article from the Times of India dated 30th april 2011 When I read such articles I on one hand feel proud that a visually challenged person was smart enough to use his other faculties but I also get worrid and wonder how careful we will have to be all our lives. Yes I know that the non challenged have to be smart too but we have to be more alert and always so. BLIND COMMUTERS EXPOSE TRICKSTER IN MUMBAI
MUMBAI: A group of visually challenged commuters, who had been tricked by a conman into parting with their money in the past, cleverly identified him by his voice and got him arrested on Thursday. The accused, Sanjay Kaluskar (42), has been handed over to the Mumbai Central GRP. A fortnight ago, Kaluskar had approached two visually challenged commuters, Robin D'Souza and Chandrakant Bodkhe, pretending to be an official from the state government's health department. Kaluskar knocked out Rs 150 from D'Souza on the pretext of getting him a government job and Rs 150 from Bodkhe for procuring a placement fo rm for him. But Kaluskar never got back to the two. On Thursday, while he was travelling by train, D'Souza heard a familiar voice at Andheri. He realized the voice was Kaluskar's and immediately called up Bod khe. D'Souza managed to nab Kaluskar with the help of co-travellers and handed him over to the GRP. It turned out that Kaluskar had duped another visually challenged commuter, Vijay Ombale, a few months ago. Ombale, a friend of D'Souza's, had gone to the Dadar West ticket reservation co unter on February 28. Kaluskar was hanging around at the counter and offered to help Ombale book tickets. He dropped names of a few other blind commuters, winning Ombale's trust. "Ombale paid him Rs 7,500 to book 16 tickets from Manmad to Gaya and back on the Howrah Express. Initially, Kaluskar booked four tickets for Ombale. When Ombale inquired about the rema i ning tickets, Kaluskar boo ked two more tickets for him," senior inspector Bharat Rane said. Disapointed at not getting reserved tickets for his entire group of 16, Ombale decided to cancel the trip. On March 8, Ombale went back to the Dadar West ticket counter. But the booking clerk informed him that one of his tickets had already been cancelled by someone (Kaluskar). He duped Ombale of Rs 2,610. Kanchan Pamnani Advocate & Solicitor 9, Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039. To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
