India is probably among a very small group of countries where the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has to seek permission to arrest a thieving civil servant. The CBI wants to proceed against fellow called SI Patel of the National Highway Authority or NHAI for awarding road building contracts to certain private contracts. The NHAI wants to see attested copies of documents seized by the CBI before deciding whether permission will be given to CBI for proceeding with the case. As is usual, Patel is not the only one in CBI radar. He was probably sharing the loot with several others for protection which is now being provided by his colleagues. When the has inbuilt protection for thieves is it any wonder that virtually all civil servants are filthy crooks? However, does a similar law grant such protection to innocent citizens? Absolutely not. How can you protect criminals if citizens were protected by the police? One Mr. SM Varghese filed a complaint against a company, Jay Polyester alleging money laundering, circular trading in diamonds and other financial irregularities. You would think that a country suffering regular terrorist attacks would value such a whistle blower and reward him but no. Punjab Police are after Mr. Varghese who has fled to Singapore. Punjab Police actually went to Kochi, Kerala to arrest Mr. Varghese's elderly mother who obtained bail from Kerala High Court and is now hiding in fear. The police then went to Mumbai and picked up an acquaintance, who suffers from HIV, took him to Punjab and tortured him. When the government is the worst enemy of the people what can people do except fight back. Hence the Naxals.