An honest police officer in India (apparently a rarity, since India is famous for its official corruption and the need to bribe every single official one deals with) is demoted and transferred for stopping and ticketing a cricket star who had tinted windows, which is illegal in India.
I'll just let these quotes from the article speak for themselves:
"Local police have since back-pedalled, saying Dhoni was allowed to drive on after waving a letter from local authorities giving him special dispensation to break the law."
and:
"The state's chief minister was reported as saying that celebrities should expect special treatment when it comes to the law, a widely held notion in India's upper echelons.
"The police should be liberal while dealing with persons of his stature," Madhu Koda was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
"What is the harm if a person of his standing uses a car with tinted glass windows?""
I guess they should add "celebrities" to the top of their caste system over there, since they don't have to follow the same laws as the peasants.
"Persons of his stature". Barf.
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