Mayhem of the Miserables!

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  • The
  • Secular
  • Robber!There
  • was
  • this
  • Dr.
  • Peria
  • Gunaseelan
  • (roughly
  • translated,
  • it
  • would
  • mean
  • a
  • 'Great
  • Person
  • of
  • Good
  • Virtues',
  • at
  • least
  • that
  • would
  • have
  • been
  • the
  • intent
  • of
  • his
  • parents
  • when
  • they
  • named
  • him
  • so),
  • an
  • Ex-NRI
  • (a
  • former
  • Non
  • Resident
  • Indian,
  • who
  • had
  • been
  • out
  • of
  • India
  • for
  • a
  • period
  • of
  • six
  • months
  • or
  • more
  • and
  • stopped
  • paying
  • income
  • tax
  • on
  • his
  • overseas
  • income,
  • to
  • the
  • Indian
  • authorities),
  • who
  • had
  • returned
  • some
  • decades
  • back
  • to
  • rescue
  • India
  • from
  • its
  • myriad
  • miseries
  • via
  • his
  • innumerable
  • ventures!
  • His
  • detractors,
  • who
  • were
  • a
  • dozen
  • a
  • dime,
  • here
  • and
  • there
  • and
  • everywhere,
  • conversely,
  • whispered
  • that
  • he
  • was,
  • in
  • fact,
  • booted
  • out
  • of
  • his
  • adapted
  • Middle
  • Eastern
  • Land
  • of
  • decades,
  • after
  • his
  • completion
  • of
  • a
  • prison
  • term,
  • for
  • some
  • offence
  • which
  • hadn't
  • attracted
  • 'cutting
  • off
  • of
  • his
  • limbs'
  • as
  • a
  • punishment
  • to
  • the
  • chagrin
  • of
  • those
  • adversaries;
  • the
  • veracity
  • of
  • that
  • report,
  • however,
  • I
  • wouldn't
  • know,
  • yet.
  • And
  • also,
  • I
  • never
  • could
  • ascertain
  • what
  • Degree
  • he
  • had
  • or
  • whether
  • he
  • was
  • a
  • 'doctor'
  • with
  • medical
  • training
  • or
  • a
  • Ph.D.
  • and
  • if
  • so,
  • in
  • which
  • specialization
  • and
  • from
  • which
  • University
  • India
  • or
  • abroad.The
  • Mysterious
  • Disappearance!One
  • not
  • so
  • fine,
  • evening
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • had
  • just
  • disappeared
  • and
  • couldn't
  • be
  • traced
  • by
  • his
  • family
  • members.
  • His
  • wife
  • of
  • forty
  • five
  • years,
  • instinctively,
  • knew
  • something
  • was
  • amiss,
  • when
  • he
  • wouldn't
  • return
  • home
  • by
  • 10
  • PM,
  • as
  • was
  • his
  • practice
  • and
  • also
  • wouldn't
  • lift
  • her
  • calls.
  • After
  • trying,
  • vainly,
  • to
  • speak
  • with
  • him
  • for
  • a
  • couple
  • of
  • hours,
  • she,
  • along
  • with
  • Thangam
  • and
  • Usha
  • with
  • a
  • couple
  • of
  • friendly
  • neighbors,
  • went
  • to
  • the
  • office
  • to
  • find
  • that
  • he
  • was
  • no
  • where
  • to
  • be
  • seen,
  • while
  • his
  • briefcase
  • was
  • lying
  • there,
  • intact
  • with
  • the
  • lights
  • on.
  • Usha,
  • hurriedly,
  • browsed
  • the
  • office
  • telephone
  • book
  • to
  • find
  • the
  • telephone
  • number
  • of
  • Mrs.
  • Iyengar
  • and
  • called
  • her
  • home,
  • enquiring
  • her
  • boss's
  • whereabouts.
  • She
  • told
  • that
  • she
  • had
  • left
  • the
  • office
  • at
  • 9.00
  • PM,
  • to
  • catch
  • her
  • last
  • bus
  • to
  • Besant
  • Nagar
  • and
  • that
  • he
  • was
  • in
  • good
  • shape
  • and
  • spirits
  • when
  • she
  • left.Arrested
  • and
  • Out-on-Bail!Inspector
  • General,
  • Mr.
  • Avinash
  • Gaikwad,
  • the
  • Director
  • (Special
  • Investigations)
  • of
  • a
  • northern
  • state
  • instituted
  • a
  • task
  • force
  • under
  • Inspector
  • Bhimsen
  • Chaturvedi,
  • comprising
  • Assistant
  • Sub-Inspectors,
  • Mr.
  • Ibrehim
  • Khan
  • &
  • Ms.
  • Jhansi
  • Mehra
  • and
  • Constables
  • Mr.
  • Sarkar
  • Singh,
  • Mr.
  • Vivek
  • Dwivedi,
  • Mr.
  • Vishnu
  • Yadav
  • &
  • Head
  • Constable,
  • Mrs.
  • Rani
  • Patel
  • and
  • dispatched
  • them
  • to
  • Bengaluru
  • after
  • his
  • ensuring
  • full
  • cooperation
  • from
  • the
  • local
  • police
  • who
  • were
  • more
  • than
  • willing
  • to
  • extend
  • full
  • cooperation
  • to
  • any
  • outside
  • police
  • as
  • they
  • themselves
  • were
  • powerless
  • against
  • the
  • powerful
  • political
  • contacts,
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • enjoyed
  • there..
  • They
  • camped
  • at
  • an
  • inexpensive
  • and
  • non-descript
  • lodge,
  • occupying
  • three
  • rooms,
  • near
  • the
  • office
  • of
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • and
  • began
  • monitoring
  • his
  • activities,
  • in
  • plain
  • cloths
  • a
  • few
  • keeping
  • watch
  • on
  • the
  • office,
  • some
  • the
  • printing
  • press
  • and
  • one
  • or
  • two
  • tailing
  • him
  • from
  • the
  • office
  • to
  • locate
  • his
  • rout
  • to
  • residence.
  • Mrs.
  • Rani
  • Patel
  • went
  • into
  • the
  • office
  • posing
  • as
  • an
  • aspiring
  • Degree
  • buyer
  • and
  • started
  • bargaining
  • for
  • a
  • foreign
  • professional
  • degree,
  • which
  • conversations
  • involving
  • one
  • Education
  • Counselor,
  • Thangam
  • and
  • later
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • himself
  • were
  • all
  • taped
  • by
  • her
  • and
  • her
  • feigned
  • brother
  • Mr.
  • Ibrehim
  • Khan.
  • They
  • promised
  • to
  • return
  • the
  • next
  • day
  • with
  • the
  • advance
  • payment,
  • as
  • demanded
  • by
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • and
  • her
  • passport
  • photographs.The
  • same
  • night
  • the
  • task
  • force
  • in
  • the
  • presence
  • of
  • the
  • local
  • help
  • whisked
  • away
  • both
  • the
  • 'doctor'
  • and
  • Thangam,
  • on
  • their
  • way
  • to
  • home
  • and
  • kept
  • them
  • in
  • a
  • cell
  • of
  • a
  • police
  • station
  • near
  • Bengaluru
  • city
  • railway
  • station.
  • The
  • next
  • morning,
  • the
  • father
  • and
  • the
  • junior
  • duo,
  • in
  • handcuffs,
  • were
  • boarded
  • on
  • to
  • an
  • express
  • train
  • leaving
  • for
  • Vihar
  • a
  • major
  • town
  • in
  • one
  • of
  • those
  • Hindi states.
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