11. Close Encounter With Nagpur Police:

Though Calcutta Police authorities insisted on Keshava's arrest at Nagpur after his return there (after his Medical Degree), Nagpur police were hesitant, since there was no evidence of any wrong-doing. A surprise search of Keshava's home yielded nothing. Frustrated, the police came to search the home of Dr. Moonje, where Keshava was staying for a few days. 
Dr. Moonje was in his daily Sandhya-Vandana (worship); and one of his teenage disciples, "Bheeshma" was at home. Doctorjee did have several anti-British ‘banned’ books in this home. He and Bheeshma had pre-planned the action to take, if an emergency arrived.

At a mere glance from Doctorjee, Bheeshma, who was out of the line of sight of the searching policemen instantly donned on the clothes of a manservant, put the banned literature in a garbage can, covered it with real garbage, and took it out of the back door of the house. Two policemen on watch there thought that this was just routine garbage dumping into the nearby street garbage dumpster; and they did not search him.

Naturally, the most detailed search of the house yielded nothing, adding to the frustration of the police search party. A smiling, polite Doctorjee was of no help to their case. The search party left in a huff. The literature was recovered later that might.

Thus, Doctorjee's foresight and resourcefulness paid off in the most trying circumstances.

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