He had a peculiar habit. Going to the toilet soon after the bank hours are over at 5.00pm! Perhaps he didn't have the comfort of western toilet at his home. That's why.
One evening, he went to the toilet and slightly dozed off while sitting on the commode. The attender Krishna is a super fast guy who moved like mercury and did his job like clockwork! He as usual inspected the toilet area but forgot to find out if anyone's in. That's how Mustafa got trapped inside the Bank premises!
That's not all. Mustafa opened his eyes at little time past Six and when he came out of the toilet, he was shocked to see the common door was locked! He gazed at the glass panel on the big ventilator without a grill and thought of breaking it but he also knew that outside the window is a direct drop almost 30 feet below and he may end up with fractured skull or limbs if he tried to jump out!
He also thought of breaking open the common door but he knew about the burglar alarm fixed on that door. In case police arrived at the spot and caught him he'd be facing charges for a break in attempt.
His Air Force training had made him strong like a man of steel and he had maintained that even at his late Fifties. So, his next idea was to try escape through the toilet ventilator.
Again, his knowledge of carpentry came in handy and he knew that ventilator rods have holes with extra length on one side. He used all his skills and force to move and bend the two rods and make a gap for a man to pass through the ventilator. Climbed over the commode and the flush tank, slowly lowered his legs on the other side, facing the inside of the toilet. He then held the frame of the ventilator to hang on to and yet, there was a gap of 1 foot almost between his feet and the cornice outside. If he made a small mistake, he'd fall down 25-30 feet into a narrow lane, breaking his bones!
He made up his mind and let go of the ventilator frame and landed on the cornice! Then he slowly moved inch by inch sideways, hugging the wall like Spiderman and reached the corner. Moved to the other side and luckily he found a ladder placed by the painters against the wall and scaled down to reach the narrow lane below. That lane led to the back door of the wholesale grocery shop Dhanalaxmi Traders, which is right in front of the building. He entered through that door and reached the godown of the shop. Nobody was in there. It was almost 6:30pm when he did all this. Then he waited for 5 minutes when a porter came and took a bag of rice on his head. Mustafa casually followed that porter and came out into the shop but none of the owners and other people paid attention to him, as they knew him well!
After reaching home, he called another colleague GV Bhat and informed him what happened. He did that because the next day Bank Manager should not suspect a robbery attempt and call the police, who may take finger prints, do interrogation and take him to task!
All ended well for Mustafa Volli and we all cheered thrice to commend his act of bravery and I called him Twentieth Century Bheem!
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Mustaafi chodo maan bhi jao.
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