Theft At Midnight

This Independence Day while the world slept a garage owner found his entire garage ransacked. Robbers took away even the basic tools he works with. All the parts of cars and tractors as well. His garage does not have CCTV, or electric connection. So he really does not know whose job it was. But he does know the police are there to protect us. So he did approach the police. But they told him to go away, come tomorrow. The cops had just hoisted the national flag. And they were busy eating jalebis. There is no budget for the celebrations at the local thana and is done by collecting chanda from the illegal vehicles parked on highways, squatters, alcohol vendors, gamblers, kabadi waalas. Of course a thana is a centre for earnings from crime. The police inspector is the nodal officer for crime management. What they did not know is the garage owner is the father of a police inspector. Police ka Baap, as we say in local Bihari. Wonder how big this all is in New Delhi, India's capital.