IPS Officers flee Chattisgarh

Newspapers are reporting that IPS officers are fleeing Chattisgarh and moving to safer places like Kolkata. Is it not a shame on the calibre of these officers ? The Government is spending crores to train these officers and have now started sending them to Australia and United Kingdom for advanced training.

Of what use is this to the common man if these officers are fleeing from their duty and leaving the Jawans to fend for themselves. Reports also speak of rift between IPS and non-IPS officers and between IPS officers of Chattisgarh and CRPF IPS officers ! What a pathetic state of affairs ! Before fighting the Naxalites it appears that law and order has to be restored among senior police officers ! Mr.Chidambaram will have to sort out this mess and inter service rivalry also apart from other pressing menaces like the Maoist problem.

The problem in India is that there is a surplus of officers and that is why they are squabbling among themselves. How can such officers motivate their subordinates ? The Government has to see the writing on the wall and take deterrent action to stem the rot.
GSK Menon

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