Police impunity in India: VC Sajjanar and the cult of the encounter cop | LME 97 | Pooja Prasanna

VC Sajjanar, the IPS officer who led the 2019 “Disha encounter,” is now Hyderabad’s new Police Commissioner. In this episode of Let Me Explain, @PoojaPrasanna68 looks at what his rise says about India’s dangerous glorification of encounter killings — and how cinema, media, and public adulation have helped turn cops who kill into heroes.From the Warangal acid attack case in 2008 to the Disha case in 2019, Sajjanar has come to symbolise “instant justice.” But when a man accused of extra-judicial killings is rewarded, what does that say about our justice system?This is not just one man’s story. It’s about a country that celebrates vengeance as justice, and the growing impunity of those in uniform.For suggestions and feedbacks write to [email protected]’s Deepavali offer - https://pages.razorpay.com/deepavali25Produced by Megha Mukundan, edited by Nikhil Sekhar ET, script by Lakshmi Priya, research by Anjana Meenakshi, camera by Ajay R Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.