That's where Bangalore 's land mafia comes in. With the courts tied up in knots, gangsters offer to secure deeds in days rather than years. "Businesspeople like to do their business, but many times the system does not permit them to do it," says Gopal Hosur, the city's joint police commissioner. "Because of escalating land values, unscrupulous elements get involved. They use muscle power to take control of the land."
It is very difficult to move things in our judicial system," Umesh says. Moreover, testimony can be hard to come by. "There were lots of things going on: intimidation, tampering with witnesses." Few victims of mob violence will speak out, for fear of further harm. Witnesses are threatened; judges are afraid to try powerful mobsters.
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Hang my head in shame to call myself a Bangalorean.
Muralidhar Rao
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Government should control the real estate prices
Controlling the black market is the key
democracy?
Comment by a Y-group member:
excellent and brave article. and the reason our tv and newspapers wont do such exposes is obvious... the fallouts since they are local will be immediate.. think tehlaka
We aren't much of a democracy are we?
Muralidhar Rao