OUR RULES SUPPORT CRIMINALS: WE NEED CHANGE

Last week I had to go to the Sub-Registrar Office ( the Government office where property sale documents are registered)  to complete some formalities regarding a property transfer.  There was an unusual crowd since from the next week the local government had announced that the property guidance value ( the minimum value at which a property can be sold ) is going to be revised upwards. Everybody was trying to complete the transaction in that week itself with a view to save the extra tax implications which they would incur if they delayed. 

The procedure requires that the Sale Deed and the documents of the property be verified by the Sub Registrar and the photos and other Biometric information of both the buyer and the seller be caught on the system. The general convention is that the seller and the buyer complete all the formalities, the buyer shows the DD and the seller puts the signature on the registered Sale Deed and then the buyer hands over the DD to the seller. This is a tricky transaction and many times there is an exchange of money other than that mentioned in the Sale Deed. The local brokers also create some trouble most of the times. The environment is generally a bit tense.

It so happened that a dispute broke out between two parties for some reason. One of the parties who was supported by some 5-8 people started shouting and making huge noises. They started threatening the other party which had 2-3 individuals not as well built as the former, very aggressively. They started hurling extremely vulgar abuses in the presence of almost 300 people including ladies and children. I was watching all this from outside the window of the room. Their gestures were violent intimidating and threatening. 

Fortunately one Police man appeared with a walky talky and started making attempts to moderate the situation. Even in the presence of the policeman this party throwing abuses and gesturing violently. My common sense said that this party has violated all civil norms and should be immediately taken into custody by the police. I thought since the police man was alone he was waiting for more force to come in. 

Then a police jeep arrived with around 5 policemen. The party continued to show aggressive  behaviour and use obnoxious language. But still they were not arrested. 

The situation however was brought under control. I went to one of the police man and asked him why these people who have definitely behaved criminally and disturbed the peace and civility of a upmarket area in a Cosmopolis like Bangalore were not taken into custody. I told him that if such people continue to exhibit such behaviour and the police is dormant then what is the hope for a civilised living.

The Police guy told me that for them to be able to TAKE ANY ACTION they need a COMPLAINT else as per the rules they are unable to do anything even though the whole criminality and lawlessness may be unfolding in front of their own eyes.. He called upon me to launch a complaint.  I felt it quite imprudent to launch a complaint against a set of goons  and expose myself to risk.

However I then approached the head of the goons and told him that he should not behave in such a manner in public as children/ladies were there. Their overall confidence on the social structure would collapse and  he would be contributing in them carrying a more negative and hopeless image about the society. I also told him about the health hazards about such behaviour. I also warned him that he could have collapsed out of a heart attack.  May be he was tired after all the shouting, he just listened to me without much reaction. 

After some time I saw this man and his team treating all the police men in a nearby juice shop. 

This event upset me quite a bit and made all that despondency and helplessnes   we see in the movies  coming true in front of my eyes.  

UNLESS SOMEBODY GIVES A COMPLAINT THE POLICE CANNOT ACT. EVEN IF SOMEBODY DARES THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINANT WILL NOT BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BUT RATHER OPENLY EXPOSED MAKING THE COMPLAINANT OBVIOUSLY AND EASILY VULNERABLE TO THE CRIMINAL.. WHERE IS THE CHANCE FOR  CIVILITY AND GOOD LIVING?

Suitable measures and LAWS have to be enacted so that either the information of the complainant is kept confidential or Police is in some way duty-bound to register cases by themselves else public should be able to complain about their complacency without getting exposed..

I am of the opinion that this will immediately reduce the criminal behaviour and bring down crimes drastically. 

Introduction to ME US and "OURS"

This blog is about ME YOU US and what belongs to us-OURS. In this era of social networking and media explosion our individual  ideas and thoughts have become more important and effectual than ever before. Our individual ideas about leaders, leadership, opinion on social, political matters, economic ideas etc create a direct impact on our environment. So what we think and believe in today has become more important than ever before.

What we think is  conditioned by the information that we get/ are fed with. It is a foregone conclusion that the media is to certain extent controlled by the so called superpowers who know how to effectively use the media for getting through with their agenda. Each of us as an constituent of the society need to form our opinions and express them with responsibility. We also need to put up our voice against that which we feel is reversing our growth and evolution, of course after due consideration.  It becomes our due responsibility to voice our thoughts against hollow unsubstantiated media presentations which are used to undermine us intrinsically, or simply exploit us as a customer.

Lastly, though we are global citizens, children of one God and  coequal part of mother nature and universe,  we also have the  net summary  of the learnings of all our earlier generations packaged into a word called CULTURE which defines our identity our habits our language and us to a large extent. It defines what we eat, wear, what we use to entertain ourselves and certain things ideas thumb rules which serve as tools for healthy and harmonious living. The MNCs and the rich nations obviously would like to change us so that their wares are sold their language is spoken, their etiquette becomes universal and the whole world is serviced from their global factories and service centers. So we have to be perceptive and discerning and take only the good out of this. We  definitely first need to identify and then preserve what identifies us-- the "OURS". We need to identify and preserve our identities just to help ourselves to take the benefits of the knowledge gained by the  hundreds of generations  that lived before us and also pass on that good repository of information and secrets of good living to the coming generations. This blog is made for the purpose of reinforcing our ideas on good living, things that affect us, our surroundings , our society so that we formulate our ideas on sound basis. These  those ideas orientations and opinions are the embedded software that run our society. Those embedded ideas are real  "OURS"  - OUR COLLECTIVE OPINIONS which actually decide the external physical life that we live and lead. 

Please feel free to contribute some of your opinions/articles by writing to me at prasad@prolabs-vecaun.com