What if you have to buy back your own child ?

Last Monday while returning home from office, I stopped at Neiha’s office. I am always hungry after office and that day I was lucky; they were having a samosa party and I got some share of that. I didn’t enquire about that as I was getting late for a meeting; so I hurried out.

At night Neiha told me the details of that party which was thrown by her carpenter in the office. And I was shocked to the core on hearing that.

Two days back Suresh’s (the carpenter) son got lost while playing outside his house. After hours of searching they were unable to find him, so they lodged a complaint in police station. By god’s grace within twenty four hours he got a call from police station, and they asked him to come to police station.

And you won’t believe what I am going to tell you next: Someone has found Suresh’s child and they handed it over to the police. Suresh went to police station all excited and with a big smile on his face. After some taunting to the parents for not taking care of their children which leads to the harassment of police department and some more this and that; the police personal came to the point, they asked for five thousand rupees as bribe to hand over the child to him. He first argued and then requested to the police to get back his own child. Suresh couldn’t believe his fate and poverty as he didn’t have that much money to purchase his own son.

After hours of weeping and beseeching at last police vala’s hard rock heart waxed a bit and he lowered his demand to three thousand; which was still out of reach for that poor chap and after some more pleading and negotiations police vala agreed to give back his child for rupees one thousand.

I am a good critic, every friend of mine blames me; that I can’t admire anything the only thing I know is “how to criticise”. But in this case even I don’t have any words to criticise this police staff. I am not saying it a positive sense, but even I am at loss of words to condemn this barbaric behaviour.

You decide – what should one can say about this in-human act?

Was it to be blamed on the poverty or the corrupt environment or the depleting moral characters?

Where should a poor person go for help if they are being battered by the law makers and defenders of the society?

Is there any end in sight to this sleaze corruption?