Encounter with the Police!
An uniform-clad tall policeman climbs down the narrow stairs.
I follow him!
And, another hefty uniform-clad follows me!
The crowd assembled below (about 200 people) eye me with suspicion. As I tried making face contact with some people standing there, I could even see a bit of fear in their eyes.
All this when following a fantastic crime story. This evening, my friend N and me decided that we were too vetti and so ventured out in N's bike. Ten minutes later, we were outside a small-time newspaper office, which was neck-deep in trouble. Women who worked for a charitable trust run by the newspaper were protesting outside, shouting some really filthy Malayalam words.
There's definitely a story here!
In the half hour N and me spend inside the newspaper office(a small room, actually) speaking to the people concerned, a really large crowd had gathered. And, the police was called.
Questions and questions. A search was ordered by the SI, and the constable even found an 'aruval'!
At last, the police decided to take one of the two persons there to the station. And after speaking to the police too, the story was over. N is doing the actual story and I'm planning a follow-up. Cool, real cool!
(In the morning, a guy from The Hindu came to lecture us on offbeat stories. Cool guy, taught us a great deal in the few hours he was with us.)
I follow him!
And, another hefty uniform-clad follows me!
The crowd assembled below (about 200 people) eye me with suspicion. As I tried making face contact with some people standing there, I could even see a bit of fear in their eyes.
All this when following a fantastic crime story. This evening, my friend N and me decided that we were too vetti and so ventured out in N's bike. Ten minutes later, we were outside a small-time newspaper office, which was neck-deep in trouble. Women who worked for a charitable trust run by the newspaper were protesting outside, shouting some really filthy Malayalam words.
There's definitely a story here!
In the half hour N and me spend inside the newspaper office(a small room, actually) speaking to the people concerned, a really large crowd had gathered. And, the police was called.
Questions and questions. A search was ordered by the SI, and the constable even found an 'aruval'!
At last, the police decided to take one of the two persons there to the station. And after speaking to the police too, the story was over. N is doing the actual story and I'm planning a follow-up. Cool, real cool!
(In the morning, a guy from The Hindu came to lecture us on offbeat stories. Cool guy, taught us a great deal in the few hours he was with us.)
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