p.s. after the unit had left with the major, the media arrived and discovered the brave pandus shivering under a table.

Oh did you miss the part where everyone and his sister joined in that video above?Rahul M wrote:frankly, if you think the media represents India then it's your problem. talk with the average ram or shyam on the street and you will see completely different attitude.
umm.. Hit them? Of course it's possible both sides were in mufti so it just looks that way. In the interest of politeness I should probably dole out some gratuitous advice in return but I'm too lazy to think of any.Rahul M wrote:yeah ? and did what ? please get rid of the chip on the shoulder and watch it again.
rohitvats wrote:You can see the aam-junta having a go at the jawans/officers.
ManishH wrote:YOs will be YOs. The commandant will defend them in public, but it will be "pitthoo parade" or "balli drill" for them
ASPuar wrote:If Southern Army Commander has any circular objects between his legs, he will call the CM to complain about the behaviour of his police!
Sachin wrote:<snip>The CM when he gets this complaint should also ask if the Southern Army Commander and his men know the traffic rules in the city of Pune.
lol. This is funny. The common man in India likes any road spectacle. He will join in whenever possible. Anybody having spent any time in India should have seen that. If a lorry hits a pole, the local village head will turn up. Also funny is that high handedness gets applied to any other party when the police is involved. They practically own that title. Misattributing it will probably get you a thrashing at the local thana and an off the books tea-money fine.Sachin wrote:Looks the common people (not police men) too got fed up with the high handedness of the military men and thrashed them. If you ask me, that is required. Very rarely common people get into police v/s military clashes.
anjan wrote: This is funny. The common man in India likes any road spectacle. He will join in whenever possible.
Sachin wrote:anjan wrote: This is funny. The common man in India likes any road spectacle. He will join in whenever possible.
Looks the people too joined the fun and gave some thrashings to the Army officers. BTW, the officers too could have stated their rank, and their rights as per the Army rules etc. No they immediately tried their standard tactic of hitting people. Only thing here it did not end up in a one way fight (like in Kolkotha), and these "gazzetted officers" got hit in return as well.
I for one, would not give a carte blanche that Indian Armed Forces all consists of officers and men who are 100% clean, non-corrupt and have joined to serve the nation.
@ASPuar saab: Yes, let the law take its own course. The Army can certainly file complaints against the police. But would also like to see what action Army takes against its own "gazzetted officers". Punishments meted out to police men will generally get reported, but not yet seen any thing related to the Armed Forces.
Well if the police think like you and believe it is fun to thrash people it goes a long way towards explaining the behaviour of the police. If you read the story you might have read the part where the second policeman got upset because they said they were from the Army. SOP is to always show your I-Card. The reported story squares with that.Sachin wrote:Looks the people too joined the fun and gave some thrashings to the Army officers. BTW, the officers too could have stated their rank, and their rights as per the Army rules etc. No they immediately tried their standard tactic of hitting people. Only thing here it did not end up in a one way fight (like in Kolkotha), and these "gazzetted officers" got hit in return as well.
Murugan wrote: These policewalas can be seen shamelessly picking up money thrown on road as bribe from truck walas everyday in my town. Harrassing every poor/middleclass citizen, taking away their licence, rounding them up for no reason and insulting at will.
Marten wrote:That said, would rather that Armed Forces personnel do not break the law, inc. traffic laws.
In this case, there is little choice if a board prohibiting two wheeler traffic from entering the bridge is not displayed.
Sachin wrote:In this case, there is little choice if a board prohibiting two wheeler traffic from entering the bridge is not displayed.
That has to be done by the elected council of Pune (Corporation, Municipal council etc. etc.). Police only enforces the local rules and law.
Sachin wrote:Marten wrote:That said, would rather that Armed Forces personnel do not break the law, inc. traffic laws.
+1 to that.In this case, there is little choice if a board prohibiting two wheeler traffic from entering the bridge is not displayed.
That has to be done by the elected council of Pune (Corporation, Municipal council etc. etc.). Police only enforces the local rules and law.
Gaur wrote:Police certainly enforces the rules...there is no doubt regarding that. The only puzzling thing is that the Policemen at that particular bridge seem to enforce rules only at the exit side (when the rules have already been broken) and "never" at the entrance. This has been mentioned before, but I guess it is more convenient to ignore such trivial facts. But I have noticed your habit of always defending the actions of Police while hitting out at the Military (specially Army). So I doubt if any argument will be sufficient to go through your wall of bias.
nelson wrote:Let me recount an incident which is related to the Pune bridge - Army vs Police incident. In my personal experience that bridge is a trap to catch gullible newcomers in the city. There is one inconspicuous signpost in Marathi at the entrance.
My friend and I, who were new to the city, rode into the trap. Midway through the bridge when we were held up in traffic, other drivers in cars and auto shouted at us and asked us to take u-turn to avoid the police on the other end of the bridge, who were always ready to spring the trap. My friend who was riding the scooter duly turned and tried to make an exit from the side we entered. To our hard luck there was a policeman on that end too.
We tried to explain to him that we are new in the city and showed the records of vehicle regn and DL from Chennai and all that. Finally we paid up Rs 200/- on with a challan.
We asked the policeman for the correct way to the end of the bridge without taking it. The policeman said the challan is valid for the day and we can use the bridge!
Here is a post mortem of that junction / bridge.
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.co ... e-incident
The bridge in question is a particularly infamous one in Pune. There is no sign indicating that two wheelers aren't allowed and never do the Police stop anyone from entering. It is only at exit that the Police stops the vehicles to harasses them to get bribes.
t. In my personal experience that bridge is a trap to catch gullible newcomers in the city. There is one inconspicuous signpost in Marathi at the entrance.
saumitra_j wrote: and since Army men also come from the same society as the good old pandu...
Army men also come from the same society as the good old pandu
Murugan wrote:Army men also come from the same society as the good old pandu
But the training is different, values are different. Army men are known by people who serve the nation. Pandus to loot and harrass hapless citizens.
Dawood Ibrahim, Yasin Bhatkal come from the same society from where APJ Abdul Kalam and Azim Premji came or Kapil Sibal and Kapil Dev.
It is clearly seen the officer on the bike, who is in a sober and calm state, is slapped by the PI.
Gaur wrote:The only puzzling thing is that the Policemen at that particular bridge seem to enforce rules only at the exit side (when the rules have already been broken) and "never" at the entrance.
nelson wrote:In my personal experience that bridge is a trap to catch gullible newcomers in the city.
Their endeavour must be to prevent crime or breakage of law and order. Not to meet targets set by the DCP traffic for weekly collection.
This short clip shows who is the reason for violence and ruckus.
merlin wrote:Just like some people here treat the services as a holy cow, some people treat the police as a holy cow (though I wonder how in hell can one ever do that).
ramana wrote:nelson, having an obscure sign at the entrance and the police waiting at the other end is clear case of entrapment. Any decent court would throw it out.
saumitra_j wrote: live in the city, go about that damned bridge every other day and the place has clear signs/boards indicating that two wheelers are not allowed. So it is no more a case of "entrapment" at least these days!!.
and since Army men also come from the same society as the good old pandu, there is no point in assuming that they cannot be wrong.
Murugan wrote:Army men are known by people who serve the nation.
Sachin wrote:The video clippings which I saw, was showing the the two army folks trying to drive away. And their manners of driving indicated that they were trying to get away from that place quickly. And then a large number of people (some in uniforms, some in civil dress) surrounded the bike, the army chap lost his helmet. He was sober all right, but I could also see arrogance on his face. And then a PSI, or PI hit him on the face, he was pulled out of the bike, and is seen taken some where. So most probably the Army fellows argument was over and they were trying to get out of the place.
Sachin wrote:nelson wrote:In my personal experience that bridge is a trap to catch gullible newcomers in the city.
Fine. Traffic regulations in the city are generally done with consensus from the local elected body as well. Police only have the rights to bring in temporary restrictions. All one-ways, no entries etc. are require approvals from local elected bodies. So if people have a genuine concern that this a way to trap them take it up with elected representatives.
Their endeavour must be to prevent crime or breakage of law and order. Not to meet targets set by the DCP traffic for weekly collection.
Have I heard this before?. Every one expects the police to work in a way they want the police to work. Police men should not take bribes, but the common man can give them bribe
. What areas should be the focus of police, wont it be better to leave it to their own officials and the concerned ministry? And certainly police men would be listening to the orders of the DCP (be it the quota for traffic challans or any thing else) than some person from the army or any other agency.
This short clip shows who is the reason for violence and ruckus.
The video clippings which I saw, was showing the the two army folks trying to drive away. And their manners of driving indicated that they were trying to get away from that place quickly. And then a large number of people (some in uniforms, some in civil dress) surrounded the bike, the army chap lost his helmet. He was sober all right, but I could also see arrogance on his face. And then a PSI, or PI hit him on the face, he was pulled out of the bike, and is seen taken some where. So most probably the Army fellows argument was over and they were trying to get out of the place.
PS: One thing I noticed this time. The army also lost the game big time when they attacked media people and broke their equipments. The media may have played a more neutral game, if this did not happen. Now I hear that one of the injured media person is also filing a complaint against the officer. As some body already noted the sensation on this news was yesterday and media blamed the Army in totality.
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