The policeman in the fishtank
Municipal officials sealed a commercial building that belongs to Kapil Dev, for violating regulations. In the processes, Delhi’s fine policemen spent a few hours prowling about in a fishtank, trying to serve legal notices to goldfish.
These creatures, it turns out, have little respect for the law.
But it was in the showroom opposite This That ? on the front side of the building ? that the source of the trouble lay. A sunken aquarium with a fibreglass top on the floor of the electrical goods shop was home to 50 goldfish.
If the property was sealed, the fish would die. The corporation officials had brought along policemen to overcome any resistance, but had not thought of fishing nets. So they rolled up their trousers, went down on all fours and removed the fibreglass top, planning to use their hands instead. The fish clearly had other plans.
?We have been waiting since morning for them to catch the fish,? said sub-inspector Dilip Singh. ?But when they try to catch them, they swim to the other side.?