I decided to make my appearance more civilized and went to have a haircut.
After allowing the barber to practice his skills with my hair paid him for his
talents and came towards Galle bus stand.
The crowd was gathering near the main entrance and I was curious, went
bit closer, saw a women lying on the ground, and looked like she was
unconscious.
Went towards her checked, initially it seemed like she went through an
epileptic seizure; with the help of another women who volunteered turn her in
to recovery position. But when I called Galle fire brigade, bystanders wanted
me to call police instead. Then someone told he already called the police. I
asked why, then the story came out, this lady is working at district
secretariat office, she went to bank early morning and brought some money which
she was planning to give someone. Her meeting place with this person was Galle
bus stand but unfortunately someone has stolen her money, Rest. 97,000 rupees to be
exact.
She was unconscious due to shock; she gained consciousness, shouted
"OOOH NOOO" and went unconscious again. Galle Fire brigade guys came
(1-1-0 Team) took the patient to the hospital, the lady who helped me with the
patient was from the same village where patient was from, and she was an off
duty police officer. She volunteered to go with the patient. I advise Fire guys
to write the incident at hospital police for their safety.
Yes, I stayed at the incident for more than 15 minutes, police was
just 5 minutes of walking distance and no one came to the incident. The police
post at the bus stand was empty, no one was on duty.
So I thought I will go and complain the police about police. I went in
and requested to meet the OIC, the reception officer asked why, I told I have a
complaint against police, she looked bit shocked and told OIC is busy. Then I
told no problem I will tell it to you. I asked her why there isn’t anyone at
the post at bus stand; she told me today they didn’t put anyone on duty. I
explained her incident, and then she told it is better to tell it to the OIC.
Went to meet him, told him the story. The reason he gave was that, they were
not able to put anyone at the post today because president is coming tomorrow to
visit few places at Galle and he had to send 160 officers for pre security
checks. He also told he will only have two men tomorrow because he has to send
the rest tomorrow to provide security. He was keen to write down my details,
including address and telephone number,” just in case” as to him. (Whatever
that means)
Few thoughts popped in to my mind.
Few thoughts popped in to my mind.
1.
Why people are so selfish not to help someone? I know by putting your hand in an incident
like this will put you into trouble, people even may accuse you on stealing the
money. What is the VALUE of HUMANITY/LIFE is it so cheap that everything else
comes first. Yes people may make false accuses or you may have to go to police
few times, why make it an issue to do the right thing. That is
why I love the Galle Fire Guys with all those risks at stake they came to help.
2.
How can someone live happy life after giving so
much pain to someone else by stealing their money? She may have brought that
money to spend for her son’s education; daughter’s wedding or even to pay a hospital
bill. How someone can sleep peacefully after giving such a pain to a person.
There was recent incident about a dad who got robbed when he was bringing some
money to his daughter wedding and unfortunately that dad dies due to the
sadness just few hours before his daughter wedding.
3.
Is there a different value of human lives? Is
that why whole Police protecting one person while putting everyone else’s safety
at risk? If Sri Lanka is a safe country and there is no war why politicians
need this much security. As the president of people in Sri Lanka will he agree
with the police, regarding safety value of people who appointed him lesser than
his security?
4.
And do
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