Mumbai, they say the city is extremely safe at any time of the day. I believed so, until last night when a couple of my friends, on their way back from Malad, almost got shot.
“On June 24, 12.40 AM, when five of us were driving through Link Road, a maroon Skoda Superb suddenly overtook our car sharply and aggravated one of us to show Mr. Schumacher the finger. Guess it hit the ego of the other, he blocked us by parking right in front of our car outside Lotus Petrol Pump, Andheri and asked us to get out of the car immediately. Knowing we were not at fault, we got out and were ready to face the consequence. On stepping out of our car, we got the shock of our lives when the guy removed a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at us and uttered the clichéd dialogue, “You know who I am? Do you know what this is?” No, this isn’t a scene out of some random Bollywood movie, it DID happen to us. We were dumbstruck for the first five seconds and thought apologizing and getting away would be the safest. We weren’t wrong, we didn’t overtake them, we didn’t do anything, but we had to apologize. And why, cause we have no political influence guarding us, we could’ve been killed and the guy would still come out clean and no, we didn’t want to repeat history.” As narrated it by Piyush Khanna (name changed on request).
The least we can do is share this story with our fellow Mumbaikars, trying to change the system is far from impossible. This happened with my friends, it could happen with you or me too. And remember, everyone is not as lucky to get out of it alive, it would simply take them a microsecond to press the trigger and take someones life.
6 comments:
Its horrifying to even read it.
Must be really tough to face it!
I have heard the same thing happen to some of my others friends too last month.
It was best to escape the situation by cooling it down!
It's scary but scarier cos last night around 12 I was returning home alone in a rickshaw though I was around Bandra/Juhu. Yet, if you think of it, anything can happen. I have goosebumps.
What a nasty situation... Politics and any one affiliated with it seem to face an automated corruption immediately. Either the government should curb the misuse of political mileage or at this rate gun carrying will soon be a necessity for all our people.
What a nasty situation... Politics and any one affiliated with it seem to face an automated corruption immediately. Either the government should curb the misuse of political mileage or at this rate gun carrying will soon be a necessity for all our people.
It indeed is very scary. Don't want Mumbai to become into another Delhi.
pathetic..n really scary. we take life for granted sometimes..
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