My car was rammed into by a speeding motor bike in front of the Orleanpet bus stand in Pondicherry with resultant damage to the rear indicator glasses and the adjoining body of the car. I got to speak to the person responsible for the incident who pleaded guilty and showed his willingness to pay for the damages. After noting his mobile and vehicle numbers, initially I decided to spare him the troubles of an FIR at the police station only to find that he subsequently refused to pay damages or pick the phone. Irked by his response, I finally decided to register a case against him at the traffic police station the next day. I found four duty officers at the police station who listened to my tale and asked me to come the next day to file the case stating that the Head Constable was not available. The situation next day was no different except that the team at the station were three other men in the similar white uniforms. On the third day, I was asked to wait the whole day at the station to register the case only to be told in the evening that the head constable and the SI were busy with a political meeting. Determined to have my complaint registered I went to the station on the fourth day. I got to meet the SI who told me that all the officers who I had seen the other days were police constables and I should have registered the case with them. I was beginning to feel better until he told me to come two days later to register the case as they were busy with the preparations for the Independence Day celebrations. I don't think I need to specify what happened when I got there on day 6.
Now that I can't register a complaint with the police against them, let the readers decide if there is any way out of this anarchy in Pondicherry.
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