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A Thief


 In the last six-seven months, I have met thousands of prisoners in jail. I interacted with murderers, thieves, dacoits, rapists, fraudsters and some innocent people too. Whenever I went inside the jail, I realised only one thing, that,  living without freedom is not living at all. Freedom is everything in life. If a man is not free then he is a dead body.  Prisons are man made hells built on the earth. There is no freedom inside the prison.  Prisoners lose their mental well being in jail.  They have to eat whatever is given, do not have a mobile phone, are completely cut off from the society, yet there are some criminals who come to jail again and again. Perhaps they prefer jail as their home.

        I have one such story of a thief. This is the story of a 25-26 year old Ganesh. Ganesh's profession is to go to any deserted house and commit theft. Sometimes in a house, sometimes in a temple. At least 40 cases of theft are registered against Ganesh in Latur district. He does not stay out in free society for more than two months. The last time when he was acquitted in two cases of theft, Judge saab himself had given him a chance to improve. He said that he wants to become a good person now, but a month later of his release from jail, he is back in jail again.

     There is not much information about Ganesh's family. Because till date I have not seen anyone coming to see him. Once he had said that he has a sister in Latur. There is no information of his mother and father.

     Once Ganesh and his accomplice stole Rs 50,000 from a temple. I asked him, "what did you do with the money?" He replied, "The money was spent on the woman. No matter how much money he gets from theft, he spends it all on fun and women. The fear of going to jail never bothers him! 



Picture of Ganesh taken at the office of Legal Aid Defence Counsel System Latur after his acquittal in two cases of theft two months ago. 

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