I have been writing about my encounters with the Chandigarh Police, every time I come face to face with them. Here are a couple of blog posts that describe a couple of past meetings -Safe Chandigarh!!! Think Again. and The day I was struck by Thieves!.
Everyone is aware of the recent heinous acts of criminals in Chandigarh. The Sad Khushi Kidnap and Murder, Tanishq Robbery, Robbery bid in broad daylight cases have stolen the peace of the city. Again no surprises, as the Chandigarh Police doesn’t have any clue about these cases.
Yesterday night, I once again was surprised by the men in Khaki. As it was Friday night and the weekend ahead, me and one of my friends went for a movie to DT Cinemas, I.T. Park, Chandigarh. It was the second last show for Yamla Pagla Deewana and ended at 00:30. While returning home, we were intercepted by a couple of people on a scooter. We stopped but did not roll down the window as we were not sure who it was. Later after we saw the Walkie-Talkie in the pillion’s hand, we realized that it was the people most cursed in the city, the cops. I rolled down the window and asked how we could help the officer today. Below is the conversation that we had-
Officer- Khirki neeche kyu ni karda? (Why don’t you roll down the window?)
Me- Kyante kar lu? (Why should I?)
Officer- Kahaan se aa rahe ho? (Where are you coming from?)
Me- Film dekh ke. (Just returning after watching a Movie.)
Officer- Kaun si? (Which one?) [Not sure if this was relevant]
Me- “Yamla Pagla Deewana”
Officer- Ticket dikhao. Ticket check kar re. (Show the ticket. Check the ticket, he told the pillion) [Wow! He wanted proof as well. These cops are good at investigation.]
I showed them the ticket.
Officer- Naam kya hai? (What is your name?)
Me- Mohit Agarwal
Officer- Aur tera? (And yours, asking my friend)
My friend- Mohit Sharma [He probably thought we were kidding with him.]
Officer- Kahaan rehte ho. (Where do you live?)
Me- Wo saamne wali building me, first floor. (The building ahead, first floor.)
Officer- Kiske paas. (With whom?) [Again irrelevant.]
Me- Flat hai ji rent pe. (Its a rented flat)
Officer- Tham bande ban jao. Nahi to andar kar dunga. (You better behave or I would put you behind the bars.) [See how brave they are, they really want people to be scared of them.]
Me- Dekho ji bina baat ke dhamki dene ki zarurat nahi hai. (Officer you don’t have to threaten us without a reason)
Pillion- Jao sir aap. (Sir you may leave.)
Now in this 5 minute conversation, they never bothered to check our IDs or documents of the car we were driving. Anyways, had they been using a targeted approach, they would have solved a lot of cases.
We came home thanking God, we still had the tickets with us. Wonder what he had done if we had thrown them away. The Officer in this incident seemed in an inebriated condition and looked really frustrated. It must be due to the scolding the whole department would have got in the recent days or may be because of the media articles which have blown away their sleep.
I wish these cops stop wasting time of people like me who are just trying to live a normal life and get a hold of the miscreants who are responsible for wiping off the beauty of the City Beautiful.
