Lynching becomes heart attack, victim pays not rapist in police-neta raj

The police-politician nexus isn't new. But it has worsened dramatically and IPS has now lost its moral and professional centre of gravity

Here is a trick question for this week: Is India a police state?

Three immediate responses could be: Of course not, regrettably yes, or, not yet?

You can also go ahead and add a “why”, how” and “when” to it.

The Oxford dictionary definition of a police state is rather stern: A totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises its citizens’ activities. We aren’t there yet. But there are issues we can’t kick under the sofa.

India may have not yet become a police state. But is becoming one where the police are a law unto