This incident took place on 16/16/2012 and i was one of the eye witness. A medium size water tanker took a swift left turn and almost killed a cyclist who was going straight. The loaded water tanker driver took a turn at almost speed of 40 km/hour. The cyclist was a about 50 years of age. He along with his cycle were below the rear tyre. I from a distance thought the tanker has gone over the cyclist but fortunately the tanker driver braked. One of the cycle tyre was completely damaged. On the top of it the driver of tanker did not have driving license.
The story begins after this. There were 25-30 people gathered there. I called the police helpline number and gave them the accident details and site address. In the mean time a guy comes in and says that the tanker is supposed to go to one of the politicians building. Instead of lending a helping hand to the poor cyclist who lost his cycle for no fault of his he was trying to pressurize him to settle. As usual the police were late. May be the guy informed one of the police inspector (PI) which he was trying to refer me. I was firm on my stand ad said let everything be as it as.
Later my friend who was companying me and others there on the site suggested anyways cops are going to make money out of all this. Better let the tanker driver pay the cyclist and then allow him to go. So the driver paid Rs 600 and was allowed to leave. I also thought this makes more sense after observing pune cops closely for almost 20 years. The plight is people in Pune can get away with any crime if they have money. Also the mind set of the man who was supposed to be guarding that politicians place who called up to save the tanker driver instead of the poor cyclist.
My question is cant we use our influence in positive way. Also the police man who came after everything got over. They called me after reaching to the sitealmost after 31 mins. What if its a hit and run case ? What if that driver had done this in a less busy area ? What if something serious had happened? Is it necessary that policemen sleep after lunch. Also when they reached at site one of the cops was already talking over phone to that PI who was informed by the man trying to save the driver of tanker. What a plight. If such are the people on whom civilians are dependent for their security then God can only save us.
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