Who guards the opaque systems?

"Corruption directly vitiates the relationship of the citizen with the state." The Santhanam Committee, set up in 1957, "recommended the creation of the institution of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to oversee and monitor vigilance administration of various central government organisations," wrote Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission P Daniel. Mr Daniel joined the Directorate General of Defence Estates (IDES) on 21.08.1989. Ministry of Defence. The Indian Defence Estates Service (abbreviated as IDES) is a Civil Service in the Government of India. wikipedia. "Corruption primarily involves selfish exercise of powers, which operates in shadows, aided by opaque systems." "To promote the idea of probity in public life, an integrity pledge has been designed for citizens and organisations. Here, citizens commit to uphold highest standards of probity and rule of law in all walks of life." That is indeed uplifting. But, what happens when citizens are assaulted by authorities or when authorities connive with criminals to subvert justice? "Three men accused in the 2020 Hathras gang-rape-murder case, which sparked protests across the country were acquitted by a court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (yesterday) while the main suspect was convicted of culpable homicide not amounting to murder." NDTV. "On the last day of September 2020, India woke up to the disturbing news that authorities had forcibly cremated the body of a 19-year-old Dalit (formerly untouchable) woman who had alleged gang rape and died a day earlier." BBC. "In a 48-second video filmed at the scene and shown to the BBC, she can be seen lying on a cement platform while she is questioned by a policeman off camera." "She tells the policeman her attacker tried to strangle her and the policeman asks her why. 'Because I wasn't letting him do zabardasti,' she says." 'Zabardasti' means 'force', or rape in case of a woman. "A senior police official investigating violence on members of the Dalit community at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, has, on oath, that the Elgar Parishad event, organised 30-kilometers away in Pune city, had no role in the violence." The Wire. In fact, forensic analysis of laptops belonging to some of the accused were found to contain malware with false incriminating evidence. Outlook. Even the Supreme Court has not been able to give a verdict on the Pegasus spying case because the government refused to cooperate. NDTV. "Give me ED and CBI, I will arrest Modi, Shah and Adani within two hours. You can do anything when you have the power to misuse probe agencies," said AAP MLA Sanjay Singh. Zee. All the major investigating agencies are controlled by government officers and are seen as biased. The Wire. The government has the power to operate "in the shadows, aided by opaque systems" designed by itself. Will the CVC start with those? Which brings us to a two-thousand year old wisdom: "Quis custodiet upsos custodes". wikipedia. "Who will guard the guard themselves."