An insiders story of Muslim life in old city

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The New Circle

The poli$e department in ever two or three ears $ir$le inspe$tors are

transferred from one pla$e to another! 2henever an $ir$le inspe$tor 3or

sometimes A!C!P!4 is transferred or on $ompletion of his term posted to

some other pla$e then to fill #p his va$an$ the $ir$le inspe$tor who takes

over the responsi&ilit of the poli$e station( this in$omin" $ir$le inspe$tor

is $alled the new $ir$le & rowd sheeters!

2ithin ,+ or *+ das of takin" over $har"e all the rowd sheeters who are

in the 5#risdi$tion of the poli$e station are $alled to poli$e station & fi'in"

a da for it! 6e$a#se( ever offi$er tries to red#$e the $rime "raph in his

5#risdi$tion thro#"h a $onsta&le atta$hed to poli$e station all rowd

sheeters are dire$ted to $ome to poli$e station in time! 6efore the rowd

sheeters rea$h inspe$tor is &riefed a&o#t their a$tivities! If an rowd

sheeter is $on$erned to an politi$al part( either the inspe$tor is informed

a&o#t it in advan$e that so and so &elon"s to Ma5lis or to Con"ress or some

other politi$al part! The information a&o#t the rowd sheeters who are

$omin" and a&o#t their siness( is provided f#ll to the inspe$tor( who

has the siness of "#dam&a7 who r#ns satta7 or whi$h rowd sheeter is

land "ra&&er7 et$!

On the fi'ed da all rowd sheeters rea$h the poli$e station t there are

differen$es amon" some rowd sheeters and some are &lood thirst

enemies of ea$h other to a dan"ero#s e'tent! 6#t( when the enter the

poli$e station all of them have to sit to"ether at the same pla$e( or stand

there!

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Shaikh and Pathan( )ao( )edd and 2illiam

.oin ea$h other 5#st like s#"ar and milk!

2hen the are presented &efore inspe$tor then the have to follow this

hadith that /wish &efore o# speak0! After this the 8#estions and answers

follow in a $hain!

2hen the poli$e offi$ers $all them( then a rowd sheeter informs the other

rowd sheeter and their dis$#ssion is some what as follows 9%ow are o#

&rother7 Sometimes &a$k also I telephoned t the phone was en"a"e:!

9;es Pahelwan when o# phoned( I was talkin" a&o#t a 9M#amela:

3)owd sheeter $all everthin" in whi$h the hope to earn some mone

9M#amela:4 everthin" is Oka Na < 2h did o# $all me Pahelwan:

Sometime &a$k I!D! 3I!D!4 means ver spe$ial $onsta&le who alwas

a$$ompan inspe$tor part people phoned new $ir$le has $ome! It seems

all of #s sho#ld rea$h poli$e station & ,+ am!

Oh< what is the worr a&o#t it7 friend( re$entl ele$tion $on$l#ded( then

wh to worr &rother7 There is no $ase a"ainst o#! Perhaps everthin" is

$leared! Oh no< Pahelwan don0t o# know the latest even no I don0t know

&rother what happened!

Previo#s S#nda 5#st to rela' I was sittin" and drinkin"! I was in a ver

"ood mood! Pahelwan the &o of o#r lo$alit whose name is &a and

has a ha&it of loft talks! It was onl se$ond pe" whi$h was dr#nk( he

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started talkin" a&o#t here and there! %e spoiled all the mood Pahelwan o#

sho#ld not entertain $heap &os &rother( what happened then7

2hat shall I sa pahelwan7 when I $o#ld not tolerate( I hit with a &ottle on

his head! Si' seven stit$hes were "iven! Even after all this the &o did not

$omplain! 6#t his &rother1in1law who it seems in M#sheera&ad took the

&o alon" and $omplained Pahelwan!

2ho is his &rother in law > tell me!

I made a mistake Pahelwan( thinkin"( there is no $omplaint( I was

$arelessl at home( s#ddenl the whole team entered the ho#se( took me to

P!S! and 9sh#nted: severel!

2hen the times are &ad( no&od $an es$ape

The took me and hit me with hands and le"s!

6 God &rother I don0t know( o# sho#ld have asked someone to phone

me!

There was no $han$e Pahelwan( t later I spoke to )edd Anna( arran"ed

for five( even then -+6 $ase was &ooked 3-+6 is a minor se$tion4

On s#$h o$$asions o# don0t phone &rother

Tomorrow &efore "oin" to poli$e station we will meet there I will inform

o# in detail!

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2hen all the rowd sheeters are &efore inspe$tor at that time there will &e

a S!I! also( and two or three $onsta&les will &e there! At first inspe$tor asks

S!I! a&o#t total n#m&er of rowd sheeters!

Cir$le@ %ow man rowd sheeters are in o#r area7

S!I!@ There are eleven( nine have $ome now( one did not and it is said that

mother of one is si$k!

Cir$le@ If mother is si$k then what7 &rin" him and make him also si$k!

S!I! @ Oka

Cir$le to rowd sheeter what is o#r name7

Mohammed Shafi( sir(

2hat is o#r o$$#pation

Nothin" ( sir

;o# 11111 3after h#rlin" ases4 Nothin"!

Then how do o# feed o#r famil!

Elder &rother has a &aker( Sir


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Tell o#r f#ll name properl!

Mohd! Ahmed M#neer

There is an ase in ever senten$e( so that the rowd sheeter sho#ld &e

afraid of the new inspe$tor!

These are the fr#its of their ma$hoism!

)es#lts of enmit amon" them!

2h did the open o#r rowd sheet7

Three not two happened sir

2hat do o# mean & three not two

M#rder happened sir

Cir$le fri"htenin" him asks in a hi"h pit$h voi$e

Three not two happened! Did m#rder happen tell me

Tell properl what happened

The "irl I loved( he alwas stared at the same "irl sir(

2ho is he7

The man who died sir(

The man who died( what was his name

%is name was ABhar sir( he alwas kept starin" the "irl( sir(

2hat happens when someone stares

Advised him man times sir! Don0t talk to the "irl t he never heard sir(

One da in m presen$e( he $a#"ht her hand( when I talked to him( he

ased me and &eat me alon" with friends!

Then what happened

I $o#ld not tolerate( I $alled him near "raveard in the prete't of

dis$#ssion! As soon as I "ot a $han$e sta&&ed him with a da""er( sir

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Mah .a&een sir

2here does Mah5a&een stas

Don0t know sir I was in 3.ail4 her parents shifted her to villa"e( sir(

In %dera&ad( there is no shorta"e of Dadas there is a Dada in ever

lo$alit!

3There is a different Dada in ever lo$alit4 3at some pla$e he is Aadil at

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On$e I paid twent tho#sand( t he $ontin#ed liti"ation! Then I paid

fifteen tho#sand more! Sir paid thirt five tho#sand in two installments sir!

%e $ame alon" with fo#r five persons to m ho#se and started sho#tin"!

Sho#tin" means7

%e was sho#tin" and tellin"( pa one lakh r#pees or leave the plot! %e was

threatenin" me also sir!

I p#r$hased the plot & sellin" wife0s and mother0s ornaments( how $an I

leave it when I said this he ased me and said( I "ive o# one week0s

time! De$ide whatever o# want to do( whether o# want the plot or o#r

life!

Then what happened7

I plaed mis$hief sir one evenin" I went to his ho#se( sat with him( drank a

little( had some $hit$hat and to "ain his $onfiden$e told him that Anna plot

is o#rs onl! Pa me whatever amo#nt o# want( I will a$$ept it! Toda I

had a drink with o#! Tomorrow o# $ome to m ho#se( have a drink! %e

&elieved me sir( I offered him lot of drinks( he &e$ame senseless( then I

atta$ked him with a sharp weapon and he died on the spot sir!

Life &ro#"ht( death $ame and we went

Neither $ame willin"l nor willin"l went!

It happens that when thro#"h $onsta&le rowd sheeter is $alled to poli$e

station then as we have read in the previo#s pa"es that inspe$tor is &riefed

a&o#t all his misdoin"s! If an rowd sheeter is more $lever! On s#$h

o$$asions his $leverness $reates tro#&les for himself! D#rin" 8#estions and

answers the $onsta&le present there informs inspe$tor dire$tl that he plas

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2hen he is $alled he never $omes and waits for a $han$e as soon as he

hears $omplaint from s#&ordinates( the inspe$tor "ets e'tremel an"r!

The rowd sheeter is thrashed severel! Th#s two &irds are shot in an

arrow! One that the persons who "ot thrashin" sho#ld not $ommit mistake

a"ain( and se$ondl all the rowd sheeters present there sho#ld learn a

lesson that their fate also $o#ld &e similar!

After d#e hospitalit( the are warned $learl( openl and dan"ero#sl that

in f#t#re $leverness will not &e helpf#l!

Now somethin" a&o#t $omm#nal rowd sheeters(

2hat is o#r name7

6alra5 sir

2hat do o# do7

I have a pan shop sir

2hen did the open o#r rowd sheet

D#rin" tro#&les sir

2hat do o# mean tro#&les

D#rin" 6onal# there was %ind# M#slim tro#&le sir

Cir$le interferin" with a dirt slan" tell me what happened strai"htl!

2hen the 6onal# pro$ession was "oin" M#slims threw stones(all the

people were tellin" this ( sir

Oka people told that stones where pelted or thrown( tell me what o# did!

All the people told m#slims &eat o#r hind#s( so I also killed a m#slim who

was passin" &!

%ow did o# re$o"niBe that the passer& was a m#slim7

%e was wearin" k#rta p5ama sir(

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A $ap was also on his head sir

2hat happened of o#r $ase

Ne't hearin" is on loth sir

Inspe$tor @ what is o#r name

.aveed Momin( sir

2hen did the open o#r rowd sheet7

Si' seven ears have passed sir

2h did the open o#r rowd sheet7

In $omm#nal riots sir(

If an inspe$tor is not literate in #rd#( then he sas in howlin" tone

2hat did o# sa

The opened m rowd sheet in $omm#nal riots sir(

The $onsta&les present d#rin" investi"ations there some one o#t of them

informs the inspe$tor a&o#t the meanin" of $omm#nal riots!

2hat happened d#rin" riots7

%ind m#slim riots were there sir( at the time of Ganesh pro$ession( the

persons in the pro$ession pelted stones on a Mos8#e( and killed the

persons "oin" to mos8#e( I heard ( sir

;es< The mi"ht have pelted stones on the mos8#e or thrown stones t

tell me what o# did $orre$tl!

All the people said see Gowli is "oin"( kill him( I went r#nnin" and killed

him with a sword! Sir(

I heard man times from offi$ers that o# do not re$ite F#ran! In F#ran it

is written that all h#man &ein" are similar7

2hat happened to o#r $ase7

In previo#s pa"es all the names mentioned a&ove are fi$tio#s!

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Interrogation

6efore( pro$eedin" f#rther I wo#ld like to tell in detail a&o#t the

instr#ments #sed for interro"ation in poli$e station and task for$e offi$es

for a$$#sed or $riminals!

3,4tin" 9M#ssal: 3*4 Thr#stin" ro$ket 3=4 Tre foot wear

or $ommon people this name or this instr#ment ma &e astonishin" t

the ha&it#al( dan"ero#s and hard$ore $riminals also &e$ome helpless in

front of these instr#ments( and start tellin" a&o#t fa$ts like a parrot!

After rea$hin" here the seal of keepin" 8#iet &reaks

rom this fresh "arden their smell spreads!

One or two o#t of h#ndred offi$ers prefer asin" and tort#rin" and #se

these instr#ments! This is a risk 5o& &e$a#se law does not permit it( t

some $riminals are ver $r#el and &ar&ari$! The $onvi$ts who $ommit

n#mero#s $rimes( when tried to arrest them the atta$k the poli$e offi$ers

in ret#rn!

Some offi$ers even died d#rin" trials of arrestin" them! S#$h dan"ero#s

$riminals and hard$ore $onvi$ts & nat#re who do not open their ton"#e

and this matter is also deep rooted in them that

2e are not the ones who are afraid of tort#re 3o# have tested7 o#r

patien$e h#ndreds of times4!

The offi$ers also know the art of makin" others $onfess!

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M#ssal@1 M#ssal is #sed in man ho#ses toda also! It is #sed more in

villa"es! Often the r#ral women "rind $hillies or other thin"s with these

instr#ments keepin" the thin"s in 9Hkhli: 3a deep stone &owl4! This is #sed

in "rindin" spi$es also! 6#t in $ities the spi$es are availa&le readmade!

Now this instr#ments has $ome o#t of the hands of poor ho#ses and old

women and has rea$hed to poli$e station and task for$e offi$e! Hr&an

women are no lon"er #sin" it! Offi$ers sho#ld ponder over it!

Tin" M#ssal@ 9asna: in poli$e lan"#a"e is meant tin"!

The pro$ed#re of tin" m#ssal is as follows!

Often it is seen and man mi"ht have witnessed also that when someone

dies( then the toes of &oth the le"s are &ro#"ht to"ether and tied( t d#rin"

the pro$ess of tin" m#ssal livin" h#man &ein"s i!e! the toes of the le"s of

an a$$#sed are &ro#"ht to"ether and tied! Not onl toes of le"s are tied t

lower parts of le"s are also tied to"ether! After this wrists of &oth the

hands are &ro#"ht &ehind the &a$k and tied ti"ht! After this in &etween

&oth the knee 5oints &a$kside( a m#ssal is tied in s#$h a wa that a small

part of it is visi&le on the ri"ht side( and partl from left side! In $ommon

lan"#a"e it is $alled horiBontal m#ssal! 3standin" m#ssal is hi"h like

/F#t#&minar:! I have "iven this e'ample to des$ri&e differen$e of

horiBontal and standin" m#ssal4!

In this pro$ess a$$#sed is $ompelled to sit on the m#ssal and two sto#t

poli$emen sit on the &a$k or the sho#lders of the a$$#sed and press him!

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I will tr to e'plain this & "ivin" an e'ample( if we keep a pen or pen$il

in &etween fin"ers of the hand and press the fin"ers with a little for$e then

we feel severe pain as if for one or two min#tes o#r fin"ers will &e$ome

lifeless! E'a$tl like this we $an "#ess that if two sto#t men sit over one

individ#al then what will happen to him! After this pro$ess( the se$ond

most painf#l sta"e starts! The a$$#sed $an hardl &reath for a min#te or

two he is made to lie on his &a$k on the "ro#nd 3witho#t #ntin" the

m#ssal4 when he is on the "ro#nd lin" on his &a$k( his soles are lifted #p

with the help of the m#ssal d#e to whi$h he $annot move the lifted soles

are &eaten with tre $happal 3footwear4 when this pro$ed#re is $ompleted

the a$$#sed is #ntied( the offi$ers who were lookin" like an"els who take

o#t spirit of the &od( now start treatin" the a$$#sed as if the are kind

fathers!

.#st like an e'pert do$tor who takes $are of a $omple' and serio#s patient

with #tmost $a#tion( e'a$tl in the same wa these poli$e offi$ers take

$are of the a$$#sed! d#e to e'$ess sweatin" the throat of the a$$#sed

&e$omes dr( when he asks for water he is not "iven water to drink

&e$a#se d#rin" the tort#re the heart &eat of the a$$#sed &e$omes irre"#lar

and drinkin" water at this sta"e $an $a#se his death also! The a$$#sed is

informed with kindness that he sho#ld start sittin" and standin" 8#i$kl so

that the flow of &lood in his &od whi$h has stopped shall start flowin"

a"ain! 2ater is not "iven at least for *+ min#tes!

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Thr#stin" ro$ket or thr#st ro$ket or thr#stin" is poli$e offi$er( si"n

lan"#a"e( ro$ket et$!( or anthin" like ro$ket is not there in the poli$e

station never seen & me!

This kind of interro"ation is done with s#$h a$$#sed who has stren"th and

8#alities like an elephant! A$$#sed of one or more rapes to satisf their

l#st and after that kill the affe$ted women( are tort#red like this!

The word ro$ket is #sed &e$a#se in this pro$ess of interro"ation &oth the

hands of a$$#sed are tied ti"htl on the &a$k! In $ommon lan"#a"e it is

$alled &eatin" after han"in"! In this #tmost $a#tion is o&served! Even a

small $arelessness also $an $a#se dislo$ation of arms!

.#st like an e'pert $ook or e'pert $arpenter the team of this tpe of

interro"ation has atleast two e'perts of tort#re! 6efore han"in" the a$$#sed

a m#ssal is tied in the arm pits of the a$$#sed so that the a$$#sed $an &e

lifted #p easil and &eaten!

D#rin" interro"ation when the a$$#sed will &e han"in" his $ondition will

&e fati"a&le one $ondition will &e: seein" 8#ietl and not even &reathin"!

Se$ond will &e $ollation "overnment $oalition voi$es! 2hen he is &eaten

man voi$es of different feelin"s $ome o#t of mo#th at a time!

2hi$h even an e'pert of voi$es fails to #nderstand! Atleast three voi$es

$ome o#t at a time 3,4 painf#l 3*4 res#ltin" d#e to hits 3=4 prain" for

mer$!

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Tre slipper@ An &i" vehi$le( tr#$k or s tre is $#t in the shape of

slipper whi$h is in shape of 5#st like a $happal t a little &i""er! Tre

slipper is #sed in different tpes of interro"ation! This pro$ed#re is hard

definitel t not dan"ero#s!

D#rin" interro"ation a$$#sed is tied to an pillar of the poli$e station in

s#$h a manner that &oth the hands of the a$$#sed are taken aro#nd the

pillar and tied from the front( it appears as if the a$$#sed is h#""in" the

pillar! After this &oth the le"s of the a$$#sed are tied to pillar or with a

wire!

If some&od sees him at first si"ht he is $onf#sed! %e fails to #nderstand

whether he is a man like liBard or liBard like man!

Then interro"ation starts the vi$tims of poli$e tort#re are rowd sheeters

and then $riminals( people asin" others( road side romeo( o#n" persons

who 8#arrel on the road( "am&lers( satta p#nters( h#s&ands involved in

&eatin" wives( and man other tpe of loafers!

2henever an lo$al rowd sheeter is $alled to poli$e station and he does

not "o even after $allin" several times then poli$e offi$ers arrest and &rin"

him to poli$e station and en8#ire the reason d#e to whi$h he did not report

at poli$e station even after $allin"( and &eat his hands with $happal so that

he reports at poli$e station whenever $alled witho#t dela!

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The others on the hit list are those rowd sheeters who $ommit s#$h a$ts

se$retl a"ainst whi$h no $omplaint was re"istered( t poli$e $omes to

know a&o#t them thro#"h informers!

It happens that when s#$h a rowd sheeter is &eaten( he is s#rprised and

starts thinkin" deepl that the report re"#larl whenever $alled( o&e the

orders of the offi$ers( despite whi$h the &ehavior of poli$e is like enemies

and $r#el persons towards them! The do not know that news of their

misdeeds has rea$hed alread to poli$e!

2orr a&o#t o#r &od o fool!

There are dis$#ssions a&o#t o# in poli$e station!

The interestin" matter is that d#rin" &eatin" him poli$e offi$ers do not

8#estion him who has threatened him( who is for$ed o#t of the land! 2hen

inspe$tor or S!I! $alls him to poli$e station( he rea$hes strai"ht to poli$e

station! The poli$e offi$ers will &e waitin" for him and $at$h him in a net

in s#$h a wa that the rowd sheeter &e$omes worried! As soon as he

rea$hes to poli$e station #naware and wishes the offi$ers smilin" and

la#"hin"! The offi$ers waitin" for him instead of answerin" his wish atta$k

him ver&all! Hsin" a severe ase tell him! Is this o#r fathers ho#se or

drawin" room of o#r inlaws that o# are $omin" in la#"hin" and smilin"7

Se$ond pro$ed#re@ 2hen he enters poli$e station smilin" in a simple

manner( he is fa$ed with an #ne'pe$ted rea$tion! 6e$a#se in poli$e station

one has to wish &efore speakin"( t as soon as he wishes in repl he hears

an ase immediatel! %e is $onf#sed! Offi$ers tell him like this 9o# are

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$omin" inside in an arro"ant manner and f#rther sa: $ome &efore sir(

)owd is presented &efore offi$er( who knows alread a&o#t everthin"

t remains as if he knows nothin"! Poli$emen take him to offi$er and sa

$omplainin" this "# $omes to poli$e station in an arro"ant manner!

%earin" these $omplainin" senten$es( poli$e offi$er s#ddenl &e$omes

an"r 3%e defeats even Amita&h in a$tin"4 h#rls all tpes of ases( orders

poli$emen to massa"e his hands with a $happal!

Habit has become a disease

2henever m past ha#nts me( fo#r to five ni"hts pass in an'iet( I $annot

even sleep properl! 2henever like a &la$k wind storm m past ha#nts me(

I feel hatred towards mself! 2henever somethin" &ad or some evil

tho#"ht $omes in m mind( I take it o#t of m mind! 6#t( as soon as a

tho#"ht is removed( some other tho#"ht s#$$eeds it! The pain "oes on

in$reasin" when it is treated!

I am not f#ll aware of #rd# "rammar and $on5#"ation &e$a#se i st#died

#pto seventh $lass onl at Anwar#l#loom %i"h S$hool! 6#t( the almirahs

of m father were alwas f#ll of &ooks( and I "ot &enefitted of them

alwas! It happens that in the o#n" a"e whenever I plaed mis$hief at

ho#se or o#tside it( somehow the information alwas rea$hed to m father!

M father was a poli$e offi$er( he never tolerated an kind of indis$ipline!

%e #sed to treat me with a &it of harshness and #sed to sh#t me inside m

room( so that I ma learn a lesson and sho#ld not repeat s#$h mis$hief! Till

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s#$h time( I was sh#t inside the room( I #sed to read some or other &ook!

ather #sed to keep in his almirah Captain %ameed( areedi( Imran( Safdar

alon" with .#lia and Fasim! 3the fi$tio#s $hara$ters of I&ne Safi0s .asoosi

D#na %ameed( areedi( Imran Safdar et$!4

Let me ret#rn to the main topi$( I have a deep wish that I sho#ld write

down m tho#"hts and feelin"s alon" with events( $ir$#mstan$es and

a$$idents e'a$tl as the o$$#rred! 6ein"( a rowd sheeter I had to &ear

mental and phsi$al tort#re( whi$h sometimes e'$eeded the limits! The

first reason for these pro&lems was that #pto *++ A!D!( I was not

asso$iated with an politi$al part! The se$ond important reason was that I

never $ared for an worker( M!L!A! or M!P! of the lo$al politi$al part!

Third and the most important reason was that &e$a#se of me &ein" a rowd

sheeter!

In $onne$tion of a land transa$tion I had differen$es with the real estate

dealers and M!L!A! of the lo$al politi$al part! A $ase of land "ra&&in"

was re"istered a"ainst me( and on the &asis of this $ase I was e'iled from

the $it! rom this time itself the E'!MLA 3now de$eased4 of the lo$al

politi$al part and its M!P! was after this land and keepin" their ees f#ll

of "reed and &lood thirst on this land!

The period of e'ile from $it was $ompleted in the last week of O$to&er

*++,! As soon as the period of e'ile was over( I ret#rned to %dera&ad

from A#ran"a&ad! On the ne't da itself I went to Asifna"ar poli$e station!

At that time )amakrishnaiah was Inspe$tor of Asifna"ar P!S! after meetin"

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him a $hain of 8#estions from him followed! F#estions were asked even

a&o#t m faher( m mother( sister and &rothers! 2hen he was satisfied

with m answers( he started e'plainin" me and said $orre$t o#r life 3he

knew m father &e$a#se m father was also a poli$e offi$er and d#rin" his

servi$e there was some strike of N!G!O0s and m father a$tivel

parti$ipated in it( d#e to whi$h m father and other poli$e offi$ials were

dismissed from servi$e( t later all the offi$ers were reinstated! The

&enefit of this strike was that the mis#nderstandin"s whi$h were prevailin"

amon" poli$e offi$ers were removed! The administration of the department

&e$ame &etter! It is said that this was the first and last strike of the poli$e

offi$ers! %e referred m father and said( see o#r father( he fo#"ht for

ri"ht and see o#rself o# #nne$essaril fi"ht with people and $reate

"r#d"es! #rther( he advised me not to pla mis$hief an more! If o#

have an pro&lem tell me frankl( I remem&er ver well that he told me

#pto the e'tent that if o# are in need of some mone or help( I will help

o#! I went to poli$e station at a&o#t ,+@=+ am and I was permitted to "o

home at @++ pm!

In the earl months of *++* I saw advertisements of Mo#lana ABad

Hniversit! In the advertisement the last date of pament of fees for

entran$e test for 6!A!( 6!Com and 6!S$! the sstem of ed#$ation of

Mo#land ABad #niversit is distant ed#$ation! This #niversit r#ns #nder

distant ed#$ation sstem! The $ondition of admission is that the a"e of

st#dent sho#ld &e more than , ears! At that time m a"e was = ears! I

have mentioned in the previo#s pa"es that from the $hildhood itself( I was

interested in readin"! rom that time till now I spend sometime for readin"

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re"#larl! 2hi$hever &ook I "et I read it as a ha&it! After *++, this ha&it

t#rned into a disease! It so happened that in *++, I was e'iled from $it

and I shifted to A#ran"a&ad! I had no friend there( after( d#e to loneliness I

felt an'io#s and em&arrassed! D#rin" this time some relatives of mine

were $omin" from %dera&ad to A#ran"a&ad! Thro#"h them I "ot man

&ooks! I had p#r$hased some &ooks from Shah"#n5 and Chowk! There was

a li&rar on Shah"an5 road! I #sed to spend one or two ho#rs there also!

D#rin" this period I felt that there is no ki$k in o#th( neither in wine nor

in the "rill( &e$a#se this ki$k &rin"s a feelin" temporaril t it eats the

&od of h#man &ein" from inside like termites( makin" it hollow! In the

world the &est and the most powerf#l ki$k is there in readin"! M

knowled"e in$reased d#e to readin"! In the entran$e test of Mo#lana ABad

Hniversit most of the 8#estions are o&5e$tive tpe! A small topi$ is "iven(

the answer is to &e written in fifteen or thirt lines! I "ave entran$e test in

*++* and passed! Till the time *++= $ame( I $han"ed mself $ompletel! If

some matter $ame I #sed to "o o#t of ho#se( otherwise( I was alwas at

ho#se onl! Ever month I went to taskfor$e offi$e! %ad I heard advi$e of

m father and attended s$hool re"#larl( then I wo#ld have es$aped from

this attendan$e and this tro#&le!

In the ear *++= the $ir$le inspe$tor of west Bone was Jen#"opal! %e was

re$o"niBed as a kind hearted and simple offi$er! I went dire$tl to offi$e(

met him and re8#ested him that 9 I want to set ri"ht m life now( I ma

please &e "iven three months0 time or I ma &e e'empted from attendan$e

for three months! Jen#"opal did not &elieve me at all( and how $o#ld he(

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the politi$ians pro5e$ted me as a notorio#s rowd sheeter! %e heard me and

said 9 what "ames are o# plain"( I fail to #nderstand o#r dramas:!

Hpto some e'tent( what he was tellin" was tr#e! 2hatever he said at that

time( he said that keepin" the previo#s rowd sheeter in his mind! Ma &e

the followin" thin"s was in his mind!

;o# feel hardwork and la&o#r is &ad4 3o# feel $raftsmanship and vo$ation

is mean4!

3;o# think a"ri$#lt#re and siness is diffi$#lt4 3o# think the wealth

others are havin" is o#r father0s wealth4!

I a"ain went se$ond time alon" with a newspaper $orrespondent to

Jen#"opal! Inspite of this he did not &elieve me( after pleadin" a lot and

on some re$ommendation of the $orrespondent( he said that e'emption

from attendan$e is not in his hands o# meet D!C!P! and re8#est him! After

two das on *1?1+- I went to meet D!C!P! alon" with an appli$ation! %e

was not in the offi$e! I $o#ld not meet him! A"ain on 11+=( I went to task

for$e offi$e! There I met DCP at that time Gan"adhar was DCP taskfor$e!

%e read m appli$ation $aref#ll and started starin" at me in astonishment!

I was told to wait o#tside!

C!I! and D!C!P! started $ons#ltin"! This is an event on fifth of Ma *++=! I

am $onfident sin$e a $op of appli$ation is with me! I $o#ld &reathe a si"h

of relief after e'emption from attendan$e t I was ordered to report at

poli$e station Asifna"ar! At that time inspe$tor was Mohd! Ismail! I

showed him the letter of DCP and tried to re8#est him also not to $all me

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to poli$e station too fre8#entl! %e is a native of #rnool or C#ddapah! %e

la#"hed and told me in Andhra Stle 9what will o# do & st#din" in the

old a"e:7 %e started la#"hin" a"ain! %e was la#"hin" on m $ondition and

m a"e and I was la#"hin" at m own witho#t revealin" it on his la#"hter!

%ad I la#"hed openl( I wo#ld have $ried within min#tes! The reason of

m la#"hter was that he did not know even that a"e is no &ar for st#dies!

I was fr#strated d#e to fre8#ent tro#&les and $ons#lted a poli$e offi$er of

those das after &riefin" him in detail! %e advised me to approa$h %i"h

Co#rt! I "ot respite from %i"h Co#rt on 2ednesda the *-thA#"#st *++=! I

do not remem&er properl even after trin" man details and dates( these

events are of a&o#t *++= to *++ and I am writin" down a&o#t it now in

*+,+!

I went to DCP west Bone in *++=( *++? and *++ and s#&mitted

appli$ations! The appli$ation s#&mitted in the last month of *++ is

mispla$ed t the $opies of appli$ations dt! ,11*++? and *?1+*1*++ are

availa&le with me! There also I re8#ested a lot( and pleaded that in all the

$ases! I was de$lared not "#ilt( therefore m rowd sheet ma &e $losed

t there was no indi$ation of an rea$tion there 3voi$e of a parrot in the

ho#se of dr#m &eatin"4 In *++? I appeared for 6!A! 3se$ond ear4 e'am

and passed!

I approa$hed %i"h Co#rt a"ain in *++! I a"ain "ot respite from %i"h

Co#rt on Th#rsda( De$em&er first( *++! I do not remem&er the e'a$t

date t it was either last week of .#ne *++ or first week of .#l *++-!

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2hen from a real estate or lands siness persons phone the Inspe$tor

Asifna"ar phoned me! As soon as I lifted the re$eiver he said 9Shaik Saleh

I( Inspe$tor Asifna"ar speakin"! As soon as I heard the name( I was

alerted( I did not repl t kept 8#iet! I heard him sain" $learl to

some&od that on hearin" the name he kept m#m! I heard his senten$e

&e$a#se till that time the phone was not dis$onne$ted after that he $alled

two or three times %ello( %ello and dis$onne$ted the phone! After a few

das of the phone $all( I was a"ain shown as involved in the same land

$ase!

I was ver m#$h #neas and pondered over for a few das a&o#t what to

do! inall( I de$ided to affiliate with some politi$al part! The son of m

father0s friend was an a$tive worker of C!P!I! %e arran"ed m meetin"

with ABiB Pasha( M!P! at that time the All India General Se$retar Mr!

6ardhan was in %dera&ad and at a s#ita&le time I asked ABiB pasha to

help me in "ettin" m rowd sheet $losed and the $ase a"ainst me! %e was

also serio#s for helpin" me! So( appointment with Commissioner A!!

Mohant was fi'ed we i!e!( me and ABiB Pasha pro$eeded to

Commissioner0s Offi$e( 6asheer&a"h! Commissioner was present!

I too entered in the offi$e alon" with ABiB Pasha Commissioner was alone!

After wishin" him ABiB pasha pointin" towards me e'plained a&o#t m

worries! 6oth were speakin" standard and "ood #rd#!

%ere( I had a pleasant e'perien$e also! Often it happens that in a poli$e

station a rowd sheeter is never allowed to sit &efore A!S!I( t in

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Commissioner0s offi$e( Poli$e Commissioner of Greater %dera&ad

himself asked me to sit! Then asked me to detail the $ir$#mstan$es I

informed him a&o#t all the fa$ts! 2hile speakin" with Commissioner I felt

that he is soft spoken and possesses a kind heart! On $ompletion of m

narration he said 9 I will $all the Inspe$tor and $omplaints! 2henever the

$ome o# also will have to $ome! Commissioner appeared to &e stri$t t

internall he was f#ll of h#man kindness! It happened that ABiB Pasha #sed

to sta more in Delhi and Parliament and $ame to %dera&ad onl on

Sat#rdas and S#ndas( After a few weeks I a"ain #r"ed ABiB Pasha! ABiB

pasha on$e a"ain took appointment with Commissioner t we $o#ld not

"et at that time! There was a politi$al tremor all over the world! Saddam

%#ssain was han"ed in Ira8 and we were s rnin" effi"ies of Geor"e

6#sh! On m #r"in" ABiB pasha a"ain( he was a&o#t to take appointment

with Commissioner t he was s#ddenl transferred!

The rope is shown as snake and the snake as rope

In .an#ar *++ or the first week of e&r#ar( I was $alled & task for$e

offi$e so#th Bone! The Asifna"ar P!S! is #nder west Bone! I rea$hed P#rani

%aveli at a&o#t - pm! Inspe$tor So#th Bone was informed a&o#t m

arrival! After a&o#t *+ min#tes I was permitted to "o in! when I entered(

inspe$tor( S!I! and three other persons were in inspe$tors offi$e! O#t of

these three one rowd sheeter &elon"in" to old $it politi$al part( was

also there! Seein" him sittin" $omforta&l in &etween inspe$tor and S!I! I

was astonished( and was thinkin" whether this rowd sheeter "ot

appointed in poli$e for$e( t later m thinkin" was proved wron"!

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The set#p of taskfor$e is s#$h that there Mahmood and AaB stand in one

8#e#e! 6#t here the matter was appearin" to &e 8#iet opposite( AaB was

permitted to sit and Mahmood was ordered to stand! I $ontrolled mself

sain" that it happened man a times in the world that the mannerless was

hono#red and the 2iseman was ins#lted!

The di"nit of task for$e offi$er( the rank of the task for$e offi$er( the fear

of task for$e offi$e in the minds and hearts of the p#&li$ is so m#$h( that

some people start shiverin" on hearin" its name! respe$ta&le persons also

start shiverin"!

Toda I had seen the pomp and pride of task for$e offi$er rea$hin" to the

"ro#nd!

I have seen mo#ntains t#rnin" into pe&&les in the task for$e offi$e( fo#nd

man pro#d persons r#&&in" their nose on the "ro#nd! I have seen person

who never &owed &efore God t prostrated in the task for$e offi$e and

started re8#estin" and appealin" with all h#milit! There witho#t ma"i$ a

rope is t#rned into a snake and a snake into a rope!

Inspe$tor so#th Bone started talkin" on the main topi$ witho#t an prefa$e

and the $hain of o#r $onversation started!

The first senten$e whi$h the inspe$tor said in his own lan"#a"e was

somethin" like this 9leave the land affair( there are man &i" personalities

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involved in it! There is M!P! there is MLA( 8#otin" the name of Goa

G#tkha sinessman started tellin" after $lashin" with all these people

what will &e o#r fate tell me( what do o# want tell me( I will see that o#

"et it within one ho#r! As soon as the $ir$le inspe$tor $ompleted his

narration( the rowd sheeter affiliated to the part dire$tl addressed me

and said 9no&od $an do anthin"( take whatever we are "ivin" o#:! The

&itter stle of this addressin" me fell on me like a li"htnin"! S#ddenl( I

felt m m#s$les movin"( the &lood flowin" at a dan"ero#s speed! 6efore I

had replied in an astonishin" manner to rowd sheeter( I had a "lan$e on

inspe$tor and S!I! The were starin" at me witho#t winkin" an eelid( in a

&lood thirst look! Their mood $learl indi$ated that 9Shaik Saleh o#

#tter a word and see the pla of a sti$k! I $o#ld hardl $ontrol mself(

&e$a#se 3there the dove and the ea"le &oth were on a hi"h4 t I was the

one witho#t an win"s!

Inspe$tor $ontin#ed his spee$h and saw towards me with a 8#estionin"

"lan$e 9o# tell me how m#$h mone o# want! I

$ontrolled m an"r feelin"s and said I do not want mone( "et me a land

in $ompensation of the land! Inspe$tor wanted to sa somethin" more( I do

not remem&er what he said t the rowd sheeter drew ABiB pasha in this

matter and started asin" him in a &lood thirst manner! Now m

patien$e e'ha#sted I told him 9 don0t dra" a person who is of a"e of o#r

father( in this matter! Then I dra""ed his leaders and their fathers in so#th

Bone task for$e offi$e! Seein" the $riti$al sit#ation( the inspe$tor had to

$ontrol it! 3had he not $ontrolled the sit#ation( there was a $han$e of one

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At this time one thin" was &adl pri$kin" me( a friend of mine had advised

me that &efore "oin" inside p#t on the $ell phone $amera and re$order( t

I adopted a ne"ative thinkin"( &e$a#se( I did not know that if m time was

&ad and I had to remove m $lothes and the $amera started filmin" mself

than I will have to pa instead of $olle$tin"! Inspe$tor a"ain addressed me

and said $onsolin" me!

9Look here< Take ten lakhs r#pees: I said 9It will &e ver less( sir( he

tho#"ht for a while and said as said on an indi$ation! I will e'plain m

people and "et o# #pto ,* lakhs! The last thin" he told was that o# look

o#t for a small( $heaper plot and tell me! I started thinkin" what to do! I

was feelin" that I am &ein" tested and someone is "iven free hand! I too

wanted to $ome o#t as soon as possi&le( &e$a#se there more than one and

half ho#r had passed pea$ef#ll! I $ame o#t from there sain" that after

sear$hin" for a plot I will inform on phone! After that neither I phoned him

nor he $alled me!

Green Flags, Red Flags

The $ondition of old $it started worsenin" from *1*- Mar$h( *+,+! On$e

a"ain the politi$ians insti"atin" &oth the $omm#nities and s#$$eeded in

makin" them $onfront ea$h other! Then one da %ind#s and M#slims

started $lashin" with ea$h other and those who died $ame o#t of their

ho#ses 3sain" the wish of s#i$ide is in o#r hearts now! It is to &e seen how

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m#$h stren"th is there in the arms of the killer!4 The %ind#s and M#slims

of the old $it have proved on$e a"ain that! 2e are no wa less than the

ll of the oil e'tra$tor we roamed life alon" and remained where we

were! The ni"ht of *thMar$h was endin"! The dawn of *thMar$h was

nearin"! I was in m ho#se and seein" the news of old $it on T!J! The

pea$e of the $it was &ein" shattered! The $ondition was worsenin"(

%#ssainialam( Shahali&anda( LaldarwaBa and 6e"#m&aBar $ondition had

worsened! I $o#ld not attend even the marria"e of m nie$e!

At a&o#t * a!m! I started trin" to sleep! I do not know when the sleep

overpowered me! In &etween = to =@, am the sleep was defeated! It so

happened that the poli$e $onsta&le Mallesh who was atta$hed to Asifna"ar

Poli$e station phoned me on m $ell! As soon as I lifted the re$eiver

Mallesh started talkin" in a stron" tone 9 Shaikh Saleh( rea$h the poli$e

station & @++ am! Otherwise( $ir$le inspe$tor will $ome to arrest o#! I

8#i$kl answered that I will $ome to poli$e station t at @++ am! I have

to take m $hildren to s$hool! %e said o# $ome to poli$e station! I will

speak to sir and see that o# are released! I rea$hed poli$e station at @=+

am! There were two more rowd sheeters there t none &elon"ed to old

$it politi$al part! In &etween - am to am( Inspe$tor Asifna"ar met #s!

%e was f#ll of kindness! %e showed ma"nanimit and told #s o# people

are permitted to "o home and $ome &a$k t whenever o# have to "o

from here inform #s! I went home two to three times that da! At - pm( we

all were permitted to "o home t we were dire$ted to keep o#r $ell

phones open and report at poli$e station at - am sharp( ne't da at @=+ am

I rea$hed poli$e station! No&od told me anthin"! All the rowd sheeters

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were spendin" most of their time at hotel opposite to poli$e station! The

permission was "iven to "o home t $ondition was the same that we shall

inform &efore "oin" aro#nd ? pm!( there was news that the $omm#nal

$lash was "oin" on in M#sheera&ad! The reason for this #nwarranted $lash

and fi"htin" was the pro$ession of %an#man .aanthi on whi$h #nknown

persons threw stones( as was $laimed! Alread the $ondition of the old $it

was $riti$al! This in$ident added f#el to the fire! In a short span of time the

whole $it was rnin" from other pla$es also &ad news was $omin" DCP

)avi Jarma was in5#red in Mallepall near Man#"od# &asthi! Last ni"ht

ACP Kafar 5aved was also in5#red in old $it on Tappa$hatra to

P#ranapool road a man was m#rdered! In Asifna"ar at old feel khana a &i"

stone &o#lder 3"#nnet4 was thrown on an inspe$tor d#e to

mis#nderstandin" from the roof of a ho#se! Inspe$tor s#$$eeded in

es$apin" fort#natel!

In this mahem( the servi$es of rowd sheeters were also #tiliBed! A

rowd sheeter who was an a#todriver( he was entr#sted responsi&ilit that

he sho#ld transport poli$e offi$ers wherever the $ontin"ent was needed

thro#"h his a#tori$kshaw( and s#ppl arti$les and eata&les also from

poli$estation to pla$es where the were needed! The other was a $ar driver

his servi$es were also o&tained! %e was provided with a vehi$le in whi$h

he had to take the for$e $alled from disri$ts( ACP( and his s#&ordinates on

patrol!

E'$ept two three o#n" people( we people onl were at poli$e station! The

poli$e station was emptied $ompletel! I was sittin" and ponderin" over

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$it $ondition a tho#"ht $ame into m tro#&le $reatin" mind like a flash of

li"htnin"! As soon as this tho#"ht $ame into m mind( I started st#din"

keenl the a$tions of ever %ind# offi$er who was $omin" and "oin"! I

peeped in their ees 8#ietl and ver $a#tio#sl! I pondered over small

senten$es #ttered & them( parti$#larl( I was fo$#sin" on the stle of

talkin" of %ind# poli$e offi$ers with %ind# rowd sheeters! 2hat is their

&ehavior with m#slim rowd sheeters!

This tho#"ht $ame in m evil mind &e$a#se $ommonl all the leaders and

parti$#larl old $it m#slims so $alled leaders who are mis"#idin" p#&li$

parti$#larl m#slims onl for the sake of votes that poli$e is adoptin" d#al

poli$ with m#slims( sees the m#slims with a view of intoleran$e et$!

I am writin" down an a$t#al e'perien$e of mine! The $#rfew was imposed

in the $omplete old $it! The $#rfew was imposed in poli$e stations of

west Bone also! Two poli$e stations of $entral Bone were also effe$ted &

the evil ee of the politi$ians! In those das $#rfew was imposed even in

the $amp#s of poli$e station also! D#e to $#rfew( there was no hope of

"ettin" meals s#pplied from home! 2henever I felt h#n"r or feel #r"e for

eatin" then I filled #p the stoma$h with patien$e! So m#$h that I felt m

stoma$h f#ll with patien$e! Man rowd sheeters had $ome f#ll prepared

and &ro#"ht all the thin"s with them whose ha&it or addi$tion the had!

Po$kets of some were f#ll with "#tkas( some &ro#"ht ? to pa$kets of

"oldflake alon" with them as tiffin $arrier( and someone &ro#"ht $omplete

&eddin" from his ho#se!

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A $onsta&le An5ane#l# $ame from o#tside in $onne$tion of some work!

%e entered poli$e station and when a"ain he was "oin" on patrol( he #sed

to $ome to #s asked #s a&o#t eatin" arran"ement( after that he said if o#

re8#ire somethin"( tell me( I am "oin" o#t( I will &rin" whatever o# need!

%e was prepared to help even & "ivin" his vehi$le! %e said take m

motor$$le( there is no $#rfew in the area &efore this P!S! &rin" somethin"

to eat! At that time $#rfew was not imposed in %#ma#nna"ar! The road

opposite to Asifna"ar P!s! was in the %#ma#nna"ar area at ,, pm he

&ro#"ht $ra$k5a$k &is$#it pa$ket and "ave #s!

A $onsta&le named S#resh was also has performed d#t o#tside and $ame

to P!S! %e started $hit$hattin" with rowdsheeters when he was "oin" o#t

he tho#"ht over for a while( $ame to #s and said( if o# want somethin" to

eat tell me! Then S#resh said the same thin"! There is no $#rfew in the area

opposite to #s( tell me if o# want somethin" I will &rin" it! If o# need

mone tell me( I will "ive o# $an ret#rn me later! No&od was willin" to

"o o#t d#e to fear of some #nwanted in$ident!

Consa&le Dhanra50s le" was in5#red or his le" was affe$ted! %e was

wat$hin" news in the room of S!I! on T!J! he asked me and Ilas to $ome

there! 2e sat with him sometime wat$hin" T!J!

The &ehavior of an of the poli$e offi$er did not show that he was "ivin"

importan$e to his reli"ion!

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Consta&le Mallesh who alwas remained with Inspe$tor he entered the

poli$e station late ni"ht( he was lookin" ver tired! %e also asked #s a&o#t

o#r meals( then he was the onl one who arran"ed for o#r meals!

The &ehavior of an of the poli$e offi$er did not show that he was "ivin"

importan$e to an %ind# or an m#slim rowd sheeter and treatin" in an

step motherl manner with some! There was no fa$e e'pression of

intoleran$e on an ones fa$e had an of the poli$e offi$er poisoned with

$omm#nal poison( he wo#ld have spat this venom at this time so far( the

&ehavior of them with #s had &een written & me! In the followin" lines

now I will write a&o#t those who were arrested in the $rime of violatin"

$#rfew and &ro#"ht!

Pro&a&l these o#n"sters $ame o#t of their ho#ses thinkin"! 9there is no

dan"er from enem or fear of poli$e "et o#t sin$e the wa is still not

dan"ero#s:!

Nearl ?+ persons were arrested for violation of $#rfew! There were

people of all $ate"or of a"e in them! o#r or five &elon"ed to ma5orit

$omm#nit and the remainin" all from minorit $omm#nit( who $ame o#t

of their ho#ses despite $#rfew!

All of them were kept in the hall of poli$e station whi$h was $omplainin"

of its ins#ffi$ient spa$e! The arrested persons were wat$hed over &

different poli$e offi$ers in different times! This was the first time for all of

them to $ome to poli$e station( hen$e( the fa$es of all of them were pale!

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2hen $onsta&le )ameshwar was on d#t of wat$hin" the arrested persons(

at that time I saw that no&od was allowin" him to sit pea$ef#ll! Some

asked him for water( some other showed him the little fin"er that he wants

to "o to toilet! If some visitor $ame to meet an of the arrested person( the

$onsta&le permitted him to sit separatel and speak! %e heard everone

witho#t a sin"le si"n of intoleran$e! %e neither ased an&od( nor spoke

in a ro#"h tone whi$h $o#ld have shown an si"n of "ettin" fed#p( in m

presen$e three $onsta&les )ameshwar( An5ane#l# and the third whose

name I have for"otten( were wat$hin" them in different timin"s and all the

three &elon"ed to ma5orit $omm#nit( had the intoleran$e even a little

&it( atleast one of them wo#ld have ased or shown intoleran$e or plaed

satire t none of them said anthin" wron"!

Now( I want to tell a&o#t the o#n" men arrested &efore #s and &ro#"ht!

These o#n" men were involved in either peltin" stone on inspe$tor or his

vehi$le! All this event was res#lt of mis#nderstandin"! A$t#all there it

happened that in feelkhana few ho#ses were atta$ked for some time two

"ro#ps pelted stones amon" them! As soon as poli$e "ot the information(

the immediatel $ame into a$tion! 2ithin min#tes the sit#ation was

$ontrolled!

There is a sain" 9 If we think some wise man is a fool we will not &e p#t

to loss as m#$h as we will &e if we think some fool to &e wise:! A o#n"

man pelted a vehi$le with stones whi$h was patrollin"! Some more

o#n"sters a$$ompanied him! People kept $omin" and a $aravan was

formed! The o#n"sters who pelted stones were identified with the help of

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informers! Poli$e rea$hed late at ni"ht to arrest the $#lprits( and started

kno$kin" at the doors in its parti$#lar stle and the o#n"sters tho#"ht that

it was an atta$k!

%en$e( these o#n"sters started peltin" stones from roof tops! Se$ond &i"

mistake whi$h these o#n"sters $ommitted was this that when at ni"ht

poli$e rea$hed to arrest them even after seein" that there is poli$e vehi$le

and all the offi$ers are in #niform( the pelted stones on the vehi$les I saw

the $ondition of the vehi$le on whi$h there were marks of peltin" stones!

The poli$e vehi$le was dama"ed more from &ehind ri"ht side! On seein" it

$o#ld &e "#essed that the stones were of &i" siBe! %ere I appre$iate the

toleran$e and patien$e of the inspe$tor that he never lost his patien$e! If in

s#$h $riti$al sit#ation inspe$tor had fired at an of the o#n"sters tar"etin"

him( no one $o#ld do anthin" to him &e$a#se ever a$tion of his wo#ld

have &een for his and his staff safet! I am writin" this in$ident in detail

&e$a#se all these o#n" men were arrested and &ro#"ht in o#r presen$es

and the were investi"ated also in o#r presen$e!

Neither the le"s nor the hands were spared4 3the were ki$kin" them

$ontin#o#sl!4

;o#n"sters were &ein" &eaten as if the were do"s the had severe

thrashin" and went on repeatin" these words 9 we tho#"ht that o#r ho#ses

were atta$ked and pelted stones:!

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Se$ond April rida I woke #p earl! )ead Siasat( M#nsif( )ahn#ma1E1

De$$an and Sahara all the news papers( other than these newspapers I am

reader of paper 9Dawat: also parti$#larl I read siasat of Sat#rda and

S#nda( m#nsif of rida and S#nda and rahn#ma1e1de$$an of Monda4

after readin" newspaper( I was feelin" a little d#ll! I tried to sleep on the

tr#nks kept in the hall of the poli$e station thinkin" them as &ed!

Man people are heard as sain" that when eatin" ( a friend $omes and

while sleepin" the enem $omes! I slept onl for ten min#tes( no enem

$ame t the task for$e $onsta&le rishna $ame and woke me #p( wished

me and went awa also! A$t#all he $ame to see that whi$h rowd sheeter

is present and whi$h one is a&sent( &e$a#se( everone was ordered to

remain in the poli$e station onl!

2e people were worried a lot &e$a#se we were en"a"ed in poli$e station

sin$e nearl from das! If #nl#$kil sit#ation worsens( we did not know

how man more das will &e wasted! I asked $onsta&le )a5appa a&o#t the

sit#ation o#tside! %e answered $annot sa anthin" till the end of NamaB

Shaikh &hai: Everone started prain" that the sit#ation sho#ld not "et

worst!

eepin" in view the rida and $ondition of previo#s to das(

mana"ement was not read to take an risk! Arran"ements were f#rther

ti"htened! Ever &i" and small offi$er was in to#$h with ea$h other rapid

a$tion for$e and other for$es "ro#ps had taken position in ever pla$e! The

offi$ers were "ettin" news ever min#te! Condition was en8#ired a&o#t

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thro#"h wireless sets and telephones! After end of praers in mos8#es

news $ame that $ondition is improvin" $ontin#o#sl! 2hen praers in the

mos8#es of sensitive areas also ended pea$ef#ll then offi$er of west Bone

took a si"h of relief! Ever poli$e offi$er has done his d#t in the &est

possi&le manner! The earnin"s of previo#s das of poli$e offi$ers was

not onl of sweatin" t of &lood and sweat!

There was no &ad news from an pla$e of old $it! Alon" with the fa$es of

poli$e offi$ers( o#r fa$es were also &ri"htened!

Near Asifna"ar poli$e station( in a marria"e hall meals arran"ements were

made for all the poli$e offi$ers! )a5appa and %arikrishna had taken all the

responsi&ilit! %arikrishna $ame to #s and started sain" 9o# people

$ome to marria"e hall:! There arran"ements were made for ve"eta&le

&irani! After eatin"( I was enterin" poli$e station a"ain( $onsta&le ha5a

asked a&o#t meals! %e said 9 Leader how was the meals preparation

friend: &e$a#se &irani was tast( I said 9ver "ood &irani &rother:! %e

re8#ested me ver politel 9arran"e somethin" for me leader: Demand

was made with #tmost simpli$it! Therefore( I a"ain went to marria"e hall

so that to arran"e meals for ha5a also( t plates were not there anmore!

I $ame and told him there is no plate on hearin" m answer he went to

marria"e hall( and I a"ain $ame inside spread newspapers and lied down!

I had t#rned on$e or twi$e onl( that I started feelin" #neas &e$a#se of

$i"arrate smoke( so I $ame o#t and sat down the sa that an empt &rain

is a devils workshop! In m mind also man &ad tho#"hts started $roppin"

#p! A tho#"ht $ropped #p in m mind and it "ot st#$k #p! 2h the $it

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The %ind#s and M#slims of %dera&ad are $ommonl kind hearted and

pea$e lovin"! 6oth respe$t e8#all %#ssainshahvali! 2hen m#slims saw

that &illions of r#pees val#ed pre$io#s land was &ein" looted &efore their

ees( the m#slim leadership of MIM had kept its ees $losed! 2akf land is

the ri"ht of m#slims! Snat$hin" ri"ht of a deservin" person is atro$it and

kindness towards $r#el is e8#al to $r#elt on the oppressed!

The MIM( M!P! and all the MLA0s sho#ld have saved this &illions of

r#pees worth land of a saint of God and the sho#ld have arran"ed rallies

and pro$essions a"ainst )a5a"opal and some how preserved the land of the

saint t here the leadership of MIM plaed mis$hief! The MLA of MIM

sele$ted a time after $aref#l plannin"! %e went to meet )a5a"opal and

show smpath towards him at a time when workers of 6.P were on

Dharna &efore alakn#ma poli$e station a"ainst )a5a"opal! The o&servers

of atmosphere was of opinion that at that time itself $ondition wo#ld have

&een worsened!

%an#man .aanthi was also $ele&rated with pomp and pride in *+,+!

Ever ear Ganesh festival is $ele&rated d#rin" whi$h in the $it at man

pla$es the saffron fla"s and &anners are displaed! Man times the

atmosphere of $it was tense one da &efore the Ganesh pro$ession or

after one da and riots started! 6#t on displain" fla"s or removin" them

the $omm#nal riots happened for the first time in the $it!

Man times saffron fla"s were displaed and "reen fla"s were removed

and when "reen fla"s were displaed( the red fla"s were removed! Man

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times it so happened that on the da of "anesh pro$ession( there was Hrs of

some famo#s shrine or vi$e versa( at that time "reen fla"s were repla$ed

with red fla"s and vi$e versa! 2hile doin" this people of &oth the

$omm#nities #sed to &e there t d#rin" s#$h a$tion there was never a

$lash and never an disp#te! Newton said 9There is alwas a rea$tion on

an a$tion: wh people remem&ered this sain" on this ear!

D#rin" previo#s few ears %dera&ad( parti$#larl %ind#s and M#slims of

old $it were $omin" near to ea$h other! The &rethren was in$reasin"!

%ind#s and M#slims started #nderstandin" that the are travellers of the

same &oat!

6#t how $an politi$ians tolerate this( the were not read to tolerate even a

vote "oin" o#t of their vote &ank the de$ided to sink the travellers also

alon" with the &oat! 3If the ship of the nation es$apes the whirlpool4 3then

we will throw it a"ain there!

%ad the poli$e arrested onl those people and 8#estioned them in its own

stle from the pla$e where the tro#&le started! 2hi$h %ind#s were

repla$in" "reen fla"s with red fla"s and whi$h m#slims o&5e$ted it!

Possi&ilit to red#$e the passion of separate Telan"ana from the minds of

people this mi"ht have happened! 3,4 )a5a"opal is a"ainst separate

Telan"ana 3*4 MIM also does not want m#slims to 5oin separate Telan"ana

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or rida arran"ements the whole department was in a$tion( ever offi$er

appeared to &e read and alert! The arran"ements to fa$e an emer"en$

sit#ation were $ompleted! %dera&ad was $onverted into a Cantonment

Mana"ement was $a#tio#s of ever sli"ht movement! The persons who

$reate tro#&le were #nder keen o&servation &ar&ed wire was kept aro#nd

mos8#es and the was &lo$ked at man pla$es so that tro#&le mon"er

sho#ld not es$ape! To keep the ndels of &ar&ed wire kept in "#nn &a"s

were shifted to a#tos even with o#r help!

I too helped offi$ers keepin" these "#nn &a"s in the a#tos!

Onl the was of mos8#es were kept open so that m#slims $o#ld "o &a$k

to their ho#ses after praers! This is a proof that mana"ement and poli$e

had no o&5e$tion on m#slims offerin" praers in mos8#es and $omin" o#t

of their ho#ses for this p#rpose despite $#rfew!

In newspapers of rida a famo#s $leri$ appealed m#slims residin" in the

$#rfew areas sho#ld offer praers of rida in their ho#ses itself!

Several times people of %dera&ad have &orne the &r#nt of riots!

Sometimes the $onditions were so &ad that $#rfew $ontin#ed several das

and several weeks witho#t an rela'ation! The $it $ondition was worse

than $ondition of even *+,+! O#r $o#ntr has a painf#l histor of riots

spread over more than one h#ndred ears( d#rin" whi$h n#mero#s riots

have o$$#rred( &oth the $omm#nities have s#ffered e'treme loss of lives

and finan$es! Sometimes $#rfew was imposed not onl for few das t a

few weeks also! The people of %dera&ad also did not es$ape from this!

The &r#nt of riots has in5#red the "an"a15am#ni $iviliBation of %dera&ad

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several times! Sometimes the $ondition &e$ame so $riti$al &e$a#se of

$#rfew that people were deprived of even a morsel! The had neared the

$anni&alism! Even after s#$h $onditions whi$h tested their patien$e( the

people did never $ompromise! Now( the important 8#estion is that even

after a lon" span of more than one h#ndred ears neither an m#slim

s$holar nor an $ler"man and the other s$holars( $ler"men and

intelle$t#als appealed and advised m#slims to offer rida praers at their

homes itself!

3All fa$ilities and the respe$t &oth are re8#ired sim#ltaneo#sl!4 3S#$h

$omm#nit is s#re to drown toda( if had not drowned esterda!

The 9Nasee&1e1Millat: the mem&er of parliament %dera&ad was one

amon" those who s#pported this appeal at first!

C#rfew was imposed with all its stri$tness( no one was permitted to $ome

o#t! Despite this if an one $ame o#t( "athered people or people "athered

themselves poli$e shot him witho#t an hesitation! A M!P! has knowled"e

more than the $ommon people and a &arrister has more knowled"e than a

M!P! who knows ever small and &i" matters of law( inspite of this what

were the reasons for violatin" $#rfew! 2h did 9Nasee&1e1Millat: late at

ni"ht with a mo& $ame to the sensitive area Charminar Poli$e Station and

started Dharna! After dharna the alter$ation of Nasee&1e1Millat with poli$e

offi$ers fre8#entl whi$h was &ein" tele$ast on T!J!( repeatedl! This T!J!

show was seen & people with keen interest( and felt o&vio#sl that the

&od lan"#a"e of Nasee&1e1Millate was tellin" some other stor!

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%is fa$e e'pression and a$tions were e'pressin" somethin" else( that the

stle of oral spee$h was 8#iet different! 2hen the 6a&ri Mos8#e was &ein"

demolished ( some tro#&le mon"ers were sho#tin" a slo"an 9 Ek dhakka

o#r do 6a&ri Mas5id tod do:!

Nasee& e millat sho#ld have "one there to save the land of saint %#ssain

Shah 2ali when $onstr#$tion started there( he sho#ld have started dharna

and sho#ted slo"an 9 Ek Dhakka aisa do Lan$o hills o tod do:! This

slo"an wo#ld have $reated s#$h a storm that the fate of Nasee& e millate

wo#ld have &ri"htened! Not onl the m#slims of old $it wo#ld have

s#pported the old $it politi$al part t the m#slims from all over Andhra

wold have "athered #nder the fla" of MIM! There wo#ld have &een five

M!Ps instead of one M!P! and twent five M!L!A0s instead of five!

39;o# were foolish to &e $ontented with a few ds:4! The &arrister knows

ver well that even after fi"htin" fo#r wars o#r &lood was not spoil & the

hands of enemies as m#$h as it was split at the hands of &rothers d#rin"

riots! Even after fi"htin" fo#r wars o#r finan$es were stron" as rosewood

t it had to &ear the &r#nt of riots and the traitors of nation more than the

wars! %ere also Nasee& e millat has plaed a tri$k like the horse of $hess!

%e rea$hed $harminar poli$e station with an intention that @ Ek dharna aisa

do S#dherta %aalaat ka r#kh mod do:!

2henever two "ro#ps $lashed

O#r wishes were f#lfilled

There is no &etter siness than this

There is no pla more lova&le than this!

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It means that the aim is not a$hieved so far that the o#th seein" the an"r

Nasee& e millat sho#ld "o o#t of $ontrol and take a wron" step d#e to

whi$h $onditions "o worst! %ad the m#slim o#th o#t of passion taken a

wron" step there wo#ld have &een s#$h a destr#$tion that $annot &e

predi$ted or even dreamt( that is there wo#ld have &een a dooms da of a

lesser intensit!

It was a "ood thin" that the stren"th of &oth the $omm#nities was not so

m#$h! 6oth the $omm#nities $almed down after 8#arrelin" to"ether for

three or fo#r das! The were feelin" work and had the $old feet! The

&e$ame sensi&le after onl two three sho$ks! Everone was wishin" that

$#rfew is lifted soon and the pea$e prevailed!

Now I wo#ld like to draw attention of readers towards one more dire$tion!

At present there is a finan$ial s#nami in the world all over! O#r $o#ntr

India is also feelin" its pin$h! D#e to whi$h o#r state A!P! is also affe$ted!

Generall the whole Telan"ana espe$iall the %dera&ad $it is showin"

its /si"ns $learl! The $ondition of old $it is worse than the new $it! The

siness is nearl nil! The mone lenders are in need of mone! The real

estate and land siness is in $oma!

I did not want to write this t I am $ompelled to write that the people of

old $it reside either in rented ho#ses or share "hettos 3"hettos mean a

ho#se in whi$h more than one famil stas on rent4! If the do not pa rent

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in time the are $ompelled to hear ases from the ho#se owner!

Sometimes the ho#se owners h#rl ases on the people stain" on rent or

ins#lt them and "o! D#e to fre8#ent ins#lts the poor women t#rn to se'

workers! And feel ins#lted themselves( we have read in newspapers that

the d#e to ases of ho#se owner a tenant $ommitted s#i$ide!

Ei"ht per$ent of people stain" in old $it are en"a"ed in pett siness

and dail earnin"s! S#$h as drivin" a#tos( p#shin" $arts and en"a"in" in

pett 5o&s( poor toil like animals the da lon" and then he $an "et twi$e

somethin" to eat( and God for&id( if the do not "et work or the siness

$o#ld not &e done the famil is $ompelled to "o h#n"r that da!

M $omplete famil $an &e sa$rifi$ed on the name of Mohammed pea$e

&e #nto him( the man $annot &e an orthodo' m#slim who does not

$ele&rate the &irth of Prophet P!6!H!%! and re"ret on the da he left this

world! Man m#slims of old $it are deprived of &read on$e a da despite

this in *+,+ wh s#ddenl the old $it was de$orated with "reen fla"s! In

*++- and *++ the siness was on its peak! People had mone also(

Milad#na&i was $ele&rated then also t with simpli$it as alwas is

$ele&rated! %ow s#ddenlt so m#$h mone $ame even the $itiBens of

%dera&ad were thinkin" over! After the $ondition ret#rned to normal$

the m#slims of %dera&ad kept talkin" a&o#t this for man das( that wh

in the histor of %dera&ad first time the Milad#nna&i was $ele&rated on

s#$h a "rand s$ale! At the same time the were thinkin" over this also that

wh riots were started on removin" these "reen fla"s!

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2hen some person or persons do some "ood work with a "ood intention

the opposition is also $ompelled to praise them! 2hen I was in poli$e

station poli$e offi$ers were praisin" some poli$e offi$ers lavishl! I will

reveal the names of them later!

In this histor of India ver few poli$e offi$ers were there who did not

$are for their lives and sa$rifi$ed their lives for re$reation of pea$e and

maintenan$e of law and order! Their servi$es and sa$rifi$e made all the

poli$e offi$es feel pro#d!

%ere I am mentionin" two names of poli$e offi$ers( who have in$reased

the presti"e of poli$e department o#t of them there were Hmesh Chander

of o#r state and %emant arkare( who &elon"ed to Maharashtra! .#st like

these martred poli$e offi$ers in %dera&ad poli$e there are s#$h life

sa$rifi$in"( lion hearted( dan"ero#s( f#ll of Beal poli$e offi$ers who ki$k

the wealth and feel that their d#t is dearer than their hono#r! Their main

aim is that let the $#lprit &e an&od &elon"in" to an reli"ion or an part

or an wealth famil( $#lprit is onl $#lprit in their view( the d#t

$ons$io#sness of s#$h poli$e offi$ers( their presen$e of mind( $orre$t

#nderstandin" and farsi"htedness has saved %dera&ad from riots! If these

offi$ers had &een a little $areless or laB the $onditions $o#ld have "one

o#t of $ontrol and the hospitals and &lood &anks $o#ld have la$ked &lood!

There wo#ld have &een dead &odies of &oth the $omm#nities on the road

and the &lood of fo#r "ro#ps wo#ld have &een needed t "ettin" &lood of

fo#r "ro#ps 3A(6(O and A64 is most diffi$#lt! There wo#ld have &een a

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newspaper mi"ht have written: worst riots of h#man histor and God

knows( what all $o#ld have &een written we sho#ld val#e those who saved

%dera&ad from this destr#$tion and $alamit! 2e sho#ld hono#r them(

in$rease their stat#s! The %ind#s and M#slims of %dera&ad m#st sal#te

s#$h offi$ers and thank them!

3,4 A!! han Commissioner %dera&ad 3*4 amala %assan )ead(

D!C!P! Task or$e 3Ak#n Sa&harwal ( D!C!P! Central Kone 3?4

3Stephen )avinder4 D!C!P! 2est Bone 34 Narsaa Cir$le Inspe$tor

west Bone task for$e 34 haleel Pasha s#&1inspe$tor spe$ial part(

DCP team!

3,4 A!! han@ The $aptain of Indian Cri$ket Team Dhoni alwas had

patien$e and defeated stron" teams of the world so &adl that even

A#stralia( So#th Afri$a and En"land0s plaers and e'perts were

$ompelled to praise Dhoni0s strate" and $aptain$! E'a$tl in the

same wa the $aptain of %dera&ad poli$e team A!! han had

$ontrolled himself even in hard and worrin" $ir$#mstan$es and

keepin" in his mind the tho#sands of 8#estions raisin" their heads

plaed $ri$ket at the foot of Charminar and smashed the

$onspira$ies of the $omm#nal for$es and $remated their intentions

at the foot of Charminar in s#$h a wa that %dera&ad will remain

free of the mena$e of $omm#nal feelin"s!

3*4 amala %assan )edd@ %e has the $ommand of the task for$e fifth

Bone in his hands! E'$ept north Bone the whole %dera&ad was

effe$ted! Hnder these $ir$#mstan$es when even a $ommon man is

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in5#red then ever small and &i" leader of ever part starts &arkin"

at poli$e( t when an offi$er is in5#red d#e to atmosphere other

offi$er $annot "o to meet him! Even after "ettin" information of

$ollea"#es "ettin" in5#red and the rioters &e$omin" violent to

advise their teams to have patien$e( sendin" ever team to a s#ita&le

pla$e( #tiliBin" servi$es of the team properl not to allow the

dist#r&an$es to in$rease( identifin" the tro#&le mon"ers and to

arrest them( this is not a "ame of hide and seek( in this "ame man

"iant personalities also start sweatin"( some even feel feverish! irst

of all I sal#te him and wish that ever in$omin" poli$e offi$er

sho#ld possess stron" will power like him!

3=4 Ak#n Sa&harwal@ Ak#n Sa&harwal entered the 5#risidi$tin of

Tappa$hatra at s#$h a time when an o#t of $ontrol mo& oftho#sands started stone peltin" and lootin"! At s#$h a time he saved

the life of an in5#red woman and shifted women held#p in their

ho#ses to safer pla$es! T!J! $hannels reported Shaik ABeem#ddin

said as soon as Ak#n Sa&harwal $ompleted his work! %e held pistol

in one hand and sti$k in the other and with limited n#m&ers of

poli$eman invade in the middle of the mo& whi$h was o#t of

$ontrol 5#st like h#n"r ti"ers and started $har"in" at people! %ad

he not done so and waited for more for$e the $ir$#mstan$es wo#ld

have &een 8#iet opposite! The mo& of tho#sands of people had

thrown onl one stone per head on the poli$e part! All of them

wo#ld have attained martrdom &earin" the &r#nt of tho#sands of

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stones( t he proved that h#ndreds of wolves also $annot harm the

limited n#m&er of ti"ers also!

3?4 D!C!P! 2est Kone@Man"alhat( 6e"#m&aBar( Tappa$hatra and

Shahinaat"#n5 are s#$h lo$alities of %dera&ad where there are

inn#mera&le small and &i" lanes! These lo$alities are affe$ted in

ea$h $omm#nal riots! 2hen mo& is $ontrolled in one lane( a &i""er

mo& $omes o#t of the other lane and $ommits violen$e( when the

mo& is dispersed from this pla$e also( another mo& $omes o#t from

a third lane! On s#$h o$$asions even a &i""er poli$e $ontin"ent

$annot $ontrol the sit#ation( f#rther( seein" poli$emen "ettin"

in5#red & stone peltin" of the mo& to maintain patien$e is not

possi&le for a $ommon man! I wo#ld like to sa that persons who

alwas &elieve in stories( sho#ld see the &raver of poli$emen at

s#$h o$$asions( with open ees! Sin$e( there is lot of differen$e

&etween pra$ti$al and theor! D#rin" s#$h pre$ario#s and

dan"ero#s $ir$#mstan$es( to &rin" to"ether %ind#s and M#slims(

make them em&ra$e ea$h other and sho#t 9%ind# M#slim &hai

&hai: slo"an( has an $ommon offi$er has "ot s#$h "#ts to perform

s#$h a feat!

34 Inspe$tor 2est Kone Narsaiah@ At a time when in the 5#risdi$tion of

Tappa $hatra there was a m#rder $ase( sometime after whi$h

inspe$tor west Bone rea$hed there like an an"r elephant! %e was

o#t of $ontrol &e$a#se even after hard work in his 5#risdi$tion s#$h

a painf#l $ase happened! Ee witnesses said had Narsaiah rea$hed a

few min#tes earlier( and rioters wo#ld have $onfronted him( there

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wo#ld have &een one or two dead &odies! All the rowd sheeters

and persons who are en"a"ed in no!* siness are e'tremel afraid

of him! I have never seen so m#$h fear of an poli$e offi$er in the

people! S!I! task for$e west Bone fa$ed the sit#ation 5#st like a

mo#ntain! It is said

that haleel pasha "ot some minor in5#ries also!

Cat and Leopard

On ,?th.#l at a&o#t ,+ am there was a phone $all of S!I! atta$hed to

ASifna"ar Poli$e Station on m $ell phone as soon as I attended the

phone( he started tellin" 9 Shaikh Saleh o# $ome to poli$e station: at

that time I was s in 6h# Poratam pro"ramme at D6) Mills36h#poratam means distrition of s#rpl#s "overnment land in poor

people( o#r part $onstr#$ted h#ts on s#$h s#rpl#s land and provides

shelter to poor and homeless people4! 2hen I rea$hed Asifna"ar P!s!(

S!I! was not availa&le! %e went o#t for l#n$h or some other work! I

$ame dire$tl to m ho#se from there! A"ain at a&o#t-@,+ pm S!I!

phoned a"ain( when I attended the $all he said $ome to P!S! tomorrow

mornin" at ,+0+$lo$k sharp! It was ,th.#l! I entered the P!S! at ,+@?+

am two or three rowd sheeters were alread there! Seein" me the

$ame on the main topi$ dire$tl and said 3addressin" other rowd

sheeters also4 o# people are &ein" &o#ndoors and said that after half an

ho#r all have to "o! As #s#al I went to hotel opposite to the poli$e

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station and sat there! Crime reporter of Sahara dail met me there! I

spoke and dis$#ssed with him for some time!

6o#ndoors@ 6o#ndoors as per m knowled"e means to take "#arantee

of "ood $hara$ter from ha&it#al $riminals! It ma &e somethin" more

than this or somethin" less! 3In $ommon lan"#a"e it is $alled &ookin"

#nder se$tion ,+-4!

Ever ear all the rowd sheeters of %dera&ad and Se$#ndera&ad are

&o#nd over for this all rowd sheeters are presented &efore ma"istrate!

Tho#"h( we rea$hed on time we had to wait fo#r ho#rs at poli$e station(

at *@? the S!I! was kind eno#"h to have a look on #s $ompleted all the

formalities and at =@,+ o#r Carvan rea$hed Colle$tor offi$e passin"

thro#"h different roads! 6efore #s rowd sheeters of different poli$e

stations were &ro#"ht there! I think rowd sheeters of Charminar(

Mo"halp#ra( and 6havanina"ar were there!

2hen all are presented &efore ma"istrate( m#$h time is not $ons#med

the formalities will &e $ompleted onl in ten min#tes! Ma"istrate Mr! G!

otiredd 3this name was written on the name plate4 was pro&a&l s

dis$#ssin" some ver important matter with some friend! 2henever his

s#&ordinate peeped in the offi$e of ma"istrate( he t#rned &a$k with a

&ad impression on his fa$e! Ma"istrate s#ddenl $ame o#t of offi$e at

?@=+ pm 3his presen$e is e8#al to his a&sen$e4! %e did not even threw a

"lan$e on an&od and went o#t! 2hen he ret#rned from o#tside it was

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nearl @++ p!m soon he showed mer$ towards #s and thro#"h

s#&ordinate rowd sheeters of ever poli$e station were $alled! All

persons pro$ess was $ompleted within , min#tes( t the whole da

was spoiled! Sometimes d#rin" ele$tion and festivals et$!( we have to

report at poli$e station for attendan$e from ,+ am to ,* noon! These

das we are $alled to task for$e offi$e also for $o#nselin"! D!G!P! west

Bone and A!C!P! offi$e also $alls #s( these ,+ to ,* das test o#r

patien$e toda is ,th.#l and time is ni"ht , a!m!( I sho#ld write that

,th

.#l has started! Ever month on tenth or eleventh we have to "o to

taskfor$e offi$e for attendan$e! rom last S#nda all rowd sheeters

were dire$ted to "ive attendan$e at A!C!P! offi$e( we have to "o there

also! In an $ir$#mstan$es whenever we are $alled to attend poli$e

station( all have to "o! There are two tpes of rowd sheeters 3,4

$omm#nal 3*4 $ommon rowd sheeters!

3,4Comm#nal )owd Sheeters are those who $ommit $rimes #nder the

infl#en$e of reli"io#s Beal and sentiments! Sin$e this a$tion will &e d#e

to Beal and a wron" step! After s#$h a$tion when the are $a#"ht &

poli$e their senses are set ri"ht! The work of poli$e( the poli$e pro$ess(

poli$e &ehavior and si"ht of poli$e ki$k the started speakin" se$retl

amon" themselves!

2e had not seen the sstem of poli$e investi"ation!4 3The poli$e station

is &ri"ht t internall darker than Gen"his han!4

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The $raftsmen are hono#red in ever a"e( when s#$h o#n"sters havin"

$apa&ilit and "ood 8#alities are seen & the Dada or &hai or

rowdsheeter of the lo$alit he wel$omes him with open hands!

Commonl this tpe of &os are #tiliBed for three tpe of works!

To make them sit on some land to safe"#ard it! 3*4 To &eat their

opponent of lo$alit or near& lo$ation 3=4 To destro some&od0s

famil!

or the work of third tpe the o#n" man sho#ld &e like minded(

sharin" &read and drink( s#$h man is made a $onfident $lose aide! Some

&os are ver $lever! The have $apa$it to the e'treme e'tent! S#$h

o#n" &os did not "o to an&od! The form their own "ro#p with

two( three &os!

Poor lo$alities parti$#larl sl#m areas of the old $it where there is no

re"ime for $hildren0s trainin"( neither s$hools are there nor an fa$ilit!

The poor parents of s#$h lo$alities $ome o#t of their ho#ses even &efore

the s#n rises to arran"e &read for their $hildren twi$e a da and

ret#rn home late ni"ht! These poor people are worried a&o#t feedin"

their $hildren more than their trainin"! S#$h people &e$ome totall

$areless a&o#t trainin" their $hildren! In sl#m and poor areas when

some &o "rows #p 3the "et &eak to pi$k and eat( and feathers to fl

awa4 the have to "o o#t of their ho#ses to earn their livin"!

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2hen the poor allow their &os to "o o#t of the ho#se to work or

earnin"( the parents of these &os are interested onl in the mone!

The never think how this mone is "ot & the &o( & lootin"

some&od or &eatin"!

The wa in whi$h Ameri$a( ran$e( German and s#$h other $o#ntries

need $raftsmen and la&o#rers from Asian and Afri$an Co#ntries(

e'a$tl in the same wa wealth people and politi$ians need dan"ero#s

la&o#rers to meet their evil and politi$al aims! And to win over their

enemies s#$h poor and wild la&o#rers $ome hand to these wealth

people and politi$ians from poor and sl#m lo$alities in andan$e!

The people who are aware of the law( who have their fin"er on the

p#lse of the so$iet have the opinion a&o#t the poli$e department whi$h

is as follows!

9Poli$e department is &a$k&one of o#r so$iet:!

The politi$ians have their different dire$tion! The think that the are

"od( or &ha"wan themselves! The en$o#ra"e their rowdies & $allin"

them shatria! The trades who "ive them mone to help them win

ele$tion( the think the are vsas! The think that poli$e offi$ers are

sh#dras and their s#&ordinates Mallee$ha!

Poli$e offi$ers are firm on their opinion a&o#t rowd sheeters and never

$han"e their opinion a&o#t them!

There is meanness in their ever sain"

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Their $hara$ter is worse than the mean people!

Common man0s and rowd sheeters opinion a&o#t rowd sheeters is as

follows

The are not afraid of $#rses and $rin" of the oppressed the do not

feel pit on the $ondition of the penniless!

%ere I wo#ld like to write some matters whi$h are similar and

sometimes $a#se mis#nderstandin" and p#sh the rowd sheeter towards

one more $rime!

The do#&tin" of poli$e offi$ers a&o#t the rowd sheeters and $riminals

has a reason of s#$h point of view that sometimes( there are $ases of

m#rder( da$oit( theft and $hain snat$hin"s in the $it! Hnknown

persons or person $ommit the $rime and vanish s#ddenl!

In this 5#risdi$tion of some poli$e station an of the a&ove said is

$ommitted then the needle of do#&t first of all points towards $riminals

residin" in the lo$alit! Poli$e offi$ers keepin" previo#s re$ords

3a$hievements4 of the lo$al $riminal in mind tr to "#ess whether this

man is &ehind this $rime or not!

In addition to lo$al poli$e ACP team( DCP team and taskfor$e team

also start their str#""le to "et $l#e a&o#t the $rime! Now a das( there is

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s#$h serio#s $rimes are &ein" $ommitted that no&od knows when a

$rime will &e $ommitted!

The rowd sheeter who does not report at the poli$e station or task

for$e offi$e months or ears to"ether and shifts his residen$e

somewhere else( then the str#""le to arrest him starts! This tho#"ht

starts flowin" in the minds of poli$e offi$ers alon" with &lood that wh

he is not reportin" for attendan$e what is his a$tivit! %e is stain" with

whom( what he is doin"! %as he $ommitted some $rime and vanished

has he affiliated to some "ro#p et$!

The en8#ir starts a&o#t him( his address is known thro#"h informers!

As soon as his address is known( the knowled"e is "ained a&o#t his

arrival time at home and his depart#re time from there( after knowin"

a&o#t his timin"s( the noose aro#nd him starts ti"htenin"! The offi$ers

"et read to arrest him! It is tried to $apt#re him near his ho#se itself! If

it is not possi&le after ass#rin" that he is availa&le inside the ho#se onl

the enter his ho#se & 5#mpin" over the ho#se 3often at ni"ht time4 and

he is arrested!

D#rin" his arrest d#e to ar"#ments the nei"h&o#rs and the lo$alit

people also "et #p! The ar"#ment amon" the poli$e offi$ers and the

rowd sheeter happens as follows!

The offi$ers tell him 9 $ome on( speak to inspe$tor and ret#rn:! In repl

the rowd sheeter a"ain pleads sain" 9 I am leadin" a simple life( now

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sa 9All ri"ht( o# tell the inspe$tor and $ome: when he sas I will

$ome in the mornin" and p#t forth some e'$#se! %e is taken awa &

for$e!

There is no do#&t a&o#t it that a rowd sheeter is a man of fi"htin" t

he is helpless &efore poli$e! .#st like the $at who is a ti"er when

$at$hin" a mo#se t when it is fa$ed & a leopard its $ondition is

worse than the mo#se!

After arrest the painf#l sta"e of en8#ir starts! The poli$e offi$ers have

ver m#$h $onfiden$e on themselves and the &eatin"! The start

thinkin" that after "ettin" &eaten all his pride will &e removed and after

"oin" &a$k from here he will &e$ome more simple! 2hen the feel s#re

that he is on the ri"ht path now( he has no stren"th to $ommit an other

$rime! %en$e( after three fo#r das feelin" pit on him( he is released(

here poli$e makes a mistake its &elief is h#rt! D#e to this the poli$e

forms an op

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