Recently a police officer was murdered by a rikshaw puller.
In "The Hindu" of saturday, feb 27, the following comments could be read on the subject:
"The recent murder of a traffic police constable allegedly at the hands of a rikshaw puller in the Capital's trans-Yamuna area has raised serious questions about the measures taken by a section of the police force to "discipline" rickshaw pullers on Delhi's roads".
" The incident has left many people wondering what transpired between the two that the rickshaw puller took the extreme step".
"They live under police terror. The police puncture rickshaw tires with ice-picks. This is common in places like Fatehpuri and the Red Fort. For a person who earns his daily bread by pulling a rickshaw, it is sheer torture. he has to get the punctures repaired from his [meager! M] earnings".
"It is just like beating up a man for not walking on the pavement of a road that does not have one".

The Delhi traffic police (yes, the one that is very concerned with the welfare of all these careless pedestrians crossing the road illegally and climbing fences) apparantly is less concerned with the welfare of rickshaw pullers....