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Friday, July 2, 1999
Railway cops thrash Express photographer
Express News Service
Mumbai, July 1: It may be a crime to give and receive bribes. Turns out, it may be worse to catch someone in the act. Deepak Joshi and Prashant Nakhwe, lensmen from The Indian Express and Mid-Day respectively, discovered this to their horror after being brutally assaulted by Government Railway Police (GRP) constables at Kalyan station. Their crime? Catching the railway cops in the act of accepting bribes from passengers to board an unreserved compartment at 11 pm on Wednesday night. For over an hour and a half they were savagely beaten with lathis and kicked in the face, back and abdomen by three unrelenting railway cops. Prashant suffered from corneal haemorrhage after a lathi was thrust into his right eye while Deepak injured his left ear and sustained bruises on his face.A GRP cover-up already seems to be underway to protect the guilty. Even as the last reports came in, Kalyan railway police have consistenly refused to file an FIR in the case. Even though a departmental enquiry isunderway, the maximum punishment prescribed for the accused, if found guilty, is dismissal from service. An FIR can be lodged immediately when there is prima facie evidence of assault. But it also takes the matter to court where the guilty could be tried. Apparently, police do not see it fit to allow things to come to such a pass. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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