Recently
we had a case where a guy posted a picture on Facebook about a Traffic
Constable in Gurgaon not wearing helmet. Here it goes:
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Sidhant… --> Gurgaon Traffic PoliceName : .. Dinesh (as the name plate says)Bike no.: HR 26-S-....We clicked a picture of this guy driving without helmet and then seeing this he stopped us.After stopping us he came directly inside the car and started threatening us that either u delete the photo or i will impound your car and will take you to the police station and will beat u up like anything.On resisting to his threats he called his superior and he threatened us with the same.I would like to ask the officials that are these the sort of people that we are relying on to do our security.The people who threaten the normal public are the ones employed by our govt to do our security. WOW WHAT A WORLD WE LIVE IN...--
Since
it was posted on the official page of Gurgaon Traffic Police, it caught media
fancy and the police even took action against the constable. This news piece in
Navbharat Times says that the constable was transferred from Traffic staff to
Gurgaon Police Line:
First
of all I think we should understand that "law" is not the same for
all. Delhi Government last year exempted Sikhs from wearing helmets:
The
article says:
"Wearing a helmet is optional in a few states in India, like Haryana and Punjab, where the Sikh community is in majority. Sikh women are not allowed to wear anything on their head apart from a turban, scarf or under-turban, hence making it optional for women to decide whether they want to wear a helmet or not."
So
the funny thing is that our so called law changes according to your and my religion!
We know that even turbans can't protect whole part of skull; and women will
simply get killed because they don't even have a turban. But governments have
to give extensions for vote banks on religious grounds. So a lot of people
don't take such laws seriously. Ideally law should be same for all citizens.
I
have never seen any policeman wearing a helmet on the road in most cities. It
is like making that particular guy a scapegoat. And when I read details of this
case, who complained? The guy was caught violating some traffic rule and then
he saw this guy Dinesh passing by and he clicked his picture and loaded on
Facebook. It is like one thief blaming the other.
If
one wanted Policemen to wear helmets, what good will happen in life? Will our
country become safe? I think Govt should exempt policemen from wearing helmets,
because of the nature of their duty. Often they have to chase criminals all of
a sudden, rush to places, and hence they can't carry helmets all the time with
them. Helmets also get stolen if left with their bikes. So Govt should exempt
them from this. After all govt has exempt our women and it is not considered
invitation to die.
My
objection is that this particular case is not where some great law abiding
citizen had started this initiative. If this was a campaign, one could file a
PIL. This is a case of sour-grapes where a guy got caught violating traffic
rule and hence started blaming an innocent guy. It is like a guy got caught
without ticket in a train and then he goes on asking the TTE to catch all other
guys without tickets also. The request is fine and not wrong, but the motive is
not noble. Motive is to hide his own frustration and direct it back at the
enforcement agencies. I am essentially challenging the integrity of the guy who
made this policeman Dinesh a scapegoat.
For
the picture shared on Facebook; it was an accusation on Dinesh. But wonder why
the guy hid the fact that he was held up for not wearing a seat belt and he saw
Dinesh passing by? It is here in the news: http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/gurgaon/ddhfbi-the-quotfamousquot-constable-line-spot/articleshow/20593577.cms
This is why I questioned his motive and said it was not to do some revolution
but to express his own frustration. Why does he hide the fact that he was first
held up for seat belt violation and Dinesh was just passing by and he chose to
make Dinesh a scapegoat and himself into a celebrity?
फेसबुक पर 'फेमस' कॉन्स्टेबल लाइन हाजिर - Navbharat Timesnavbharattimes.indiatimes.comरेड लाइट पर खड़े एक कार चालक को बिना सील्ट बेल्ट कार चलाने के आरोप में वहां खड़े ट्रैफिक पुलिसकर्मी ने रुकवाया था। इसी दौरान कॉन्स्टेबल दिनेश बिना हेलमेट बाइक चलाता हुआ वहां आया। इस पर कार चालक ने कहा कि बाइक सवार पुलिसकर्मी का पहले चालान काटो , फिर मेरा चालान काटना। शुक्रवार को कार चालक और पुलिसकर्मियों को बुलाया गया था। कार चालक नहीं आए , लेकिन कॉन्स्टेबल दिनेश को लिखित नोटिस देकर भविष्य में ऐसा दोबारा न ऐसा न करने की हिदायत दी गई। ट्रैफिक नियम तोड़ने के आरोप में उसे लाइन हाजिर कर दिया गया।
It
says the man did not even bothered to go to the police station as reported in
the news. But the Police worried about its image, punished Dinesh.
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