Beetham Highway robbery

THE EDITOR: Stuck in traffic on the Beetham on Friday evening at 5.15, I was able to witness first hand two Beetham youths, who had clearly graduated from scaling rubbish trucks in the Labasse, and are not self employed, robbing unsuspecting commuters who don’t have air conditioning or the good  sense to put up their car glasses. I cannot imagine that the authorities are still oblivious to these happenings. Surely then the logical thing would be to deploy highway patrols during the rush hours. Perhaps instead of posting a traffic officer at every intersection on Independence Square, we might instead commit resources to prevent highway robbery in its most literal sense.

Through no fault of our own, we live with a traffic situation which is out of control and to add insult to injury, we are being targetted by snatch-and-run losers while we wait. Who are the idiots in this picture? If the authorities do not move swiftly to secure us, then I do hope we will all understand the commuter who reacts to defend himself in his vehicle, because the last time I looked, it is not criminals alone who have rights in this country. I know that I will not sit idly by and allow Beetham vultures in the form of “youthmen” to intimidate me after a day of work. And while I am terribly sorry if this epistle offends anyone, let me remind that lawlessness is not part of Vision 2020, so let’s not make excuses for the things that are glaringly wrong with our country.

A SANKAR
Attorney-At-Law