Another One Bites The Dust

I read the newspaper everyday. Big deal! So does everyone else. But how many actually read between the lines? Everyday there are reports about someone being lynched by a mob, someone's office being wrecked by activists, religious fanatics destroying somebody's home. A heartless wind of change is blowing. Critics say that nothing has changed. Man has been killing Man since Cain and Abel.
So what's the fuzz?

First of all, mob actitivities have increased manifold. From Bajrang Dal to ABVP, somehow mobs rule the roost.

Nowadays, anyone accused of any crime is beaten up by a mob and handed over to the police, if he manages to stay alive, that is. Why? Has the law and order situation declined so much in our country that civilians have to take matters in their own hands. Or do they think that they can get away with murder if the mob is large enough? Why is it that the police conveniently manages to stay away from areas where these havoc- wreaking crowds are unleashed? Somehow, I don't feel safe anymore. Not even in my silent neighbourhood. People are dissatisfied, heads easily boil over, official complaints are now forwarded to hot-headed leaders instead of law-keepers.
Everyday, there is news of someone's life being destroyed by these self-proclaimed law-keepers. And they get away with it, needless to mention 'in broad daylight'.
There was an incident of a teacher who was falsely accused of pimping her students. She was beaten up brutally and paraded around naked. By the time the truth came out and her innocence proved, it was too late. Her life can never be the same again. It pains me how people have adjusted their mentality to this "Guilty until proven otherwise". What's more...her assailants were never arrested, protected by the local political leaders.

What is the world coming to?
It pains me too much to ask.