Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Innocent convict!

This post is about my experience in a police station. Yeah! you heard it right!. Seems like I have a hardon for trouble.
As I needed to buy a laptop(which I bought finally), I went to a few shops to check out some models and specifications. I did not know much about shops so I called my friends along with me, Madan and Karthik. Things went well and normal. That day I checked out some 6 shops and finally got home confirming on one model in a shop called Computers Unlimited in Bellary road.
Next day everything went normal until evening when I was studying upstairs of my house. My brother called me and told that I had a missed call, it was an unknown number. So I immediately called back in the same number(Thikka muchkondu irbekkagithu).
I asked "who is speaking"
the reply was "sadashivnagar police station"
Firt I though it was some prank by my friends,
But then I repeatedly queried who it was, he insisted that he was the inspector and I have to go the station immediately. I was totally freaked out. I asked him what was he calling me for, some 5 times, he insisted on not telling me. Then my bro called the same number, again he insisted on not telling the reason, in fact his voice was very rude.
Being really freaked I went to the station. I checked out the wanted list if my photo was there(I swear I aint, kidding). After some time the circle inspector called me into his cabin. He was a tough guy, and he wasnt happy. He told what had happened, that in the shop that I had gone the previous day a theft had happended and apparently 6 laptops were gone missing. I was the (proud)chief suspect, and my friends Madan and Karthik accomplices. I got grilled by his questions for some 30mins, then I was handed over to the superindent of police. He made me sit on a chair and the SP sat on a tall table(It was indeed like what we see in movies). The SP was really pissed off, He asked all kinda questions and made weird gestures at me. I somehow put up with him for some 50mins, he took down a lot of details into a notepad(hardcopy). Before letting me go he said that this was just pre-introduction and there were lot of procedures to follow. That indeed freaked the hell out of me.
Next day I went with a batallion, me, my friends, both of their dads and my bro. The inspector wasnt serious the next day as there were elders with us and he let us go after merely getting our signatures on somethig called statements. While giving the statement I did not waste my time I rather utilized my time taking some snaps of the interior of the station.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Confession of an accident victim!

I recently met with an accident on the middle of a highway. Yeah! I know, worse place one can be struck by an accident! But it was an experience, I kinda did learn a lesson, the hard way. I hope whoever reads this also tries to understand what I am trying to convey.

Accident scenario:
Imagine 3 vehicles, (from the left) a scooter, my pulsar and a lorry. There is hardly any space between me and the lorry. A santro(drunk driver mostly) pushed himself between me and the lorry and rammed me down as well. The santro was at a 100+kmph. I was pretty slow then when the incident had happened, hence not much of bad injuries. I fell down hurting myslef and a girl named Shwetha Bandha behind also fell suffering bad bruises. The first thing I did once I fell was turning back to see if we were on the way of some massive truck. By quick reflexes my hand raised giving a stop signal, luckily there wasn't any vehicle behind me. The second thing I did after I fell was to look for the santro that rammed, But that cheap illiterate drunkard had escaped by miles. Both of us were bleeding, but I fell like I was loosing my conciousness, almost fell down. Then a truck driver gave me some water, after which I could see everything stablizing around me. Then A friend of mine(Anand) drove back all the way and picked us up.

Now the moral of the whole incident. I certainly know no one is soo interested to know the incident with such accuracy. But two things that were embossed on my brain because of this accident were.
1.Do not drink and drive
You drink and you get killed is bad, but you drink and you get someone else killed is insane, sadistic and what not. In my case I wasn't drunk, but the car driver was! Or else he would have the basic sence to stop and check at least.



2.Wear a helmet
I went home and wondered why was I feeling unconcious? I just checked out my helmet and found these dents on it. Had I not worn that helmet, may be, just may be the hurt was fatal. I know I might be exaggerating a little too much, but it is a fact. I have heard of such incidents.