BENGALURU: A schoolgirl loses her bag in a bus. A Good Samaritan hands it over to jurisdictional traffic police station. But when the girl’s father approaches the police they demand a bribe of Rs 1,000!
The agitated father, Arnab Bannerjee, took to Bengaluru police official page and accused two policemen, Anil Kumar and Veeraswamy, attached to Old Airport Road police station of allegedly harassing him, calling him on his mobile and threatening him.
Narrating his ordeal, Bannerjee said, “On Tuesday, my daughter’s school bag was lost in the bus while she was returning home. Soon, after I realised that the bag had gone missing, I began searching for it. But, to my surprise, a Good Samaritan, who noticed the bag, had handed it over to the jurisdictional traffic police station.” The alleged police harassment began when Bannerjee reached the traffic police station to collect his daughter’s school bag.
“I received a call from school stating that my daughter’s school bag is at the Old Airport Road police station and I can collect it from there. I rushed to the station and got the bag. The cop on duty made me write a letter that I have received the bag and I thanked the police for handing it over to me. But little did I know the matter has not ended yet. As I took the bag and headed home, I was chased by two policemen who stopped me midway and demanded money for handing over the bag to me,” Bannerjee said.
The two cops first asked Bannerjee about the price of the bag, including the books, and then allegedly demanded ‘chai- pani’. As Bannerjee was relieved at getting the bag back, he offered to pay them Rs 30. But the cops refused to accept it and demanded Rs 1,000!
When Bannerjee refused to bribe them, the cops allegedly threatened him. “When I told them I would not pay, they threatened me saying I stay in the boundary of the police station so I have to pay or else face the consequences. In order to get their names, I told them that I would come back with the money and didn’t return. But, the two cops continued calling me for the money on my mobile,” Bannerjee said.
