Tuesday, December 2, 2008

ANOTHER TYPE OF...PROOF

I just saw this article on NDTV's website, which was pretty upsetting. 

Faulty jackets killed Mumbai bravehearts

Several innocent lives were lost in the Mumbai terror attacks and 14 of them were policemen, including Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who were killed in the line of duty.

However, now investigations have revealed that some lives could have been saved if the police had been better equipped.

The question that has come up is that did out of date bulletproof jackets fail to protect the lives of Mumbai's cops as they took on terrorists?

NDTV tried to investigate why the outdated jackets hadn't been updated. A shocking fact uncovered that even with something as life saving as bulletproof jackets, there has been corruption.

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Our tax rupees need to go towards protecting our forces - How can we, this booming nation, on the verge of supposedly upgrading from the third world, not be able to afford bulletproof jackets for our police officers?!


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how can we raise funds for low paid policemen? and also improve their training?

Anonymous said...

wow, this article is really upsetting. we can even save our bravest!