[Reader-list] Terrorists attack police post (Police Picket was for protection of minority Kashmiri Pandits)

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Anupam
 
Where are the 'two different scenarios' being presented? You contradict yourself by the very definitions that you yourself have provided.
 
"Overpower" does not neccessarily mean causing bodily harm or inflicting moral or mental injury.  The easiest example to give is of two wrestlers in a ring.
 
Overpower = subdue = overwhelm = To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective.
 
You can be 'overpowered' and be simultaneously 'left unharmed'.
 
 
Kshmendra
 

--- On Wed, 2/17/10, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:


From: anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Terrorists attack police post (Police Picket was for protection of minority Kashmiri Pandits)
To: "Aditya Raj Kaul" <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 4:43 PM


The report in the beginning says:

"A group of heavily armed militants stormed the police post at Midoora
in Tral belt, 40 km from here, last night and overpowered the
policemen, official sources said today.

Overpower: o·ver·pow·er  (vr-pour)
tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers
1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm.
3. To supply with excessive mechanical power.

And then we have:

"Two policemen present at the time of the attack were left unharmed,
they said. Three other policemen posted at the picket had reportedly
gone home unauthorisedly."

unharmed [ʌnˈhɑːmd] adj not having sustained physical, moral, or mental injury

It is not my intention to doubt PTI's take. Sometimes stringers not
well versed with the language makes these mistakes. But here the
reporter is showing absolutely two different scenarios. Which one to
believe?

-Thanks
Anupam

On 2/17/10, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Militants attack police post in Kashmir, loot weapons*PTI
> Wednesday, February 17, 2010 16:00 IST*
>
> *Srinagar: *Militants stormed a police post set up for protection of a
> minority community and looted five rifles in Pulwama district of south
> Kashmi
>
> A group of heavily armed militants stormed the police post at Midoora in
> Tral belt, 40 km from here, last night and overpowered the policemen,
> official sources said today.
>
> They said the ultras ran away with five rifles - three Insas and two SLRs --
> along with some ammunition.
>
> Two policemen present at the time of the attack were left unharmed, they
> said. Three other policemen posted at the picket had reportedly gone home
> unauthorisedly.
>
> Soon after the incident, senior police officers rushed to the scene and a
> massive hunt was launched to nab the militants and recover the looted
> weapons, the sources said.
>
> "All five policemen have been placed under suspension and a departmental
> inquiry ordered," the sources said.
>
> This is the first such incident in the last several years in the valley.
>
> The police picket in Midoora was established over a decade ago for
> protection of Kashmiri Pandits living in the village, the sources said.
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