Encounter Specialists: Double edged swords to combat underworld.
("इस हफ्ते की जिंदगी" का साप्ताहिक लेख इस बार अंग्रेजी में) Those who have seen the decade of 90s in Mumbai might be experiencing a déjà vu. That was the time when shootouts were rampant, gangster called to extort money & killed those who didn’t pay up. It seemed that mafia was ruling the city & law & order machinery went haywire. What is the scenario today? It seems to be returning back to those old dreaded days. 4 people are kidnapped & killed within hours, a senior journalist is shot dead in broad daylight, gangsters have again started calling up for extortion & fire on people who don’t respond & the figures of kidnappings are rising. The situation calls for a tough retort from the law enforcement authorities before the situation escalates. Before discussing the ways to deal with the current alarming situation, we should briefly have a glimpse on the strategy which was adopted in 90s to silent the mafias. To control the underworld, government came...