On 4/24/06, Ravi Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [Added Cc: manish]
Last evening a friend and I went to a nearby police station to lodge a
complaint. The offending cop turned out to be the head inspector at
that police station.
We spoke, we spoke, we spoke, ... and he accepted that he had screw
On 4/25/06, Nandkumar Saravade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Secondly, if you know the layout of the organisation, you can route your
> complaint to the topmost bosses (which, if nothing, ensures that the lower
> ones don't just trash it) and everywhere else to have statistically a better
> c
Badri Natarajan wrote:
If not, what is the point of a complaint?
First of all, though it sounds a bit theoretical, it is the right thing
to do. Secondly, if you know the layout of the organisation, you can
route your complaint to the topmost bosses (which, if nothing, ensures
that th
On 4/24/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: [ on 07:13 AM 4/25/2006 ]
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> >FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the main
> >inspector at a different police station than the one he claimed to be
> >attached to -- and got him to apologise. The co
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: [ on 07:13 AM 4/25/2006 ]
FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the main
inspector at a different police station than the one he claimed to be
attached to -- and got him to apologise. The cop admitted what he had
done was illegal and that the police routi
On 24-Apr-06, at 11:16 PM, Nandkumar Saravade wrote:
Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously
considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending
policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person.
FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the
Badri Natarajan wrote:
I just wanted to ask what use a complaint will be? Assuming that the
relevant officer at the station is convinced (or intimidated into) to
register the complaint, what is likely to happen? Is there a serious
chance of consequences for the cop in question? Or atleast a chanc
> Back in the 2000-2002 period, in Madras, the night patrol folks were
> among the most *senior* in the police force. Those guys had really fancy
> SUVs equipped with breathalyzers and fog lamps and sirens and gas masks
> and other stuff, and were easily the *obviously* non-corrupt folks
> complete
Nandkumar Saravade wrote:
Being the lonely cop on this list, I feel I am entitled to make some points.
1. Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously
considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending
policeman will repeat his behaviour with another pe
[Added Cc: manish]
> "Badri" == Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Badri> If he's concerned about getting his passport confiscated
Badri> and/or being told not to leave the country - that needs to be
Badri> done by a court if memory serves correctly - I don't think a
> Being the lonely cop on this list, I feel I am entitled to make some
> points.
>
>1. Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously
> considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending
> policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person.
Nandkumar
Being the lonely cop on this list, I feel I am entitled to make some
points.
Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously
considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending
policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person.
Fears of a false case being foi
I was in bangalore last year. I was walking with a lady friend in a
public place , and a cop comes out
of somewhere, and tries to make a fuss, about who we are and what we are
doing, where is identification etc.
(are they even allowed to ask for identification in india?? because as far
as i kn
> On 24-Apr-06, at 3:06 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
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>> Write to the Commissioner of Police, with prominent CC marked to the
>> City Desk at the Times of India (they love muckraking) and you should
>> see action fairly quickly.
>
> Manish is concerned that should the cop decide to retaliate with a
> Yes, that check is usually an empowered judiciary. Unfortunately, the
> state of the legal system in this country ensures that the threat of legal
> action is hollow and laughable most of the time. You don't expect the
> average cop to be worried about someone filing a lawsuit against him for
Ye
On 24-Apr-06, at 3:06 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Write to the Commissioner of Police, with prominent CC marked to the
City Desk at the Times of India (they love muckraking) and you should
see action fairly quickly.
Manish is concerned that should the cop decide to retaliate with a
bogus char
At 2006-04-24 14:25:00 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I am, alas, not surprised, by this incident.
Me neither.
A friend and I had just completed an evening walk (albeit a bit late),
and were resting in the car in the parking lot at Nehru Park prior to
driving off, when two of the city's fine
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
On 24-Apr-06, at 2:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
To me, all such perversion of the power vested in the police is a
manifestation of what I call the British Raj syndrome. We have learnt
how to behave when we are in power, from the British, and try to
harass and trouble th
I hope that this will happen...but at the time of my own incident, I was contributing articles to the Times of India, and I wrote about what happened...and it never got any attention. Neither did I get any reply from the Commissioner's Office (well...I didn't have the heart or the time to go in per
Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recall another older friend telling me Bangalore cops used to be
> far more abusive, but have sobered down given the number of people
> now aware of and willing to assert their rights. Standing up to a
> cop, however, is not adequate substit
On 24-Apr-06, at 2:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
To me, all such perversion of the power vested in the police is a
manifestation of what I call the British Raj syndrome. We have
learnt how to behave when we are in power, from the British, and
try to harass and trouble those whom we have power o
I am, alas, not surprised, by this incident. Several years ago...maybe more than a decade backmy husband and I were driving, late one night, through Cubbon Park. We were involved in some intense discussion, and my husband was driving very slowly as his concentration was on the argument. Suddenl
My friend (and possibly fellow Silk-lister) Manish Jethani was
assaulted by a cop last night for merely walking down the road while
talking on the phone late at night.
Can anyone here help this get media attention?
http://community.livejournal.com/bangalore/302879.html
Today I was actually
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