Punish the guilty

I was shocked to read the news “Women protesters accuse cops of sexual molestation” published in THT on September 22. If this is true, it is a shameful act that cannot be justified in a civilised society. Also, such a report will lower the reputation of the police administration.

The case should be investigated and, if anybody is found guilty, they must be punished. One cannot imagine the brutality of the officers who could take to such inhuman acts. What about the sense of discipline and respect for people’s rights?

Moreover, this is not the first incident of its kind since in the past the police department has

not taken proper action against the guilty. The relationship between the police and the public is an inseparable one and those under oath to protect the people should be the last ones to resort to such crimes. The police also need the public because without their cooperation the police cannot set up a strong security system. Thus policemen should refrain from all anti-social activities, otherwise how can the public trust them?

Kamal Dev Bhattarai, Kavre

Invite UN

The political parties, the Maoists and the government are all saying that they have the people’s support and whatever they are doing is the people’s wish. But the reality is that the Nepalis are caught in the crossfire and their sufferings are increasing by the day. The parties should be clear about their agenda for peace-building and elections. They must go back to the people to decide whether to invite the UN or other international organisations to mediate a free and fair election. In any case this seems to be the only option.

Ramesh Neupane, Mahankal

Disasters

It is sad that after a heavy loss of lives and property in last year’s tsunami, a heavy flood now affects the Bangladeshis. A similar kind of doom has befallen US citizens, owing to violent hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The experts have already warned of a major earthquake in Nepal. Our country does not only lack weather-forecasting devices, but we are equally bad at precautionary and preventive measures. The houses, especially in Kathmandu, are constructed in congested areas many of which stand just on one or two supporting pillars.

The government and municipal bodies must pay attention to this before any disaster strikes.

Harihar Poudel, Pokhara

Excuses

It is nice to read news updates of the ongoing football league at Dasharath stadium. The stronger teams are yet to face one another. We rely on newspapers to know about the details of what is happening inside the stadium. Unfortunately, every day since the league began we have been reading complaints by the losing team’s coaches. All of them seem unhappy with the referees’ decisions. They say they lost because of the poor refereeing. I

believe we have very good referees like Gyan Raj Shrestha. But if the complaints are genuine

then the ANFA has to be alert. I feel the losing teams are just making up excuses. It would be better if these teams worked harder for victory rather than blaming the referees.

Rambhu Acharya, Old Baneshwor