I was aghast watching a video clip that was being telecast on the television channels this evening about a crime that took place in broad daylight, in Chandigarh, earlier this week. My first question, of course, was as to what the hell the guy, capturing the entire episode in his cellphone was doing, instead of putting an end to the traffic cop's agony.
Oops, let me give details about the incident first. A 30 year old gentleman, driving a sedan, was talking into his cellphone while driving on the main road in the outskirts of Chandigarh, when a traffic cop on duty flagged him to stop. The driver, instead, drove on and soon was driving at breakneck speed, with the injured cop clinging atop his bonnet, urging him to stop his vehicle by repeatedly bashing the windscreen with his helmet.
The tactic was very clear. The traffic offender, realising that he was in the wrong, was trying to throw the cop off his scent at any cost and could have inflicted serious injuries even culminating in death had he not been apprehended by a PCR van on patrol! Preliminary reports suggest that the guy drove on like that for over a kilometer. That, definitely, must have been an agonisingly long kilometer for the diligent cop.
And the aftermath? I believe that the offender had managed a bail soon after and is a free man, when he should have been put behind bars, without bail, for his heinous crime.
My take.
This man should be tried in a fast track court for his misdemeanour and punished forthwith. He was very much aware of the tragic consequences of his action and therefore, be tried for attempted murder. A beast like him has no right to live, if one were to ask me!
Tailpiece.
It's people like the diligent traffic cop who gives the common man the much needed faith in the system which, otherwise, seems to be uncaring and officious for all the wrong reasons.
Oops, let me give details about the incident first. A 30 year old gentleman, driving a sedan, was talking into his cellphone while driving on the main road in the outskirts of Chandigarh, when a traffic cop on duty flagged him to stop. The driver, instead, drove on and soon was driving at breakneck speed, with the injured cop clinging atop his bonnet, urging him to stop his vehicle by repeatedly bashing the windscreen with his helmet.
The tactic was very clear. The traffic offender, realising that he was in the wrong, was trying to throw the cop off his scent at any cost and could have inflicted serious injuries even culminating in death had he not been apprehended by a PCR van on patrol! Preliminary reports suggest that the guy drove on like that for over a kilometer. That, definitely, must have been an agonisingly long kilometer for the diligent cop.
And the aftermath? I believe that the offender had managed a bail soon after and is a free man, when he should have been put behind bars, without bail, for his heinous crime.
My take.
This man should be tried in a fast track court for his misdemeanour and punished forthwith. He was very much aware of the tragic consequences of his action and therefore, be tried for attempted murder. A beast like him has no right to live, if one were to ask me!
Tailpiece.
It's people like the diligent traffic cop who gives the common man the much needed faith in the system which, otherwise, seems to be uncaring and officious for all the wrong reasons.
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