Our very own Bangalore Traffic police are not human beings but devils who just know one thing in life - Extract Money by harassment. These traffic police men are goondas with a difference - which is the uniform they wear. There job is very simple in nature - look for a tree, stand below that (sometimes lean on their vehicle in such a way that you cant see the bike because of their stomach) and have a constable who is the partner in crime. Within 1 hour, the goondas in uniform (called policemen) stop as many as cars / bikes as possible and loot money as fine. Added to this, the so called policemen think they have done a GREAT job at the end of the day but if at least one police man can read this note which I am writing, here is the statement for you -
In one such incidence, I was the victim of this "goondaism" from our very own Government servants. The policemen stopped me at a signal in KHB Colony road near to Vijaynagar and told me that I broke the signal when there were 100 of other vehicles just passed by me because the SIGNAL WAS GREEN!!! I told him that the signal was green. As I was driving my car, he asked all my documents. I humbly gave the details to him which was filed in an organized manner.
The Constable said that I was not wearing my seat belt but the fact was I was wearing. Finally, the policeman said that I was using my mobile phone while driving when the fact is my mobile phone was lying in the seat behind! I never used a mobile phone while driving!!! He asked me to pay Rs. 100 else will issue a notice which I need to pay in the court. Suddenly, another officer came by and asked me to pay Rs. 100. else he would seize my documents and the car. He also said that I was arguing with the police officer on duty and he also threatened me that he would take my photograph (though I did not understand why he would take my picture!). Passersby’s came and told me to just pay Rs.100 because this is how things work in Bangalore.
Well, if this is how things operate in Bangalore, then it is better we change and in fact support the truth / facts. Today this is my fate and turn to get harassed but folks, tomorrow it could be yours. Wake up! These goondas need to be stopped from entering roads. Their basic duty is to control the traffic but these hungry dying goondas often misuse the power given and humiliate / harass citizens. I think Bangalore Police requires basic education and manners. Hope some day these police men give up their goondaism and become humans.