Chopper scam and Moody’s questions (satire)

Immediately he received the message, Pyari Kar ran on the double to Moody’s office. He did not even have time to finish his breakfast because Moody was a hard taskmaster and hated to be kept waiting. So Pyari had to hurry. He found Moody hunched up in his chair, deep in thought.
‘May I come in?’ he asked.
‘What is the chopper problem?’ Moody shot at him.
‘Chopper?’
‘Yes. I have seem hundreds of types of choppers. I don’t recollect any woman saying that they are problematic.’

Pyari Kar gulped. Chopper and woman meant the chopper scam and he would now have to explain the whole story to Moody. He himself was still not clear about who were involved in the scam and who paid what to whom. Now he would have to cut a sorry figure before his boss.
Suddenly the door opened and Jet Lee entered with Sue Sharma at his heels.
‘You wanted me?’ Jet Lee asked.
‘I want to know all about the choppers,’ Moody said. ‘How can there be any scam on choppers?’
‘As far as my knowledge goes, it’s all a bad legacy we have carried forward,’ Jet Lee said.
‘And – big names are involved,’ Sue Sharma added.
‘I still do not understand why anyone can scam on choppers,’ Moody sighed. ‘How many were involved?’
‘I think it was less than a hundred,’ Pyari Kar replied.
‘And – who wanted them?’
‘The Air Force.’
‘But – there are thousands of canteens in the Air Force,’ Moody mumbled. ‘Why then scam for hardly a hundred?’
‘Air Force canteen?’ Jet Lee exchanged glances with Sue Sharma and Pyari Kar.
‘That is what you said,’ Moody said. ‘Choppers are used in kitchens to chop onions and vegetables. And – you only said that it was a requirement of the Air Force. Why should anyone go in for scams on choppers? It should be covered in the Make in India bracket. It should be a cottage industry.’
‘Actually I meant helicopters,’ Pyari Kar said. ‘In Air Force language, they call helicopters as choppers. It was the Augusta chopper scam.’
‘You mean Agastya, the great sage? How can he be associated in scams?’
‘It was not Agastya but Augusta,’ Pyari Kar clarified. ‘An Italian firm. No connection with Agastya, the sage.’
‘I see,’ Moody looked at him. ‘And – what is the scam about?’
‘Money changed hands to close the deal,’ Pyari went on. ‘We have a few names but it is difficult to pinpoint the blame.’ (to be continued …)


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