For the last few years, one singe person has been giving the police force of Chennai some major embarrassment. I can’t say he is giving them sleepless nights, coz if he was indeed giving them, then they should have used that sleeplessness to catch him. This person, a thief, has been hoodwinking the police and making a fool of both the cops and the general public. He has a very unique way of operating. He doesn’t believe in the age old thieving concept of ‘break –in’. He doesn’t enter into the house he targets, but rather prefers to finish his job while being outside. His modus operandi could be called ‘pull-out’.
He apparently opens a window, checks out the surroundings and finding the bureau or cupboard or almirah or godrej or whatever you call it, drags it towards the window, opens it and decamps with the valuables inside. This trick he has been performing to near perfection for the last many years now. There are lots of gaps in this story. Are the windows always open, is the buereu always near to the window, how does he pull the quite heavy cupboards to his side, what are the inmates doing while he does the dragging and opening thing, and how he has been doing this for about 4 years now ? All that the papers say is the burglar has struck again and that he pulled the bureau and looted it.
These are many unanswered questions which have only helped to increase the aura around the bureau puller of Chennai. Plus the fact that the cops have not been able to catch him for years together now adds to his image. If only there was any news about this guy giving out goodies to the poor and helping out the needy, then this could have been a perfect Robin Hood story. Alas not, this looks a smart chap who knows his job. What is most irritating is the fact that even after this has been in the news for so many years the people still seem to prefer to keep their valuables inside their bureaus ( never heard of bank vaults I think) and then they position that damned thing right next to the windows. A standing invitation to the B.P would have better. No wonder every few months this dude strikes and retires back to enjoying his loot till the next time.
The normally sedate ‘The Hindu’ paper also carries articles about him. If this chap was operating in Mumbai, I could very well imagine the frenzy that the Mid-day, the Mumbai mirror, the Times and other sensationalist papers could have whipped up. Maybe even Mahesh Bhatt and family could have got a new movie idea based on this elusive bureau puller. Gangster – Killer – bureau puller. Could have completed the trilogy. But on second thoughts, may be not, for the Bhatt’s to make the movie, it should have been first made in Hollywood, only then they can rip off or lets say pull off here.
If at all the cops manage to catch him, I would want to meet this guy and get exclusive rights to his life story. Then write a book, sell that to a movie maker, make himesh reshammiya compose songs, remix them under lounge, club and bangra versions and finally make a video game out of his bureau pulling act.
Imagine the game…... could be an invisible bureau that he must find, a bureau located far off that he must pull, cops on the prowl (atleast in the game), alert inmates who are up to no good, multiple levels etc etc.. The possibilities are infinite.
Now you know why they say that the Bureau puller has caught the imagination of Chennaiites.
He apparently opens a window, checks out the surroundings and finding the bureau or cupboard or almirah or godrej or whatever you call it, drags it towards the window, opens it and decamps with the valuables inside. This trick he has been performing to near perfection for the last many years now. There are lots of gaps in this story. Are the windows always open, is the buereu always near to the window, how does he pull the quite heavy cupboards to his side, what are the inmates doing while he does the dragging and opening thing, and how he has been doing this for about 4 years now ? All that the papers say is the burglar has struck again and that he pulled the bureau and looted it.
These are many unanswered questions which have only helped to increase the aura around the bureau puller of Chennai. Plus the fact that the cops have not been able to catch him for years together now adds to his image. If only there was any news about this guy giving out goodies to the poor and helping out the needy, then this could have been a perfect Robin Hood story. Alas not, this looks a smart chap who knows his job. What is most irritating is the fact that even after this has been in the news for so many years the people still seem to prefer to keep their valuables inside their bureaus ( never heard of bank vaults I think) and then they position that damned thing right next to the windows. A standing invitation to the B.P would have better. No wonder every few months this dude strikes and retires back to enjoying his loot till the next time.
The normally sedate ‘The Hindu’ paper also carries articles about him. If this chap was operating in Mumbai, I could very well imagine the frenzy that the Mid-day, the Mumbai mirror, the Times and other sensationalist papers could have whipped up. Maybe even Mahesh Bhatt and family could have got a new movie idea based on this elusive bureau puller. Gangster – Killer – bureau puller. Could have completed the trilogy. But on second thoughts, may be not, for the Bhatt’s to make the movie, it should have been first made in Hollywood, only then they can rip off or lets say pull off here.
If at all the cops manage to catch him, I would want to meet this guy and get exclusive rights to his life story. Then write a book, sell that to a movie maker, make himesh reshammiya compose songs, remix them under lounge, club and bangra versions and finally make a video game out of his bureau pulling act.
Imagine the game…... could be an invisible bureau that he must find, a bureau located far off that he must pull, cops on the prowl (atleast in the game), alert inmates who are up to no good, multiple levels etc etc.. The possibilities are infinite.
Now you know why they say that the Bureau puller has caught the imagination of Chennaiites.
2 comments:
Nice story and good prospects da...best of luck!!
are you running out of ideas!!
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