Institutionalised police brutality is a fact of life in post-independence India. It is the rule rather than the exception and is condoned and even celebrated by the political class cutting across party lines as an effective tool of enforcing law and order and frightening citizens into compliance.
The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday has issued notices to the Government of NCT of Delhi and Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry on a complaint making serious allegations about the difficulties being faced by the general public in Delhi due to COVID-19 mismanagement.