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'Gujarat cops guilty in hooch tragedy’

Hooch Commission Report-2009 has raised doubts about the integrity of the police department.

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'It is never the activity of a single rascal that destroys society; it is always the inactivity on a part of us that destroys a system.' Citing these words, the Hooch Commission Report-2009 has raised doubts about the integrity of the police department and has stated, 'Unless there is passive consent or connivance of the police, the illegal and nefarious activities of bootleggers cannot flourish.'

The commission has pointed out that the city police have failed to pin-point the police officials responsible for the 2009 hooch tragedy, who are hand-in-glove with the bootleggers, and is not ready to believe that only two cops were involved in the tragedy, both of whom are in police custody.

The special investigation team of the detection of crime branch has found that the two junior most cops of Kagdapith, Baldev Rabari and Ranjitsinh Dabhi, have a nexus with the bootleggers and they were arrested.

Reacting to the revelation of only two names, the commission has also said that only the criminal involvement of these two cops and no ranking officer  above them, is not acceptable to a man of ordinary discretion. The commission also holds higher level officers responsible for the tragedy. 

It has clearly mentioned that bootlegging activities in the city are carried out with the support of the police department. The nexus between the cops and bootleggers has been identified as a 'solid chain' by the commission. The commission has mentioned that it is obvious that the police personnel in all probability would have facilitated bootleggers to carry out their antisocial activities of bootlegging in return for a hefty hafta (handsome bribe).

The commission has found that unless stern action is taken against the errant policemen and officers, the whole system will collapse. 'Strong signals and a clarion call must reach out to the minds of police personnel that no one can save them if their nexus with the bootleggers is exposed or if they are found negligent in their duties,' the report said.

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