Bad guys turned Good!

After having a hard day at work all you need is a little massage. Mumbai buses and trains are quite famous for it. All you need to do is get into a crowded bus or train and rest assured our crowd takes care of you well.

I had a wonderful experience yesterday. As usual I took my daily bus that stops outside my house. Thankfully, I had place to sit. So, I thought I missed the massage from our lovely crowd. Little did I know that at our very famous junction Saki Naka, there was terrific traffic. People were just entering the bus like it’s the last bus for the day.

I finally got up from my seat two stop’s before my stop, because I knew that I wouldn’t be able to get past our tired, frustrated Mumbai workers. I then noticed that there a group of guys who blocked the front exit of the bus. I some how pushed my self ahead to get down and I found my pocket empty. Someone from the crowd removed my mobile phone . I realized this before getting down and returned back to my seat to see if I’ve dropped my mobile phone. There were a few helpful people who gave me their mobile phone to check if my mobile phone was ringing. But it was too late. The person who took it already got off and didn’t know how to answer the call. The person were just pressing any button to disconnect the call.

I lost hope trying to call my mobile number and realized I came too far from my stop. I reached Arey Gardens. I thought I’ll get down and go home and sort the rest of this matter.

When I got down from the bus, I noticed two guys got off too. They offered me their mobile phone to check where my mobile phone was, but one the guy was continuously receiving phone calls. I still tried calling from his phone but the person who stole it had already removed my SIM card. I was very disappointed and went walking down the lonely road leaving them there behind.

I thought to myself that this is the worst day of my life, as this was my favorite mobile phone and it’s the second time I lost my mobile phone. Suddenly, I heard a sound of someone yelling and the two guys were hitting a young boy. They told me that he jumped off the bus and was running. I caught hold of the boy and started checking him but I didn’t find anything. The two guys then asked me to take him to the police. I very well agreed as they were there with me too. I noticed a police bike and waved. They stopped the bike and asked me what happened.

They started questioning the young boy and it seemed that he was going to work and was not in the bus at all. He then asked me if I knew the other two guys. I replied “No”. He started questioning the two guys and they weren’t giving him proper answers. The policeman got suspicious about this and took their phone’s from them. One of the guy wasn’t agreeing to give the phone but the policeman snatched it from him and answered his call. I was really shocked with what the policeman did after that. He started slapping the two guys. They were a gang of drug peddlers who planned this scene.

The policeman hit them to get details of my mobile phone or rather their other partners. We drove down to the main police station in the Police van. The two guys still didn’t admit their crime and we accusing me of being a selfish person for taking their help and getting them into trouble. I did nothing, the cops cracked the case.

This was the first time I ever seen a crime scene at a police station and I should say it’s not an easy job being a Cop. You can’t have a soft heart to stop crime. One of the officers told me in English, “Now you know why we’re called bad guys. To stop crime we have to be nasty or these crooks will never admit their crime”.

They were really sweet to me, so I guessed they were expecting some bribe to get the case sorted. I needed to give a statement of the entire matter, so I was asked about this in detail. They asked me about my job etc. I felt that why people portray these guys as “Bad guys”. They didn’t ask me any money, in fact, they dropped me till my house as the procedure took long and I was there till 1:30 am.

I told the cop that I’ve never seen a police station till date. He asked me if I can write something on my websites about us police, saying. “We’re not bad guys, we’re here to help people, but it hurts when people blame us for being corrupt officers”. I told him I’m surely going to write about this matter, so that people know that Bad guys have turned Good!