""Ayeessa Kya?" (Is it so?)" continues...

Saxena spoke with Raju Sinha, Divisional Engineer, Daryaganj Exchange and gave him clear instructions to assist us.

Meanwhile, P.N. Aggarwal, DCP (Central) and Arun Kampani, ACP (Daryaganj) collected twenty of their best officers and men drawn from various Police Stations of the District. A video film of a marriage attended by Abdul Latif and his cronies namely Rauf, Sharif Khan, Rasool Patti, Sattar Battery etc, part of Gujarat Police’s dossier on Latif, was shown repeatedly to all those present. The idea was to familiarize the police officers with the looks and mannerisms of Latif and his cronies.. Audio tapes of the telephonic conversation between Abdul Latif and the called party in Ahmedabad were also played to the assembled officers and men so that everyone was familiar with Latif’s voice. A comprehensive briefing of the plan was given to all those present and ideas, if any, were invited from those present.

The final plan was drawn up with complete consensus and precision involving everyone
as an important player. Raju Sinha, Divisional Engineer, Daryaganj Telephone Exchange was requested to come over to the office of DCP (Central), where the entire plan was explained to him. Sinha, an intelligent and dynamic engineer, laid out, by the standards then, a state-of-the-art IT set-up in his office.

However, he required a special gadget for listening to calls, which was only available with Malik, General Manager (Vigilance), MTNL. I spoke to Malik who was kind enough to make the equipment available.

To be continued...