Bengaluru: A father who went to the police station to collect his  daughter’s lost school bag at a police station was allegedly asked to pay Rs. 1000 for the bag. When he questioned the police about this demand, he was allegedly harassed and threatened.
The agitated father, Arnab Bannerjee, whose daughter lost her bag in a bus. A good Samaritan handed it over to the jurisdictional traffic police station.

Bannerjee, took to the Bengaluru police official page and accused the two policemen, Anil Kumar and Veeraswamy, attached of Old Airport Road police station of inconsiderate behavior.  

Bannerjee in his complaint narrated that on Tuesday, when his daughter’s school bag was lost in the bus, they went in search of it. A Good Samaritan, who noticed the bag, had handed it over to the jurisdictional traffic police station.

He said, “I received a call from school stating that my daughter’s school bag is at the Old Airport Road police station and I can collect it from there. I rushed to the station and got the bag. The cop on duty made me write a letter that I have received the bag and I thanked the police for handing it over to me. But little did I know the matter had not ended yet. As I took the bag and headed home, I was chased by two policemen who stopped me midway and demanded money for handing over the bag to me,” Bannerjee said.

The two cops first asked Bannerjee about the price of the bag, including the books, and then allegedly demanded ‘chai- pani’. As Bannerjee was relieved at getting the bag back, he offered to pay them Rs 30. But the cops refused to accept it and demanded Rs 1,000!

When Bannerjee refused to bribe them, the cops allegedly threatened him. “When I told them I would not pay, they threatened me saying I stay in the boundary of the police station so I have to pay or else face the consequences. In order to get their names, I told them that I would come back with the money and didn’t return. But, the two cops continued calling me for the money on my mobile,” Bannerjee said.