Kumbh Police and Potliwala

By Harish Kumar

Harish Kumar, an IPS officer, was born on 10th November, 1959, in a village named Janish Nagar, which is purely a rural environmental area at Thana Ajitmal, Tehsil Auraiya, District Etawah (now in Tehsil Ajitmal and Distt Auraiya). His father Mr. Jagannath Prasad, was serving in The Animal Husbandry Department. His mother Mrs. Bhagwati Devi was a house wife. Like the other mothers she was among his biggest well wishers. Mr. Harish Kumar received his primary education up to class 7 from Kashi Market, District Kanpur. Passed Intermediate and Graduation examination from Ajitmal degree college and received a Masters degree in political science from Christ Church College, Kanpur. Studying at the Foolbagh Public Library (Kanpur) and 'BBC, London' had special contribution and impact in his life. He has been engaged in the Reserve Bank of India at the post of Coin note Tester for about 5 years in Kanpur.
At the same time he was preparing for PCS exams and was posted to the Labour Commissioner's office in Kanpur on the post of Assistant Labour commissioner. Mr. Harish cracked PPS cadre exam from Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission in the year 1986 batch and in the Police department served the posts of an upper police superintendent at Jalaun, Kanpur, and Bijnor. At Lucknow, Banaras and Kanpur as the STF, CBCID, PAC. In December, 2012 he was promoted in Indian Police Services (IPS). He served the posts of police superintendent at the DPC Gorakhpur, Police Academy Moradabad, police superintendent and in DG office, Superintendent, Human Rights, Unnao. Currently DIG/Superintendent of Police, District-Unnao.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diamond Books
• Release date: Jul 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9789352967179

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Snan

The Beginning...

Today, I am making a little effort to present my experiences of Maha Kumbh, 2013 and put them in words and sentences and present them in the form of a book.

I was posted as an Additional Superintendent of Police in Moradabad. On December 22, 2012 I was promoted in the All India Police Service from the provincial Police and on the same day I joined the newly promoted post. Fortunately, for those days in the Police Academy Moradabad, the 31st All India Horse Ride Competition was going on, in which the responsibility of hosting was entrusted to the police academy of Moradabad. The competition was to be held on December 23, 2012. Since I was also nominated as the nodal officer by the Police Academy Moradabad for the horse riding competition as well as in-charge of external training, as the nodal officer so it was a task of great responsibility. For nearly a month and a half, all the officers and employees were preparing for riding competition, when the conclusion was announced and all the programs were successful, the heart was a little relaxed, but on 23rd December, the order to go for a duty to Kumbh was also given. Although the director Mr. A.K. Jain Sahab was very kind-hearted, he tried that I should get rid of the duty of Kumbh and did not have to go to Kumbh, for this he also corresponded with the Directorate of Training. It was told that here 78th batch of PPS, one batch of SI director and 165 officers of the SI ranker are receiving training, in such a case, it is not possible to send Harish Kumar to Kumbh, but it is the police department, here there is a tradition like giving order-instructions against the will, then if there is subdivision demand in the east then deploy the subordinate in the west, if he wants to do duty, send him on leave, if asks for a stop, stop regardless of the date of departure. So, I too was the victim of this tradition of the police. However, Sri Vishram Ram, who was our field officer outdoors, was near retirement and belonged to Allahabad (officialy known as Prayagraj ), was also of the religious instincts, of the simple and calm nature. He was fit for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh Duty. Because of being close to retirement, was even more interested to come to Allahabad. He thought of that duties will also be done, left-over pension and retirement related papers will also be prepared. He also kept his problem in front of the director, but despite all the efforts made by him, the duty of Mr. Vishram Ram, Police Deputy Superintendent was not taken and I was sent to Allahabad (Teerthraj Prayagraj, the king of the sacred places of pilgrimage) on the night of 23rd Dec. 2012. My wife and my son Harsha was also in the police academy at Moradabad that time. He also was very excited to do great curious and risky acts like other children. He had come from Lucknow to enjoy the horse riding contest but what did he know that suddenly I would have to return from there only to the night, there was an adverse atmosphere in every way to go to Kumbh. My wife and also son were getting annoyed separately. Another problem was of the Sultan’s. You might be wondering what this is all about. In fact, Sultan was my pet dog who felt weird confusion and restlessness without being able to stay for one minute without me. Moreover, it was not a matter of a day or two, but of 3-month time, it was not even a guarantee that there will be an opportunity to come here again in this academy, because after upgrading to the IPS cadre, transfer for somewhere else may have to go on, it was a strong possibility. There was a strange situation and the confusion in the mind. On one side there was a government order, on the other hand, my own personal problems. Although no one had any concern or any meaning. Yes, one of the major problems was that of Chandrika Ustad. Yes, he was not less than any trouble or disaster. He was then the government reserve driver, but after the sunset, the saying of Chandrika Mast was hundred percent applicable to him. Occasionally, Chandrika Ustad accompanied the sunrise and then was drunk and once quenched, then no matter how much a big officer is there, how much compulsion it is, how much important government work is but Chandrika was beyond worries . He was deployed as the reserve driver for Kumbh duty.

On evening 23rd Dec. 2012, the bag was packed by my wife and loaded in the vehicle. I had to go with all the preparations for the whole three months and there was also the luggage of the driver and the attendant, kitchenware and the woolen clothes. As soon as the vehicle was ready and the stuff loaded, Chandrika Ustad got drunk. I came to Lucknow from Moradabad by train with the family. But the train could leave Lucknow the next day morning to Allahabad for the Kumbh. After all, I went for Kumbh duty as the reluctance, forceful, self-defeating, cumbersome, and tired-hearted, like a lost warrior.

Yes! I would like to mention one thing that there was no positive thinking in my mind about Kumbh. The meaning of Kumbh was for me was that only PongaPanditai, exploitation of the poor and the conservative rituals under religious cloak.

Yes! On the basis of my detailed experience of about three months spent at Maha Kumbh, at the end I can now say that the Kumbh is not just a biggest crowd gathering, it is not just PongaPanditai (idiocy), it is an eternal philosophy of life where there was construction and destruction. I saw the creation with my eyes, every stage of life, birth, childhood, puberty, old age, etc. Then there was a live and vibrant example of funeral. I saw this Kumbh to be decorated with the beauty. There was the great excitement and then deep despair but the sense of contentment is awake. Who has experienced about Kumbh, who survived, who saw the largest crowd of pilgrims who came in Kumbh, only he can express his expressions about Kumbh. Everything else is heard. This is not just a gathering of ascetics, naga sadhus, sadhus & saints. Every move of life, community of life, police, business people, all types of governmental and non government institutions, and the division of the departments/organisation are united here. This kumbh is the living and awakening example of unity in diversity. It is also a kumbh of the thieves and the upper class. Do not take it in negative form. Because even during their whole life, these elements do not get enough to earn as much as they earn from here. This confluence was of the journalists from the whole world, media workers, and research journalists from all over the world. Yes! I was talking about the confluence of the beggars, the lepers, beggars and lepers rarely gather somewhere else in the world. This confluence was of the vehicles. There is hardly any such mob gathering in the world in such a large number. This confluence was of Police Force. A quarter of the world’s police force will not be so much as the number of those who came in duty here. Here PSC, CRPF, Cavalier Police, Uttrakhand Police, Uttrakhand Water Police, BSF, Commando, NSG, Black Cat Commando, Anti Mines Team, Wireless, Fire Service, NDRF, Intelligence, IB, Civil Defense, Army, Navy; there were not anyone who does not have the confluence of conflicts of unity in diversity. There was no such corner from India where the devotees could not come from. There is hardly any country left in the world whose citizens have not come here. This ‘Sangam’ (confluence) was used by academics and researchers from around the world to explore various topics here. In order to conduct research on various subjects at Kumbh, Harvard University of America sent a group of its students to research over what crimes are done here. One of the countries sent its research team, to research how many vegetables are consumed in one day. Management institutions around the world had sent their own research students to search on various topics. To know how such a crowd is being controlled in such a huge fair, it was confiscated. It was confined that by going through different types of rules and abstinence, adversity of nature in adverse conditions is challenging in surviving. Rather than going apart from something new is to show. Many ‘Yogas’ and ‘Asanas’ and other exercises and practices were found to be seen; There was a Mahatma who had made his right hand up for almost twenty years. He did not cut nails even. Now you may have understood that ultimately this sacrifice was a practice of self-control, whose rare philosophy is possible only in Kumbh, rarely anywhere else in the world. A mahatma was named Khadeshwari Ji Maharaj. People tell about him that he is standing for twenty four hours continuously for almost eight years, through whom all action is performed standing in the same position for eight years. There was also a mahatma who always used to lay down on the bed of thorns. For many- it is not known how many types of people got to see the confluence here in Kumbh, which was really enough to thrill anyone.

This Kumbh was of different types of tents and tent carvans. All the piligrims & visitors living here lived in temporary tents and it is not possible to calculate the number of posts. There is hardly a country in the world where such a large number of people live in tents in the open sky. About two million people lived in a temporary tent. This Kumbh attracted the people in different ways, how to set up their business, whether it was the food items of the eaters or the construction of a temporary tent, by making Swiss cottages and paying them with the huge amount of rent. This Kumbh was a temporary arrangement made for provision of power supply or the temporary roads made by the iron checkered plates. About 18 bridges were built in Kumbh. This confluence was to maintain 24 hours water supply on such a large scale. This confluence was for 24 hours for availability of water to every resident shopkeeper and devotees. It was the Kumbh to maintain sustained power supply in 24 hours for 20 lakh units. You will be surprised to hear about the number of lost people in Kumbh, that the number of people who lost on important ‘Shahi Snan’ holy royal-bathing festivals could go up to 1.5 lakhs. This was the confluence of those lost in the Kumbh to the people who met them. It was also seen that in such a large number of lost people, they would also meet each other. There was a confluence here in the Kumbh by CCTV. So persistent imprisonment of such a crowd. Sitting at CCTV, 24 hours in the control room, for 3 consecutive months of monitoring from all the important places. This Kumbh was to receive calls and to take action on them at toll free numbers. Kumbh was there for 24 hours to manage for such a large crowd for tea and breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Here is Confluence of Faith. There was confluence here, by robbing everything from its reverence and power and earning virtue. Here was the confluence of Saint Mahatma, Mahamandaleshwar, Shri Mahantas and Akharas of Kumbh.

The different aqueduct of Naga Sadhu saints (a martial order of ascetics who move about either naked or sanctity clad with matted hair and ash smeared bodies), to attract devotees from all over the world to the grandeur of ‘Pandal’ (big pavillion). The beauty of all the pandals did not appear to be any less, here is Kumbh for sitting in pandal and eating food, along with the sunrise, sitting in the ‘Pangat’ (a sitting for common lunch/dinner) to feed the pilgrims. Here the Kumbh was made by the Akharas, the camps, the pandals, offering food and prasad both for free to the devotees on both occasions. There was no difference of caste here. No worry about any payment. Come on in the bus line, dine with reverence and respect. In many pandals, ‘Dakshina’(donation) was added along with eating. This money started from $10 to $100, $500 $1000. The message will be broadcasted since the morning from many pandals for Dakshina to be given in this contest, the quota was full of the first line and there was also a lot of waiting for the next shift. We used to laugh often. Laughing and joking about that eat food for free and also take Dakshina ! Now you will ask what is the tooth worn? That is to say, feeding a completely inverted food was your reverence, but in the time of the devotee’s food, the person who eats the price of the collapse of the Diet finds people eating and giving the Dakshina with great reverence and respect. Besides where this strange pattern will be found, of many delicious vegetarian meals, offered to about 20 lakhs people. This confluence was the contest of the competition, who cares for so many devotees with food in their pandals and arena. Here the Sangam was a kind of race that how to raise in the form of donation and to decorate the main gate and entrance door of the pandals. All pandals had strange competition during the night, to keep the pandals illuminated with the color of bright colorful bulbs, whose door is more attractive and flimsy. It was a Kumbh to hoist the flag to the maximum height of the circus, whose pandal’s sign is higher. As far as it was seen, the confluence of Kumbh, which was flowing, was making a sense of the city paradise.

So far you may have realized that this Kumbh was not just of monk-saints, but this Kumbh is every aspect of life, every area of life, social, economic, political, cultural, religious, educational living and wearing, poverty, science and technology, etc, all of them. It was the Kumbh that was done by policemen and subordinates to do good with the devotees & sadhus, everyday briefings of the police superintendents. Before I describe further, it is absolutely essential to know about the importance of Kumbh on the basis of Hindu mythological stories. In fact, Kumbh means the ‘Kalash’ or the pitcher. Kalash is a symbol of Mangal (bliss, good) in Indian sanatan culture. In every demanding work, the worship of Kalash is done. Generally any demanding work is done only after the establishment of the urn. According to legendary legends-apocalypse, nectar urn also appeared along with other gems in the sea churn. It was the plan of the Gods that in any situation the demons could not get the portion of the ‘Amrita’(the drink of immortality-nectar), as soon as the nectar appeared, Jayant, son of Indra (king of gods), escaped with nectar. There was a fierce battle between the Gods and the demons to achieve the nectar from the Gods. During the cycle, a few drops of nectar spilled on the earth. According to epics the kalash was placed at some places. The places where, pitcher went to while dropping a few drops stored are Prayag (UP), Haridwar (UK), Ujjain (MP) and Nasik (Maharashtra). Since all the four droplets of ‘Amrita’ (nectar) were perpendicular to the Kalash at all the places. After every three years, the Kumbha festival is celebrated at all these places respectively. Thus, after every 12 years, every pilgrimage is in place and after every 6 years Ardh (half) Kumbh is celebrated. Teerthraj Prayagraj is paramount in all other pilgrimages. Yes, then it was the mythological significance of Kumbh.

Here my duty was attached to the superintendent of police, Allahabad, for the district management system. The Kumbh system of the district Allahabad was divided into three parts. One was Kumbh Mela, in which senior Superintendent of Police, Kumbh Mela was in charge. The second, district police system, in which the senior superintendent of police in the district was from Allahabad, and the third was GRP in- charge Superintendent, G.R.P. was Allahabad. I was made the zonal police officer of Jhunsi area in Allahabad district. In order to run smooth governance, a three-level arrangement was made in each zone. Among the Additional Superintendents of Police, Superintendent of Police, Ganga Par, Superintendent of Police, Yamunanpar, Superintendent of Police, transport, Superintendent of Police, Crime.

Three police deputy superintendents were appointed under the superintendent of police, in order to maintain the district law system . Besides, on the occasion of Kumbh, the district administration, especially in view of the seriousness of the Kumbh, three extra zones and nine sectors were created. There were three sectors inside a zone. In charge of the Zone, Additional Superintendent of Police level officers and in-charge of the Sector was made to the officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. There were two sectors in Jhunsi Zone, one was Jhunsi and the second was Phaphamau Sector. Similarly Allahabad city was divided into two zones. One zone was Civil Lines and second zone was Old Allahabad. Subject to this, there were three sectors whose officers in charge were officers of the Deputy Superintendent level. My duty was to supervise the functions of the zonal officer of my zone. The Zone was the outskirts of Allahabad under Jhunsi, in which one road leads towards Lucknow and the other going to Banaras. Shri Virendra Kumar, who was in charge of a sector here, was the Deputy Superintendent of Police and in the second Sector Phaphamau in-charge Mr. Babulal Arya, was the Deputy Superintendent of Police. In both of these sectors, the maximum parking arrangement of Kumbh Mela was arranged. On the ‘Shahi Snan’(holy royal grand bathe), arrangements for parking of small vehicles such as tractors, buses, jeeps, bullock carts, light vehicles, scooters, motorcycles and auto rickshaws, and roadways buses were arranged in these two sectors. There was a three-tier parking arrangement i.e. there was parking for three types of vehicles for a type of vehicle so that parking of a place would be filled, so the vehicles of the same type could be crossed in number two parking and so on. Two-digit parking was full, parking in the third place was parked and if all the parking was filled, then the border districts of the district Alert was given and vehicles to be parked in the school and college grounds lying there. The border districts also had to arrange for parking in the vacant grounds of the school colleges falling near the boundaries of their district on the highways coming towards Allahabad, i.e. if a type of parking arrangement is filled, then the second parking Arrangements can be made, that too without any interruption. For each type of vehicle there was parking capacity of thousands of vehicles. Many parking lots were such that there were arrangements for parking 20 thousand vehicles. Well, both of my officers and police officers used to work diligently. So they did not take too much time to learn their work - despite being new to know. It was also our responsibility to develop and organize each parking lot that means setting up of signage board, arrangement of electricity, water, lime, toilets, rental list board, installation of PA system, connecting route etc. It sounds as easy as saying and listening. It was actually equally distant and complex as it was in the festivities like Mahakumbh, because it was in Switch to municipal Allahabad, Water Corporation Allahabad and had to work in harmony with the PWD Allahabad Development Authority, which was nothing short of a herculean task. Apart from this, contacting NGOs was to create the signage board. The most difficult task of them was to get the contracts of the parking contract with the contractors to complete the work in due time. Also, to see that the contractor did not make illegal recovery, it was also rude that the new government was formed and the new government The family members of the party; legislators, relatives were contracted. It was like converging into a thorn bush. Well all this work was done by my team and arrangements were made to check the important routes and intersections along with traffic in the free time. The system of checking was also to be done on all the points falling in our zones. For this, separate civil police, traffic police and armed police force were deployed.

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Structure of Kumbh

This was the police management problem in Kumbh. Well, I have already said that Kumbh is an eternal life philosophy, which can be seen, realized, fulfilled, assimilated, understood itself, its fluctuations in life, and difficulty is also a part of life. So this Kumbh was also a philosophy of life. Now, when once it was established, the second obligation was to maintain discipline and to take work from the force. The force was established at all the important intersections, road crossings and important places built on the border of the district for 24 hours, the duty to assign shifts was given to both the sector officers. However, the responsibility of arranging and checking the route coming from Varanasi was then by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shri Virendra and the responsibility of checking on the road entering the Lucknow road was taken by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Babulal Arya. Both of them also tried to see that they were checking with greater activation and police force would appear there. The main objective was that it was to lay down the large scale deployed policemen on duty and in the mind of every devotee and traveler coming to Kumbh that the Kumbh police has now come in the mood to prepare for Kumbh Mela. It was a preparation to harass anti-social forces by throwing cold water on the tips and plans of terrorists and disruptive forces, or making them realize that there is a continuous check on various levels at Kumbh, if there is a scuffle, it will be difficult to escape from here. Yes, Inspector General of Police, Mr. Rajeev Sabharwal, who is the I.G. of A.T.S. He was also my STF in the past. During the deployment of our senior superintendent of police, STF, he was also the master in this area and in the prevention of terrorist incidents in Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Rajeev Sabharwal ji has contributed an important contribution. After the formation of A.T.S. UP, there has been a considerable decrease in terrorist incidents and any modules of terrorist organizations have been demolished at its earliest stage. In order to overcome the terrorist incidents, Shri Saabbharwal Sahib was in- charge of the A.T.S.

Kumbh Mela has started. They also camped with their whole team in the entire Kumbh Mela here. They were equipped with their entire surveillance team, with the capabilities of all state-of-the-art technical surveillance.

His team, who was a skilled player in the capabilities of the surveillance, has kept his eyes on every suspicious call coming from abroad. In the middle of the meeting hall, when the terrorists were referring to the threat of terrorism, we used to say with a big smile that the surveillance has come to the notice that the terrorists have been heard talking among themselves that there is nothing to do in it, it is being strictly checked in many places, if any incident is planned then all will be killed and no mission will be successful. Yes, this was the overwhelming situation for us, the staff checking on the border. This was the tale of checking. Now, listen to the story of this blatant force, whenever any officer approaches the checking site, all the staff will stand up and some hands begin to move, as soon as the officer goes, then he or she will sit near the grapevine, tea, or were indulged in gossip, sometimes of the evil of the officers, sometimes the discussions of dislikes in the Kumbh, sometimes the difficulty of not getting off, and then rustling with one another. Similarly, there were the difficulties of mess, sometimes the pain of no toilet, and the pain of having open bathroom. However, there were hundreds of excuses not to work at all like readymade items, have been prepared before everyone. Whenever you talk about some work, someone in the middle would start talking about their sadness, narrative, how to do work etc. Also, whenever an officer arrives to check in, all the staff will stand with the tired face as if the heat arrived just now, but it was during the duties. After that as soon as the police force was removed from evening duties, they played the volleyball with the jeans and the flickering T-shirt, or they used to sit in a tea shop or sip tea or take cigarettes near the Pan kiosks. Smoke rings can be easily seen, as they have come to celebrate a picnic in Kumbh. This thing is obvious that when this force needed to work, then such a tired face, uniform with folds, unshaved beard and sense of pride will appear as if it is coming from a cemetery or as if they are ready to go there. Overall, do everything else except duty, send them anywhere, there will be smile on their faces, cleverness in body; they will definitely get the sense of enthusiasm in mind. Even once I approached the Phaphamau police station for Lucknow road, then I got a policeman, who probably came to the police station of Lucknow from Krishnanagar for duty, who seemed to be above fifty-five, but had also failed the days of any youth in fighting the officer. In addition to the Civil Police Force, he is a Platoon PAC. Seated in a corner and sitting in the corner, the jawans had their own counters. When I reached forcing myself and asked to do some duty, it felt as if I stoned to canopies. He started hundreds of non-stop questions together - "Why did you send me? What duty I asked for? At this age, there is a duty of Kumbh, no bathrooms, no toilets, no facilities, no leave, no escape, why not send me back? Why did not my promotion as inspector so far, did you put my duty here by asking me? Why is my duty to check in barrier? What feature have you given to me? He had all the questions. I could find all that he was out of control. Well, so far it was okay; afterwards he started the provocation the entire staff against me. As soon as Darogaji (Police inspector) was slightly marginalized from other staffs I explained and tried to make him understand, but Darogaji was so arrogant that when he got a chance he used to behave badly with the officers and repeatedly started threatening that he was in court and he will also drag officers when he sents a report. On the same evening there was an order to send him back to his posting district, Lucknow. Then he tried the same petition to not to go back of this Kumbh. On returning, there will be a great scare in the district. Along with this, there was the attraction of the Kumbh. The joy and atmosphere was such that no worker wanted to leave these beautiful moments for a moment even after all the storms. This grief story was not only ours alone; it was more or less of the gazetted officer or supervisory officer who came to the Kumbh. You might have been thinking that this Kumbh is being appreciated and sung or the police are, but yes, it is realistic that the idea of a huge event like Kumbh is not possible without Police. This is the police, from which every devotee who comes to Kumbh, hopes for help, hopes for anticipation and complains, even though hundreds of departments in Kumbh were engaged in separate tasks but everything was barren without police. If I say that all the departments should be put on one side and police in Kumbh on the other side there will be no exaggeration in saying that both will be equal. How the police came here in Kumbh duty and how the police officers should have taken the job, you can only imagine it, but no police officer should leave the duty and sent back to his place of appointment. It was not approved. When this darogaji was transferred from Allahabad Kumbh Deenati district Lucknow.

When the order is received, then he started requesting that whatever happens he will not return to Lucknow, there will be big reproach. It was duty with free virtue, no official will ask about it too. If your stay is close to the Kumbh then get in the train and get out to your house. Get additional DA also. Where can one find such good environment, where there is overwhelming joy.Whenever any officer came one would stand before him with tired face and count a few problems and just finished the duty.

I have talked a lot about police department which has done so many things, now; I want to mention our about tent. The deputy superintendent of police Shri Virendra, who had recently received training from Police Academy Moradabad, had come from his first posting district, SantKabir Nagar, to Kumbh Duty, who was originally from Allahabad town, lived only at Jhunsi town.

I got the benefit of being of his locality. He was a young officer with slim and smart body, has a glimmer of lightness. Yes, all the symptoms of being local were present in him. In fact, his father’s elder brother (Tau) also got retired from IPS. For this reason, he was surrounded by the people and he had his own house at Thana Jhunsi. Therefore, with the help of Virendra, I shifted to other tents with less difficulty than my other senior officers. In fact, Mr. Lallu G. Sons, who was the registered contractor for the tents in Kumbh, was also acquainted with Varanasi, gave me the benefits of decoration of tents like sheds, chair, carpet, dressing table, kitchen, table, stool etc. In addition to the official, it was easily found due to personal relations. My tent was shifted in the empty ground next to the police station, Jhunsi. However, in the early days, S.O., Jhunsi, Dharmendra Yadav was inconvenienced in the selection of the place, where my tent was being built, he used to spend his evening time and play badminton, then manifested his sympathy towards the outside officials in Kumbh. It was not too complicated, but it was not so easy also, so at the beginning C.O. Virendra also got a light clash. Actually, for C.O. It was imperative in being a local resident of himself and Dharmendra being the local police chief. Well, without interfering, Virendra Sahab established my court tent, however, S.O. Dharmendra too had a very mellow connection with me. Actually S.O. was a good person, STF in the past and was also in the district’s SOG team. Therefore, it was natural for the police to be in the habit of working with it, it was natural to be disenchanted due to the close relationship with the district captain. By the way he was of playful nature, so, I got the advantage of being a little self-esteemed player, S.O. became a neighbour of Jhunsi. Occasionally, we used to play badminton, as soon as we got a chance in between. On my part, S.O. had made an open badminton court at the place in the police station. Yes, I think it is appropriate to say one more thing that in the police station there was a daroga named Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh with robust face, average height, colorful blonde, stubborn mustache, robust voice. Having all the qualities of a ‘Daroga’(police inspector), he was originally from the city of Varanasi. He used to be present at the police station almost all the time and visited SOS occasionally. Both of them were as a pair (colleague, co-worker). Both used to go on duty and even on duty, both of them stayed side by side. If one sits in a jeep, the second drives, it the second sits, the first drives it. It was just like Munshee Premchand’s ‘Do Bailon Ki Jodi’. I stayed for about three months and never saw them separately. I prayed to God that both of them should be always friends and this pair of friends should always remain safe. One more thing, I have never seen negative ideology in both of them. Both used to behave very well with us and used to talk about very soliloquent and cautious things. If both of them were present in the police station and I got dressed up and dressed in uniform and used to go to duty, then both of them got up and saluted together, then they would greet me. I enjoyed the friendship of both of them. In such a very busy life, they also had fun in the field.

Now you must be thinking that what is the matter of darbari tent, what is this? Let me disclose it, this tent is larger than the other and the outer ring of the tin sheet is made. There is some open space in the middle of the tin sheet wall and the tent. Within the tent there is so much space that four double beds can be easily put there. There are two small rooms in the front and two at the back of the main room, one for the dining table and the other to make the office and all around them there is a thin, nearly five-foot gallery, which is part of a tent. This is especially made for the employees to pass through. The kitchen and bathroom apartments were made behind this tent.

All the systems and management were temporarily, there was nothing permanent in it. Yes, since R. I. Police line, Allahabad Shri Om Prakash used to be a master at the PTTC first in my police sub-inspector’s training period, so their grace-sight was upon me so far. However, he was more accumulated as R.I. to Kumbh rather than being a master. So, as a guru-disciple, R.I. Om Prakash was more known as, though RI also had its own compulsion, he had to hear and understand many more officers like me and, possibly, all the problems were the same as ours. Throughout the day, the poor man roamed around. In the evening meeting, he had to listen to the SSP, The billiards department, municipal corporation, pwd and Allahabad Development Authority, to say so, we all used to show the power to work on them, but in the end all would be helpless, when he said that SSP sahib did not sign any papers, from where do we do all well. It was their mutual concern, I had arranged enough amount of bricks by the grace of Ustad Om Prakash, so I was laid the bricks in my tent beauty was increased! I got some help in laying the carpet. And my tent was ready. Compared to everyone, some of the more things in my tent were given by Ustad Om Prakash. Yes, I had to make a lot of effort to build toilets; Actually the toilets were to be made by the Health department, so their officers came and surveyed, but did not start work, even they had avoided the work, which had become a headache till the end. More or less I think all the SP Must have been through the same problem. Yes, before started living in the tent, I stayed at IITID Humanganj in Allahabad. In fact, till the arrangement of the tents was not arranged, all the officers who came in Kumbh duty kept arranging temporary arrangements. Mr. Jawahar Saha along with us got promotions in the IPS along with us. He was PPS two or three batches senior to me in the PPS cadre. I respected him very much for this reason. He has also been appointed as Zonal Police Officer here. The 20th Vahini had come from Azamgarh to Kumbh Duty, he had arranged the management for himself at the Police Head Quarters guest house and the suit number 03 had been allotted to him, so he was very happy and got adjusted in the guest house. Jawahar Sahab also went on training in the Ripa Training Institute, London for 20 days along with me. He was very senior to me in the PPS batch, I always called him Sir. When I was on under training in Kanpur, then he was a CO in Kanpur. He was of very simple nature, slim body, a lump-sum, pure hearted and introvert person,who would talk exactly to the point. Jawahar sir does not took any action anywhere in Kumbh without confirming, whether there is a call from telephone or telephone connection with the telecom operator. If there is anything to know about Kumbh or to make a decision, then he did not do anything without conforming from two to three places. Yes, he did not go without meeting all the inquiries like where the meeting today is, what to carry, what the uniform will be etc. He was really a gentleman. He was away from any kind of addiction, pan-bidi, headgate, alcohol, away from non-veg. Similarly, he was pure vegetarian even in his thoughts; even his laughs were very modest. Yes, he was very punctual to duty and time, he would reach five minutes before the start of the meeting, and with full preparation, living in meeting with emotion, and anger was never seen in him. Even above the staff, he had never heard of talking in a policeman’s tone, nor did he applied any unfavorable matter to any official, whether it was a political atmosphere or a transfer posting Jawahar Saheb was always the same. Whenever I asked about the posting that he will be adjusted somewhere in PAC.

He would always answer the same, no Harishji! I have been made the relative of Swami Prasad Maurya and thus I am kept aside. Jawahar Saheb was also associated with SSP Allahabad in the district management system. He was made SSP of densely populated areas adjacent to the old Allahabad like Keetganj, Faithfulganj, Naini, Colanganj, Hanumanganj and Sangam coast. Formerly as CO he had also benefited from the deployment of Colonelganj, Allahabad, Jawahar Saheb was well aware of local geographical situation. So he did not seem to find difficulties with Kumbh. Yes, Jawahar Saheb has also met difficulties like me for the administration of the three sectors, administration such as tents, electricity, water, toilets, bathroom, mess, utensils, and floors, Something was like me. Yes, the reason for his satisfaction for his own administration was that he had got to stay in a good place. The police head quarter was better to overall viewpoint. Facilities of eating and drinking were of high quality and his area was also nearby. Yes, for me he said that the head quarter is not vacant. So, I proceeded towards the Jugaad mechanism. In the police head quarter one of my classmates Ashok Kumar from during the preparation days for IAS / PCS was in police head quarter We were promoted together and on the pretext of congratulating him, I went to his office. He was spending his time with a beautiful girl in the police headquarter.

I entered the room like breaking his color. Well there was a formality of friendship, tea came and I kept the problem of my stay before him. Well, Ashok ji tried his best to arrange accommodation for me in IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology). So I got my complete luggage in the car and reached up IIIT. M. Kurien Sahib, who met there, was caretaker there. He arranged a suit for me. Actually, this all-India level was named after the Indian Institute of Information Technology; the campus was very large and equipped with great and modern amenities. My room no. perhaps was 111, there was a bedroom, a drawing room, kitchen, a latrine-bathroom, and all was very modern. There were also systems like Computer, Net, etc. Five star hotels were there. International level reputable spokesperson (located in India) came at this institution . There was a kitchen here but arrangements for food were made by the student’s mess. But they were like the hostel’s food according to quality. We stayed there for almost 10 days, although the arrival of the police did not seem good there too.

Police is not a good friend or foe, it is heard. But I had come here for duty of Kumbh. Some time went on well but the habit of not seeing wrong work in front of my eyes proved to be a curse for me. One day I saw the two soldiers of the station, Dhumanganj, bribing the truck driver, and taking a bribe. I asked for the names of both of them, told Gunner, to note their names, it was a crime. Next day I got the order to evacuate IIIT. Actually I called the SP City Shailesh Yadav and gave information about this move of the soldier. Probably S.P. whistled SHO, so he thought I was a conspirator. It was said to vacant the guest house, and also to ask for taking room rent and complete account from this evening. The local administration did not get the recommendation of Ashok Kumar Sahib before the influence of local police Kotwal. Yes, another matter came from my follower that he even started using the kitchen in his guest room. By the time my tent had been in a situation to live like. Then I loaded my luggage in the car, paid bills for IIIT. And ran for my real destination.

Chandrika, the driver would also create and present his masterpiece. When he got an opportunity to fill the oil in the car, he would also quench his throat, i.e., the arrangement for the petrol was made for both. When in the evening he was in the mood, he started to recite Nirguna, Doha, Chaupai, Chhand, Savyaya, Kajri, Virha whatever remembers, loudly. If he did not gave a performance after drinking then there is a kind of sense of incompleteness for Chandrika. So whenever Chandrika had such a feeling, I used to keep him in the room comfortably and keep the gunner under his watch and when I threatened in the morning or asked to send back to the academy or to ask for the medicine, Chandrika would say that he has come here in Kumbh, he has left drinking today, has swore while bathing in the Ganga, he will never drink in life. It was just last, and this last never comes. There was no alternative driver in the academy. There was no replacement or hearing.

Now the transition of the administration of the self was going on, the discussion of the routine is also necessary. During that time, a barrier in Jhunsi was called Andhawa Mor, there was a check post, and the second check post was a little further at the Gulab Petrol Pump on Varanasi road. There was a three-way check post on the route coming from Lucknow side in Phaphamau. There were 24 hours of checking in the shifts of eight hours. With about 25 reserves.

According to the evening rules, after seven in the evening the SSP, Allahabad, reviewed the activities throughout the day at auditorium located in Police Line Allahabad. Until the arrival of the SSP in the meeting, we used to discuss the problems coming with other officials. During this period, the officials got a chance to have fun, laughter and jokes. Actually, SSP. Mohit Agarwal was very sensitive and serious kind of officer. He used to attend each call coming to his mobile and instructed the concerned. During this time, the SSP was promoted to the post of DIG. Despite this, he used to fulfill and do all his works with loyalty and dedication. At the end of the day, he would complete the letters of the day; we would all sit quietly and wait for the end of the file work. Saheb did not like the wastage of money in government work, and he was always worried about the objection of audit. He used to calculate the number of tents deployed, the number of tanks, the number of tents and the proportion of the workers who stayed in the house, and whether they have been discussed or not. In the discussion. He cared about that there are hundred followers on each official. Officers who have come from outside, and have not brought a follower with them, then they will hardly be able to have a follower. Dealing with files