Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Second British traveller discovered dead in India
Police in India have begun a murder inquiry after a British holidaymaker was found hanged in jungle close to Mumbai.He was discovered in the forest of Roha, about 80km (50 miles) south-east of Mumbai.
The earlier victim, Michael Blakey, was found close to a church in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, which lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama.
The UK "Sun" has this take on it: "Stephen Bennett, 40, had knocked on a villager’s door to ask for directions after getting lost while out trekking. But the woman, in her 20s, panicked at the sight of a “strange white man” and ran shouting to neighbours fearing he was about to rape her. A mob of 15 men then attacked him with sticks and knives before stringing his body from a tree."
IMO: Anyone who has seen a lot of Indian films should be aware that there is real risk, particularly from tribals, in many areas. Often people are warned of this but certainly not always. Or it may have been a simple murder due to poverty etc. From the papers it does not sound as if he was a pedo or something. It is not suggested that he was a hot-gospellor either and those are also often disapproved of. I believe they strung up a Nigerian in Mira Road, said to be a spammer or something, somewhat near my own home. On the face of it the two UK cases don't seem related, and these things happen everywhere.
Well, you may say,"bad things happen in India". IMO "bad things happen in USA": here's one typical case: "Sidney Gottlieb dosed many other unsuspecting people with powerful hallucinogenic drugs during the 1950s.. Infiltrating San Francisco and New York, he poisoned prostitutes and their customers just to see what would happen. .. The authorities were aware of Gottlieb’s activities but did nothing to stop him. That may seem strange, until you learn that the man was an authority himself. For 22 years, Dr. Sidney Gottlieb ran the technical services division of the CIA". More here. Some would say "How typical of the USA". You take a real risk when you go to uncivilised backward countries like USA.
The earlier victim, Michael Blakey, was found close to a church in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, which lies at the foot of the Himalayas and is the long-term home of the Dalai Lama.
The UK "Sun" has this take on it: "Stephen Bennett, 40, had knocked on a villager’s door to ask for directions after getting lost while out trekking. But the woman, in her 20s, panicked at the sight of a “strange white man” and ran shouting to neighbours fearing he was about to rape her. A mob of 15 men then attacked him with sticks and knives before stringing his body from a tree."
IMO: Anyone who has seen a lot of Indian films should be aware that there is real risk, particularly from tribals, in many areas. Often people are warned of this but certainly not always. Or it may have been a simple murder due to poverty etc. From the papers it does not sound as if he was a pedo or something. It is not suggested that he was a hot-gospellor either and those are also often disapproved of. I believe they strung up a Nigerian in Mira Road, said to be a spammer or something, somewhat near my own home. On the face of it the two UK cases don't seem related, and these things happen everywhere.
Well, you may say,"bad things happen in India". IMO "bad things happen in USA": here's one typical case: "Sidney Gottlieb dosed many other unsuspecting people with powerful hallucinogenic drugs during the 1950s.. Infiltrating San Francisco and New York, he poisoned prostitutes and their customers just to see what would happen. .. The authorities were aware of Gottlieb’s activities but did nothing to stop him. That may seem strange, until you learn that the man was an authority himself. For 22 years, Dr. Sidney Gottlieb ran the technical services division of the CIA". More here. Some would say "How typical of the USA". You take a real risk when you go to uncivilised backward countries like USA.
# posted by uv : 3:34 AM
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