Monday 1 December, 2008

A Robber's not so good day

Before i get into my story telling spree, i felt a pressing need to appreciate all the comments posted by my friends. Your views whether positive or negative are all welcome and it keeps me anchored for more active blogging. Thanks to each and everyone.

Now, over to the story thing. Ennjjoy.............

Circa 1994: I was undergoing training in Airforce, along with other batchmates in our intake. Among all the trainees, i was quite close to one trainee named Eshwar, who also belonged to bangalore. This story belongs to Eshwar & another character who wasnt quite lucky that day.

During training days we were allowed to visit the city only on holidays that too in uniform. Ofcourse in uniform, one was always recognised and had to conduct fittingly. I and Eshwar used to jump the compound together and roam around in civvies so that we will be one among the crowd. That particular day eshwar was alone when he was coming back to the camp.

It was around 9.30 or 10pm when he was returning, and suddenly he was confronted by a robber. The robber wielded a knife and asked Eshwar to part with his money. Eshwar wasnt short of courage, but didnt do anything. He instead warned the Robber that he too was a localite and shouldnt be mistaken for a north indian. The robber wasnt ready to hear anything. Eshwar gave away all the money he had in his purse, and started walking empty handed.

Once the robber got all the money, he too started heading home. Quite unusually, Eshwar started walking back fast and cautiously followed the robber. He found the robber's house and then returned back to the camp.

At the camp, he shared this story to all the young trainees. There were atleast 3 to 4 trainees who had had the same experience but hadn't reacted. They had lost their money and kept quiet. Consensus was formed and few of the bold guys decided that the robber should be taught a lesson. Around 15 to 20 trainees jumped the compound once again, led by eshwar and they went straight to the robber's house. One of them knocked the door of the robber's dwelling, and when it was opened, they barged inside, took the robber by his collar, told what the matter was to his family members, started bashing him and carried him inside the camp (like always, through the compound & not before retrieving the money back). Once inside the camp, they bashed him black and blue. In his wildest of dreams the small time robber would never have thought about such a consequence.

This whole episode got known to the airforce authorities, and as expected they didnt approve of the way we conducted. The robber was left to go and the trainees were reprimanded and as expected group punishment followed the next day. Everyone took the punishment sportingly too, but were quite satisfied with their action.

Fortunately or unfortunately, i wasnt available on that day to be with Eshwar, my most dear friend among all the trainees.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

How sad u had missed out on the punishment & chance to bash up the robber too:)

Unknown said...

Hi ,

As mehr said, i am sure u would have felt sorry that you could not bash up the robber and be a part of that group punishment. When i read the story, i was quite sure that the ending would be like this, with so much information about the policies of air force which u have shared with me.

Unknown said...

joshi,

we all enjoy reading ur blog,,, as u know some of our friends read and dont make comments.. so dont worry, get going.......

Anonymous said...

Joshi, Good going. BTW, where was your camp in Bangy? Yelahanka?

It is also time you posted some school story dude!