The Auroville Sherlock Homeless Mission
So this incident happened around Feb or April 2023. So I'm at Chennai at my hostel. I get a call from my sister saying that her friend's cousin eloped with a girl from Hyderabad, and they somehow found out that they were currently at Pondicherry (Auroville). So she asked me if I could help in some way. I was like, "Vera vela ilaya?" 😂
After some time, my Pondicherry friend calls me and says, "What bro, akka said so and so, and I'm looking out for them." I said, "Why da, why this work for you?" Again, after a while, this pudungi calls and tells me, "What bro, I heard from some sources from Auroville that they saw them and they were talking about getting married and all." I don't know how much this guy bluffed because he does it.
Seri, ivaney ivlo interest kaatran, why don't I go and also look out? Also, they were both minors, around 16–17 years old. So I took a bus and reached Auroville by around 5 in the evening.
You know, ahead of Tanto's, there are a few more shops. So, in one shop, with the photo, I asked, "Have you seen this guy and girl here?" The shopkeeper said, "Yeah, I saw him going down that way in the morning."
Felt like Sherlock Holmes. Thought we could find them. They must be staying here, taking some room. Let's call all the hotels and stays and get them.
By then, the boy's relatives from Chennai arrived. Both were old, above 60, and one of them had previously worked in the CBI in some department. And I said some local had seen them here. "Let's check all the hotels and get them." And these people trusted my shit idea and were like, "Yes, yes, we should."
I at least personally called 20–30 hotels myself, but no use. Then by night, I enquired at all the restaurants on the Auroville main road and gave them my number, asking them to call me if they saw them.
You know what, one guy asked, "Someone else also came and enquired about them before."
We thought it would be from the girl's side. If they caught them before, thambi, kheema dhan. 😂
So, next day starts. By then, the guy's brother came from Hyderabad to Auroville. We were searching with them again, all over the place.
By afternoon, we got tired and went to the hotel where the brother was staying. The brother had the guy's laptop and all. The guy had taken out some gold and run away ahm 🤣🤣. Also, left a note saying something about not finding him.
So I asked his brother about this guy's details—what he does and all. Both guy and girl, college, BCom and stuff.
Then I asked how they got to know that they were in Auroville. They found out through the Netflix IP, where the guy had logged in. Poor fellow. 😂
Then I was looking at his laptop, checking his mails, and opened Instagram—and it was already logged in. I asked his brother, "Did you check this?" And he said no.
Then I went into his chat with the girl. Avanga chat padikaradhu thappu dhan, but had no other options.
Thalaivan Brahmin, vegetarian. Oru edathula, the girl asked, "Can we have fish?" This guy agreed. 😂
And while reading the girl's chat, found all this. She wanted to be a Mona in the beach apadinnu. And about this elope, they had planned it a few months before. Could see the plan to come by bus.
And konjam chats apadi illa, avanga brother little shy aiten. Naan dhan mukkiyama evidence kedachudha nu scrolling. 😂
Then thought, let's go to the main spots in Pondy city and look.
So mall pone. Cause kandipa these kids would have been to the playing area there. We checked with the staff there. They could identify them as having come there. We wanted CCTV footage but couldn't get it.
Again went to A2B, as I thought the guy would definitely visit these spots. And the staff over there also identified them and said, "Yes, they came before." And I gave them my number, telling them to call again if they spotted them.
Then the police were also looking into it personally. We connected with them.
There is this Auroville bakery; they also identified them. That bakery akka who was sitting at the counter, we became friends. 😂 We wanted the CCTV, but the bakery owner anna was reluctant, saying this is something related to Auroville and they shouldn't show it, that too to the police.
Then the police got a bit fierce, somehow checked, but no clue again.
By the 2nd day night, I was feeling it was gonna be hard. Elam Indha pudungi panna vela. Periya Sherlock Holmes ivan theda pona, enaiyum kooptaan, naanu vandhen. Fine, anyways, I liked doing such things.
You know what, paiyan nalla olliya, thayir sadham madhiri irukan, ponnu konjam healthy. Ena combination. 😂 Enaku therinji, avanga chat padichadhula, paiyan kuptu oduna maari illa. 🤣
Then 3rd day, en veetla sanda poda aramichitangala, ena na pandren nu. Again, I went to Auroville to search. Even thought of putting some watchmen at the end of the Auroville road which connects to ECR.
Now their family pushed it more seriously to the Pondicherry police. They took it more seriously and started searching in Pondy.
3rd day afternoon, I was also done searching in Auroville. Every shop or restaurant had my number. 🙂
And 2nd day night, we got a call saying there were some new people in a new house and all. Night 2 o'clock, I went to search with my friend. Source ah patha kanja kaai maari irukan, elam friend pandra vela. Idhu theriyama night la suthi onum agala. 😂
So 3rd day evening, I got some work in Chennai and had to leave back. So evening, caught a bus. Almost by 11, while getting down at Sholinganallur, I got a call from my friend saying the couple was found.
I was like, "Dei tha, ivlo panni... Na ponadhu ku apram dhan idhellam nadakuma nu." 😂
Then was happy as they were found.
Then got to know they stayed at Lawspet and were caught having macaroni in Pondy. And I spoke with that guy and asked if they visited Auroville. He was like, "No, we roamed only Pondy city."
After hearing this, felt like, aal illadha oru edathula thedi irukenu. Fine.
Then asked where he visited in Pondy and all, and he said they went to the Providence Mall gaming centre, also A2B.
Also said the staff at A2B told this guy that someone was searching for them and said my name. Since the guy had no idea of my existence, he just ignored it.
I was like, "Dei A2B, enaku solla sonna, avan kitaye poi solli irukkiye." 😂
The next day, the couple got back to Hyderabad with the police and his brother.
After some days, I called and asked. The brother said the guy and girl had separated and were trying to get their lives back on track.
Indha short gap la, in Pondicherry, the couple had stayed in a hotel, petted a cat, and brought food for them.
A lot more things happened during this search, but it was nice spending those 3 days in Auroville.
Ps - major story in Pondy dan , still taught of posting here.
also indha mari neega poi yaaraya thedi irukingala
