Beware of such dramas..
This happened to a colleague of mine.
He was travelling with his family towards Agra.When he was a few hours away from his destination he decided to dispose of the food they had carried. Most of these long distance travellers carry surplus food just in case their journey takes longer than what is planned.And the food is mostly poories and pickles, sev and sweets etc.
He found a beggar in the train a suitable candidate for receiving the remaining food.He promptly handed the food. The beggar boy gladly ate a mouthful and …..screamed and…….fainted.all the passengers were shocked.Suddenly a horde of beggars landed into the compartment and created a ruckus. They wanted my friend to come to the police station in the next station and there after to the nearest hospital.My colleague tried his best to convince everybody that the food hadnt gone bad. They had consumed it a few minutes ago and were still safe and sound . Nobody heard them. The co- passengers were either too scared or shocked.
The beggars’ sangha continued their dharna and gradually started demanding a few thousands for treatment.Many co-passengers advised my colleague to ‘give something and get rid of them ‘.Finally after much bargaining they settled down to a few hundreds.
In the next station the ‘poisoned’ beggar was carried off the train by his friends.
Just as the whistle blew , my colleague and the passengers were in for another surprise. They saw the same gang board another train for Act II , scene II….The ‘poisoned ‘ beggar was leading the others.
sounds familiar? i have linked to this post before (from elsewhere), and am repeating it for the benefit of those who missed it previously!
- s.b.
@s.b :scary tales…
it is better to throw food outside for the benefit of fungi .Atleast they can’t blackmail you..
That’s dreadful. One needs to be watchful in doling freebies even!
Such incidents are a reflection of how our society is changing… theres not even an iota of honesty among the citizen
You will get trapped i such cases for no fault of yours your friend was one such that. This type of cheating making easy money has become order of the day. all of us should be careful and beware of such things. whenever we are in such place we must be reminded of such posts and take acautious approach. good one and it will give awareness to many
neel,
sorry this is totally off topic.
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cheers
rk
ommmg……… superb one …. it was hard to believe first