I happen to be in a vehicle with Red Beacon flashing on top
because I was with family friend who is top ranking police officer. We were
going to a place about 100Kms outside Mumbai, to attend a family function.
As we were traveling on
highway, we passed by a police station. We saw that there was a fairly big
crowd outside the police station. My friend said, “Let us see what the matter
is. This police station seems to be outpost on highway and there may not be any
seniors to handle the situation.” He further went on to say, “this is not
within my jurisdiction but my duty demands that I must intervene if the
situation is volatile”. So we backed up
a little and drove in to the police station’s open space. On seeing the car
with Red beacon, the station police officer rushed to our car. He opened the
door for my friend and smartly saluted.
My friend asked what the problem was. The police officer
said, “Nothing Sir, just a murder. A man stabbed his father-in-law over small
tiff and the relatives have brought the murderer to the station. The situation
is under control”. My friend said, “All right, small issue” and we drove on.
I was amazed and shocked and could not believe my eyes and
ears. A murder, a small issue? I could not keep quiet and I asked my friend, “What
does he mean by small issue? How a murder can be a ‘Nothing’ for police officer
at station and ‘Small Issue’ for him?”
My friend smiled and said, “It is a small issue. It is a straight
forward case. There will be no complications. It would have been a big issue if
it was to be a murder of a person of one community by person of another
community. It would have been a big issue if it was murder of lower caste
person by higher caste fellow. It would have been a big issue if it was murder
out of political animosity. It would have been big issue if it was murder out
of gang war. It would have been big issue if it was a murder of social worker.”
And we continued our journey.
Mind you, if you are nobody then even your murder
is not an issue.and
Small people get murdered and those 'Greats', get Assassinated .