Meet Lieutenant Colonel Anup Joseph Manjali …

He killed three terrorists in a personal encounter and earned Kirti chakra from the hon’ble President.

He must have held his head high when he eliminated those foreign enemies who posed threat to his motherland.

Being Righteous must have been ingrained in his soul. I guess regardless of being in uniform, he thought it is his duty to stand up for the “Rule of Law” of the Nation. When he was off the duty, he encountered some common Indian lads and lasses on their bikes who were moving on a footpath .

Poor soul, he did not know those youngsters owned the road and footpath (Baap ka Road) and like a true soldier, he did not allow them to pass by.

What followed was something we , as all citizens of this country, could hang our heads in shame!

Those brats jumped into an all out attack on the Soldier.

“Lieutenant Colonel Anup Joseph Manjali (36), a Kirti Chakra awardee, was allegedly assaulted by five youngsters in an incident of road rage in Malad (West) in the early hours of Sunday. He is being treated for a dislocated shoulder and injuries under his eye, and to the forehead and head….”

Looking at what Lt. Colonel had to say literally boiled my blood ,

“As I stood there, one of the guys came riding on the footpath with two women riding pillion, and demanded that I move out of his way. I stood my ground and he pushed me out of the way with his bike. One of the women got off the bike and started abusing and screaming at me. One of the men started hitting me with a helmet, and in seconds, two more bikes reached there and all of the guys started attacking me. I had raised neither my voice nor my hand at them.”

What makes me more angrier is that “…..Two women were also present and were later allowed to go.”

WHY?

BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN ?

If that wasn’t enough, the behaviour of the youngsters post incident and their parents was much more than outrageous….

Lt. Col. Manjali’s mother, who reached the scene as her son was being attacked, said,

“Even after the incident, the youngsters expressed no remorse. One of the women present at the scene boasted that she hailed from a top-notch legal family and was unconcerned about the case. At the police station, one of the parents of the two women even said she was aware of her daughter’s arrogance, as if it were a character trait of merit. ……”

An Army Officer, who terrorized alien threats , but only to lose to ‘the Domestic Enemies’ , and a couple of those were allowed to escape.

More than being angry, I guess I just pity ourselves …

The names of the accused are:

Sagar Vinay Singh (21), Shaun Merrian D’Souza (25) and Khizara Abbas Hasan Zaidi (21) were the three men.

The women haven’t been named.

The message needs to reach many to shame these youngsters. Army men cannot be touched. They are the true heroes of this country!