Team,
This happened during my recent Pune trip. Got stuck in a debate with a corrupt traffic cop and emerged a winner leaving him devastated... I must confess I did it deliberately but my heart is at peace now and have no regrets for what I did. The story goes like this.
Scenario (I had all the documents including originals but wanted desperately to make a fool of the corrupt cop...)
Seeing a AP registered vehicle coming across, the cop standing in the middle of the road (with a grin on his face and eyes enlightened) instructed me to stop and get the car on the side of the road. I did the same. There were two cops. One was constantly 'hunting' for his bread and butter on the road while second was now upto me.
(Conversation was mostly in Hindi and Marathi....Some Marathi conversation translated to Hindi and english for convenience)
He: kahaan se aa rahe ho ?
Me: Andhra
He: Andhra to dikh raha hai, andhra mein kaha se ?
Me: Hyderabad se...
He: License dikha
Me: Ye dekho... (showing xerox to him)
He: nahi nahi ye nahi chalta..aisa chalta hi nahi idhar.. Original mangta..
Me: Ab cchodo na sir..jaldi hai...sab kuch hai mere paas...
He: Mujhe duty karne de...original license....
Me: ruko...dekhta hoon...(showing attested xerox this time..)
He: ye kya hai...
Me: sir attested xerox hai...sab jagah chalta hai...wo gadgeted officer ne bataya yahi dikha do ho jayega...license kaha leke jaun saab....ghum gaya to mushkil se milta hai...yahi dekh lo...
He: Chalan faadna padega.... accha bol RC hai??
Me: haan sir...wait... (I spent 2 minutes unnecessarily here...and then showed the RC print copy)
He: tum itni door se aaya tumhare paas ek bhi original nahi....printouts dikhata hai....
Me: Sir original nahi to kya...attested copy hai sir...gadgeted officer ka....har jagah chalta hai....humare Andhra mein bhi...aisach hai...
He: Insurance de...
Me: ye lo.. (showed him insurance copy which is obvious)
He: Chalaan faadta hoon...absence of originals...chaabi de de...court se chalan bharke leke jaana.. ( here my car keys are in my pockets..already removed...)
Me: kaahe ka chalaan saab...ab cchodo na...adjust kar lo....student hoon...kya aap bhi....trucks ko pakdo na...
He: dekho 2000 rs fine hota hai....court se bharke le lena.....
Me: arre saab jaane ka hai....ab kya court kachehri.....adjust kar lo na ....
He: accha kya karne ka bol fir...tu bol...
Me: aap hi batao sir...student hoon...adjust kar lo...
He: 500 nikal chal....ja jaldi...
Me: 500 kahaan se sir....attested to hai na.... rules dikhao....
He: rules dekhna hai kya tere ko....chalaan faadta hoon 2000 ka fir rules dekh......
Me: bus kya sir..aise hi bolaa..... 100 mein dekh lo na .......
He: jamta nahi....upar dikhana padta hai....
Me: arre ek min saab...mera luggage hai....ek min dekhta hoon...shayad originals mil jaaye....wait haa... (at this time the grin and shine on his face was about to sink...and grown on my face
)
after some deliberate drama, got out my original license and RC and showed to him...he was such a big loser.... couldnt say a word...and now...turns the subject...not willing to give up...
He: PUC de...
Me: sir my vehicle is not yet 6 months old...still 10 days to go...
He: month aise count nahi hota....feb mein hai RC mein likha...aur abhi July hai...ho gaye 6 months...PUC lagta....1000 rs fine hai....
Me: ruko na to maine bola kya PUC nahi hai...main bus bol raha tha ki aapko PUC mangna nahi chahiye gaadi ko 6 months nahi hua hai par mere paas PUC hai... (showed PUC to him...now guys you can't imagine what a pleasure I was enjoying and seeing his face...I can never forget...a big fish getting slipped away from his hands...)
after totally losing the plot...he finally resorted to a lame target...
He: Road tax bhara hai....
Me: ha sir....AP mein bhara hai....
He: to idhar kaise chala raha hai??? free mein///
Me: na sir...main to abhi kal aaya hoon aur parso jaunga... Road tax ke liye to 1 month se upar rahna padta hai....
He: main kaise maan loon tu kal aaya hai...kuch bhi bolega aur main haan bolu??
Me: ek min...ye dekho toll tax slips...kal ki date hai...aur ye PUC certificate par 20 din pahle ki date hai hyderabad se nikala hai....buss ho gaya???
Finally completely taken a back....he was like....oh god I can't express how I felt and how he was feeling.....total loser...shame on that guy...harrassing common people like us....for few bucks...with arrogant and rude attitude and manner..... god bless him for his sins..
Guys I know what I did was even not 100 % right...but I have no regrets...these people deserve tit for tat....