Are IPS officers immune to Law??

Jarawa Tourism: Arrest and suspension for constables but safe passage for IPS officer

Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Mar 04: The present batch of IPS officers in A & N Islands, have no doubt cracked most of the complicated and crucial cases of these Islands, cleaning Andaman Society for atleast next 10 years.

But the recent case of Jarawa Tourism has brought bad names for the Police Department in national level.

Firstly two videos jarawa dance surfaced in media, in which Survival claimed involvement of Police Jawans. Following which the Andaman and Nicobar Police found two Police constables linked to one of the videos and immediately one of them was suspended and other constable was arrested. But this promptness and strictness went totally missing when news reports were published by local media alleged that a senior IPS officer had taken a group of ladies and a religious guru to Tirur Village of South Andaman to arrange a meeting for them with Jarawa Tribes, on 28 February 2012.

When a journalists from a Delhi Based News Channel called the Chief Secretary on 1st March 2012, regarding this issue, the CS have reportedly informed her that the senior IPS officer have been relieved from his office immediately after the news appeared in media.

But this is shocking to note that neither the police department released any press release in this regard nor filed a case against the IPS officer.

“Why there are two sets of law for lower ranked police officers and IPS officers? Why a case has not been lodged against the IPS officers and all those who interacted with Jarawa at Tirur village? Why the officer was allowed to leave these Islands without any inquiry? This shows that the police department is trying to cover up the entire incident” said a general public.

Perhaps these are the questions, which every islander is asking today. Hope instead of releasing another press release to cover up the incident again, the police department will register a case against the said IPS officer and show the world that IPS officers are not immune to law of this land.