Police storm Dell BPO party in Bangalore
By Yasmin Ahmed

Last month, cowardly thugs from the Rama Sena stormed a Mangalore pub and assaulted innocent women for ‘drinking and dressing indecently’.   Most Indians were outraged and condemned the barbaric moral police who are no better than the Taliban in Pakistan.  That this incident happened in the Silicon State (in a city close to Bangalore) send shock waves in the tech industry.

This attack on women created fear in the minds on many men and women who work in the IT, BPO and KPO sectors in Bangalore.  A few have started avoiding pubs and clubs and prefer relaxing at home.

Last week, Dell employees in Bangalore preferred to party in the security of their own premises rather than risk being accosted in pubs by the marauding goons of Rama Sena.  On Friday, Dell employees organized an official party in their Bangalore offices to mark the end of a successful quarter.  Was the music too loud?  Were the local cops now getting tough on any western style parties after their Chief Minister expressed negative thoughts about the pub culture?  The Bangalore police stormed the Dell party and confiscated the music system. 

The Bangalore Mirror reports: “The incident occurred around midnight at the Dell BPO unit in Domlur, off Koramangala Ring Road. The police landed at the office and demanded to be let in, but the security guards refused. The police said they were acting on a complaint from a resident who could not sleep peacefully because of the noise in the party. An argument broke out between the police and the guards. After some time, the police forced their way in and seized the audio systems. A few security personnel were taken to the Airport Police Station for questioning. Though no techie was arrested, the employees were warned against holding late night parties. The Dell staff was warned not to repeat the mistake. The inspector added that they will call in the owner of the building and question him before slapping a case of nuisance.”

This Dell incident has further added to the fear of the Agents at the BPO as this was an unprecedented action by the local cops in a business district which has no residential homes.