Women beaten up by moral police in Bangalore too?

[udhay]

I saw this blog post which has details. Does anybody have more info?

Comments

[anantj]

Wow.. That is a pretty harrowing experience. But it is really brave and admirable of you to have kept up at the police and registered a complaint.

We cannot let this city go to the dogs

[slosh]

Get the number of the car and check who's its owner in RTO, if it belongs to the MLA or his dependents, then file a complaint before Lok Ayukta.

AFAIK, none of the MLAs in B'lore that much means(as declared by them) by such a car.

[slosh]

*to buy such a car.

This should be in the news...

[anonymous]

Please contact NDTV or TIMES NOW or CNN-IBN and inform them about this as soon as possible. This needs more attention than what it has got so far.

[snidknits]

Stunning. And scary. I heard one friend (an Indian and local guy) refer to the recent police crackdowns on pubs and clubs as the "Hindu Taliban". But it really is getting frightening out there. Dare I compare to the Hitler Youth in Germany oh so long ago?

As a foreigner living in Bangalore I feel like I have to be careful about what I say and do in response to these current events. If I say something and piss off the powers that be, will they refuse my visa extension that has to be signed by the police commissioner? Will there be retaliations against foreigners who are seen as an "invading influence"? We love Bangalore too. We love the people and the culture but we are appalled by these types of attacks on personal freedoms.

This is an honest question, what can interested foreigners do?

[snidknits]

I would recommend you to stay out of local politics. I've spent all my life in Bangalore and politics by divide-and-conquer is what seems to work in these parts. They would be mighty pissed to see a westerner involved in "westernizing" their bangalore. I know that someone has to standup against them and have a voice against them and all that, but it has to be a full time struggle against elements that have deep rooted political and local population support. Do you think you can explain to an average Bangalorean you are a better voice than the goons who seem to be popular, powerful and are fluent in local language, culture and traditions?

So much for India being the home of Gandhi and nonviolence.

[snidknits]

Actually, I never envisioned that I would get involved in a public way. I know that I can't. I would never assume that I would know better than someone who is a local as Indian politics and cultural subtleties are way beyond my understanding- and it isn't my place to try to change things. I am more interested in the question of IF there is something that can be done, and if so how interested parties who can't be public (like myself) can help. That's all.

Thanks for your reply. Interesting times here in Bangalore- and the world for that matter.

[poocha9]

This happened to friends of mine and one brave LJer was also involved in rescuing them from the brawl and got hit for the efforts.
The MLA quickly washed of his hands of the main guy as soon as NWC was spoken about and a women molestation case was logged. But the case is now dead as main guy who created this ruckus has about 30 criminal cases on him and is still out on the streets, and the women are scared that he and his gang might do something to them later on.Which seeing the current state of affairs is highly possible.

Why so little media attention?

[poocha9]

From the main post on Sulekha, this seems as bad as the Mangalore incident, yet the coverage of this in the media is completely lacking. Would anyone happen to know why that is the case? I saw an online article on Deccan herald, but that was about it.

-Sapna