Letters to Editor Indian Ethos

TITE whole country is going through the motions of expressing its horror oven the Bhagalpur Windings. But it is forgotten that even during the worst period of British rule, the police in India did not have the powers to kill. This they acquired for the first time after India became free, during the Telengana movement. Jawaharlal Nehrus deputy, Sardar Patel, gave this power to the police. Nehru's acquiesence in it was brought out by Kingsley Martin in his despatches to Netv States-man.