Tapri village, made famous for heat and lust by
apolaustic Reno and callipygian Butterfly, had three Oil companies: SPCL-
Superior Petroleum Corp. Ltd, GPCL-Glorious Petroleum… and NPCL-National
Petroleum. Mami, Tandi and Butterfly were Contractor /Transporter
Topi Pissoo’s employees. Mami and Topi Pissoo had worked in all three Companies
since the time the companies were owned by the Americans and the British.
Many Taprians, like most Indians, were incurably
attracted towards white skinned women. Butterfly was the White legacy of the
past. But nobody knew about the type of legacy- Superior, Glorious or
National? Mami never revealed who he was - A British or an American.
Officially Butterfly was owned by Reno, whatever Tandi may be claiming
boastfully about his passionate triumphs.
Bapu and his friends used to play Gilli Danda,
oblivious to Tapri, with local youth just outside LPG Plant in an open field on
Sundays. On such a Sunday morning, Reno and Butterfly were serenely enjoying
rain dance in the thick green belt, beneath the perpetually leaking overhead
tank constructed by Topi Pissoo.
At the same time, beguiling Mami went on a
Special duty, ‘on SPCL duty’ , for two days and one night to a nearby
City with crapulous Satak Pal Sen, Chief Plant Manager, in a white ambassador
sponsored by Topi Pissoo; who had got all his Tank-Trucks/Jeeps/Cars
painted with the caption ‘On SPCL duty’. The moment the ambassador car,
carrying the Grand Ambassadors of SPCL, left Civilization behind;
Satak and Mami also left the garb of
civilities behind.
Satak Pal Sen was quite popular among his bosses for
being an avid ‘Explorer’. Satak was quite adept at exploring new avenues to
make money for him and the bosses. He had the gift to explore all surroundings
too. So, now he was all free to do exploration inside the car too.
Chabi, a philosopher and the driver, was now wide
awake to witness Satak’s skilled exploration. Satak noted after some time that
Chabi was ogling at them through the rear mirror. Satak went berserk. He spat
tobacco and spouted ‘C’ rated English abuses learnt from his Phirangi bosses
through his serrated teeth in a spectacular style that could be bettered
successfully only by Reno. Of course Reno deserved to be promoted, Chabi
pondered while tilting the mirror, now concentrating only on the sounds…
While ‘on SPCL duty’; Mami did not have any job in the
day time in that City. So she decided to meet the legendary Suren Chor, her
first cousin and number One Pick-pocket of the region. Fortunately, Suren
Chor was neither on ‘tour’ nor in ‘Sarkari Guest House’. Mami explained about
the abundance of Oil in Tapri, her connections with Satak / Topi Pissoo and
Butterfly’s connection with Reno. Aging Suren Chor liked it.
Mami returned home with Satak, the head of Internal
Oil Mafia, as per schedule. Suren Chor followed the very next day with two of
his brightest disciples Changu and Mangu. All three of them were now ‘on SPCL
duty’.
Thus the famed Internal Oil Mafia of Tapri joined
synergies with the future External Oil Mafia of Tapri. Mami was the main link
between Internal and external Oil Mafia.
On reaching Tapri, Suren Chor took the blessings from
Darogaji (Police Inspector- Tapri) and Topi Pissoo. Changu and Mangu started
learning fast from Techno Tandi about Petroleum products.
Changu was in charge of the Railway Siding behind the
Depots / LPG Plant from where his team used to ‘cut’ the products from
Pipelines and Railway wagons containing Bulk Petroleum Products.
Mangu was responsible to ‘cut’ products from
tankers of all the Oil companies leaving the Depots situated in a row on a
Highway. The drivers of the tankers were thrilled; their ‘cut’ was sold right
in front of the Depots!
Within a month Suren Chor established his business
outside the Depots and LPG Plant. He just organized all 10 to 15 small
operators under one umbrella-Tapri Petroleum Company-the TPC.
The External Oil Mafia under the leadership of
legendry Suren Chor had arrived.
