The reign of terror and anarchy created at a city point by truck drivers last night was the height of lawlessness. It was absolutely criminal in the manner these people gang-raided the police box at Farmgate and got involved in a pitched battle with law enforcers putting the traffic at one of the busiest of city epl-centres in complete disarray and throwing commuters amidst enormous suffering and insecurity. This type of herd reaction brewing from allegation of Individual injustice leading to wanton violence is • nothing new though. Alm6st every tiine in the r^cerit past a bus driver or a truck driver got involved in a row with a law enforcer, the professional peers of that troubled fellow have exacted vengeance by littering the vehicles all over the place bringing traffic to standstill. Only this time they have got involved in an armed' battle with their 'tormentors' . police. Does any professional group reserve the right of registering protest like that in a responsible, law abiding civil society?

One reason this alarming behavioural aberration of drivers as a professional group has not seen any corrective measure is the indiscreet and indiscriminate backing of the various political parties they have enjoyed from time to time.

But we have reached a point where this kind of collective vandalism can no longer be tolerated. The police sergeant whose altercation with the truck driver led to the breaking of hell that night has reportedly been suspended. But the authorities would send a wrong message to people on the two sides of law-the ablders and breakers, if they let the matter die down there. The criminals who enacted hellish scenes on the road Sunday night have to be brought to the book. Tough job no doubt but letting them get away with this would mean moving one step back in the fight to stop the Irrational militancy of professional groups. No consideration, political or otherwise should be brooked in ensuring civic right and security.