unexplained security

something totally unexplained happened today. Normally the college has lax security, with people getting past by just pleading with the watchman - boys actually more often than girls. The watchman just smiles and lets you through. On a bad day, you are not allowed if you don't have the fee reciept, the library card or the i-card. Not having any one of these is just stupid. However, today, not only were the i-cards required, it was also paramount to have the i-card holder, which was practically unheard of. they had actually narrowed the grate down, so that only one person at a time could enter or leave. This was very weird, I sat for the lectures, and went back down and spotted around six policemen. I wondered about it for a while, went back it, worked on the computer for the college fest, came back out, and now there were four police vans. Actually two huge ones like the ones they use to cart pof criminals in, and two modest jeeps. There were around thirty or so policemen all around the college, some with walkie-talkies. Something like this hadn't happened since the time khadus aunty called in the police because we were disturbing her. The detour on that later.
Anyway, so the police came, and I had my sandwhich, bumping into what I thought was a third police jeep, which turned out to be a Star News press car with a sleeping driver. As things turned out, the college was not allowing us past even with i-cards. I got in because of being on the fest theme. We are allowed to roam the college all day and all night if necessary. But no one on the inside had any clue what all the fuss was about.

My best guess is that the refunds of two departments are coming, with cold hard cash worth atleast a crore. That is probably the cause of all the security.


The detour.
Some time ago, I blogged about this aunty calling up the police because a bunch of us were standing in the space in front of the shop, and making too much noise and obscuring the public from ehr precious notice board (which was kept in public territory). The Police, responded within ten minutes, and conducted a thorough investigation. They took notes from neighbouring shops, who said that the place felt livelier when the kids were around. The one who said this will be known as person A. she is a verys strong, very sweet, and very rowdy charachter. Her mother, person B, is also known as Aunty, and knows most of the college students. I've used her shop for three years, and somehow feel attached to it. Everyone hangs out there...
Anyway, so the police came, too some bribe from the irate shopkeeper's husband, and scolded THEM and left.
Obviously, the irate shopkeeper who had complained felt scandalized, (let her be C). Now C sent B a court order saying that she was causing nuiscance. C also bribed anyone bribable in charge of the city's health about the unlicensed fast food joints in front of B's show. The said unliscenced fast food joints got scared, and asked her to adjust. They don't even pay her anything for seeling stuff there.
damned sad thing. Will keep updating the story. Maybe.