Dehradun, June 15 -- The number of unnatural deaths in India is anyway high owing to the overall poor living conditions. The nation's central and state governments have the mandate to bring improvements by developing resilient infrastructure, provide amenities and support services to the people and, generally, work on overall progress. Even as the effort on this front continues, it seems there is a disturbing increase nationwide in deaths caused by violence inflicted often for the most minor reasons. There is an increasing lack of restraint and disregard for the law and consequent punishment.

It could be that this level of violence already existed and is now becoming known because of the extensive level of reporting and capture of incident...