14-YO Refuses To Pay Rs 100 Bribe, Indore Civic Body Officials Overturn His Egg Cart

With many violating lockdown rules, policemen, no doubt have had a stressful job amidst fears of a life-threatening pandemic. However, there have been instances of blatant highhandedness by authorities when it comes to the poor and the helpless.

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In a heartbreaking incident, Indore's civic officials have been accused of overturning an egg cart of a small boy after he refused to pay them Rs 100 in bribe.

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The boy alleged that the officials had warned him in the morning to remove his cart or pay Rs 100 as a bribe. When he refused, the officials tipped his cart over, destroying all the eggs, the boy said in the now-viral video.

Babus of Indore municipal corporation harassing street vendors. They overturned the cart OFA poor guy when he didn¡¯t pay them Rs. 100 as bribe 1/2 @Ramesh_Mendola @modivanibharat @being_vakeel @IndoreCollector @eknumber pic.twitter.com/vqeRFqVyes

¡ª Indore Wale Bhiya (@IndoreWaleBhiya) July 23, 2020

The video doing the rounds on social media shows an overturned cart and broken eggs. The boy, wearing white clothes, is seen gesturing angrily at men, who appear to be civic body officials.

The boy's family said that they were already struggling to make enough sales to earn a livelihood and now are reeling under the loss of inventory.

Here the boy telling about the bribe demanded by the babu 2/2 pic.twitter.com/EQ3I7wW8Sk

¡ª Indore Wale Bhiya (@IndoreWaleBhiya) July 23, 2020

The centre last month allowed opening of shops and markets with restrictions, but most of the states have been exercising caution as the number of COVID-19 cases has been rising steadily.

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The Madhya Pradesh administration has implemented ¡®left-right¡¯ rule for shops and vendors as a measure to control the spread of novel coronavirus. Under this arrangement, one day shops on the left side will be opened and on the other day, the right side shops will be opened.

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The left-right system has faced flak from ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh with the leaders asking the state government to remove the ¡®left-right¡¯ system on the grounds that it's not helping the livelihood of the poorer population.

As many as 118 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Indore on Wednesday, taking the tally of infected individuals to 6,457 in the district.

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