A gang is a bunch of criminals and they are ‘omnipresent’, be it in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bombay and for that matter anywhere in India. Not only India, gangs are widespread in almost all nations the world over and in some countries they are known as mafias. On thinking about mafias in comes to my mind ‘The God Father’- a renowned novel authored by famous writer Maria Puzo which was a best-seller widely read the world over. ‘God Father’ was made into a film by Francis D Cappola and the role of God Father was enacted by the Oscar Winner Marlan Branto. The character Don Corlorne was made immemorable by Branto. I do not want to go into it now.
A gang don’t owe allegiance to anybody and if someone nurses any vendetta or vengeance towards someone or another group of criminals, read, another gang hired by some vested interests or business groups like money lenders who charge cut-throat interest rates for the money they have lent to toiling farmers or small-scale businessmen who make default promise to pay the gangsters the contract amount they demand, bargaining is possible of course, to settle scores. Sometimes they are referred as “contract killers” after the promised deed is done as per their terms and conditions. The gruesome act is done in cold-bold, sometimes in the dead of night or in broad-daylight. Whichever way, whatever way the crime is to be committed, the gang will be ready to execute it in an “impressive” and copy book precision. They need not be provided with lethal weapons as they are already in possession of them, swords, guns, bombs, grenades, daggers, cycle-chains, double-edged weapons, the only thing they demand is the promised reward. Backtracking from the promise is something they can’t tolerate and they won’t tolerate and will certainly be turned out to be a boomerang. A “rebound phenomena” would of course turn into a catastrophe causing much blood-spilt. The gang, a bunch of criminals, are healthy, sturdy, and ones without the capability to ponder over the consequences, hence like a group of wild animals in the jungles always preying for its victims. Animals on prowl like the modern day terrorists as they are also on prowl across the nations to strike at an opportune moment killing thousands.
Certain new-generation banks and modern day shylocks who charge exorbitant rates of interests from the borrowers always pay, protects, even lawyers are hired to argue the cases of the gang members to take on those who make default of payments. Default is always default, not keeping promise is something not to be digested, hence on instructions from the afore-said entities, the gang first approach the defaulters with admonitions, warnings of dire consequences if the amount is not paid back in time with penal interest. The hapless customer may not be able to stick to the dead-line, the loan amount falls overdue, then the hydra baring it tentacles appears on the scene and squeeze the poor borrower makes him suffocate sometimes forces him, to end his life and if he is in possession of immovable properties availed of as a loanee takes them away forcibly after the usual assaults and torture.
The approach of the bank representative with a broad smile and the generous offering of a loan, the countless plus points of borrowing from the bank, warm shake-hands, literally traps the borrower and without nursing a suspicion put his signature on the dotted lines. The poor fellow doesn’t know then he is signing his death-warrant. Even SupremeCourt had taken strong exceptions towards the new generation banks, thus they are fondly referred to and the contemporary shylocks for hiring gangs to take on the poor borrowers several times and warned them of stringent action if they are bent upon treading these lines further.
Sometime back - approximately six months back- a police inspector while riding his bike down a street of Tamil Nadu was blocked by a gang in broad-daylight and without any queries or explanations callously hacked him, right and left. The helpless police inspector writhing in pain while lying in a pool of blood was literally wailing and calling for help of the spectators, who were watching the gruesome scene nonchalantly with nobody to come to his aid. The cynicism of a generation filled in me- a common citizen of India- shock and rage while I was watching the death cry of a young human being from afar. The entire scenes were captured by an anonymous person in his mobile camera, thanks to his presence of mind, we all came to know about the callous indifference of a generation.
Sorry the most condemnable incident was that two Ministers (are they human beings?) who came down the street in their cars, of course with escorts remember, they are the representatives of entire subjects of a State even didn’t think it apt to come out of their cosy seats. They reclined comfortably in their cars and they must have felt impatience because of their upset time-schedules as they have to attend to myriad problems of the citizens and after their impatience reached its bottom-line came out into the Sun and watched the Sub-Inspector weeping for help. He was literally beseeching them to save his life but to no avail.
The gang men after committing the deed left the scene in a huff in their bikes and all must have been stunned including the gangsters, when everyone came to know with shock and pain that the police sub-inspector was absolutely innocent and it was a case of mistaken identity. Actually they were hired by their employers to aim another police-inspector and luckily that person was on a pilgrimage to Sabarimala.
The innocent police sub-inspector after writhing in pain with blood splashed over his body was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, which came one hour later and he left for his heavenly abode within minutes.
When will our world wake up to the fact that all human lives are precious and to be taken care of? Only a wishful thinking, I know for certain…
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