{"id":75536,"date":"2017-08-29T19:10:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=75536"},"modified":"2019-08-13T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T13:43:50","slug":"selective-service-by-a-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2017\/08\/29\/selective-service-by-a-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Selective Service by a police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Dear Editor,<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention to the unjust application of law.<br \/>\nLast night, there was a police checking at Naharlagun.<br \/>\nI forgot my wallet with driving license at home. I pleaded for mercy but i was denied. The policeman denied other govt. officials and a fauji with medical case explaining the need for law and the necessity of Chalan.<br \/>\nI was touched by his discipline and professional attitude while conducting his duty being a non-APST amidst the APST.<br \/>\nWhen I returned back with the money for Chalan , the IRBNs stopped a costly car with two women and a driver. As I was going to receive my Chalan, that car pulled over near the officer and a lady in the back said , &#8221; Sir, yeh log humko rukarae &#8221; and the officer exchanged few words and let her go.<br \/>\nThe lady while going said &#8216; jai hind &#8216; and the officer offered a salute as a sign of courtesy. I asked the officer regarding this immoral act and he said that he knows them well and they are reputed people.<br \/>\nWhen I further enquired for equality of law, he began to threaten me with court and high cost of an advocate. His advice was, &#8216; hum jantae &#8216; &amp; &#8216; Apna ka deko.<br \/>\nIt was midnight and my family was with me. I was shocked by his changed flexible melodramatic policeman image. I had to say sorry to calm him down and leave. I never got what he meant by &#8216;reputed&#8217;.<br \/>\nl appeal to the officials to serve all rather than the selected few. The handsome salary and other benefits you enjoy is the tax that common public pays to the govt.<br \/>\nWe appreciate your efforts to serve and our co-ordination is a guarantee but we expect the genuine code of conduct as well. We are resilient by force, not by choice.<br \/>\n<strong>Yours,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tony Bage<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention to the unjust application of law. Last night, there was a police checking at Naharlagun. I forgot my wallet with driving license at home. I pleaded for mercy but i was denied. The policeman denied other govt. officials and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}