{"id":5209,"date":"2008-01-09T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2008-01-09T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T09:33:00","slug":"a-template-for-police-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/a-template-for-police-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"A Template For Police Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Times of India<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n A young, married couple, who chose to spend a relaxed Sunday evening at Bugle Rock Park, Basavanagudi, had a horrifying time after two policemen hurled filthy abuses at them, roughed them up, threatened them and took them to a police station.<\/p>\n Even more shocking about the intimidation was that Nisha and Vikram (names changed) were merely enjoying the evening breeze on a bench. The couple has been married for four years now.<\/p>\n In fact, they were chatting on their respective mobiles around 6.45 pm, when a plainclothes constable approached them and questioned them rudely. Asked if they’d done something wrong and whether he could prove his identity, the constable jeered at them: “Oh, you want to see my ID, I will show you now.” Then he pulled Vikram by his collar and roughed him up.<\/p>\n Later, a cop in uniform emerged and threatened to kill Vikram.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The lady is question here turned out to be “a journalist with a national daily”, and that probably saved their skin. But do consider how similar this case is to the Matunga Racket<\/a>. You have a victimless crime<\/a>, you have a plainclothes cop and then a uniformed cop, you have intimidation, and at the end you’d usually have a bribe to the policemen, who were ignoring real issues of law and order all this while to cash in on this revenue stream. I wonder if there are police academies that teach these procedures to young recruits.<\/p>\n Earlier<\/b>: Regulating Affection<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Times of India<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n A young, married couple, who chose to spend a relaxed Sunday evening at Bugle Rock Park, Basavanagudi, had a horrifying time after two policemen hurled filthy abuses at them, roughed them up, threatened them and took them to a police station.<\/p>\n Even more shocking about the intimidation was that Nisha and Vikram (names changed) were merely enjoying the evening breeze on a bench. The couple has been married for four years now.<\/p>\n In fact, they were chatting on their respective mobiles around 6.45 pm, when a plainclothes constable approached them and questioned them rudely. Asked if they’d done something wrong and whether he could prove his identity, the constable jeered at them: “Oh, you want to see my ID, I will show you now.” Then he pulled Vikram by his collar and roughed him up.<\/p>\n Later, a cop in uniform emerged and threatened to kill Vikram.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The lady is question here turned out to be “a journalist with a national daily”, and that probably saved their skin. But do consider how similar this case is to the Matunga Racket<\/a>. You have a victimless crime<\/a>, you have a plainclothes cop and then a uniformed cop, you have intimidation, and at the end you’d usually have a bribe to the policemen, who were ignoring real issues of law and order all this while to cash in on this revenue stream. I wonder if there are police academies that teach these procedures to young recruits.<\/p>\n\n
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