MyVoice: Views of our readers 3th May 2020

Punish cops who killed father-son duo in TN

There is no doubt that committing crimes is a condemnable act, regardless who the perpetrator is. But when it is executed by responsible people, it brings about more frustration among the public and adds more disgust to the crimes. It adds insult to the injury, sometimes it stigmatises the country's system too. Unfortunately, such heinous acts keep happening in our country. The death of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu by police torture and inhumane behaviour by the Uttar Pradesh police, who have forced some minors to take out a decomposed body from a canal in Bulandshahr while they were watching the scene standing aside, are unacceptable and such heinous acts should never be repeated in future. I appeal to the government to take strong action against such cops who stigmatise our beloved country by their bad attitudes.

Noor Ahmad, Hyderabad

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It is noteworthy that five Tamil Nadu policemen have been arrested in the custodial deaths of two men in the town of Tuticorin. A father and son allegedly tortured by cops after they had kept their shop open 15 minutes longer than allowed amid the coronavirus lockdown. The victims had committed a mistake indeed, but it was not a serious crime which allows cops to torture them in such a way. They were subjected to brutal torture while in police custody, pointing out severe internal and external wounds, including rectal bleeding, even they had breathed their last within few hours after they had been admitted to the hospital. This is one of the most brutal police terror acts. The duty of security forces is to ensure the peace in the society, not to torture people and punish them. All the culprit cops must be punished as soon as possible. Hope the criminals will not get away using their political connections.

B O Changa, Murshidabad, WB

Centre's move to privatise Railways condemnable

The Indian Railways has always been a poor man's friend: transporting millions of migrant workers, industrial labour, the poor and the middle class of our country in all seasons; since Independence. The Indian Railways is a national resource, supporting livelihoods of millions. Allowing profit seeking private players and their private investments into the Indian Railways shall only shoot up the ticket charges into the sky, every year, suiting their profit agenda, thus making the rail transportation unaffordable and inaccessible for the millions of poor migrant workers, agricultural labours and millions of common families of our country. With this, the poor and the marginalised shall be excluded further in our society. The government of India should keep the interest of millions of poor and the marginalised in the centre of its decision making and act wisely.

Sri Harsha Gajjarapu, Mandapeta, EG dist, AP

Doctor is everyone's family member

National Doctors Day has just passed off with columns devoted to doctors' services in press are worth it. The remark that the 'family doctor legacy is on the decline' naturally pricks the fraternity in the sense that nowadays it is like provider and receiver as of a particular point of time and with no long-lasting relation. The doctor/patient/family legacy runs through medicine and beyond. I remember going through a story a long ago in The New England Journal of Medicine which elaborated an inspiring incident in which a doctor was the hero of an event where he was being honoured. He got a call from one of his well-known family that there was a demise. He excused himself from the event and drove to that caller and paid his condolences to the bereaved family and after some time he returned to venue of the event. In his reply to the citation, he stressed on family-patient relation and then as to how his presence with that family comforted them.

Dr T Ramadas, Visakhapatnam, AP