Desi Cartman Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 KOLKATA: The city showed its ugly face once again on Sunday, leaving a woman to bleed to death on a platform at Howrah station. Hundreds of commuters passed by with just a cursory glance and police refused to take note. It was not until a group of vendors informed the Government Railway Police that she was attended to. But, by the time they reached her, the woman was dead. The woman is yet to be identified and nobody knows how she got injured. She was found, severely wounded, in a compartment on the Bandel local. Her co-passengers carried her out to platform No. 1 and left her outside a toilet. According to the vendors, who saw her being carried out to the platform, the woman had a deep wound on the right side of her head and blood was oozing out of her mouth and nose. These vendors waited for some time thinking that the passengers might have informed the GRP. But, when no one arrived, they took the initiative to do so themselves. However, the GRP personnel arrived with a medical team after more than an hour. The woman was unconsciousness by then and was declared dead. Howrah GRP inspector-in-charge Pabitra Kumar Ghosh said: “The cause of the woman’s injury is not known, but the nature suggests she might have hit a signal post. She might have also fallen from the train and the commuters brought her here thinking she would find help. We are investigating the case.†Asked why it took the GRP so long to reach the spot, Ghosh said: “We came as soon as news reached us about an injured and bleeding woman on the platform. If the passengers had bothered to carry her to the platform, why didn’t they inform us?†The vendors who saw her being placed on the platform, however, insisted that the GRP was informed on time. “She was alive and writhing in pain at the time,†one of the vendors said. Link (:(((:((
Rajiv Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 ..same story happened in Mumbai too long time ago. People are too scared to get into something where they fear the aftermath ..not sure who to blame, the way we are or there happened to be gutless folks
DomainK Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 ..same story happened in Mumbai too long time ago. People are too scared to get into something where they fear the aftermath ..not sure who to blame, the way we are or there happened to be gutless folks 'People' may be scared. But what about police and other government authorities? This is disgusting really.
Desi Cartman Posted September 15, 2008 Author Posted September 15, 2008 someone could have called the police just to inform them ... no need to file FIR or something .. How long does it take to make a call to inform police
beetle Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 They should have called 108.It isthe emergency number.
Ram Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 O.K, lets do a count of raised hands here. How many of us here, will actually do something, if we see a person bleeding to death on the road, as we drive by? I'll be 100% honest and say 'I am not too sure I'll do too much'.
f.b.m Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 I've been in a similar position, although not in India. An elderly man fell down onto the footpath in a residential street (not a very busy one). I think he broke his back when he slipped and fell onto a snow/ice mount (the brownish, hard type). I called the ambulance and because it was reasonably close to a big hospital, everything was fine. O.K, lets do a count of raised hands here. How many of us here, will actually do something, if we see a person bleeding to death on the road, as we drive by? I'll be 100% honest and say 'I am not too sure I'll do too much'. I think it depends on how crowded the place is. If there arent many people around, then the chances of someone doing something to help. But when many people are around, the chances are lower. Although extremely dissappointing, I can digest that the bypassers didnt do anything but its disgraceful that the police and the other authorities didnt do anything about it. Dont they have that duty?
Lurker Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 So sad. This reminds me of a study I read about sometime back. Apparently this "indifference" is not only an Indian trait. The study was about how people would behave in a metro a la NYC. It was found out that an accident victim seen by a couple of person had a better chance of survival than a victim who is observed by hundreds. In the latter's case it is always about - So many people are around, someone will surely handle this.
Colin Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 In the UK some people are still scared to get involved due to "ITS NOT MY PROBLEM" syndrome. There was also a study in Londom where a young boy was being picked on in the street and only 1 person out of hundreds that witnessed it took action. However we have instaances of people being killed by intervening.
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