A nice incident

This incident happened a few weeks ago. I am a Journalist by profession. While I was travelling back to home from office in a local bus, I was standing near the driver’s seat. I noticed an old woman (in her mid 50’s) dressed in an old saree and was looking more like a maid or a beggar. She had a small child with her who was in deep sleep. When I saw the kid’s face, he looked about 2 years old, fair complexioned, wearing clothes as if he belonged to some well-off family while on the other hand, the woman didn't look like his family.

At first, I tried ignoring it but then I gathered all my courage and asked her in a firm voice ‘ye bacha tuhmara hai’ (is this kid yours?) . She gave me a confused look and said, “No, it's my daughter’s kid.”

I then asked where is her daughter to which she pointed at some back seat which I couldn’t see as the bus was already very crowded. I then stayed quiet for few minutes and without her noticing, I pinched the kid to see if he is really sleeping or if he is unconscious with some medicine. To my wonder, I found that even after pinching several times, the kid didn’t respond by crying or by waking up.

I was sure that she is a child thief and informed the driver and conductor about it. The driver was somehow smart enough and stopped the bus midway and he asked the woman about the child and his mother. She got nervous and tried escaping but she couldn’t. We then informed the police who then arrested her and investigated about the child and finally after some days of struggle and visits to the police station, the officers found the real family of the kid who belonged to Gurgaon.

I felt proud that I could help somebody.

This story is taken from http://qr.ae/TUTnjZ. I liked it so thought of sharing it.