The tribe of “encounter specialists” had mercifully shrunk in the city of Mumbai by the time Sachin Waze was reinstated in the police. It had blossomed during the stewardships of successive police commissioners whose sole focus was on keeping crime in the city in check. The wider implications of this policy had not been envisaged.
Besides acquiring unaccounted for wealth, these specialists become darlings of the middle class. Biopics are made on their “achievements”. Waze’s story was apparently depicted in a Marathi film called “Rege”, his part played by a leading actor.
Julio Rebeiro: the moral of the story. Police leaders should dump “encounter specialists” because they are a danger to society. They are actually “criminals in uniform”. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/sachin-waze-mumbai-police-ambani-bomb-scare-7233191/