Policing the police  

Activists of Islamic Political Party holds placards as they sit during a silent demonstration in Srinagar, India, Thursday, November 1, 2007, against alleged human rights abuses in Kashmir by government forces.



Children look at a painting by an Indian artist, Mujeeb Husain on 'Nithari serial killings' at Shimla, India, Friday, January 12, 2007. A CBI inquiry was called into the Nithari killings after the state police proved inefficient.



An activist of Socialist Unity Center of India, SUCI shouts slogans during a protest against alleged police atrocities in Calcutta, India Tuesday, December 19, 2006. SUCI was demanding a CBI enquiry into the murder.



Jagir Singh, 68, shows a photograph of his son Sukhpal Singh, who was allegedly killed after police picked up the farmer from his home in 1994, in Kala Afgana, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, May 12, 2007.



Protesters destroy a car belonging to an Orissa Police Sub-Inspector for allegedly taking bribes in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state Orissa, late Thursday, December 7, 2006. Special investigators nabbed the Police Sub-Inspector when he was allegedly receiving a bribe of 2,000 rupee from the owner of a beauty parlor.



Mother, left, and sister, second right, of civilian Tarsem Lal weep over his body at Sohanjana village, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Jammu,February 17, 2007. Furious over the alleged custodial death of Lal, a mob Saturday set ablaze a securityvehicle in Jammu district, forcing police to open fire in the air to disperse the angry crowd, according to a news agency.



A paramilitary police personnel keeps vigil from atop a truck in Nandigram, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Calcutta, India, Tuesday, November 13, 2007.