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Only reforms will end police misconduct

Misfortunes visit not singly, but in droves. This must have rung true to the 18-year-old woman who was recently abducted, raped and luckily released by her tormenters after her employer failed to pay ransom.

As if this experience was not traumatic enough, she suffered further abuse in the hands of female police officers within the confines of a police station where she had gone to seek refuge and justice for her tribulations.

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