Mumbai Police

Long on Sleaze, Short on Duty

Haima Deshpande

The lives of many policemen in Mumbai are riddled with sex, lies and scandals

The Mumbai Police Flounder in this Murder Probe

Omkar Khandekar

A month after Esther Anuhya’s body was found by her relatives, there is little headway in the investigation

The Irony of Iconography

Aastha Atray Banan

A former sketch artist for the Mumbai Police does an Andy Warhol on Vidya Balan

Jigna Vora vs Mumbai Police

Haima Deshpande

The police claim they have a case against this journalist. If so, they must prove it, not vilify and harass her

The Murky World of Crime Reporting

Haima Deshpande

Mumbai’s police-underworld-media nexus is as venal as it is formidable. On his chosen turf, J Dey’s reputation of integrity would have been enough to make him a marked man

India This Week

arindam

CRPF Seeks Police Protection; Left Red-Faced; There Goes the Thakur; Rogue Policemen; The State as Accomplice

It’s a police force that let the nation down on 26 November 2008. The author spent months meeting the men in uniform, from the brass to the beat constable, to get a grip on what really is wrong with the Mumbai force. The answer is a story of incompetence, political venality, corruption, lack of equipment and motivation. This is a force that has AK-47s but can’t afford to load them with bullets. Yes, we need to be scared.