A trial court in Delhi has asked the anti corruption branch of police to register a criminal case against Delhi Jal Board, DJB, officials and " get the matter investigated expeditiously ". This was in response to a complaint filed by one Vijay Kataria who alleged DJB officials made extra payments to a contractor involved in laying clear water transmission mains from Sonia Vihar plant to different areas of the city. ( TOI, July 17 ). Work which should have cost Rs 475 million was paid Rs 1.11 billion while Rs 1.7 billion was paid for work which should have cost Rs 500 million. " The money was pocketed by the officials ". If the allegations are proved to be correct, which is not certain given the competence of Delhi police, no Indian will be slightest bit surprised. We know that all civil servants are parasitic thieves sucking the life blood out of the country. What is depressing is that the police refused to heed Mr Kataria's complaints even though he went as high as Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of the anti corruption branch and it has taken a court order even to register the complaint. Meanwhile the daughter of a senior government minister from Maharashtra ( as yet not named ) is being investigated for trying to avoid customs duty on 3 expensive cars imported from UK with fake invoices. These are an Audi, a Porsche and a BMW. In India you could buy a flat for the price of one of these cars, so if this woman could afford 3 such cars surely she can afford to pay all taxes. Her father has been in politics for decades which means that she would be worth hundreds of billions of rupees. How lucky we Indians are. We are always being entertained by the criminals.