The bike that almost got towed

It was the 04th of Dec'2010. One applicant (me) and 2 aspirants (UG, Seth) went to attend the MBA fair organized by TopMBA.com at 'Vivanta by Taj' on MG Road.
The ride to the destination itself was a lot of fun. At almost all traffic signals, UG stopped his bike close to mine and said, "I don't know the way, so you lead", and as soon as the signal turned green, he sped away as if being chased by cops (By the way, there is another story where a honorary member of Ansal Family had a narrow escape with cops, but that's for the next post).
I, on the other hand, was cautious as usual and stopped at places to ask auto-wallahs for directions. So, I reached the destination sooner, in spite of UG speeding away, and did not have to take any detours as well.
The MBA tour itself was a huge disappointment. The only saving grace was the presence of representatives these colleges had sent and there was a very apparent inverse relationship between the quality of the college and the hotness of the representative. And of course, we got to use the restroom at Taj. We also checked the Year end party entry fees at the ICE bar, and realized that we'll again rely on Domino's and Coke this year :)
So, already disappointed with our trip so far, UG suggested that now that we have come so far, let's not let it go to waste, and Seth also agreed as otherwise it would have meant that we burned so much petrol for nothing. So, we decided to try out some Chaat shops at Brigade Road.
Now, Brigade Road is one place in Bangalore, where you can easily overtake a BMW while walking at any hour of the day. So, we wised up and decided to park at Church Street. We found a lot of vehicles already parked there and found a nice and sweet spot between two Santros, where 2 bikes were already parked and there was only enough space for 1 bike. It seemed like a call from destiny itself, and we happily parked Seth's bike at that spot and UG parked his a couple spots further.
Then we started roaming around Brigade road on foot and overtook several BMW and Audi in the process. Seth did a mental calculation for the number of years it would take to buy an Audi, and gave up when the numbers became too large to process. We went to the other extreme end but did not find any chaat shop, so Seth had some Steamed Vegetarian Momos. While coming back, we spotted one chaat shop which we had missed earlier, and UG and Seth had some Samosa-Kachori there. Then, I spotted one more chaat shop and all of us had some more chaats. Then, UG came up with a life-changing suggestion to catch a movie in the nearby theater, but neither Seth nor I was in the mood for it. So, his suggestion got vetoed on the spot. We, then head back to our parking spots.
As soon as we turned in to Church Street, a towing vehicle passed by us. I said, "Look, someone is going to get towed". But Seth expected the worst and started running. I calmed him down and said, "Dude, that vehicle has a crane so it is for towing cars not bikes. For bikes, they have open kind of vehicles so that they can store maximum number bikes on it". This logic made sense to Seth and he stopped running. Then we saw that the vehicle stopped right at the spot where we had parked our bikes. This time UG also got scared. I was still hoping that they would only touch the two Santros we had parked our bike in between. But I was again wrong. As soon as UG saw the person laying his hands on a bike and putting it on the vehicle, he again sped like anything (I checked if some signal turned green somewhere). But by this time, even I was running towards the bike. Two bikes had already been put on the vehicle. The person was just about to lay his hands on Seth's baby, but I reached there in time and put my hands on it and said, "Mine!!". He said, "Then take it, and don't park here"
This has by far been the narrowest escape from being towed away. After that, we did not stop for any Chaat or any movie and straightaway head for home.