Hyderabad, May 25 -- If there is one thing that both the COVID-19 lockdowns implemented in 2020 and this year have taught us, it is that the police will never change. For a change, people in Telangana and Hyderabad thought that this year's lockdown, imposed since May 2, would pass off peacefully, given that nothing untoward had transpired initially. However, on May 22, Saturday, a wave of police brutality was passed off as a tightening vigil against lockdown violators.

While it is one thing for the police to impose fine and levy penalties against lockdown violators, beating up and verbally abusing people or threatening them, is absolutely uncalled for. Not only is it unprofessional, but it also belies the "people-friendly police" tag of ...