There's somebody in my head: Tech-driven paranoia hits B'luru

BENGALURU: Technology-driven paranoia in the best tradition of science fiction appears to be driving the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission round the bend in India's cyber capital.

One conspiracy theorist has asked the state rights body in Bengaluru to save her from the US federal police who, she believes, are “tapping“ into her brain. Commission officials say this strange complaint received from Sri Rekha (name changed) a few weeks ago is among the many that waste precious man hours. “When she first came to us, she said she had issues with her former husband who is in the US. We enquired if there were any property disputes or child custody issues she nee ded help with, but learned that her problem was that she believed the US federal police had tapped into her brain and were controlling her thoughts,“ KSHRC acting chairperson Meera Saxena said.

K P S Gill, the retired “su percop“ best known for his efforts to control insurgency in Punjab, probably does not even know Rakesh P (name changed) of Bengaluru. But the man has recently complained that Gill has been tapping his brain for several days. “He says there is a chip! And that Gill is doing this at the instance of some religious math in Andhra,“ Saxena said. Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, has expressed concern over the alleged grow ing intoler ance in the country , dubbing it “a curse we are seeing of late“.