My Dad's The Law

Sugata Srinivasaraju November 13, 2006 00:00 IST My Dad's The Law -0001-11-30T00:00:00+05:53

Not Always So Soft

The Bangalore police is not as soft on the heirs of the rich and powerful as it has been with CM H.D. Kumaraswamy's son.

• Last fortnight Adam, fashion designer Prasad Bidappa's son, was arrested for assaulting the police outside a bar
  
• In October, Rakesh, son of former deputy CM Siddaramaiah, and his friends were arrested following a scuffle
  
• Suryakanth, son of ex-minister Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli, was arrested in January for opening fire in a city pub
  
• Former CM Devraj Urs' daughter, Bharati, is in jail for murdering her cousin
  
• Former CM K. Hanumanthiah's grandson, involved in petrol pump robberies, was acted against by the police

"Do you know who you are talking to?" That is how Bangalore's super-rich and powerful confront the law when they are caught creating trouble. Sometimes such audacity doesn't scare the cops. So they complete some legal rituals like effecting an arrest before connections come into play. Take the case of rich brats Adam...