Role

Two incidents reported in the Press today highlight the fact that some members of the Mumbai police do not have a clue as to their role while policing this vast city. In the first incident the Police were silent spectators while the Shiv Sena goons vandalized and terrorized a 5 star hotel, namely Hotel Intercontinental Lalit at Sahar in the guise of unionism and trying to restore the jobs of the so called 11 youth who lost their jobs. If the management has sacked 11 people they must be having valid reasons, even if they don’t, there are more civilized ways to protest with adequate legal remedies available to the sacked employees which can help re-instate them. Are these politicians people friendly or they just interested in their petty political gains which could help them garner some funds? We have not yet got over the 26/11 terror attacks and here we have our own home grown goondas terrorizing and vandalizing another 5 star hotel. It has been reported in the Press that the police wer...