Last evening, I was walking my dog around the neighbourhood. It was the usual peaceful time, where shopkeepers are winding down and the lanes are becoming less busy. Suddenly, I heard a crash and saw my neighbour bang his door on the way in. Thinking it was a mistake, I walked ahead casually.
Sometime later, while returning home, I saw him going wild through the glass doors. He was banging a huge rod/stick around the living room, and terrorising his wife on the sofa, who I could barely see from outside. There was a lot of muffled shouting, and I saw him hitting her.
His maid came out from the other end of the house, and told me that he was drunk and did this often. She looked pretty scared and scuttled away.
At this point, I was just loitering outside like a stalker, wondering if I should call the cops, take a video or just walk away. Sometime later, I see him shirtless, still going with the wild gestures and shouting. I took my phone out to take a video, but this time he didn't hit his wife. I waited for some time, and then left.
But it's all I can think about now. I want to do something, but I am apprehensive to get too involved, because there are goons posing as government officers in my neighbourhood. Last time my husband asked a simple question regarding them cutting trees, they surrounded him, verbally abused him and were threatening physical violence. All this, just for asking whether they had the permission to cut these trees down.
On my own, I don't give a damn and can give the verbal lashing of a lifetime to people like this. But I am protective when my family is threatened, and I just don't know if I should take active steps.
I checked online, and I don't see a way to address this issue. Are there any suggestions and experiences you guys can share?
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