Dial-a-tune
Crime reporters and some discerning readers of this newspaper have observed a peculiar fact. Most police inspectors and investigating officers in Chandigarh Police have religious songs as caller tunes on their cellphone. So, if you make call to any DSP or SHO, you first get to hear a spiritual tone. Now, mostly, the common man calls a police officer only in the hour of distress. Maybe this is police’s way of telling the public that when in distress they should ‘keep the faith’. Ironically, the faith of the public in the Almighty may be unflinching, but the same cannot be said about the confidence they repose in our cops. For details, please read the next one about the apathy of the Panchkula Police.

Sleepy now. Call tomorrow
Recently, a call was made to a DSP by a victim of sexual harassment. It was eight in the morning and the perturbed woman’s call was met with a curt response by DSP Ram Chander Rathi, who replied, “It is too early for the police incharge and his staff to reach the spot, as they sleep late at night. So we would send them at the spot tomorrow.” It was only after the intervention of SP Amitabh Dhillon that the police staff were sent on the spot and action taken against the accused.

Unbiased sweating
If the monsoons are delayed any further, the power situation is bound to deteriorate in the city as well. A senior UT bureaucrat when asked about the chances of the power situation getting worse in the coming days, answered in the affirmative. In fact, he was quick to add, “We shall start introducing the power cuts from Sector 1 onwards. Even the VVIPs should bear the heat. In fact, we won’t even spare ourselves. Officers who enjoy air-conditioned offices, must also experience sweaty weather.”

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