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the station. I had no idea that the ordinary meal from that
restaurant could almost cost my life. As my wife’s role as my
savior brought me from certain death due to her initiatives I have
reserved this episode in the chapter dealing with my wife.
Adventure a la Secret agent 007:
It was sometime in 1985 when I was doing duty as Director of
Postal Service in Hyderabad an interesting incident took place.
My daughter was learning music from her music teacher in the
Golconda Central School. The music teacher took with her
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selected students from 3 and 4 including my daughter to a
Inter School Music function .The team led by the teacher was to
leave by A.P. Express and I went to the station to see off my
daughter. A little while before the train’s departure the music
teacher called me to the compartment and whispered to me that
some two persons whom she indicated discreetly were at the
station and another teacher Mrs.Reddy who also came to see off
the team was the target of these two persons and Mrs.Reddy
feared they might kidnap her once she came out of the platform.
My daughter’s teacher requested me to take Mrs.Reddy in my car
safely and drop her at the School at Golconda. So as soon as the
A.P.Express pulled out of Secunderabad station I asked
Mrs.Reddy to follow me closely and get into the car in the parking
lot. Even before the two suspicious persons could follow us we
managed to board the car and in one sweep I pulled out of the
parking lot and not minding the one-way regulation I drove the car
at an energetic speed and hit the High way to Begumpet Airport
and drove the car towards Banjara Hills and Pnjngutta direction at
the same time satisfying myself that the motor bike by which the
two persons were supposed to follow us were not anywhere in
sight. On the way Mrs.Reddy revealed to me that the two
unknown persons were following her for the past few days. As her
husband was working in Middle East and remitting regularly
money and she was alone with her daughter she was apprehensive
of some mischief .So after I entrusted to the care of the Principal
of the School I went to the Control Room and informed the Police
Commissioner about the fears of Mrs.Reddy. The commissioner
thereafter posted some police force in civil clothes at the house of
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