Janamaithri Police Station, Kochi
Today got a chance to visit “Janamaithri Police Station”
at Kadavanthara, though it’s not for any offence, it was just to file a
complaint against the loss of my daughter’s certificates.
Parked the car in front of the station and slowly walked
in, see my heart started beating loud for no reason, may be all the news what
we see every day makes my heart to beat little loud. I controlled my heart saying
“hey I am not a culprit or a murder” be calm.
Walked in to the station and saw an officer sitting in
the reception, writing something very serious , could see a junior officer
standing behind him. On seeing me the junior jumped towards me, his intention
was to serve me but my stupid heart never understood things so fast. He said “good
morning”.
What ? a good morning from a police officer ? I wished
him in my terrified feeble voice “good morning sir” hearing my voice the senior
officer lifted his head and looked at me and extended his hand to get the
complaint letter from me. After reading the letter he wrote something and asked
the junior to do the needful. I wished the senior officer and accompanied the
junior officer.
He took me to the guestroom at the entrance of the police
station and made me seated and said you have to wait for few minutes as the concerned
officer will be arriving in 10 minutes. Now my heart is
Suddenly an officer came to me and said, why the fan is
not on ? It’s too hot inside , he pulled a chair and sat in front of me with
the day’s newspaper, he started speaking to me about the present weather condition of Kochi, I
simply nodded my head according to his statements. I have been so close to
police only when they come near to my car and showing the breath analyzer to our mouth and
ask us to blow in it to find out if the driver is drunk. Before the breath analyzer became popular they
put their head into the car and sniff on your mouth to find if you are drunk.
Thanks to the invention of the breath analyzer.
I never knew that 9.30am is the time when all the
officers assemble in the police station. I can see few people walking in with
complaints and for many other reasons, each person is greeted warmly and
addressed personally by officers. I can’t believe the changes in an Indian
police station. Suddenly another senior
officer popped up and shook hands with me and asked why I am waiting, I explained
about the loss of certificate and waiting to get a FIR copy . He took me inside
to the writer’s room. The writer is the person who takes care of all paper
works in the station. On seeing the
senior officer the writer jumped and saluted him, he just enquired about my
complaint in no seconds I got a signed copy of FIR that too a computer printed
sheet. Earlier I remember getting written ones which no one can understand what’s
written in it. On getting it I thanked
the officer and walked briskly out of the police station. I just want to get
out of the place thought everyone was friendly.
Getting into the car, suddenly I thought I did’t thank
the senior officer whom I met first, got out of the
car and went straight to
his cabin and thanked him, he smiled at me and offered me a seat, he simply
enquired about me and what I do for living.
I offered my business card, on seeing it he bursted out laughing and
said “have seen many smugglers but no one had offered him a business card” . My
business card says “smuggling” smuggling ideas for living. He had seen all the creative I have worked
for he had even noticed the latest creative in Vanitha magazine.
A good experience and happy to see a police station which
is so friendly, only thing what I noticed and suggest is all the police
officers should give English training , I found a police officer struggling to
communicate to a foreign couple but he managed to communicate with the limited
English knowledge.
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