> So a simple solution is to catch a few people from the local "criminal > tribes" > (sic) and extract a confession from them. In fact this elegant solution > would > please the British senior officer more because he then would not have to > be > answerable to his superiors for not "solving a crime" and creating a law > and > order problem sparked by supporters of the murdered wealthy, influential > man. > The officer would then reward this "performing junior" in some way. > > What we retain in India is exactly this system. And just like in the
Something along these lines still happens in Britain - it's hardly unique to India. It happens to a much lower degree, and the system is generally better, but it certainly happens - I've seen my share of cases about it. And even as late as the 70s in Britain, the exact scenario above was much more common - just pick up someone you don't like (often black) and beat a confession out of him.. Badri
