SHAME!
Within the last few days I happened to witness multiple shameful and cheap behavior by the Bangalore policemen.
This evening I was cycling on the 16th Main in BTM Layout when I stopped by a pushcart selling boiled ground nuts. As I was about to leave, a police van slowed down, stopped next to the pushcart and waited. The groundnut seller took a bunch of ground nuts and gave it to the policeman sitting at the front window seat.
I witnessed a similar incident yesterday night when I was on the Maruthi Nagar main road. A police van slowed next to the Pongal resturant and the siren on the van went on couple of times. Karthi who was riding with me informed me that that was the usual signal for the restaurant guy to go and pay the police!
A day before, I was walking just outside my office on Palace road, when I saw a policeman on duty “buying” mango from a road side seller. He rightfully didn’t pay a rupee for the mango!
All these happened on the streets in full public view. The policemen were acting as if they were executing their fundamental right!
Shame on us all for letting these things happen around us!