Finally I caught a thief!
I had already been deprived of my cell phone and wallet once before and this time I did not want it to happen it again.
Today at 11 am I was suppose to go to an award ceremony held by Ministry of Youth affairs. I was in a hurry and hurried to my car. I take the car out if the drive way and stepped out to close the gate, as I returned back my bag was gone from the car.
The moment I was taking my car outside, a garbage picker was standing near by my house, suddenly my sixth sense shook my head and I realized that it must be him as no one else was in the street. I had already been deprived of my cell phone and wallet once before and this time I did not want it to happen it again. So relying on my guts I tried to trace the kid by driving my car through the streets. I searched two streets but no sign of him I did not loose hope and drive through another street, alongside a park I saw him walking normally with his garbage bag on his shoulder. I raced the accelerator and followed him as I was about to get close to him a motorcyclist came ahead of me from a street and I had to honk the horn. Meanwhile the kid heard the noise and look back, soon as he noticed me he started running in different streets.
I was following him in my car and it seemed to be impossible for me to catch him as he was heading towards a narrow street where my car could not enter. He was running a meter away from me when he turned right and ran towards a small bridge over a nallah. I stopped my car and chased him on foot. Thanks to God that two guys were coming from the opposite direction and I screamed to them to stop that kid he is a thief. One of the guys stopped him and crabbed him from his arm.
The moment I came close to him I slapped him as hard as I could with all the strength I had in me and after two three slaps I searched his garbage back and find my bag in there. He knew it’s a bad day for him so he started begging me for forgiveness and doing awkward things like kissing my feet. I pushed him away from me and called police helpline 15. He got more scared and stat pleading for his release. (At that moment I had a de ja vu that once I did something bad for the first time and my Mother did not forgive me because she thought that if she forgive me for the first time I will start making excuses to get her forgiveness next time so its better to stop the evil right there). The police officer tells me that the men are on their way.
The kid was quite trained as I was grabbing him from his shirt he tried to take off his shirt and tried to run away. Thanks to the guy, who helped me caught him, grabbed his fist and pushed him down. That man and I took him to our car and drive back to my home, where I called the police. After waiting for 15 minutes in burning heat police finally arrived and take him to Margalah Police Station F-8. They asked me to come to the station to file a case. My brother and I went to the police station and filed the case gave my car’s number, from which the kid stole my bag, my name and contact number.
I came back home changed and went to where I was suppose to be. While driving I felt a great pain in my right hand and realized it’s the result of beating that kid. It shows that when one is in anger he/she could take shit out of someone no matter how weak he/she is. Anger gives you the power but I regret beating him I should not have done that. What was the use but I got furious. Now hopefully police catch the real culprits who taught him such tactics.
Now the case investigator will call me if he needed further assistance in this case as it is not just about that kid but there is a whole gang behind him who trained them how to steel and run away but they did not know that people who have already been a victim know how get their things back. I am relived now but my job does not end here as I have to keep an eye on the investigation as you never know if he belongs to a big gang and they might bribe the police to get their kid out.
great job! i hope the boy doesnt come back for revenge once he’s free.
I don’t agree with you taking the law in your own hand by beating the suspect. Once you had caught him and had called the police, there was no need to “settle” the matter yourself. You should have taken the due process take its course. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Aslamaua alaiakaaum,
I am glad that you found your bag and the culprit.
Having said that, I wonder why you assume he is part of a bigger gang? DOes it take much training to open a door, grab a bag and run?
Moreover, I also wonder what makes such people steal? Is it the increasing disparity between the rich and the poor?
Just food for thought…
W”salams
I’d say you did your job as part of a good citizen. You took revenge for your wrong doings, and the police will handle the rest.
As for those who say that he should’ve let the police handle the matter: I do agree – but you don’t exactly think like that when someone’s stealing your posessions – at that moment in time, you’d want to give the other guy a nice, juicy spanking.
And besides – he said it – stop evil there and then – because you don’t know what the police will do, do you? My two cents.
Once again, I’m surprised, and quite happy that someone took an initiative to do something the police couldn’t do on their own entirely.
You are sick!
For a crime you never have or had any right to punish someone, you have beaten the child so seriously. And I am shocked (and grieved) that after writing and passing so much time you still havent found your own crime as yet. Your type of so called educated people are making our society more worse to live than ever.
You should now go and ask forgiveness from that child and or otherwise let him file a case against you for beating him.
I wish, you have had learnt something else during your schools than only writing some paragraph on a blog post.
jaz
@Aijaz
Are you freakin crazy dude????? That kid should have enough sense not to steal. IMAGINE YOURSELF IN HER PLACE YOU JACKASS!!! If your possessions were being stolen right in front of your eyes, you’d obviously try to get them back as fast as you could!!! Why does everyone have so much faith in our police when it’s obvious that they’re not well-equipped to handle or even find these guys. I think she did a brilliant job!! If she hadn’t done what she did, then what the hell would’ve happened? Her purse would’ve been stolen, her cell phone gone, everything gone, and the police wouldn’t know where to start. You should definitely not ask for forgiveness dude! What you did at the spur of the moment was fine. Maybe it’s not his fault but think of it this way…..at least he won’t steal again or at least think twice before it. We need more people like her in our society and less ppl like you “Jaz”.
Awesome job Ghalia!!!
The poor child that you brutally beat up was a “VICTIM” of our society. Then you handed him over to the biggest gang, the police. You know what they will do with him? How much they will beat him…
You missed a great opportunity to do justice & change a life. This poor child needed healing in his life but you hurt him even more…
This will make him a real criminal and he will seek more criminal activity… Such events are opportunities from Allah to show our greatness and bring a real change…
You can still do it – You can still be a greater human being – Let the Police investigate but take that child out of the Police station, invite him to have a meal with you – apologize for the physical abuse, give him cloths etc. and ask him why he did that… Try to talk to him, win his heart and convince him to go to school (Gov. has few good programs now for under privileged) or you take the responsibility to educate him…
@farah
I completely agree to your last sentence. I donot myself want to be in ‘your’ society either.
Ghalia Aymen,
You slap him without looking into his bag. Now you feel brave by hitting a poor kid, what’s wrong with you? BTW, have you ever asked why a kid is picking garbage in the first place? All over Pakistan kids are earning living because their parent’s aren’t paid fairly by their employers (which include You and I). Aren’t there any reform schools in Decent Islamabad where destitute kids can go and get education?
PS. While you are at it please slaps the Army who are stealing the whole nation from our resources and putting in their pockets.
You beat up a kid ? Wow you must feel like a hero.
i think if i were there tou shayed main bhi yehi blunder karta magar i completely and totally agreed with Pak_Stallion …… we must behave as he mentioned….. bravo Pak_Stallion you are right…atleast you changed my mind
Way to Go, Ghalia!!
Just ignore all the self-righteous comments
by the people who are on here preaching.
Perhaps they do not know what it feels like
to be violated, to be victimized. You did
what you had to do. You stood up for yourself.
You did yourself proud.
Age is not an excuse for robbery. A crime is
a crime whether he stole a purse full of money or a lollipop. So, you keep carrying on with your head held up high knowing that you did the right thing in standing up for yourself.
You are one sick person. You hit the kid first and then searched his bag ??? I could not believe that. You must be feeling like super woman. Shame on you.
Noone is saying that he is allowed to steal BUT who gave Ghalia the right to hit another Human Being? Since he was poor guy and two adults are empowering him so she became brave. What would she had done if some man who is carrying a gun robbed him. Happened all the time in Lahore and Karachi. Thanks to Gen. Zia Lahore and Karachi got more weapons than the Police force.
BTW what you guys think about Nike sacks Pakistani supplier over child labour row? Now outsiders are fighting for poor kids rights. Shame on us.
I think you gave the lad the opportunity to commit a crime! You r equally responsible for tempting him to commit a theft by leaving your bag in an open car! You slapped him because you think you r something…right?
Nice detective work Ghaliya. It’s pretty human to beat up the thief once you catch them red handed after following him in scorching heat. Those who are throwing pitch forks at Ghaliya should put themselves in her place and then imagine what would they have done if it were their bag. Frankly most of us don’t even have the guts to persue a thief, least catch them on spot. It’s pretty easy to comment on the should haves and should nots of a person from the airconditioned rooms of your homes.
@ghalia: are u from SSG ? ;)
Caught in the act
A Bahraini yesterday caught a Pakistani national who was trying to steal a ladder. The man immediately called the police who arrested the Pakistani and brought him to the Public Prosecutor. The accused was detained for seven days while a case of theft is prepared against him. According to the information released by the Public Prosecutor, the accused had prior convictions. During interrogation the accused claimed that he did not mean to steal the ladder. “I was just following the instruction of the guard who asked me to shift it inside the building,” he told the officials.
Nada Al Abbas
That’s your perspective, Ghaliya.
But I would suggest being a bit lenient on the boy.
There is a saying in Siraiki which means that shit can only be cleaned by water and not shit.
Take the essence and don’t go on the words.
I somehow agree with Aijaz.
Ghaliya , one should regret on what you learnt in school. Shame on you! you couldn’t react similar if he was some grown up man. IN presence of so called educated like yours, we can’t hope something better for this state.
Infact, I find no difference b/w ghaliya and Lal masjid brigade. Both took law in hand and tried to fix social evils. Its shameful that some morons who were chanting against lal masjid brigade are supporting pathetic act of Ghaliya just coz she has no relation with Lal brigade. Hypocrisy at best!
I can’t believe people are defending Ghalia.
No one is saying it was ok for the kid to steal, but after she had caught him there was no reason to beat him and then go on proudly saying that you did blah blah.
the child was not a fukin robot. he chose the wrong path, and then chose to run away. doesnt that show he wasnt one for remorse. punishment is the only way to go
@RUKUN
child was a thief ..caught ..handed over to police ..so everything is fine
what punishment do you suggest for the superwoman who beaten a child in public and then publicize it on the Internet?
additionally, for the dumbs who come to read her post and encourage her and other people to take the law in hands too?
……..
seriously guys and gals I do regret beating him but to tell you one thing that spmeone has already been a victim its hard to control your anger and in our society we have to protect our selves by our selves and it was not the first time he did this its been going on in our street since last month….he is not alone and belong to a gang because I have seen him with three four guys, pathans.
and today I went to the police station to see how the kid is doing… he has been transferred to EDHI HOMES and he belongs to Afghanistan but his family living in refugee camp on Peshawar. I asked the police if they beat him or something and they said no they did not….
And sorry if I hurt your feeling for that boy by telling you the truth that i slapped him but saying i beat him brutally is not fair…
And how am i supposed to learn a lesson before making a mistake? and my schooling? to be true i haven’t learned much from it;)
cheers:)
..I slapped him as hard as I could with all the strength I had in me..
So, I think it is fair to say ‘you beat him brutally’.
good to hear that you regret your action and the child is now at Eidhi Homes but we are waiting for another post on the same place telling us that you have (asked and) been forgiven by the child on his free will or after being compensated by you.
Please dont judge others on your own parameters. Controlling anger and being a good citizen who obeys the laws are very general traits of good people; and there are many good people out there.
Umm…..that’s kinda what I was so pissed about. The fact that you said that you slapped him and people are assuming you beat the crap outta him. In Shariah law you’re suppose to cut his hands off…….and the fact that you slapped is so much better than that. He should feel blessed man. If that kid has done this before then he should feel some shame. He ran away for God’s sake…..that means he knew he did something wrong….otherwise why the hell would he run away??? Maybe he should be given another chance, but man….what assurity do you have that he won’t steal again if he isn’t given a punishment? If you were really doing something so wrong and bad then those two guys who stopped him wouldn’t have stopped him from escaping.
“we are waiting for another post on the same place telling us that you have (asked and) been forgiven by the child on his free will or after being compensated by you”
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Are you all frikkin’ out of your minds?
This so called child steals, breaks the law,
violates someone, shows no remorse, tries to
escape and you all expect the victim to
compensate and seek forgiveness!
Wake up and smell the “doodh-pati” people!
Get a grip on reality. I sit here jaws
dropped, mouth agape and simply dumbfounded
that many of you expect the victim to hang
her head in shame and go seek to placate the perpetrator of the crime.
Good job Ghalia, your actions may have helped this kid.
‘Brutal beating’, give me a break. She slapped him a few times. No serious physical harm done and no scars for life.
@Farah
In Shariah law you’re suppose to cut his hands off
wow Farah now you will teach shariah laws
@aijaz:
“child was a thief ..caught ..handed over to police ..so everything is fine”
the kid is trying to run away here, if handing the kid over to the police requires some beating, then what the heck ?
faisal stop being an idiot. few months back you were making comments about lal management and showing anger. Take a glass of Rooh afza and chill.
Ghalia, I really appreciate that you admitted your mistake and even visited the kid. People shouldn’t expect you to say “Sorry” from the kid, after all she’s like us? her visit to kid is enough. It wouldn’t be fair to criticize ghalia anymore.
Ghaliya, the lesson you learnt today that the way people were disliking the acts of lal masjid brigade, they could dislike your act as well. I hope you might have realized the *anger* demonstrated by hafsa school girls.
@Adnan
LoL, you are also a magistrate and so decided that what Ghalia has done is enough.
aijaz mian, Pakistanis don’t have habit to admit mistakes. Are you suggesting that you never committed any mistake in life or you always said SORRY in a public forum after doing some mistake.
Atleast do appreciate that she realized her mistake. It wouldn’t hurt you at all.
Does it really matter if I have committed a crime or not?
The lady is writing on a public forum and after beating the child she insulted him at the same place. All I requesting her is an apology for both of her crime. If she can go to police station then she can go to Eidhi Home too, if she has asked police about any mishandling with the kid then she can also go to child at Eidhi Home with some presents. If she doesnt have guts to ask sorry to the child, we can still believe she tried and men have limits.
But being happy ke she has realized her mistake is childish otherwise.
The above comment makes me laugh. In the heat of the moment, she slapped her, and now Aijaz would suggest next that to redeem herself, Ghalia must take responsibility for the emotional healing, education and upbringing of the child!
Aijaz, you could do it yourself too. It’s just a matter of bringing a positive change in the society and changing a life for better. I am sure Ghalia would give you the address of Edhi Home where the boy is staying. If people like Ghalia don’t heed you, you must rise up and do it on your own, so that we all learn from your actions, not words.
@Shueyb
dont worry dude!
I will do whatever I could do for him and others who need me. Inshallah.
But its not preaching ..its bringing the culprit under justice.
The lady turned to the right thing in her previous post but it does not look that she can go any further when there are people like us in this community, who resist any sort of justice.
.. In the heat of the moment, she slapped her, and now Aijaz would..
Almost all of the crimes/mistakes take place in some heat of the moment. Poor argument.
one more thing I want to mention.
we should also keep in mind that the other part of justice which actually was handing over child to the law enforcement agency has already been done. And according to the law, police has already transfered a non adult thief to Eidhi Homes for making him a good citizen.
And for this I give full credit to our superwoman, she has done one great job already.
In an effort to comprehend the warped logic behind the comments made by Aijaz, one must
visit his personal blog….
http://aijazzz.blogspot.com/
He has actually written a whole seperate
post regarding the post by Ghalia on IMB.
It’s worth taking a look to understand
the flawed thinking that leads him to
start calling the victim a criminal.
Do take a look for yourselves but the
following words from his post on his blog
pretty much sum it up:
“I am too bitter to write anything so I shall just discuss some comments here that were submitted at the blog post,” … Aijaz
Oh, by the way, those of us who eat the
occasional Bounty or Snickers candy bar better
watch out as well because Aijaz is not too fond
of us as well…
“Our educated and elite class who have access to disposable pepsies drink and throw the can away, they eat imported candies/chocolates” … Aijaz
Perhaps we should make the switch to Mitchells
chocolates
look i did what i had to do at that moment. i am not ashamed but sorry for slapping him, as my values donot teach me this. i would have been sorry if i slapped killer. and i am posting the next part of “finally I caught a thief”
then you will see was i wring slapping him ir does it help him in some way>>>..
and i can only take that much responsibilty i am capable of. i do not want to aclaim that i will give him education or presents becaise he did wrong and if you are saying i beat a “poor” kid so poverty is not an excuse to anything….. it is a saying that
“ankareeb ghurbat insan ko kuffar tuk lai hati hau”
cheers:)
Look! I did what i had to do at that moment. i am not ashamed but sorry for slapping him, as my values do not teach me this. i would have been sorry if i slapped killer. and i am posting the next part of “finally I caught a thief”
Then you will see was i wring slapping him ir does it help him in some way>>>..
And I can only take that much responsibility i am capable of. i do not want to acclaim that i will give him education or presents because he did wrong and if you are saying i beat a “poor” kid so poverty is not an excuse to anything….. it is a saying that
“ankareeb ghurbat insan ko kuffar tuk lai jati hai”
cheers:)
ghalia
Nobody is asking you to teach the child or feed him.
You caught a thief, you handed him over to police, all is well.
but in the heat of the moment you went overboard and took the law in hand (by trying to teach him a lesson). You already have committed that you slapped him even before verifying if he is the real culprit. Then you wrote a post here on which you insulted the kid as he was a ‘paisha war mujrim’, which was also rejected by the police by letting him go to Eidhi Homes.
All I expressed was a reconsideration to your thoughts. He has already got punishment for what he did. But you have not been considered for it, neither by you nor by many of your friends. I am dead sure that these arent your well wishers.
As I suggested in my last post, go to the kid and offer him something, a meal, some money or whatever pleases him. Just think of him as your younger brother and then think of the compensation. One difference will be there for your advantage is that the kid wouldnt have been feeling similar to what your bro would have felt (poor soul must have been ‘aadi’ for ‘thappars’); so will forget those ‘thappars’ quite easily if you just try something.
You got good writing skills, you should use it for betterment of your society and not otherwise.
sincerly
@original-faisal
try to comment on the issue
Aijaz! it does not matter now whether i should have had checked his bag first to look for my bag or not. The thing is i found it anyways and if he were not the culprit then why he started running when he saw me chasing him? And why soon after i caught him he starts pleading me for forgiveness…what for? if he was not guilty.
And I knew it was him because it is not the first time I have been deprived of my belongings by such kids….after all I have some experience and on that basis I followed him otherwise why would have I wasted my time?
I do not want to bring Islam in it, as there is a whole new speech to make on, but there is no compensation for a thief in Islam. And i did go to see the kid. it is not an excuse that I would have let him go just because he was a kid. if he were my brother i would have done the same and yes you are right i would have loved him and talked to him afterwards but here I am not a socialist, which I would love too, I cannot make up to every culprit I catch.
Yes you are right that these kids do need our attention and love but I am not in the favor to let go off them for doing bad things. I am a human I too get frustrated and angry but yes I should get control over my nerves.
Hope you will understand my point of view:)
It is my last comment here at this blog post.
I understand your point of view but unfortunately you dont mention the real part of it.
I never said the boy should be released without giving him any lesson or something. But in all muhazzib societies it has a formal procedure to do that. I know your beating hasnt done anything to the boy as he must have been an ‘aadi’ for that. I know you really wanted him not to do the same thing with anyone else but you achieved nothing after your exercise. You would ask what should I would have done then?
I am repeating it.
You caught the boy; it was a great effort, you handed him to the police; behtreen, you checked police again if they have done something about him; it was an excellent attempt of being a good citizen, you came to know that they have handed him over to Eidhi Homes and you went there to check his condition; you proved to be an extra ordinary person, Eidhi Homes released him and now you are trying to pressurize the police to deal with the gang; nothing like that.
see, above paragraph has something missing in it. those stuff were bad and should have been avoided and if it didnt then a ‘kaffara’ be paid.
simple and fair
Just hitting the return key again to tell you that I am removing the post from my blog.
I am an idealist but am satisfied with your efforts at least.
have fun :)
Now those who does not agree with me at any point, tell me what should I do? I would love to end up the conversation by saying that I played my part anyway I could. I made a mistake, I tried to fix it but it was too late and now I want to know why police did that… not because somebody steal my stuff but it could happen to anyone and police has a responsibility to fulfill their duty which they did not.
Well done! Dou chitar lagane thay aur!
Twerp should be hung from a tree. If this were an Islamic country, his hand would have been cut off.
@ASAD
Thanks God it is not an islamic country.
@Ghalia
Remove both lines from your post that I have already mentioned.
Or put a complete apology statement at the end. Not like what you are writing in comments.
You are courages enough to do that.
AIJAZ:
Why should I remove those lines? I write what really happened and what I felt at that moment. Like you, there are other readers who do not want me to step back, so whom should I listen to?
I have tried to convince my readers in any possible way I could. Now that you are demanding too much! Sorry I cannot be of any help.
Your mind is just stuck to that slapping thing. You do not want to move ahead and see other issue in the post.
You are a great man but I am not so please pardon me:)
or you so democratic or is there any other reason that you count people and then do something :O
try analyzing what you have done and do whatever comes in your mind then.
Have you heard that ‘main apnai alfaz wapas leta hoon’, removing the stuff would only mean that nothing else.
I’m wondering, what does Lal Mosque had to do with a young offender :-?
Ghalia, thanks for the update.
I’m wondering, what does Lal Mosque had to do with a young offender :-? Straying off the topic doesn’t solve the real problem.
Ghalia, thanks for the update.
the boy also had a red shirt
do you get it now?