Lalit Mohan, a truck driver from Pithoragarh, was so influenced by his first meeting with Baba that he became his permanent attendant. He stayed at Baba's ashram at Bhumiadhar and came to Kainchi every day to attend to
Baba. One day the police inspector from Bhowali came to see Baba. Baba
said to him, "You are such a useless inspector. A man
has kept
an unlicensed revolver at our Bhumiadhar ashram, which is four
kilometers away from your police station, and you have so far not been
able to arrest him." The inspector said, "Baba, now that
I have come to know this from you, I will arrest him by tomorrow."
The
next day Lalit Mohan put his revolver in a box of sweets and put it in
his bag. He placed many garlands and flowers on top of it and then got
ready to go to Kainchi as usual. Just then the police inspector arrived
with some policemen. He asked Lalit, "Where are you going?" Lalit
replied, "To Kainchi ashram to have Maharaj ji's darshan.
The
inspector snatched the bag from his hand and looked in it. He saw the
heap of flowers and the box of sweets in it and then returned the bag
to Lalit without investigating the contents of the box of sweets. They
allowed Lalit to go. When Lalit saw Baba, Baba said, "I
have saved you today. Now you must surrender this revolver immediately
or you will be in trouble." Following this incident and
obeying Baba's command, Lalit Mohan surrendered the revolver to the
police.
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