Sirsi: It is been a whole 12 days after the incident of attacking two doctors and a staff in a Sirsi Hospital by Uttara Kannada MP Ananth Kumar Hegde, but the irony is the Police has not yet succeeded in nabbing the MP.
Police had filed a suo motto case against MP and investigation had also begun, even the newly appointed SP Vasanth Rao Paatil had informed that the three teams of police have been formed to arrest the MP, still the MP was beyond the reach of police, it is being noticed.
It is said that Anant Kumar Hegde and his friend, BJP leader Krishna Esley escaped soon after the case was registered against them. Meanwhile it is learnt that the lawyers of both the victims had applied for the anticipatory bail in local courts to avoid the arrest.
Performance of Uttara Kannada police and failure in nabbing the accused are hot debated issue on social media at present, through which people are rising questions about lack of any kind of development in the case and this is causing an erosion of faith in the police among people, especially among influential leaders. People are of the opinion that the law for the common man and law for influential persons are different and there is no justice being shown in the case by the officials. The extent of hooliganism which the MP had displayed at the Sirsi hospital, if it was shown by any common person, he would surely have been arrested by police and dragged infront of the media with tied hands . The police is also being blamed of providing opportunity on purpose for MP Anant Kumar Hegde to get bail from the court to avoid arrest. It is said that the additional district court will either accept or reject the bail application this week.
People have tagged the entire episode as 'a bad example of police failure', as the police is not successful in arresting Anant Kumar Hegde, because it was impossible for the MP to disappear without informing his government bodyguard. And even if it has happened by any chance, the question arises as to what intelligence department was doing in this regard? People are also questioning that if the district police cannot find a single hidden MP, then how will they protect the sensitive places of the district by terrorist activities?