February 07, 2012: A senior Indian woman police official has said that she became
a Catholic impressed by the good work the Church was doing. Aruna Bahaguna, Additional
Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh Special Police, said she was "taken up"
when she saw priests and nuns selflessly serving the sick and HIV patients and educating
the poor in the remotest villages. She said “being a Christian has taught me that
I should do things differently, as Christ would do. “When I see a criminal, my heart
goes out to him. What brought him to this state of life, I ponder? No person is a
born criminal, it’s more often than not circumstances that turn a person into an offender,
she said. "My biggest satisfaction is when I am able to reform a criminal,” Bahaguna
told students of journalism, who included a sister provincial, priests, nuns and lay
people at Amruthavani Institute of Mass Communication at a function in Hyderabad on
3rd February. “God laid down the Ten Commandments and any law boils
down to them. All laws have their roots in the commandments.” Noting that media plays
an important role in society, the police official said it is important the media projects
what people think about the society and the government.