8 Thottakkal Page #7

The policemen are in a royal mess!

Aiyaiyo!

I was oblivious of all this

If that boy hadn't been shot dead...

...we could have got

all the details, right?

- Shall I tell you something else?

- What, sir?

- You'll keep it to yourself?

- Yes, sir

There are 3 culprits

2 of them are dead

That gang leader has planned

and killed both of them

That boy has divulged the name

and then died it seems

What name did he say, sir?

I don't know

They have kept it under wraps

Come

Sir, I have an enquiry

to attend today

Do you need my signature?

Looks like I am your lucky mascot!

Whoever works for me

gets suspended!

Sathya, you're also attending

that enquiry, right?

Why don't you both go together?

What did you say

your name was?

I was immersed

in my own thoughts

- Don't get me wrong

- Doesn't matter

Looks like you are

in some deep trouble

- Moorthy!

- Venkatesan

I'm coming

Is your name Krishnamoorthy?

That's my full name

But people generally call me Krishna

What is it, sir?

Nothing

I was reminded of something else

Carry on

'Mr Moorthy

Can you hear us?'

'What's wrong?'

- What happened?

- Sir, nothing to worry

Where is my bag?

- My shoulder bag?

- Right here

Conscious now, Moorthy anna?

You suddenly fainted

This gentleman brought you here

Past 2 hours he has been sitting here

Thanks a ton, sir

- I seem to have troubled you

- Not at all, sir

Your work got disrupted

because of me, sorry

I am free, sir

Would you like

to eat something?

No need

What happened to you?

Is this a frequent occurrence?

Did you consult a doctor?

Nothing serious

I skipped breakfast this morning

Maybe that's why

Shall I drop you at home?

Can I take your order, sir?

Tea for me

- Sir, for you?

- Black tea

Without sugar

Don't worry, sir

You'll be reinstated soon

Don't you know

why I lost my job, sir?

It was all over the papers, sir

A sub inspector lost his gun

A 5 year old was

shot with that gun

Sir, how can you be blamed for that?

Don't be upset

I'm not sure how to take this

I was detained in a juvenile center

for 8 years for a crime I didn't commit

You must be aware of

the awful conditions in there

Once again I'm being blamed

for something I didn't do

For some random man's crime...

...I don't have anyone

to comfort me either

This is man's life in a nutshell, sir

Half the life is spent

in seeking comfort

In this turmoil...

...we would've picked someone

to spend our lifetime with

When that person leaves us

half way through...

...we just collapse, sir

Don't get me wrong

if I ask you this

How did you lose your job?

Tell me only if you feel comfortable

It's okay if you don't want to

You know Guna, right?

He has no scruples whatsoever

I was working under him

in P5 police station

10 months ago,

suddenly one night...

...we got a call that someone was drunk

and creating a ruckus in a wine shop

We went to arrest him

He suddenly broke a beer bottle

and slashed another customer's hand

We decided to detain him

in the station for a night

So we brought him over

He babbled a lot

Looked like he belonged

to some Naxalite group

We should've handed him over to the court

Guna didn't listen

He wanted to use him as a bait

and catch a bigger fish

In some hideout

near Poonamallee...

...he confessed he had hidden

a cache of weapons and ammunition

Guna, 2 other constables and I

accompanied him to the hideout

He tricked us and

escaped from that place

Meanwhile the sub inspector

informed the higher-ups

Guna got nonstop calls

to bring in the criminal

'If I tell them we let the culprit escape

it will be a black mark for me'

'For my sake please

accept the blame'

'I will relieve you from this suspension

as soon as possible' he said

Guna literally fell at our feet

and persuaded us, sir

Trusting him I agreed

The chap who escaped was

no ordinary petty thief

Most sought after criminal

all over the country

Blaming us for this debacle,

our superiors took serious action against us

Till date I am struggling

to get my job back, sir

Was no action taken against Guna?

All they did was

transfer him to your station

I came to know only later

He had struck a deal with the naxal

and deliberately let him escape

All my life I've been a naive nitwit

who didn't know to be street-smart

All I did was salute

everyone all the time!

I have never taken a naya paisa

more than my salary, sir

I am disillusioned

with my integrity

Even my children don't respect me

'One good turn deserves another'

is just an old proverb, sir

'If you are honest, the world

will praise you sky high'

All a pack of lies

If I can get hold of

the 1st man who said this...

...I'll thrash him

with my shoe, sir

Sir, your wife and children-

Personification of God

That's my wife, sir

She was the only solace in my life

She ignored my million shortcomings

She took good care of me for 30 years

She gave me 2 wonderful children

Goddess, sir

She never asked me for anything

She managed from my meager salary

to run the household

I was never worried about anything

Till she was by my side

I lived like a king

without a single worry

She passed away

I am being humiliated daily

- I got a bit emotional

- Don't feel bad, sir

Today is her birthday, sir

What happened to her?

How did she die?

I'm such a sinner,

responsible for her death too

She was a diabetes patient

You know sugar will shoot up

as you grow old

She had to take

a long list of tablets

And take insulin shots also

I was unaware of all this

I should've taken

better care of her

My life was spent shuttling between

home and station and probing into cases

One day she collapsed

They admitted her in the hospital

Her health condition

was really bad

She wasn't on any medication for 6 months

She was in the ICU

Wearing all those face masks

I held her hand

I asked her why she stopped

taking all the tablets?

She couldn't cope with

the household expenses

'Children have grown up now'

'We had to pay

their college fees', she said

She had never revealed

any of this to me

Blessed soul saved up money

by foregoing her tablets

I had been ignorant

about everything

About her needs

About the household requirements

About her health condition

Everything went out of hand

She has left me behind

In our country

prices keep rising

But not our salary

Do you live with

your children now?

15 days in my son's house

And 15 days with my daughter

I told my son

today is his mother's birthday

He looked at me for a moment

and walked away quietly

Maybe he thinks I was

responsible for her death

Don't think like that, sir

I can't blame my children either

They feed me thrice a day

But other than that

they hardly communicate

When they were young

...I wasnt able to give them

a comfortable life

I sent them only to a Govt school

My son wanted to

become an engineer

But I was able to get him

only a seat in computer science

They are very fond of their mother

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