Minority panel calls for police reforms

HYDERABAD: The endemic menace of communal violence in the country could be tackled effectively if the system of policing is reformed, says chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Wajahat Habibullah.

Speaking with the STOI, Habibullah, who is on a private visit to the city, quotes a recent study carried out by a group of police officers. According to that study, he said, no communal conflagration can continue for more than three hours if the police take immediate effective measures. If communal violence goes on for a longer duration then it would mean that either the police are grossly inefficient or they have not dowsed the communal passions deliberately.