A
colleague shares an incident which happened recently. While going home from
office late at night around 9, he had to pass through a somewhat isolated patch
of road, though there were some vehicles passing through. Suddenly a car which
was passing by stopped and 3 people came out of it. They stopped him and started
shouting at him accusing him of hitting their car and damaging it. In a few moments,
a mob of around 20-30 people gathered at the site immediately and everyone
started abusing him and asking for money as compensation for the claimed damages
done.
The
friend notes that the mob had gathered in no time as if it was a planned scheme.
Also, the car was new and didn’t have a number plate. There was no single
scratch either on the car or on his bike as there was no real hitting which had
happened. The friend hailed from North India and this incident happened in Pune
in Maharashtra, so there were language issues too. Ultimately he was able to
convince them that nothing had happened and anyhow succeeded in rushing away
without paying any money to them. This, he believes might not happen with
everyone and hence he warns bike riders especially from IT companies, to be
aware and vigilant about such flash mobs looting people…
-
Rahul
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