Use tact not lathis and bulltets, Mamata tells cops

December 13, 2011 18:21

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today asked the police to use tact to deal with situations instead of resorting to lathis and bullets. "We have to learn to be tactful and do away with lathis and bullets," Banerjee said today.
Coming just a few hours after some policemen beat up some television journalists in front of a nursing home, the Chief Minister said both the media and the police need each other.

"There must be understanding between the media and the police, one cannot do without the other," Banerjee said. The Chief Minister, who also holds the Home (police) portfolio, said she has already ordered the suspension of the erring officer, who has been accused of highhandedness.

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