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Nasir Ali was a retired Sub-Inspector of Police and a long-time devotee of Maharaj. In 1963, he came to meet Baba at the home of Suraj Narain Malhotra in Lucknow. He was eighty-four years old then. He wanted to narrate an important event in his life to Baba. Baba, putting his finger to his lips, gestured to him to keep quiet. Nasir Ali was so overwhelmed by emotion that he carried on and began his story joyfully.
"Many years ago when I was young, I was the Station Officer at a village police station. One day, I had to go and investigate something far away and got back at about 11 p.m. When I asked the Head Constable about the day, he told me that a man had been put in the cell under Section 109. 1 peeped inside and saw a tall, well built man there. I went home and after having my supper, went to sleep.
Early in the morning the two night duty constables were at my door, shaking in their boots and wanting to resign. When I asked the reason, they told me that the man held under Section 109 was a ghost. He was in and out of the prison all through the night. When he came out, the lock and the door opened automatically and when he came back in they closed. As soon as it was daylight, I went there and saw the same man I had seen the night before. I thought that he could not be a ghost, he therefore must be a saint. I accepted my mistake and offered my apology for the disrespect shown to him. The man said, "Neither have you made a mistake nor have I been insulted. So there is no need for an apology." I asked him to join me for a meal, as I would then know that he was not displeased with me. He agreed and came back to my house.
He rested for the whole day and then went out in the evening to attend the call of nature - I sent my two sons with him. On the way he took out apples from under his blanket and gave them to the boys to eat. He asked them to go back home but they were not prepared to leave him. Then he went behind a mound for ablutions and disappeared. He was not to be seen anywhere on that flat land." Then, pointing to Baba, Nasir Ali said, " That man was our Baba."
"After this incident, Baba has always been kind to me. He came to our house once or twice a year and he protected me from worries and troubles. Whenever I was in trouble, I would fast for the whole day. Then I would take a bath and shut myself in my room. Sitting on the floor in the darkness, I remembered Baba and he would come and sit beside me. I would tell him my problem and he would give me a solution. He himself helped me and steered me out of all troubles.
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