Police Misbehaviour in the COVID-19 Pandemic in India, 2020

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Police Misbehaviour in the COVID-19 Pandemic in India, 2020
Creator
YUI Miharu
Source Title
Journal of Urban and Regional Studies on Contemporary India
Volume 8
Issue 2
Start Page 11
End Page 16
Abstract
This paper examines the factors that caused to the misbehaviour of the Indian police towards the population dur-ing the nationwide COVID-19-related lockdown in 2020. The paper is based on a questionnaire survey conducted by The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) between October and November 2020. The results showed that most respondents had witnessed the police providing help, but then police using force or speaking rudely to civilians. Addition-ally, police discriminated against migrant workers, the poor, and Muslims during lockdown. We found that the police officers overworked for long hours; thus, the fear of infection in dealing with large numbers of people for long periods were stress factors contributing to their excessive use of force and rude language. The Indian government needs to lighten the heavy responsibility borne by the Indian police, provide adequate infection control measures, and manage police working hours. The central government should also immediately consider making decisive legal and organisational reforms in the Indian police force.
Keywords
COVID-19
law enforcement
policing
misbehaviour
India
Descriptions
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 20K20072.
Language
eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publisher
The Center for Contemporary India Studies, Hiroshima University
Date of Issued 2022-03
Rights
(c) 2022 The Center for Contemporary India Studies, Hiroshima University
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 2188-5222