Ex-army chief: Cops are security agencies of VVIPs

December 21, 2012 13:03

Former Army chief Gen V K Singh has joined the chorus of voices against the Delhi gang-rape.

Calling the gang-rape of the young student in a moving bus indicative of the "complete collapse of governance", the former Army chief today accused the police of becoming "nothing more than security agencies" of VVIPs in the capital.

Singh said the system stands "completely exposed and defanged" as not just one daughter on the ill fated bus was at the mercy of this system, but hundreds others are equally vulnerable to predators in the face of "growing impotency" to take any action.

"The brutal assault and the heinous gang-rape of a 23-year-old in a bus moving around the city with impunity is indicative of the complete collapse of governance...This case has to be a watershed," he said.

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