Stars on the shoulder

Ramanna is a traffic police inspector in Bangalore. He has paid lakhs of rupees to be posted here. His station is near to national highway. This year again transfer season has started. He has to cough up few more lakhs to remain in the same place. Otherwise he will be transferred to some unprofitable location. So the pressure is on to grab as much as he can. He is working in night shifts also.

He catches Kariya, a cab driver. Kariya’s vehicle does not have permit to transport passengers. Kariya takes out fiftee rupees.

Ramanna “ Shishya (student) look on my shoulders, I have three stars. Give some respect for them. Give me one hundred fiftee. I promise no body will touch you for another six months”

The deal is settled.

Ramanna leaves the house early in the morning. He catches few Lorries from different states and makes some money. One lorry driver is pissed off since yesterday. He has paid bribe in too many places already. He sees Ramanna from a distance. Also the highway is empty, he takes a chance. He accelerates his vehicle suddenly, within no time Ramanna is dead.

His face is unrecognizable, only you can make out he is an inspector based on the stars on his shoulders. He is relieved of gold chain, rings and cash from highway robbers. His family members refuse to bring the body home. They want to finish off with religious formalities and burry the body the same day.

His colleagues say “His stars were not happy with him”. They meant stars from the astrology point of view.