Yesterday morning when I woke up to go far my morning run saw a missed call and a message from friend of mine “call me as soon as you see this message’. I called him to see what had happened. He said that ‘one 20-30 people’ were detained in various police stations across the Bangalore. I heard that 120 to 130 people! It was not new, but this time it was strange it’s also because the number of people involved in it.
This is in connection with the robbery has taken place in City 10 days ego, it is the story of the police that a Nepali Security Guard has stolen 3 KG of gold from a Jewelry shop. It is their story that he has entered the Jewelry shop from the building he was working and taken the gold and runaway from there. Police have decided that if they bring his relatives and the village people who are working in Bangalore at various places, their family will bring this security guard who ran away with the 3KG of Gold.
Anyway when I heard 120 People, I felt, how they can do this. Why do they have to keep them in side for 10 days? Decided to do something about it. How do we do this? My friend told me that we should not disclose the details of the person who has given the information to us. Police has let him go only with the condition that he will not open his mouth. In case if we take his name then for shore there is complete chances that his life and liberty is at danger.
I thought the best way to deal with this is to bring this issue to State Human Right Commission and our High court has holiday for 5 days since there are festival, and also who will be the party to go before the high court? The root of SHRC was the best available option for us. Called the Chairmen SHRC and asked him if he could do anything in this case. He said its holiday and he has no staff to deal with it and he expressed his inability to deal with it till Friday. I can understand his position, but I have to do something about it, that’s when the idea of Sting operation came in to my mind.
Thought we do sting operation and then take this matter to Home office of Chief Justice of High Court and see what will come out.
Made few calls for journalists friends and advocate friends sought there help we all assembled at Press club around 3.30PM, But the hidden camera was still issues, a professional media friend decided to go and buy new one and he also reached the Press Club by 3.45PM with the new camera. When we were testing that Camera came to know that battery of the camera is already dead! Thankfully my Laptop was in the car and put this camera for charging. We met this guy who was released by the police and told us that still another 20-30people are inside and got the clear picture and made out plans and decided to go.
It was already 4.30PM now we are all ready to go and bang the police with the help of New Hidden Camera tested before going to station again it’s working now. An guy who was holding the Camera we went in it was already 5PM. Saw few Napali looking people kept in the cell could not talk to them, suddenly this guy came to me and told me that the Camera recording indication light is bright and people could able to see it. Did not know what to do and could not able to help him in that position. The Inspector of Police of that station was present in the police station, he welcomed us and offered Tea, and we said Black Tea would do.
We had Tea and asked him the details of the case and why they have been detained in the station. He said that they are innocent but kept them inside the station in order to bring the real culprit. Yes but why should they be detained for 10 days, he said not 10 days only few days. After long debates we said release them now/today otherwise incase if something happen we are not in a position to help the police. He was shocked by the end of it and said that he will speak to his high officer and release them immediately. Now we went and spoke to these people took their names and give them my card and asked them to call once they are being released.
It was already 6PM we felt that this guy will release them in case if he does not release them we will look for the next plane of action and left the place. I got a call around 8.30 PM from one of this guy stating that they are being released and he said 'Thank You'.
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