WHATEVER THE HELL THIS SENTENCE MEANS, WE ARE ALARMED
Imagine a three-year-old boy being booked under the Goondas Act in Uttar
Pradesh?
(Thanks to ganderson27)
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Okay . . . now what?
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 30, 2008 at 08:41 AM
I think he was lying about his age . . .
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 30, 2008 at 08:43 AM
Even more alarming, from MKJ's link: When the cops and the mafia join hands, impossible is nothing. Yoda is alive and well, and is now editing the Times of India!
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | April 30, 2008 at 08:53 AM
"even a child was not spared after a FIR was filed against him"
The FIRs are coming. This can't be good.
Posted by: Cat R | April 30, 2008 at 08:57 AM
The Goonda Act, as it exists in other states, is
specifically directed against organised urban crime. It allows the city
police to proclaim a habitual offender a goonda and order him out of the
city for a specified period.'
-- Seems to be a relatively sane post, at least compared to us.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | April 30, 2008 at 09:03 AM
Googling goonda. What is the world coming to?
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 30, 2008 at 09:09 AM
Another word you can use!
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | April 30, 2008 at 09:11 AM
OK, I give up, how do the Goondas act in Uttar Pradesh?
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | April 30, 2008 at 09:11 AM
Uttarly goony, Mot.
Posted by: Cat R | April 30, 2008 at 09:13 AM
They meant to say goombah ...
Posted by: Steve Haller | April 30, 2008 at 09:34 AM
The full name of the act is: "The Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-offenders, Forest-offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Slum-grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982."
It is unclear what the three year old did to violate the act. It sounds like, at the very least, he needs a time out.
Posted by: Edward | April 30, 2008 at 09:36 AM
Meanwhile, in Mysore...
Posted by: oneblankspace | April 30, 2008 at 09:40 AM
(sniff, sniff)...I smell curry...somebody cooking?
Posted by: daisymae | April 30, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Does Richard Gere know about this?
Posted by: Siouxie | April 30, 2008 at 09:49 AM
hey- there are some tough 3 year olds out there. anybody visited a preschool lately? all kinds of misuse of blocks, and of course, bullying with crayons...
Posted by: queensbee | April 30, 2008 at 09:50 AM
They threw the book at him.
A pop-up book.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 30, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Did you see this other story ? My lord, what is going on in Indian politics ??
Posted by: Steve Haller | April 30, 2008 at 09:59 AM
So, his "being booked under the Goondas Act" apparently means "a FIR was filed against him". So glad they cleared that up for us.
Posted by: Richard the Weasel-Hearted | April 30, 2008 at 10:02 AM
So they think the kid was a gangster, eh?
http://groups.msn.com/BABUBHASKAR/gulftoday1.msnw
Posted by: Dr. Doug | April 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Dr Doug's linky ...
Posted by: Steve Haller | April 30, 2008 at 12:13 PM
"Uttar Pradesh" is a cleverly named state in upper India. The name translates as "Upper State"...
Posted by: Allen at Division | April 30, 2008 at 03:00 PM
Thanks, Allen at Division. Now my day is complete.
Oh, and Yay, ganderson27 got posted!!!
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | April 30, 2008 at 04:27 PM
I think he had a mullet.
Posted by: Dr. Rob | May 01, 2008 at 10:25 AM
That is one profound sentence...
Selina
Posted by: Total Curve | March 15, 2011 at 07:21 PM