In the 90's there was a programme on DD called Flop Show directed by Jaspal Bhatti. One of the episodes was about "The Govt Officer" and at the beginning of the show ran this note "Yeh Episode samarpit hai sarkari cheez ka durupyog karne waale un officers ke naam jinhone humhe prerit kiya hai yeh episode banane ke liye." In this episode Bhattisaab who is the MD of a company tells his staff to help him find his dog Jackie that has gone missing! Many times we see real lie imitating reel life and something similar happened in the capital when the Delhi Commisioner's dog Toto went missing and the entire Delhi Police was looking for the dog probably to win a quick promotion or to win the 10K cash reward :-). Yes, a 10K cash reward was announced for people providing info about the dog and pamphlets with the pic of the dog and a caption "Ghumshada ki talash" were distributed. I dont think my parents would have announced 10K if I would have gone missing :-).
If this wasnt amusing enough the Indian Media latched on to this piece of news like Ranbir Kapoor has latched on to Deepika these days :-). Star News' breaking news was "Commissioner saab ka kutta milla" and some of the blogs screamed Indian media has gone to the dogs :D.
Now you must be thinking where's this story going. Is it about the misuse of govt machinery or the Indian media's tabloid journalism? Well, it isnt about any of these things. I just found this story amusing so I posted it :-).
Anyway, the latest is Toto is back at his place and some security changes have been made at the Commissioner's house after the incident. Hmmm....
