[HumJanenge] Fw: DON'T CALL THE POLICE

Dear Friends,

Please peruse the trailing mail, a real incident in the heart of posh area in Delhi. We can just imagine what must be happening in other areas. 

How can RTI be used to nail corruption in police duties who are paid from our hard money ?

With warm regards,

Col Mahesh Khera

Fwd as recd:

NO WONDER THEY DON'T WANT JAN LOK PAL A true story of Army Officer Victimized by Corrupt Policemen--that too In Delhi -National Capital!! You May Be Next!!! Be prepared If you ever get into an accident NEVER DIAL THE POLICE!!or be prepared for THIS!!  Yesterday, my wife met with an accident outside Taj Palace Hotel on SP Marg at about 2 pm. She was trying to save a motorbike who suddenly took a wrong U turn where barricades have been put up on the road leading to Army Battle Honours Mess.  She saved the mobike but as she suddenly halted, a Tata 407 hit her car from behind. The financial damage is another story! I was in office in Greater Noida when she called.  She said the mobike chap was trying to run away and if that had happened she would have no evidence.  So after two three desperate calls to me from her, much against my previous experience and wisdom, I decided to call the police and dialed 100. The cops reached around the same time as I did in about 45 mins.  I had also called an old friend Col Manjit Singh Niranjan, and he fetched up from Gurgaon almost at the same time. We started explaining to the PCR what had happened and found to our surprise that the PCR had whisked away the mobike driver and his wife to RML Hospital.  We learnt later that the police took the opportunity at the hospital to tutor him to say that he was driving along SP Marg in the same direction as my wife towards Dhaula Kuan (and not taken a wrong U turn as actually happened), and that she hit him from behind!  At the site, the Inspector and ASI piled onto my wife and tried to tell her it was her fault. The Tata 407 chap kept saying it was the motorbike chaps fault, but they kept ignoring him. Then they said let's go to the Police Station and took my wife's documents.  As we moved in our cars, we came across the police behind SP Marg flats.  They had stopped the Tata 407 driver and were talking with him. This was the point when I realized something was brewing. We learnt later that they were threatening him again to say that it was my wife's fault.  We were asked to proceed to Chankyapuri Police Stn and waited for around three hours.  Meanwhile, my wife had the good sense to take the mobike driver's No and I called him.  He turned out to be a jawan from 284 Med Regt and when I identified myself, he said " Sahab, main police ke lafde meing nahin padna chahta. Maine galti ki hai, lekin yeh PCR wale mujhe galat statement dene ke liye bahka rahe hain. Kahte hain tujhe bhi gadi wale se paise dila denge, tu bas unke khilaf statement de de, baki ham sambhal lenge"  I quickly realized the racket. The Police had understood that the car owner was the right target to extract money from, seeing my wife's financial status. They were accordingly working on a plan to stage manage the witnesses!  I went out of the Police Station and called the OR. I told him I do not want to press any further charges and that we would sign a razinama.  He agreed and after another hour arrived at the PS.  The Police took us to a room and started saying that " Yeh to mamla kachehri mein jayega. Halaat kuch clear nahin lag rahe. Madam kuch kah rahi hain aur mobike driver kuch aur"  And turning to the OR said - "haan bhai bol". Before he could say anything I said we have reached an understanding and neither party wants to press any charges.  Hearing this the Insp was taken aback!  His entire well planned strategy had gone down the drain. He asked the mobike driver that he was sure and not under any duress, still hoping that he could make his buck, but the OR was determined.  So he made a long face and got us to sign the razinama.  Now he turned onto the Tata 407 chap and said "iska chalan karo, yehi baar baar bol raha tha motorcycle wale ki galti hai." On this I said we are not withdrawing our statement, we still say it is the mobike person's fault, but we don't want to press any charges. The Tata 407 driver is speaking the truth and you can't penalize him for that."  The Insp said you people leave, we will let him also go. but I stood my ground and waited till they handed over his papers to him.  I had to see that justice is done for a man who speaks the truth! So we all walked out of the PS out of the clutches of the Delhi Police at 6,30 pm - after 4 hours of harassment.  My wife is suffering from shock - not so much from the accident as the Delhi Police's deviousness !  She says she had only heard stories but having experienced it first hand, she has lost complete faith in the Delhi Police!  Thank God the other party was a fauji, otherwise we were done for. He offered to pay me for the damage but I told him I'm not going to take money from a fauji bhai.  Moral of the Story - Never Dial 100. If an accident happens, resolve it amongst yourselves amicably. The Police does not intervene (unless there has been a loss of life) till you call them (even if they're at the scene).  I hope none of you ever face this situation. Be prepared for this game plan of our corrupt devious cops & stump them in advance!!!