Indian smugglers are celebs, boast of official doubles (satire)

Smugglers in India enjoy a special pride of place in society ever since the times when an angry young man rose to power from being a shoe shine boy to become a dreaded smuggler who dictated terms to other more experienced ones.
Right now it is rumored that all the smugglers who have gone underground are shivering in their pants because of the emergence of a powerful man called Moody.
The lawbreakers are scared to come out of their cover because they are worried that Moody, one of the 10 most powerful men in the world right now, is gunning for them. Therefore, the meek surrender of one of their tribe came as a golden ray of sunshine for the electronic media.
It was the fabulous case of he who goes by the popular name of Chotu Ranjan - having realized that he stood no chance of escaping from the clutches of the law, he chose the easy way out. He chose to surrender. He knew that his return to India after nearly three decades would be a game changer. Hence a specialist team went to bring him back to the country to face trials for his misdeeds.

He delighted in showing the media how the handcuffs looked on his wrists.
And, in the background, film makers were trying to edge out competitors because all of them wanted to acquire exclusive rights to the story of Chotu Ranjan – it would be a future potboiler.
‘We want him to be lodged in a Mumbai jail,’ they said.
‘Yes,’ the would-be actors joined the chorus. All of them eyed the plum role they would like to portray.
But the ones in Delhi had other ideas.
‘No – he will be lodged in Delhi for safety,’ they said. At the back of their minds was to offload the asset to Hollywood – that way, the bond with the West, read America, would be stronger.
While the debate went on behind the scenes, Chotu Ranjan landed on Indian soil and was whisked away giving the media the miss – there was a double to divert attention. We have heard of doubles being used in case of celebrities but, India is probably the only country in the world where a common smuggler enjoys such privileges. (to be continued …)

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