Reborn as a Police Officer in India

Chapter 81: Enhancing the Police's Voice

"No, no, no, Chief. After all, we still have those guys in Mumbai watching us. They might cause us some trouble. I can't let this matter embarrass you," Rawdon said. "Chief, I heard that the relationship between our police and the local government in Pune is not very harmonious."

"Did Mali Trivedi tell you?" asked Pirando.

He was very satisfied with what Rotun said, as it was considering him. Although he really didn't care too much about other people's opinions, it was still rare for Rotun to have such a heart.

"Yes, he mentioned it to me briefly, but he didn't go into details," Rawdon replied.

"Yes, the situation here is very different from that in Mumbai, and our police's powers are greatly restricted..." Pirando briefly told Roton about the situation in Pune.

After listening to it, Roton had a better understanding of the affairs in Harreg's jurisdiction.

The rebellion of a section of the Dalit caste is difficult to resolve. In fact, it cannot be entirely blamed on the police's failure to arrest them. It is also closely related to the local government's suppression of the police.

Once such an incident is exposed, it will have a huge impact on the image of the local government. After all, the occurrence of caste conflicts is the government's problem.

You know, in India, the lower castes are generally submissive and are used to the oppression of the higher castes.

It is very rare for resistance to occur.

This will affect the promotion of these officials and even the popularity of some politicians.

Of course, it is also because the local government does not trust the police and they are not optimistic about the police's ability.

It was precisely because the police were incompetent that they were afraid that the matter would get bigger and worse, so they decided to end it all. They suppressed the police and did not allow them to take large-scale action, and they directly blocked the news.

If there is no news, then just pretend that this matter doesn’t exist. This is the government’s logic.

After all, the impact of this incident is not too large. It mainly affects the Harreg area, which is just a township and a small surrounding area. Everything is under control.

Considering other places, those states that offered armed resistance, this is really nothing.

The police initially wanted to encircle and arrest the criminals, but after several failures, coupled with the local government's lack of cooperation and even pressure, they gradually gave up.

The current situation in Pune Division is that the local administrative agencies are strong while the police are relatively weak. For example, the previous division police chief could basically only follow orders and did not have much autonomy.

Although the police is an independent law enforcement agency and does not need to obey the local government, this is only in theory. After all, all expenses of the local police must go through the local government.

Senior police officers, such as IPS, are not supported by local finances, but what about most other police officers?

It's not the federal central government that pays the salary, but the local state, so the local government still has a considerable influence on the police.

This has led to a certain power struggle between the local government and the police, or more precisely, a struggle for the right to speak between the local government boss and the police boss.

The former district director had obviously failed and lost his voice.

If you lose your voice and are not strong, other departments will be unwilling to cooperate with you, such as the court. If the court does not cooperate, it will be difficult for the police to do anything.

This is the vicious cycle.

"I thought I could relax after becoming the boss of the district police system, but I didn't expect that I would still have to endure bullying." Pirando couldn't help but sigh after he finished speaking.

When he was in Mumbai, he was always targeted by Hassan. Now he has become the boss of a district, but he did not expect to be implicated by the government. When he first came here, the district government gave him a warning.

Since he was new here, he endured it.

But this made Pirando very unhappy. He didn't want the police system to be a supporting role when he came here. He wanted to be the one in charge.

"Director, I have an immature idea." Roton said after thinking for a while.

"You said."

"If we reveal the true situation over there, will it be beneficial to our police?" asked Roton.

Pirando on the other end of the phone did not answer immediately, but remained silent, obviously thinking about what Rawdon said.

"The news media in Pune have been warned by the local government not to report these events. Even Maharashtra TV has been warned, so it's difficult to spread the news." Pirando sighed, "I don't have any powerful friends in the media who can help me."

Originally, Pirandu was thinking about asking his old leader Shiva Nandan for help, but then he thought that his old leader had just taken the position of Chief of the Mumbai Police Department, and it would not be a good time to disturb him.

After all, participating in this report means offending the Pune District Government, which is not a good thing for Shiva.

In any case, Shiva's success in winning the position of director was a narrow victory. Others were still watching closely, waiting for Shiva to make a mistake or offend someone.

Moreover, if I go to see my old leader right after arriving in Pune Zone, how will he view me?

Doesn't this make you appear incompetent?
"What about All India Television?" said Rawdon.

"Well?" Pirando thought for a moment and said, "I'm sure he did give me a heads-up. Otherwise, if there was a need to report it, it would have been reported long ago."

"Director, that was in the past. I think there's room for improvement now," Rawdon said. "The All India Television (AITV) Mumbai branch's news department just got a new director from Delhi, Fiya Mishra. I wonder if you know her well enough?"

"Oh? Is it the one who participated in the last report on the Blood Hand Gang?" Pirando came back to his senses immediately. He knew that it was Rotun who contacted the All India Television, so it was obviously this Fia.

At that time, he and Mali had also contacted some media, but the All India Television was obviously more prepared and more proactive.

The last news was okay, the media they contacted dared to report it.

Unlike Pune, the Pune government has already given greetings to these major media outlets. We do not have enough face in front of these media outlets to let them offend the Pune district government.

"The Mishra family?" Pirando continued. "I don't know much about the situation in Delhi, but I know this family has a long history and is quite powerful. I think it's most likely someone from this family."

"She wants to make some big news right now, and I think we can get her cooperation," said Roton.

He originally wanted to learn more about Fia from Pirando, but now it seems that Pirando's knowledge is limited.

Of course, Roton has his own judgment about Fia's background. As a child of a big family with great power, she is obviously the kind that has influence in all walks of life, otherwise Fia would not be so confident.

Roton didn't say that he had to know the power of Fia and her family. He was just curious. It would be best if he could know. If he didn't know now, he could find out later.

"The people in Delhi have connections, and since they're new here, they really don't care much about the district government," Pirando said. "Contact her first. If she can confirm that she's reporting the news from Harreg, we can make further plans. If that's feasible, perhaps I can use it to increase the police's voice in the district."

(End of this chapter)