Mysorean

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The partly charred body of 48-year-old Basha was found lying in a pool of blood. This is the fourth murder under similar circumstances in the Ashok Nagar and Vadapalani area in the last one month, the police said.

I stay in Ashok Nagar with my wife and our 15-month old son. She is alone in the house for most of the day as I am away at office. While she is definitely scared about the whole thing, I am worried about one thing: What the $#@!% is the Ashok Nagar police doing? I mean they are hardly a kilometre away from where all this is happening and the murders continue to keep happening. I guess if the victim was a rich man they would have done something, but since the profile of the dead is like rag-picker, watchman, etc they seem to be displaying ample apathy.

Though I must admit that there are a lot of policemen/ women going around in uniform 24/7 near our house, there has not been a single public announcement or any sort of sign from the police that they are in control of the situation. Simply going around in mass wearing khakee uniform and for the murders to actually continue happening is in fact an insult to the uniform.

I trust the police to do something about it and stop the fear from spreading more than it already has. For example, yesterday night the uncle who stays downstairs actually called us up on the mobile to tell us that we should close all the doors and windows and not open the door even if someone knocks. He actually said that if there is a knock on the door, don’t open the door instead start shouting at the top of our voice and I will get help for you. I thought that he was being a little over-cautious. And to top it all, he called my wife on her mobile and told her in detail what had happend and what he thought we needed to do. While I appreciate his concern for us, this phone call of his actually made my wife panic!

My view on the whole thing is this: The probability that the four murders were all connected is remote. Further, the probability that the connected murders were all done by a single person is even more remote. Digging even more further, the probability that this person is a psycho is much more remote. So it becomes, 1/(remote)^3 to the mathematics enthusiasts like me and for normal people: just because the four murders have happened in close proximity to where I live is why I am even getting to feel the anxiety underlying this string of coincidences. I am concerned about my family for sure but I am even more sure that this is a false alarm and will die its natural death unless the ‘psycho’ theory is proven true!

My deepest condolences to the families who have lost their dear ones. May their souls Rest In Peace!