कोई शिक्षक होता है, तो कोई समाज सेवक । कोई लेखक होता है, तो कोई संपादक । कुछ राजनीतिज्ञ होते हैं, तो कुछ शिक्षणविद । कोई शिक्षा के सिद्धांतों का निर्माण करता है, तो कोई संस्थाओं का। कुछ लोग समाज की अच्छाइयों को दीमक की तरह चाट जाने वाले रुढिवाद को निर्मूल कर देना चाहते हैं, तो कुछ वर्तमान राजनीति से भ्रष्टाचार को। किंतु जब हम बात करते हैं डॉ. मफतलाल जेठालाल पटेल की, हमें उनके चरित्र में व्यक्तित्व के ये सारे आयाम पूर्ण रूप से सिद्ध दिखाई पड़ते हैं।
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सिर्फ अपने जीवन और घर से ही कुरिवाजों को नहीं उखाड़ फेंका, किंतु महिलाओं का सामाजिक स्तर सुधारने में तथा जन-जन में नारी के सम्मान की जागृति लाने के लिए निरंतर कार्यान्वित रहे। महिलाओं के उत्कर्ष के लिए, 'महिला और मानव अधिकार' (२०१५) कि जिसमें जिलाओं के तथा ऐतिहासिक परिप्रेक्ष्य में महिलाओं का महत्त्व तथा उनके कानूनी अधिकारकास विस्तार से चर्चा की गई है, तदोपरांत 'दीकरीने उडवा पांखों तो आपो' कार की को उड़ने के लिए पंख तो दें) (२०१९), 'दादानी दीकरीओ' (दादा की बीटिया (२०१५) जैसे अनेक लेखों तथा ग्रंथों द्वारा नारी कल्याण की ज्योति जलाते रहे।
उनके विचार समाज में सिर्फ नारी की स्थिति तक ही सीमित नहीं हैं। उन्होंने पूरे-पूरे गाँव तक का उद्धार किया है। उन्होंने १९८५ में गुजरात के धंधुका तहसील के हरिपुरा नामक एक अशिक्षित, पिछडे हुए गाँव को दत्तक लिया। अपने सूझ-बूझ और सिद्धांतों से उसे एक आदर्श गाँव बनाया। इस गांव का एक भी व्यक्ति अशिक्षित, बेकार या व्यसनी नहीं है। हर घर किसी ना किसी प्रकार के गृह उद्योग से सुशोभित है । ग्रामोत्थान के इस वंदनीय कार्य के लिए उन्हें 'हरिपुरा के गांधी' के नाम से सम्मानित किया गया है।
वे एक आदर्श शिक्षक रहे हैं। हिंदी, संस्कृत तथा मनोविज्ञान के विशारद ने प्राथमिक शाला से लेकर हाई स्कूल शिक्षणकार्य किया और फिर हिंदी एवं मनोविज्ञान के अध्यापक रहे। व्यावसायिक सफर सिर्फ इतना ही सीमित नहीं है।। अहमदाबाद जिला पंचायत शिक्षा समिति के प्रमुख के रूप में वे लगातार चार बार बहुमत से जीत कर २० साल तक सेवा कार्य करते रहें। उनकी सिखाई गई शिक्षा नीतियों का आज भी गुजरात शिक्षा बोर्ड अनुसरण करता है। इस दौरान उन्होंने अहमदाबाद जिले की १०६५ स्कूलों की कायापलट की है। अहमदाबाद जिले का कोई स्कूल नहीं जिसकी उन्होंने मुलाकात न ली हो। यह गाँधीवादी विचारक एक कुशल और इमानदार राजनीतिज्ञ भी हैं। सन् १९८१ में अहमदाबाद जिला पंचायत की सीट पर भाजपा की ओर से जीतने वाले प्रथम कार्यकर्ता है। फिर निरंतर २० सालों तक अर्थात् १९८१ से २००० तक बहुमत से विजयी रहे। बचपन से ही पिता के उच्च गुणों को धारण करने वाले डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल ने अपना राजनैतिक जीवन भ्रष्टाचार से बेदाग होकर बिताया। उन्होंने साबित कर दिखाया कि अगर व्यक्ति चाहे तो अपनी आधुनिक विचारधारा को अटल निश्चय के साथ अपने जीवन में उतार कर अपना आचरण भले ही संघर्षपूर्ण, किंतु निश्छल रखे तो वह समाज में लोगों का आदर और विश्वास जरूर प्राप्त कर सकता है।
उन्होंने अपने जन्म स्थल महेसाणा जिले के विसनगर तहसील में 'कड़ा' गाँव में एक सार्वजनिक पुस्तकालय का भी निर्माण किया। चार मंजिला वाला यह पुस्तकालय आधुनिक सुविधाओं से सज्ज है। ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर पुस्तकें और पाठकों की बैठक व्यवस्था है। दूसरी मंजिल कम्प्यूटर लैब से सुसज्ज है तथा तीसरी मंजिल में प्रोजेक्टर तथा आधुनिक फर्निचर हैं जो स्पर्धात्मक परीक्षार्थियों के लिए काफी उपयोगी है। चौथी मंजिल का निर्माण अभी कुछ समय पूर्व ही हुआ जिसे स्मृति सांस्कृतिक भवन कहते हैं। इन बहुआयामी व्यक्तित्व के कृतियों की सूचि जिस प्रकार बहुत लंबी है, वैसे ही उनके लेखन तथा प्रकाशन की सूचि भी काफी लंबी है। जिसे संक्षिप्त टिप्पणी में समा लेना काफी कठिन है।
डो. मफतलाल पटेल एक सिद्धहस्त लेखक तथा संपादक भी हैं। उन्होंने 'अचला एजुकेशन फाउंडेशन ट्रस्ट' की स्थापना की। सन् २००१ से नियमित प्रकाशित अचला मेगेजीन के तंत्री है, जिसमें समकालीन शिक्षा प्रवाह, गतिविधियाँ, समस्याओं पर चिंतन, इत्यादि की विस्तृत चर्चा के साथ-साथ शिक्षाविदों का मार्गदर्शन भी उपलब्ध रहता है। इसके उपरांत उन्होंने 'प्रगतिशील शिक्षण', 'केलवणी', 'जीवन शिक्षण', 'घरशाला', 'सारस्वत' जैसे अनेक शैक्षणिक सामयिकों में गुणवत्तायुक्त योगदान दिया है। पाटीदार समाज के मुखपत्र 'धरती' में भी महत्त्वपूर्ण कार्य किया है। 'शिक्षण क्षेत्रे सूर्योदय' (२०१६) नामक ग्रंथ में ६४ शिक्षाविदों के चिंतनात्मक लेखों का संपादन किया। 'प्रगति' (२०१७) में स्मिट कार्डन के ग्रंथ का संपादन किया ।
इतना ही नहीं, उन्होंने अनुवाद कार्य में भी अपना बहुमूल्य योगदान दिया है। एच. जी. वेल्स की आठ कहानियों का 'वर्ल्ड बेस्ट स्टोरीज' (२०२०) के नाम से अंग्रेजी से गुजराती में अनुवाद किया है। कई चिंतनात्मक लेख लिखे, जैसे कि 'चालो, जीवी लईए. (२०२०), 'जीवन ने सुमधुर बनाववाना राजमार्गो' (२०१५), 'संकल्प बल' (२०१३), 'विचार बल' (२०१६), 'टिक्स एन्ड किड्स' (१९९२) जैसे कई ग्रंथों का लेखन कार्य किया। लोकजागृति के लिए 'समाज को बदल डालो' नाटक की रचना की।
हिंदी साहित्य के प्रथम मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यासकारों जैनेन्द्र, इलाचंद्र जोशी, अजेय, इत्यादि के औपन्यासिक पात्रों का दर्शन और शिल्प के परिप्रेक्ष्य में मनोवैज्ञानिक विश्लेषण भी किया है।
हिन्दी उपन्यासकारों की प्रथम श्रेणी के उत्कृष्ट अपन्यासकार श्री जैनेन्द्रजी के बारे में डॉ. मफतलाल पटेल कहते है कि, मनुष्य के मन की पर्तें खोलकर तह में छिपी हुई गांठें खोलने और पिघलाने में श्री जैनेन्द्र सिद्धहस्त कलाकार हैं। वे अंतर्मुखी व्यक्तित्व का दर्शन करवाते हैं। डो. मफतलाल पटेल ने जैनेन्द्र के 'सुनीता' (१९६४), 'त्यागपत्र' (१९३७), 'कल्याणी' (१९३९) 'सुखदा' (१९५२) जैसे चरित्र प्रधान उपन्यासों के पात्रों की कथनी और करनी की बारीकाई से मनोविश्लेषण प्रस्तुत किया है।
'सुनीता' उपन्यास में किसी अन्य पुरुष की मानसिक कुंठाएँ खोल कर उसके व्यक्तित्व के संपूर्ण विकास के लिए किस प्रकार एक स्त्री अपना सब कुछ उसे समर्पित कर देती है. इस मानसिक स्थिति का खूब सुंदर विश्लेषण किया गया है। हो. पटेल 'त्यागपत्र' की मुख्य नायिका मृणाल के जीवन का विश्लेषण करते हुए कहते हैं कि उसकी खरी त्रासदी ना ही उसके अनाथ होने में है और ना ही भूख तिल-तिल मरने में हैं। परंतु उसके यह है कि वह एक अपने अमेड पति को समर्पित होने के बावजूद है यातना तो अविन व्यतीत करने को बाध्य है। एक सीधी सरल सती स्त्री को अपवित्रता च कलंक लगाकर घर से निकाल दिया जाता है तथा नर्क से बदतर यातनाओं के साथ तड़प-तड़प कर मरने के लिए छोड़ दिया जाता है।
मृणाल अपने साथ किए गए सभी अन्याय को मौन रहकर सहती है, कहीं कोई विरोध नहीं करती । स्कूल मास्टर से मार खाना, सैली के भाई से प्रेम की बात पर अपनी भाभी से पीटा जाना, सभी इच्छाओं का गला घोटकर एक अधेड विधुर से विवाह, निर्दोष होने के बावजूद पति द्वारा घर से निकाले जाना और सामाजिक उत्पीडन की हर घटना को मौन रहकर सहने वाली मृणाल की मानसिकता का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते है कि मनुष्य ना तो स्वयं को बदल सकता है और ना बाहरी दुनिया को । वह केवल अपनी स्थिति की व्याख्या कर सकता है।
श्री जैनेन्द्र के सुप्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'कल्याणी' में मुख्य नायिका कल्याणी के चरित्र और मनोवृत्तियों की व्याख्या करते हुए वे कहते हैं कि स्त्री सदैव अपने पति से प्रेम चाहती हैं। यदि उसे वह प्रेम ना मिला तो परपुरुष या धर्म में प्रेम ढूंढती है। असफलता मिलने पर स्वयं को कोसती है, पीटती है। कहती है, "में सब भूल जाना चाहती हूँ। मैं खुद से नफरत करना चाहती हूँ।" डॉ. पटेल कल्याणी को एक ऐसी स्त्री का ज्वलंत उदाहरण बताते हैं जो जीवन से नाराज, हताश और असंतुष्ट है ।
श्री अज्ञेयजी को हिंदी के महान मनोवैज्ञानिक उपन्यासकार बताते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि अज्ञेय ने अपने पात्रों के मनोविश्लेषण के आधार पर कथा साहित्य का प्रासाद खड़ा किया है। अज्ञेयजी के 'शेखर - एक जीवनी' उपन्यास के मुख्य पात्र शेखर का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि व्यक्ति के चरित्र निर्माण की नींव उसके बचपन के प्रथम ५ वर्ष में है। माता पिता के रोज के क्रूर झगडों में शेखर ने अपना बचपन खो दिया। निर्दोष इच्छाएँ और बाल सहज भावनाओं के दमन के परिणामस्वरुप उसमें एक अपराधी का जन्म हुआ । डॉ. पटेल 'शेखर - एक जीवनी' को हिंदी उपन्यास साहित्य में एक नए प्रयोग के रुप में प्रमाणित करते हैं।
अज्ञेयजी के एक अन्य उपन्यास 'नदी के द्वीप' की मुख्य नायिकार रेखा के बारे में डॉ. पटेल लिखते हैं कि रेखा एक ऐसी स्त्री है जिसकी तुलना में अन्य किसी भी उपन्यास का कोई भी पात्र खड़ा नहीं रह सकता। वह एक विचारशील नारी है, जो सामाजिक विचारधारा को चुनौती देती है। तीन अलग-अलग पुरुषों के संसर्ग में जीवन व्यतित करने के बावजूद वह चरित्रहीन नहीं है। रेखा एक विशेष चरित्र का प्रतिबिंब है।
दर्शन और शिल्प के परिप्रेक्ष्य में इलाचंद्र जोशीजी के उपन्यासों का मनोविश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि, "जोशीजी ने मानवी के अवचेतन में दबी हुई अतृप्त वासनाओं का चित्र खींचकर यह बताया है कि, इंसान के व्यवहार में अवचेतन का प्रभाव सबसे अधिक है।"
जोशीजी के लेखन की समीक्षा करते हुए वे कहते हैं कि जोशीजी मनोविज्ञान के सिद्धांतों को सामने रख कर उपन्यास लिखते हैं। 'सन्यासी' उपन्यास का मुख्य नायक नन्दकिशोर का कुण्ठित अहंकार, ईर्ष्या तथा शंकाशील प्रकृति का रुप धारण कर लेता है। असफलता, ईर्ष्या, अपनी शक्तिहीनता का ज्ञान, असंतोष और हाहाकार के बीच उसके अहंकार ने उसे सदा जलते रहने के लिए छोड़ दिया ।
इसी प्रकार 'पर्दे की रानी' में निरंजना का विश्लेषण करते हुए डॉ. पटेल कहते हैं कि, "वर्तमान युग में केवल व्यक्तिगत प्रभाव की ही बोलबाला नहीं है, किन्सु अहम् से जन्मी प्रतिहिंसा का परिणाम महायुद्धों के नाशलीला में परिणत होता है। मनुष्य को कृत्रिम शिक्षा और संस्कृति को त्यागकर स्वस्थ, सबल, सहज और स्वाभाविक बुद्धि स्तर पर आना होगा।"
डॉ. पटेल के बहुआयामी व्यक्तित्व के बारे में जितना लिखा जाय, कम ही है। हिन्दी ओपन्यसिक पात्रों के चरित्र का मनोविश्लेषण उनसे बेहतर और कोई नहीं कर सकता। उनकी दीर्घायु और बेहतर स्वास्थ्य के लिए मेरी हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ ।
'ગ્રંથવૈભવ, ડૉ. મફતલાલ પટેલના સાહિત્યાસ્વાદનો સંચય', 2021 में प्रकाशित;
प्रकरण: 51; पेज नंबर: 246-250.
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Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -7: In the Lair of Criminals
If any crime is committed within
the boundary of a State, its investigation becomes limited to that state, and
hence solving that case becomes a bit easier for the police. But if the crime is
connected to another State, it becomes very difficult and challenging to
investigate and nab the treacherous criminals.
A very famous party plot of Modasa
city has witnessed many splendid occasions. In one such grand wedding ceremony,
the hosts along with their guests were enjoying the occasion to the brim. After
the feast, the guests left. Around 11 pm, the family members of the party-givers
were engaged in photo shoot so as to make the event unforgettable. But none of
them had the slightest idea that these blissful moments were not going to prevail
longer.
During wedding occasions, it is a tradition
to accept gifts in cash, and mostly this duty is assigned to the son-in-law of
the family. He had finalized the amount of money received in the notebook and
had securely put the cash along with the book in a bag, when someone urged him
to join the family photo shoot. As people present there were all family
members, he left the bag unattended on the counter table and joined the photo
session. Finally, when it was all over, he returned to the counter for the bag,
and found it gone.
It was a bolt from the blue for the
son-in-law, as the bag contained jewelleries and cash totalling a worth of
around ten lakhs. He frantically started searching for the bag, but it was nowhere
to be found. Initially he thought that someone must have played a prank on him
by hiding the bag, but the bag was missing for real. The joy of marriage
function turned into a melancholy.
Not the slightest bit was found
despite searching all over the place. Just because of a reckless blunder, a
very big amount of money was stolen. Despite the presence of abundant family
members at the moment someone took the bag and had slipped away from everyone’s
sight. The nearby police station was informed of this incident immediately. It
was for the first time that a case of robbery of over 10 lakhs was filed in
that region. The police started investigating this challenging case of
professional robbers from late night. They started with checking the CCTV
footages of the party-plot along with the surrounding shops. Suspicious
activities of some 10-12 years old children were observed in them. How and why
would the children of such a young age commit a robbery of such a large sum of
money? Those children were passing the bag to each other and moving forward. They
quickly delivered the bag to the car which was stationed at a certain distance
and in the blink of an eye the car disappeared.
The mystery of this theft was to be
solved based on the CCTV footage. It was difficult to reach the crooks based
solely on footage without any supporting evidence. But strong will makes the
impossible possible. CCTV footages of the surrounding tolls were collected. A
suspicious car was observed in them. The police successfully got their hands on
the number of the car. The registration of the car was from Madhya Pradesh. A
whole lot of details and the resume of the person on whose name the car was
registered were gathered. Checking that resume revealed a long list of crimes.
That village in Madhya Pradesh is
very notorious. Most of the people here are known for smuggling in different
parts of the country. These people have created such a dangerous awe that even
the local police have to think many times before entering that village. These
people abduct 10-12 years old children from Rajasthan and prepare them for trafficking.
Children around this age can very easily get access to any occasion anywhere.
They are trained on how to pick up the valuables on sight without grabbing any attention.
Nobody even suspects them. The mastermind behind the whole incident is standing
200-500 metres away from the crime scene and has fully geared to escape. The
moment the valuables reach their hands, their car vanishes at full speed within
a few moments. The children are appeased by giving some money.
The same notorious gang had carried
out the theft of 10 lakhs in the Modasa party plot. The criminal record of the
accused was in the hands of the police. Nabbing the crooks from that dangerous
village in an unknown area of Madhya Pradesh was quite tricky than expected.
The District Police chief Sanjay Kharat tried to talk to the Superintendent of Police
of that area in Madhya Pradesh for help, but the local police cooperation did
not provide the expected cooperation.
The team of Aravalli District
Police left for Madhya Pradesh. There was no possibility of getting the
cooperation of local police there. Just a fortnight before the occurrence of
this incident, the local police were fatally attacked from this village. Both
tact and force had to be employed. The police mixed with the locals of that
village in plain clothes and collected important information. Based on this
information, it was certain that the accused of the theft of Rs. 10 lakhs
belonged to this village. Extorting money from him was as hard as chewing iron
grams. The police officers cleverly arranged a meeting with the village
sarpanch and persuaded him to return the stolen money. While conversing with
the sarpanch, it was revealed that many people including the Sarpanch were
involved in the trafficking. The sarpanch was convinced to return the money
using all possible tactics. According to him, all the theft booty was spent.
The task of recovering the money
was difficult but the Aravalli District Police was not ready to give up. The Aravalli
Police went to another State and without the cooperation of the local police entered
the stronghold of dangerous criminals and were successful in seizing
approximately three lakhs of stolen money. Recovering 3 lakhs rupees from those
criminals was a big victory. Police are still putting effort to recover the
remaining amount of money. The local police of Madhya Pradesh were also stunned
to see this feat of the Aravalli Police. PSI C.F. Rathod and his team played a
crucial role in solving this case.
The police don’t even care about
their own lives to protect people’s lives and property. This is the
intoxication that lies on wearing ‘Khakhi’
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 27 March 2024, on
https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/03/kartavya-duty-with-dedication-chapter-7.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -6: Who committed the thievery?
Many criminals dream of deadly attacks and robberies to terrorize in broad daylight. Aravalli police has set many examples of capturing such criminals, squashing their malicious intentions and teaching them appropriate lesson.
This is about one of such a robbery incident that occurred in broad daylight on a desolated road in a village near Shamala. That is a tribal area. The people of tribal community live there by building kutcha pucca houses scattered on hills. Private finance companies provide many loan and saving schemes in this area and the employees regularly visit them to get the instalments.
It was the afternoon of 9th December 2022. Few employees of such a private financial company were passing on bike through a desolated road after collecting the amount obtained out of loan and saving schemes in the villages near Shamala. They didn’t have even the slightest idea about being kept an eye on with the purpose of theft. It was during noon and the area was unpeopled. While they were passing by suddenly someone stopped them and hit hard with a thick blunt wooden stick. They fell down from the bike and cried for help but in vain, their voice echoed in the surrounding hills. The robbers despoiled the bag full of rupees and disappeared in the nearby hills.
They looted about two and half lakh rupees. The employees were badly injured. What had happened just in a few moments was beyond their understanding. They were brought to a nearby hospital for treatment. There was no possibility of catching their assailant and recovering the loot as it was intrigued in a deserted area. However, a complaint of robbery was filed.
The afternoon had put the police in action mode. It was necessary to take the culprits into custody before their intentions got too high. LCB PI K D Gohil took over the reins of the investigations. The fellow officers joined him.
As it had betided in a derelict area, no CCTV footage or any other link was available. Therefore, it was a bit complicated to solve the case. The investigating officers were highly experienced in this sort of work. Human intelligence and technical surveillance were put to work and habitual offenders and suspicious crooks were kept under constant watch. Keeping the complainants with them, the CCTV footages of CCTV installed in nearby villages were checked.
The investigation was still in progress, but as days had passed, the burglars were now on the loose and the police were actively pursuing the case. The LCB teams received information from their private informers that the four criminals were coming from Rajasthan to Gujarat on a bike without number plates through the jungles.
Based on the information, the area was cordoned off and at 12:30 pm, according to the information, four ISMOs were passing by with bikes without number plates, police cordoned off and arrested the four criminals. At the result of intensive interrogation, they confessed to the crime of committing the robbery. After mutilating these four malefactors, goods worth approximately two lakhs were seized from them.
The police not only solved the loot case carried out in deserted area, but was also did a commendable job of solving vehicle theft cases.
The district police chief says, “No matter how much technology comes along, basic policing relies on an intensive network of informants. Many such incidents occur where technical help doesn’t seem to work. Then police keep on working for months and years on a single case. This loot case was one such complicated case. Only on the basis of the public's trust in the police did the informer convey the accurate information of the accused to the police. As the district police, it is our duty to inculcate the same trust of the citizens.”
The crime-solving success graph of Aravalli District Police has been steadily rising. The district police have created a positive atmosphere by doing effective work to instil confidence in the hearts of the common people towards Khaki and keep criminals at bay.
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 5th April 2024, on
https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/04/kartavya-chapter-6-who-committed.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -5: Why an Eerie Silence in Modasa?
The afternoon of 18th July 2022 will probably never be forgotten by Modasa town. The whole Modasa town was stunned. An incident that occurred in the afternoon shook the people of the district entirely. That incident was so serious that it’s echoes were heard in Gandhinagar after a short while.
Malpur road was centre of shopping as many famous showrooms and shops were located there. It was crowded with people all day long. There situated a well-known showroom of electronics. Once, the owner of this showroom was busy with his work when suddenly three people barged in the shop. One of them possessed a pistol in his hand. They rushed towards the counter and demanded 4 lakh rupees from the shop owner at gunpoint. The owner of the showroom was taken aback by this sudden incident. He was at a loss to understand as how to react under this situation. However, the owner fearlessly resisted the three unknown people and refused to hand over any money.
The unknown assailants who had come to the showroom with the intention of loot and robbery, resorted to violence. One of the assailant’s took a hammer and hit the showroom owner hard on the head. Blood gushed profusely from the head of the showroom owner. However, he still resisted the robbers with full courage. People gathered on hearing the commotion, and the robbers fled for the fear of being caught. The robbers threatened a young man and fled away by forcibly snatching away his moped.
The showroom owner screamed in bloody state, people gathered, but by the time the robbers had succeeded in fleeing away. During this commotion the criminals vanished in thin air. Never had such a violence with the intent of robbery in broad daylight taken place in such a congested area of Modasa town. This incident went viral. The whole town was shocked by it.
The police on getting the news, immediately rushed to the spot. Seeing the seriousness of the incident, Sanjay Kharat, the Chief of police himself reached the crime spot in no time.
This incident was broadcasted as breaking news by all the TV channels. The State Home Minister also spoke directly with the District Chief of Police to quickly resolve this issue of violent burglary.
Solving this case was a tough challenge for the police. The bike on which the criminals had arrived did not even have a number plate, but luckily the entire incident was captured on CCTV. The CCTV footage went viral so much that the disturbing visuals reached to the majority of people’s mobiles. Based on this footage and ‘NETRAM’, the robbers were now to be traced.
Without losing a single moment, the district police set wheels in motion to nab the criminals. Dy Sp. Bharat Basiya, LCB PI C. P. Vaghela and other senior officers together with team ‘NETRAM’ started working on this case. The private informers were activated. All these actions took place within a couple of hours after the incident.
PSI J. H. Chowdhry, in charge of NETRAM branch, examined the footages from CCTV cameras installed all over the town. His phone rang, but the pressure of work was such that he did not have leisure to pick up his phone. The phone rang second time, a third time… He was repeatedly getting a phone call over and over again. He finally received it. The other side said that they knew the person who was involved in that day’s incident. One of the culprits was a person living in a village of Talod Taluka and the other two of his accomplices were his friends who lived in an area nearby Modasa.
An important link got in hand for solving the case. Details about the burglars were acquired through NETRAM CCTV footages. They had ditched the moped on the highway on running out of petrol and had fled towards the jungle. Police cordoned the area and caught all the three culprits and seized the motorcycle used in the loot, fake pistol and their mobiles.
The incident had occurred in the afternoon and before nightfall the culprits were already in custody of the police. This was a huge success. By solving the case in mere 3 to 4 hours, the police reassured the public that any criminal howsoever with high connections, too, cannot escape from the clutches of the police. The media, who was questioning the performance of the police just two or three hours ago, was now admiring the performance of the same police. The Aravalli police were showered congratulations from all over. The State Home Minister also praised the Aravalli Police Chief for this speedy solution of much debated and lime lighted case.
When the accused was interrogated about as to how the idea of stealing occurred to him. The answer he gave was really shocking. He said, “I bought a music system worth Rs 1.5 lakh at home, but I did not have enough money to pay for it. So, by looting, I intended to pay the remaining price.” The police too were startled on hearing this.
Anyone who spends more than his income on unnecessary hobbies and shows off will eventually regret it.
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 12th March 2024, on
https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/03/5-kartavya-why-eerie-silence-in-modasa.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -4:Foray of Burglary in Jeweller’s Shop
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 11th January 2024, on
https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/01/chapter-5-foray-of-burglary-in.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -3: Death as Reward of Love
This story is about a small remote village of Meghraj taluka in Aravalli district, bordering Rajasthan. One had to go to Meghraj to buy daily necessities. A resident of this hamlet, Mittal was a college student. One afternoon, she headed to Meghraj to get her documents photocopied and clothes stitched.
At evening the family naturally got worried for their young daughter was out since afternoon and was yet to return. Their worries increased as they found her phone was switched off. The family contacted all her friends but all went in vain.
After waiting for a while, they began to look for her. They searched everywhere but couldn’t track her down. The search continued for the whole night until dawn, still her whereabouts were unknown. Her family fell into hardships due to the various doubts and suspicions.
About the afternoon Shailesh, a young man, showed up with her news. He informed that he had seen two young men of nearby village abducting Mittal, after knocking her out, on a motorcycle and then driving towards the forest. On hearing that, her family felt as if the land beneath them vanished.
Shailesh insisted on helping her family. He led everyone towards the forest. The scene they witnessed over there almost made everyone faint. Mittal’s corpse was hanging from the tree by her dupatta. It was very evidently a case of murder and not of suicide. The suspicion of it being a murder case became clearer as her corpse was touching the ground and her legs were bent. As Mittal was a bright girl in her life, she had her dreams. But someone had killed them also along with her.
Her family immediately informed the police and lodged an F.I.R. against the culprits indicated by Shailesh.
That news spread rapidly everywhere. The family made a resolution about not to cremate their daughter’s dead body until the culprits were caught. Assessing the seriousness of the incident, the police immediately arrived at the spot. This case also was a challenge for the district police. The police chief Sanjay Kharat assured to nab the culprits at the earliest and dealt with her family with great tact and persuasion.
The investigation was handed over to LCB C.P. Vaghela and PST A.M. Desai. They formed different teams and entrusted the task to the informers.
The culprits indicated by Shailesh were caught by police. They were probed. After intense interrogation the police concluded that the two youths, they had nabbed, were innocent and the real culprit was still to be discovered. The case was now getting more complicated. No other lead regarding the case was found. The police didn’t lose their patience.
The constant presence of Shailesh at Mittal’s murder place was found to be dubious. Everyone was shocked after knowing this. Is this the same Shailesh who was providing her family and the police the first-hand information?
The police cleverly captured Shailesh. When they interrogated him in their formidable style, like a smart dumbass he started chirping like a parrot. He confessed having committed the murder. According to him, he was in love with Mittal for almost one and half years and both used to meet frequently. Even on the day of murder both had met in the forest on the outskirts of the village. During that time, a message from another male friend of Mittal had got flashed on her mobile. A suspicion arose in Shailesh’s mind about Mittal having an affair with another man as well. He could not tolerate the fact of seeing some other man’s message flashing in her phone. His anger rose to the sky, and he had slapped her fiercely on her face. The impact of the slap was so strong that she had collapsed and fell unconscious.
Her unconsciousness had frightened him. He had thought that she had died. To avoid getting trapped in her murder case he had tied her dupatta firmly around her neck and had hung her from the tree. He had invented the whole story so as not to get involved in the crime. He had falsely joined the family in search for Mittal but could not save himself from the smartness of the police. Her phone was also recovered from his house and finally a rogue killer was sent behind bars.
It is only on the vine of trust and faith that the flower of love blossoms. This is an ideal example of a tragedy when mistrust and suspicion ruins sacred relationship of love. The Aravalli police has set an example by solving many such complicated cases, thereby instilling faith in the police.
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 12th February 2024, on
https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/02/death-as-reward-of-love.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -2: Dhaval, An unsolved Riddle
This is one of the heart-wrenching incidents of the Aravalli region. One evening, Ramjibhai was frantically searching for his four-year-old grandson. His beloved and cherished grandson had been missing since afternoon. He searched the whole village but no one did not find him. Even though it was getting dark, there was no trace to be found of Dhaval anywhere. Later, on the whole village joined in search of Dhaval. The village was very small. So now the search was directed to the outskirts of the village.
The villagers began searching surrounding fields, ponds, and wells. The news rvillagerseceived of late was very shocking. Someone tried to kill him by tightening the noose of the rope around Dhaval’s neck on Ramjibhai’s farm. But Dhaval was still breathing. He was immediately taken to a nearby town hospital for treatment. Dhaval’s condition was turning out to be critical. Hence, he was shifted to a big city hospital. Dhaval breathed his last during the treatment at the hospital. Even after great effort, Dhaval couldn’t be saved. The crime of Dhaval’s murder was registered at the police station. And the police scrambled to find the murderer of the innocent child.
The question was, who would have committed this heinous and gruesome crime of killing an innocent child? Who must be the killer? Who would be that sinner? And what would be the motive behind the murder of this innocent child? This was one question which would start anyone contemplating it. The first question was why was Dhaval staying with his grandfather? Are the parents alive or not? And if the parents are alive, where are they? The name of Dhaval’s father was Sureshbhai. His first marriage was with the girl of his own community. The marriage barely lasted for one year. Suresh and his wife got divorced in one year. After getting divorced, Suresh fell in love with a girl who was a resident of a small village in the Aravalli district. And finally got married and started living together. Initially both passed a happy married life, and a son was born to them. The son was named Dhaval. As Dhaval’s age advanced, so did the marital discord between Suresh and his second wife kept on increasing.
The dissention/disagreement rose to such a level that the relation with his second wife was on the verge of breaking. Later the matter came to the point of divorce. Dhaval was three and half years old at that time. Suresh’s second wife handed over the custody of her son Dhaval to her in-laws and went to her parent’s home. Now Suresh also left home. Despite having parents, Dhaval became parentless. The responsibility of upbthe ringing/nurturing of Dhaval fell on the grandfather Mr. Ramjibhai. Suresh kept moving from one city to another in search of a job. Sometimes he used to get retail jobs in cities like Himmat Nagar, Ahmedabad or Surat. Meanwhile, a girl came into his contact and later turned into a love relationship. Suresh was now in a relationship with a third girl. He then came with the girl to his hometown. The girl’s family disapproved of this relationship at all cost. The girl's family took the girl back home. Now Suresh was all alone. He became irritable and suspicious by nature. He was not ready to talk in a decent manner with anyone.
While Sures was in his hometown he received a phone call from his second wife. After conversing with his second wife, restlessness in Suresh intensified, His face was livid and turned red with anger. He was at a loss as to what to do next. In the afternoon he took his son Dhaval to a barber in nearby village. After returning from the adjoining village, he took his bag and left for work. After that, Dhaval having not returned until nightfall, the grandfather started the search and found Dhaval in an unconscious state with a rope around his neck in the field. And while the treatment was in progress in the hospital he breathed his last. The killing of the innocent child left the whole area in a state of deep shock.
The case was gaining momentum under the guidance of District Police Chief Sanjay Kharat. The district LCB was given the charge to lead the case and trace the accused. The investigation started in full swing. The LCB started working day and night to gather the evidence and when the truth came out it was astonishing for everyone. At the time when this incident took place, the presence of Dhaval, i.e. Dhaval’s father was noted around the spot/place. The needle of suspicion of the murder was pointing towards the child’s father, Suresh.
When police started searching for Suresh he was found working as a labourer in a city. He was nabbed from the spot. On his interrogation at the police station, he confessed that “ I have attempted to kill Dhaval because her mother only told me on a phone that Dhaval was not his child, but that of her lover/paramour. This fact was unbearable for me to accept that someone else’s son was being raised in my home. This very thought robbed me of my mental peace. And that day itself I took Dhaval under the pretext of hair cut with the intention of killing him. I took him to the field and put a noose tightly around his neck and came home and escaped saying that I am to leave for some job.” Suresh’s confession even stunned the police. How can a father kill his own innocent child? It's truly said, that there can be no remedy to doubt/suspicion. It is difficult to imagine how the doubt of a worm can make a person perpetuate the most heinous of an act.
Dhaval’s grandfather Ramjibhai was forced to spend his old age in a helpless state. One of the specialities of our judicial system is that a hundred criminals can be acquitted, but one innocent should not be punished. Suresh had confessed to having committed the crime at the police station, but no evidence or witnesses were there to prove it, hence the crime couldn’t be proved. Due to the need for proper evidence and witnesses, the honourable court acquitted Suresh.
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 14th December 2023, on https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2023/12/an-unsolved-riddle.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
Kartavya: Duty with Dedication
Chapter -1, Two Mysterious Cadavers
It was 23rd
November of 2021. Two mysterious dead bodies of a woman and a child were found
on the banks of a lake on the outskirts of a marginal village in Aravalli
district. The villagers were shocked by the unprecedented incident in the
village. They informed the police about the incident. The district police
rushed to the spot immediately. There was commotion in the entire district.
News in regards with the same made headlines in local newspapers the next day.
The dead woman
found was in her 40s and the child was about 12. They didn't belong to any
nearby village. Their faces were unfamiliar and seemed to belong to some other
area. So, how did these two corpses come here? The case started being widely
discussed in the entire district. A dreadful atmosphere prevailed in the
village. Superintendent of Police, Aravalli Sanjay Kharat was a promising
officer. Having realized the severity of this double murder case, he
immediately put wheels in motion to solve it. It was a challenging case for the
district police as well. The district police started the investigation.
Initial
speculation suggested that they both were strangled to death and the bodies had
been dumped in the hinterland to destroy the evidence.
It was getting
troublesome for the police to solve the case with no leads. Modasa LCB visited
the incident site. No evidence was found at the scene, but a search of the
surrounding area revealed a bag full of clothes nearby. The bag contained
clothes of a woman and a child. Among the clothes, there was a new blouse with
a name of a village along with 'Kaminiben' written on it. It was clear from the
clothes that this bag belonged to the deceased. That was all the clue the
police got. It was not easy to track down the killer based on just the name on
the blouse, but the police handled the task patiently and tactfully.
Based on
the names written on the blouse, the police started to search for that
particular village. Finally, they found it. It was a small village in Tapi
district at Southern Gujarat. The police made their way there. Talking to the
villagers they came to know it was Vinod’s family. The woman's name was Kamini
and the child's name was Aakash. Vinod was deeply staggered when the police
broke the news about his wife and child's bloodshed.
The murder
puzzle was getting more complicated. There was no rift between Vinod and his wife,
but technical surveillance and confidants got information that his wife, Kamini
was having an affair with a person named Mukesh from a village near Junagadh.
Kamini had left for Junagadh with her 12-year-old son forever to live with her
lover, Mukesh. She had also taken away a sum of Rs. 3,00,000/- from her
husband's savings with her. She had left her happy family to start a new life
of her dreams with her lover Mukesh. None had the idea about her leaving home.
To know what had happened, it was necessary to contact Mukesh.
This led to
Junagadh. The Aravalli police set all the balls rolling to nab Mukesh. An information
was received about Mukesh staying in Rajkot. The police reached there. Mukesh
was on the verge of escaping from Rajkot to somewhere else. But due to the prudence
of the police, he was arrested from Rajkot bus stand. The police brought him to
Modasa and started interrogation. He confessed murdering Kamini and her son
Akash during the interrogation.
It was
discovered through the interrogation that during those days a dam’s
constructional work was going on near Junagadh. Meanwhile, Kamini had come to live
with her husband at the damsite. They lived there for 18 months. Mukesh was
over 45 years of age, and was still unmarried. He used to operate a three-wheeler
taxi there. She used to frequently ride his taxi. That’s when Kamini and Mukesh
fell in love with each other and started their love affair. They were meeting constantly
for almost a year and had crossed all the limits.
After
completion of work at the damsite, she returned to her native village at South
Gujarat with her family. However, Mukesh and Kamini had continued to remain in
contact with each other through phone and chatted for hours. She used to call
him frequently to meet. They both were enjoying intimacy. That continued about a
year. Later on, she had started to dream of living with Mukesh forever.
She began
to plead him to live together with her son, but he never wanted to because she
was just an instrument to satisfy his physical and sexual needs. Gradually, he
started to feel about her and his son like a bone struck in his throat.
He wanted to
get rid of her, but she was not ready to leave him at any cost. He was very
traumatized by her stubbornness of staying together that he wanted to eliminate
Kamini and Aakash and clear his way forever. Finally, Mukesh along with his
friend Raju conspired to eliminate Kamini and her son. Raju supported him
throughout the whole plan. The conspiracy was devised with such an intelligence
that nobody could ever suspect it to be an assassination. Kamini left home with
Akash along with three lac rupees from her husband’s savings. As per telephonic
conversation Mukesh and his friend Raju were waiting for them at Surat
bus-station. She reached Surat with her son.
Mukesh,
Kamini, Aakash and Raju reached Dakor by bus from Surat instead of going to
Junagadh with expectations of starting a new life. Kamini had a question in her
mind that why Mukesh instead of going to Junagadh brought them there. Mukesh
explained to them that some relatives of his friend, Raju dwelled in the fields
over there. He added that they would stay in the fields along with them, so no
one could ever find them. On hearing that she became very happy and excited. After
arriving there, she started walking hurriedly.
After
consuming a lot of alcohol, both the friends started advanced towards the
outskirts of the village. Seeing the desolate place, the devil in Mukesh aroused.
He had brought a rope along with him. According to the plan both of the friends
strangled Kamini and her son with the rope cold bloodedly. Kamini and Aakash shrieked,
convulsed and finally both stopped breathing.
In that
deserted and remote area, there was no one to hear the shrieks of the mother
and her child. Kamini, who had left her family and home for her lover, was at
last deceived by the same lover. Mukesh and Raju after killing both of them
threw their corpses in the bushes. Mukesh took away the three lac rupees she
had brought with her and threw away the cloth bag there. No matter how clever a
killer may be, they always leave evidence behind. The cloth bag thrown away by
Mukesh turned out to be an essential lead to throw both the killers behind the
bars.
Both the
culprits were arrested and locked up. Three lac rupees stolen from her bag was recovered
too. The police showed their excellency in solving the complicated case in a
short period of time. Police Inspector C. P. Vaghela, Lady PSI M. D. Gadhvi and
their team performed their best to solve the case. The District Police Chief
attributed the success to the team.
Sanjay Kharat
says, “The definition of love has changed in today’s era. Physical attraction
is named as love and when it wears off, the relationship concludes with a
tragic end like that of Kamini. Anyone who has lost his way in life needs to
take lesson from her life.”
Mukesh and Raju are languishing in jail.
Kartavya, a police dairy by Mr. Ishwar Prajapati in Gujarati
Issued on 30th January 2024, on https://ishvarprajapati.blogspot.com/2024/01/two-mysterious-cadavers_30.html
©️Translated into English by Pallavi Gupta🌷
