Terrorism Of The Other Kind!
(I wrote this long back, but still not irrelevant on the roads of Guwahati, even today. This was written for letter to the editor to a daily but not published. Decided to share this as I found this today.)
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I would like to tell my fellow citizen about the terrorizing VIPs in the Guwahati city that I saw recently. It was on 31st march 2003 at 205pm on the RGB road. A two-vehicle convoy of a police officer (three star on the bumper of the Ambessador car) hurriedly took me over on the Stadium over bridge and I was driving behind them. The Gypsy (AS-30/ 1237) behind the car was crowded by several security persons in uniform and civil dress.
In between the TC School traffic point and the Rabindrabhavan on the RGB Road, it was a bit rush at that time as the schools were over. The convoy was trying to overtake a blue city bus left and right and the siren was on though at a low pitch. Indeed, there was no room for the VIP convoy to overtake on that narrow crowded road.
Understanding the situation the bus driver looked for space and could manage a bit at the junction of the Lamb Road. The VIP car took over but the Gypsy wanted something else. One of the security men sitting behind pulled out a stick and smashed the rear view mirror causing him inconvenience as he drove ahead.
Observing this incident I have been thinking if the police has right to take action on the innocent driver (at least in this case) by breaking the rear view mirror. This kind of incident was observed a number of times before. Is not this an act of terrorism on the road? Hope our VIPs will understand the traffic conditions of the city and care for the fellow citizens accordingly.
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