What is it about our cops that makes
people prefer to stay away from them? Instead of approaching the police to
resolve problems, often the public decides to take things into their own hands
for a speedy solution. Something of this nature happened on Wednesday night at
Govandi railway station. With the rain beating down in the background, three
men were taking turns—as if they were Bollywood heroes—beating the daylights
out of a suspected pickpocket. According to them, he had tried to nick a wallet
from one of them. When i intervened and suggested that they
should hand him over to the railway police, they brushed me off, saying, “Public
dhulai se hi aise log seekhte hain,” and continued bashing the man. This went on for a while
before the trio called it a night and let their 'perpetrator' go free.
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