Broken Windows - 2

It is unusual to be writing a sequel to an article after 7 years. But not much has changed in our crime and justice system since I wrote “Broken Windows” in 2012 after the Nirbhaya incident in Delhi. In some cases, the crimes have gotten worse and the predictable outrage follows. The big difference now is that the outrage depends more on the politics and religion of the victim than the crime itself. In these intervening years, Criminology should have advanced as a science and profession in India but it hasn’t. On the other Educational site of mine I just concluded a 3-part series on “Behaviour Analysis” and why Behaviour Analyst will be a great future career for “Cerebral” students in crime solving, justice system and national security.

In the absence of qualified Criminologists working with Police, Govt and Justice system we regularly have a bunch of Big Bindi activists from different organisations outraging on TV or doing street agitations and candle marches. In a brutal crime like that on “Disha” in Hyderabad (That’s the cover name given by the cops after the victim’s name, Priyanka Reddy, and face was already splashed all over), your blood naturally boils and one can be forgiven for the urge to hang the criminals or shoot them instantly. There is a “housekeeping” chore that is missing in all this. As explained in Broken Windows part 1, lack of housekeeping gathers dust, dust gathers disease, disease turns to severe illness, severe illness costs a lot to treat. In most cases, brutal crimes are the outcome of lack of housekeeping. Brutal criminals are usually people who have some record or other of smaller crimes. When smaller crimes are ignored, the offender graduates to bigger crimes. Believe it or not, Jerry Williams was sentenced to 25 years to Life for just stealing a Pizza-slice:

 

“Three strikes”  is a Baseball term. Bill Clinton used the term to warrant laws which have a severe punishment after a third offence, usually of Life. In Williams case, he had five prior offences and the judge had no hesitation in punishing him severely. When he stole the pizza-slice, Williams was a bit drunk too. Had he been let off again, Williams would have graduated to bigger crimes like sexual assault or murder. In India, instead of looking at the background of prior offences of criminals, you have Rudaalis like Barkha Dutt and others describing how Burhan Wani was the son of a Headmaster or how someone took to terrorism because his girlfriend dumped him. In the recent attack on London Bridge, Usman Khan was shot dead but some stupid media claimed he took to terrorism because he was bullied in school. In reality, Usman was convicted for terror-plots and was jailed but released earlier than completion of his sentence.

Take Tarun Tejpal as a sample. He is facing a rape case from his company’s Goa event. But once that incident broke, people came out with news about his past misbehaviour with women, his sexcapades and exploitation of women. There are many women in media who are “wilful” victims of such sexcapades but they come out years later when some “Me Too” campaign breaks out because of Harvey Weinstein. The worst of the outragers have to be some of our moronic MPs. In the Parliament Jaya Bachchan wanted to lynch the criminals in the Hyderabad case. One MP wanted to immediately castrate rapists. They all shout “Death Death Death” to rapists but it doesn’t occur to any of these johnies that the ones seriously holding up justice are the courts:

What is different from Nirbhaya 2012 and now is that a so-called “Hindutva” party is now at the Centre and there is a distinct conspiracy to communalise each serious case of rape and murder. This campaign is driven by the usual Sickular gang which consists of NGOs, media junkies and assorted Bollywoodias. The “Darra hua Musalman” as Naseeruddin Shah claims is frequently in the midst of such crimes. In a few cases, this Muslim is also the victim of the crime. But it’s only when the Muslim is the victim that the whole gang of louts from all over come out from their holes in their glorious placard-carrying manifest when they are PAID for it:

 

To call these people filth would be an insult to any sewer. Not one of them came out for Disha with any protest or placard. Not one of them claimed they are “Hindustan”. And they demonstrate their extreme bigotry and hate for Hindus in many tweets and articles like this latest bigot Arfa Khanum does:

These are “Broken Windows” of society through which criminals creep in. They are the outlets through which criminals find justification too. There are many such broken windows in our society – the biggest one being our courts. How in hell can courts be giving bail to offenders even when serious crimes like rape are non-bailable? Of course, the discretion lies with the judge in all cases but look at what happens when they give bail to morons:

 

That rapist Mulakkal was given bail without the slightest objection by the police or the prosecution just because of his religion and position in the Church. Out on bail, he and his gang of Padres have been busy intimidating the victim and other nuns. In a worse case, Tinku Anwar was given bail for a rape case and he comes out and promptly attacks his victim and family brutally and sends them to hospital. They are in a critical condition. The awful truth is, Indian judges are poorly educated in psychological behaviour of criminals. Across the world, criminals, even after completing their sentence or out on parole, go back to their same habits. This is true for most criminals. It’s like a tennis player wants to pick up the racket and play even after retirement. The intense desire to get back to the game is true for hardened criminals too. It’s not very different in India either:

In 2018, about 20 death-sentences were handed out by lower courts and the SC reduced 11 to Life. The remaining are either still pending with the SC or with the President. Unfortunately, judges are not made responsible for the crimes of people they bail out without sound basis or preventive-prudence. If the evidence of crime is compelling, bail should be strictly denied in case of serious crimes because the offender will either intimidate the victim or the witnesses or commit the same crime again. The is the very reason PC is still in jail. He is powerful and influential enough to intimidate witnesses and destroy evidences. And PC is a White-Lungi criminal so on what basis do courts release rapists and murderers on bail? This is a broken window that should be repaired at the earliest. Bail in such cases should be rare when the judge is convinced that there is excessive doubt about the accused being the criminal and there is absolutely no danger to society or witnesses.

But the most broken window is that of the Govt – both Central and States when it comes to nipping offences in the bud. And because of the govts, the police also have their hands tied. Nothing was more glaring in incompetence and tolerance of crimes than the Azad Maidan riots by Muslims in 2011. The mob went on a rampage, destroyed properties, desecrated a Jawan memorial and even molested female cops. All the while, the Mumbai cops watched in helplessness as they were ordered “not to offend” or hurt this rioting mob. Effectively, riots and crimes by this particular group has been on the rise, especially after ModiSarkar took over in 2014. In June-July this year, people were putting up instances of rape-murders, including those of children. All the names point to a pattern of crimes that seem pre-planned and orchestrated as the image on the left would show. I have repeatedly said, that ModiSarkar’s unwillingness to combat crimes right under their noses in Delhi EMBOLDENS these criminals. How else do you explain a slaughter of a young girl (Kirti) in broad daylight in the heart of Delhi? The murderer Mohammad Munasir would have run off if the public had not thrashed him:

Road Namaz, rail Namaz, Namaz on highways and Namaz at public places and even in the small spaces inside a train coach and blaring loud-speakers. How long will this nonsense go on? When such smaller offences and public nuisance are condoned and ignored, they become a broken window to let in bigger offences:

Each time we think we have seen the worst of the barbaric gang; they have more shocks in store for us. The outrage over Disha had not yet subsided and the body of a 35-year old woman was found in the same area in Hyderabad just a kilometre from where Disha was found. Two days later a 50-year old woman was gangraped and murdered. These are not random crimes. These are an organised sequence and a pattern of criminal intent. Rapists don’t just sexually attack the victim; they seek a brutal control over the person that gives them the absolute power of holding the life and death of a person in their hands. And nothing can be more barbaric than the latest incident that is reported from Azamgarh in UP:

This barbarian Nazirudeen raped the woman twice, killed her and had earlier raped and killed her young daughter, killed her husband and attacked their kid and another infant. It is hard to understand where such brutality and barbarianism comes from. But it should be clear to ModiSarkar and also to UP CM Yogi Adityanath that the more you tolerate the smaller crimes of such scumbags, the bigger the crimes grow. They are emboldened to such an extent that they are not bothered about the consequences whatsoever.

The final broken window is none other than the police force itself. And most of the time you cannot blame them. They are poorly staffed, many of the senior ones not in physically good shape, frequently over-worked and treated like domestic servants of ministers and politicians. If all that is enough, many of them are corrupt, badly behaved and ordinary citizens simply don’t ever want a situation when they have to seek help from the police. The international ratio frequently suggested for the police force is 225 cops for every 1 lakh population. India is badly short of this mark and our police force is 5 lakh personnel short of the required strength:

There are beat cops and highway patrol cops. Most of them do their jobs diligently. But there are some on the highway who are negligent. Not so long ago, while travelling on the highway of a northern city I found a highway patrol Jeep parked squatting peacefully on the shoulder at a junction on the highway. What should be interesting is, this Jeep was parked bang outside a liquor shop which was well decorated with lights and was open at 2am. Sometimes, people find it scary to run into cops anywhere.

ModiSarkar has the unenviable responsibility of making judiciary, police and every other system work to protect citizens. No other govt in the past has ever been charged with so much. And the more ModiSarkar and other BJP govts in the States appease the minorities, the more some of them retaliate negatively. In particular, the barbaric cult of rapists-murderers are the biggest broken windows in the last few years. They cannot be repaired anymore. These windows must be shut down permanently at the smallest of offences. Leave these small offences open or condone them, you leave the window open for greater horrors on innocent women, children and other citizens. 

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