Indian forced to eat bananas!

[BeBMan]

Indian suspect in banana ordeal

Bananas failed to have the laxative effect on the suspect
An Indian suspect was forced by police to eat 50 bananas as a laxative, to retrieve a necklace he was accused of stealing and swallowing.

When the bananas failed to produce the desired effect, police fed Sheikh Mohsin rice, chicken and local bread.

Finally the necklace, which appeared on an X-ray taken on the suspect, was excreted and retrieved.

Mr Mohsin will appear in court on Monday in the eastern city of Calcutta, and could face a prison sentence.

Police say he snatched a gold necklace worth £550 ($1,100) from a woman as she shopped for toys on Saturday.

When cornered by police, he swallowed the necklace.

The suspect was fed 50 bananas on doctor's advice, after the X-ray dealt a blow to his denials.

But only after a further meal did he yielded the necklace, Calcutta police deputy commissioner Gyanwant Singh told AFP news agency.

A sweeper was paid to retrieve the exhibit from the toilet. Mr Mohsin was asked to wash it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6932216.stm

I don't know what to think about this

[Harry Tuttle]

Bananas cure all.

[BlackCat]

A perfect banana poll opportunity totally wasted

[-Jrabbit]

Bananas, always a key tool in law enforcement.
Especially when the criminals are full of crap.

[aneeshm]

There are a few things non-Indians might miss in this story.

First - he was a Muslim, so this may invite a backlash from The Community.

Second - making him ****, and then wash the necklace was almost a ritual humiliation, considering Indian caste taboos on the handling of excreta (even though he was a Muslim, I think even they are sensitive to these things).

Third - I don't know how the woman will react to this, considering that the necklace went through a Muslim's s*** - if she is caste-conscious, she may not want to wear it again - or even touch it again.

[Will9]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
Bananas cure all.

Vivu La Banano!
Morto Rigil Kentaurus!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Second - making him ****, and then wash the necklace was almost a ritual humiliation, considering Indian caste taboos on the handling of excreta (even though he was a Muslim, I think even they are sensitive to these things).

Good. Thieves should be humiliated. Hell I'd make a Hindi thief eat a steak.

Third - I don't know how the woman will react to this, considering that the necklace went through a Muslim's s*** - if she is caste-conscious, she may not want to wear it again - or even touch it again.

Pfff. Put it in a small tub of clorox and it will be good as new.

[Sirotnikov]

How stupid.

Everyone knows that banana's are poor laxatives.
And rice and bread is even worse!!

[Lazerus]

police fed Sheikh Mohsin rice, chicken and local bread.

Bread ? is their some special ingrediant in theirs ?

[DaShi]

They should have just made him drink tap water.

[-Jrabbit]

Why not an actual, you know, laxative???

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Why not an actual, you know, laxative???

That had occurred to me. Coconut water works much better as a laxative than bananas.

Rhubarb, senna- hell, castor oil.

[Bkeela]

This isn't a birthday thread for LordShiva? Ripped off.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Why not an actual, you know, laxative???

What fun would that be?

[Lazerus]

Yeah, make him eat crackers until they have a laxative effect.