A few years back, some policemen were beaten black & blue by some army men in my hometown. The trouble started after some soldier objected to the touts being given tickets out of turn & the touts as they always do started bullying the soldier & when he protested, he was beaten up by the touts. When he complained to the policemen present, the police also beat him & threw him out of the booking counter. He returned with some more soldiers, the touts ran away, but the policemen were present. These police men were really hammered very hard by the soldiers. They wrapped them in blankets & then kicked & beat them so as not to leave any marks. More policemen came & they also met the same fate.

I was very happy that these bastards (yes this is a compliment, for the policemen deserve worse epithets) met their match. I was reminded of this on seeing the Delhi or Haryana police beating up primary students mercilessly for protesting the murder of their principal.