The man of Bengalur was reportedly harassed by police officers in now a virava Reddit post and claimed that he and his friend were forced to say, “We are gay.” The man claimed that the incident occurred on the night of July 30th in North Bengalur. Redditor, who goes through the user name “Prudent-LetHead40”, shared suffering in a detailed post and said that experience left him “disgusted and disturbed”.
“The harassed, attacked, and blackmail the cops at night – we were forced to say that we were gay to be released (North Bangalore),” read the title of the paper under the “Law and Order”.
The man shared that he and his friend got out that night at 2 in the morning because he was unable to sleep and felt “restless”. They found a quiet place to talk. Within two minutes, two police officers approached them and began to question them with suspicion.
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“They asked us what we were doing, searched us, checked our phones and pockets. No drugs, no alcohol, nothing suspicious – but refused to believe we were just air,” the man said.
He added that the cops began to blame them for being a homosexual couple, and indicated that it was why they were so late at night. “When we denied it, they started to beat us with a baton and said that if we” confess “to be gays, they would let us. Otherwise they would take us to the station and call our parents,” the man added.
The man said they admitted that the gays were only for fear and in an effort to dispose of the situation. The post also states: “For fear, we said,” Okay, we are gay “just to get out of the situation.”
Screengrab from a viral post.
Asking £50,000 bribe
Although it seemed to “satisfy the ego of the cops”, suffering was not far from it. According to the redditor, the officers originally demanded £5,000 as a “fine” in a remote place before taking them to a police station where more officers were involved – a total of eight, according to a man.
The cops escalated the situation and demanded £50,000 to let them go. Threatened to charge them according to IPC 377, warn that it will require £1 Lakh for bail. The student remembered how the amount was constantly decreasing.
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“First they took us to a remote place, demanded.” £5,000 as a “fine” and then took us to the police station. Other officers joined there, threatening to book us under IPC 377, said they would be in court in court and have to publish a contribution £1 Lakh deposit. They first reduced the bribe £50k, that is, £25k, that is, £20k, and finally settled £15,000, saying we wouldn’t be released without paying, ”the man said in his post.
Because one of them promised an arrangement £7 500, he had to call a friend for money. “Of course they wouldn’t take UPI, so I was one of the cops accompanied by a petrol bunk far from the station to download and transfer money to cash, all while my friend was held on the station, confiscated to sit on the floor and offend.”
The man closed his post with a reason for responsibility. “This experience left me disgusted and disturbed. The actors hired us to protect us, use fear, homophobia, attack and blackmail to make money from innocent students for a walk,” he wrote.
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“The night shift of the AMRUTHAHALLI police station, everyone is dirty,” he said in the comment section when Redditors asked him to appoint a police station. He also said that officers caught the keys and phones, apparently to “frighten” him.
How did Reddit users respond?
Many Reddit users urged the original poster to publicly identify the police officers and reveal the name of the police station.
When one Internet user asked, “Could you offer some evidence of this Dacoity Police? Which limit of the police station happened?” Op replied, “That’s a problem, grabbed the Scooty keys and the phone before we could do something.”
“To file a complaint at the police station. I have heard that the police were released for such problems,” one individual proposed.
Others added: “What is happening with so many similar cases? Roaming at night in India illegal? We were blackmail with my friends around 3-4k in Chennai for hanging ourselves on the beach at night – probably 22:45.”
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