the target village with his team and laid out a foolproof cordon and started carrying out a systematic search. During the search, his team managed to overpower all the naxalites along with their automatic weapons. However, in the meantime, more than five hundred tribal women surrounded the village and started marching towards the target house, as they are their protectors and saviours. The situation on the ground was becoming very critical as the tribal women were extremely agitated and aggressive. Rohit tried to contact his superior officer, IG (Special Operations) of the state on the radio set and on mobile phone, but failed to do so due to poor connectivity. Rohit was in great dilemma since out of the naxalites apprehended two were not only hard core top insurgents with prize money of ten lakhs on their heads, but were also involved in a recent ambush on the security forces. However, if he did not release the naxalites, the situation could get out of control since the tribal women were aggressively charging towards them. In that case, to control the situation Rohit might have to resort to firing which may lead to valuable loss of lives of civilians and would further complicate the situation.(a) What are the options available with Rohit to cope with the situation.(b) What are the ethical dilemmas being faced by Rohit?(c) Which of the options, do you think, would be more appropriate for Rohit to adopt and why?(d) In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the police in dealing with women protesters?
What the examiner wants
In this Security-Operation Ethics Case case (the target village with his team and laid out a foolproof cordon and started carrying out a systematic…), separate facts/constraints from the value conflict and resolve the explicit asks in order: What are the ethical dilemmas being faced by Rohit; then Which of the options, do you think, would be more appropriate for Rohit to adopt and why; then In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the…. Defend the preferred option against realistic alternatives.
Demand-wise check
- 1What are the options available with Rohit to cope with the situation≈50 words
- 2What are the ethical dilemmas being faced by Rohit?≈50 words
- 3Which of the options, do you think, would be more appropriate for Rohit to adopt and why?≈50 words
- 4In the present situation, what are the extra precautionary measures to be taken by the police in dealing with women protesters?≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Over-writing ‘What are the options available with Rohit to cope with the situation.’ while reducing ‘What are the ethical dilemmas being faced by Rohit’ to a token paragraph
- Naming values without testing each feasible option for legality, affected stakeholders, consequences, implementation risk and reversibility
Value addition
- Security-Operation Ethics Case: stakeholder map beside a 4-column option matrix — option | legality/ethics | consequences | mitigation
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
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