Chapter4 Brewing trouble

It was a week since Renjith had come back   from the divisional archives   he was a changed man 

He was more studious now   preparing like a mad man for his prelims and any spare time

He got you could find him with his granddad pouring over the documents that he had found in

The archives.

But that was just the tip of the iceberg he had found tucked away in the Conner of all these documents a small bundle of documents that would change his life forever

As he gingerly advanced his hands towards the bundle of documents he was interrupted by the call for dinner.

Renjith  did  not  waste  time he was  so engrossed in the  resrech that he  had  his dinner in  a flash  and got  back  to  his  research  

This time he picked up the bundle of papers that were tied with a red string he and his   grandfather   looked at each other   before they gingerly untied the Knot.

Something in renjith’s mind told him that this bundle of papers would turn in to a Pandora’s box for his  family   and a life changing  event  for  him personally  even the grand old man  sitting beside him knew that he would  have  to face  the demons  that  he  had sealed so  successful on  a man’s word to  his father .

But there was no turning back now Sachindra Shanmukham Raman Nair knew this as clear as day   

No  one  could  mistake  the  document for  what it was  it  was a  FIR  issued  by the SI of Tirur

 It was not what the document were that shocked Renjith and Mr. Nair but what was in it

Book No. 125QWE___________

FORM NO. 24.5 (1) FIRST INFORMATION REPORT

First Information of a Cognizable Crime Reported under Section 154, Criminal Penal Code

Police Station .tirur west................................... District...Malabar............................ No 11..................

Date and hour of Occurrence. 20 August 1921...6:50am..................

1. Date and hour when reported 20 August 1921...7:50am

2.Name and residence of informer and complainant.

Vadakaka kolikal ,Vadakan tirur kovilanagdi  amsham,Eranadu malabar

3.Brief description of offence (with section) and of property carried off, if any. In the said  Amsom several men and women and children have been murdered by Moplahs. Dead bodies of children and grown up men and women were floating in the river further to this it is  reported that temples have been partly destroyed and the idols have been dug up and removed

4. Place of occurrence and distance and direction from the Police Station.

Vadakaka kolikal ,Vadakan tirur kovilanagdi  amsham,Eranadu malabar
eastern tirur

5.Name & Address of the Criminal. Kunhi Kadir, Khilafat Secretary, Tanur

6. Steps taken regarding investigation explanation of delay in regarding information.

Copy of the said  FIR forwarded to the Local detachment of the  Malabar specials and  the  two  cantonment  an armed  patrolling party also  sent in the  said direction

7.Date and Time of dispatch from Police Station. 22 August 1921...7:50am

Signature ...G, H Wilson....................

Designation ....Sub inspector IP............................

As if this was not shocking enough the SI had noted in a red ink that it was   registered under extreme   what he called “tense” situation which Renjith   regarded as a polite word for dangerous.

He went over and over the dates   but he still could not place the hand on the significance of it

 Then it   hit him like a train   this FIR was logged on the starting day of what would be called the Malabar rebellion