BANKURA DISTRICT MEETING
In recent times, there has been an exponential increase in incidence of police atrocities all over
the country. Police atrocity is the unfair and savagely violent use of power by the police. In other
words, police atrocity is defined as ‘a civil right violation which happens when police use
excessive force with regards to a civilian that is more than necessary.’1The police have been
vested with immense power but they have misusing it. The powers of police are mentioned in the
Police Act, 1861 and the primary obligation of a police is to serve the people and protect them
from the wrongdoers. Thus, information regarding the police atrocity is necessary as it explains
about the basic disputes that arises from policing in a democratic nation.
With the outbreak of a global pandemic in the form of COVID-19 in the month of November
2019 and India going on a complete lockdown, the awareness related to pandemic is still not
prevalent and as such it was important to talk about the various discrimination and the lack of
infrastructure. Further there were discussions related to the government’s vaccination policy.