Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-25 Thread ekta bahl
On 4/25/06, Nandkumar Saravade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 chance

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
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.

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
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 substitute

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-04-24 14:25:00 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Nandkumar Saravade
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
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 -

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Ravi Rao
[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 Badri

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread A. M. Merritt
On 4/24/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Nandkumar Saravade
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