I
have seen The Hindu newspaper report of a visiting Australian couple being held
up in Bangalore and threatened by a bunch of goons for having a tattoo on his
shin.The goons , whose Hindu sentiments were deeply hurt, saw in that tattoo a
resemblance to an unidentified Hindu goddess, a resemblane which I , also a
devout Hindu, did not see in the picture. It was just a face with a strange
crown with horns sticking out on both sides.
What
is more alarming is the comment of the Dy. Commisiioner of Police who said it
was a “trivial” incident and both sides had arrived at a compromise ! Where is the question of a compromise when
the couple was forcibly detained, threatened and an apology was extracted from
them with Police support. Apology for what and when did the Police become
mediators in what is a criminal offence ? Bangalore is turning into a fearful
city with no guarantee of personal safety. Foreigners are being targeted quite
frequently. The DCP, an IPS officer for sure, has some explaining to do about
what is being done about the goons and the complicit policemen who intervened
and shared the view of the goons. .
On
the one hand the PM travels around inviting foreign investment with promise of
EVERY support.The CM also invites foreign investment , even saying that the power problem of the
State was a temporary phase, a statement we have been hearing from every
government for years. Against all this
what we are seeing is a daily report on threats to basic personal safety. Who
will give us an answer ?
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