Sonu, a 25 year old metal merchant went to collect papers of his new bike in North east Delhi. Unfortunately he stopped at a roadside stall to have paan (betel leaf). Three persons who were there started arguing amongst themselves and the argument turned ugly with one of them was stabbed in his leg, he fell to the ground and was bleeding profusely.

Perhaps Sonu remembered all he had been taught in his childhood, always help others in need so he picked up the stranger and while he was taking him to the hospital on his bike, it slipped and they both fell. The stabbed victim’s family who lived in the vicinity came and took the victim to the hospital while the Good Samaritan was taken to the police station who arrived when there was no one left but Sonu.

Sonu rang up his mother at 10.30 pm telling her to come to his help as he was being mistaken for a criminal and she was able to reach the police station at 11.45pm. The police did not help her out saying that her son was involved in an accident and could be at the hospital.

Poor distraught mother searched the whole hospital but could not find her son, it must have been awful. Again she came back to the police station now they told her that her son was in the lockup..

When she saw her son she was unable to believe her eyes. Poor Sonu was lying unconscious on the floor of the lock up bleeding from head and had cuts all over.

She had to plead hard for her son to be taken to the hospital. They conceded but only after sending a constable along. They had to return to the police station after first aid.

At the hospital, the mother came to know the real story and also came to know that her son had been beaten brutally for an hour with batons. When they returned she again pleaded with the officers to at least record the statement of the stabbed person, fortunately they listened to her plea and after talking to the stabbed victim the whole truth came to light.

Still this was not the end of the ordeal. Sonu’s mother had to pay a bribe of Rs.5000/- to rescue her innocent and battered son. Also she was abused verbally.

There is a further twist in the story. Next day the SHO called the mother to the police station to apologise and even made the constables return the bribe amount.

You must be thinking it is end of the story but no, now the family is getting phone calls threatening them not to take this matter any further or her son will face an encounter.

Sonu meanwhile is extremely traumatized and has stitches on his head, severe pain on the foot soles and back where he was beaten up by batons and a hairline fracture on his left small finger.

Will Sonu or anyone reading this report even think of helping any victim, there are always complaints that if the victim had been taken to the hospital in time he would have survived no doubt many would like to help accident victims but not at this cost.

Now I don’t think Sonu or any member of his family will act as a good Samaritan ever again. Pity because we need such persons.