A ruckus was raised. As a crowd gathered around them, Baba, Pendu and Eruch lifted the man and laid him back on the cot, and Baba began fanning him.
"Inform the police immediately!" The crowd demanded. "These are dacoits! They have poisoned the poor nawab! Don't let them escape!" Eruch tried to pacify them, but to no avail.
At this point, the wife returned with the medicine. Seeing her husband unconscious, she started weeping and wailing. Loudly she shrieked, "I have been deprived of everything in this world! Only my husband was left with me, and now you have snatched him away!"
Eruch tried to calm her, "He will come around soon; he's not dead. Do not be distraught. He has been given a large sum of money. See that it is kept safe and spent on his treatment."
The man slowly opened his eyes, and tears flowed. "Why do you abuse these good people?" he asked his wife. "These men are the angels of God! Do you know what they've done?" The woman started offering her thanks for the timely help.
Eruch told her, "It is God's grace. Thank Him!" Baba had quickly slipped out the door so suddenly, some still thought he was in fact guilty of a crime.
Tremendous efforts were involved in seeking out such families; inquiries were made on all sides. To contact them and help them was difficult, but the God-Man's love is great for those who really suffer, and he himself underwent much hardship to find and help them.
Those who received monetary help were informed that what was given to them was not given as charity. It was a gift to them so they could rehabilitate themselves and regain their material stability. In accordance with the fulfillment of the objectives of the New Life, Meher Baba's name was not disclosed to anyone, so that the recipients could not make obeisance to him.
After experiencing severe privations doing this work, Baba and his men arrived in Bombay on 25 November 1950. They had literally traversed the entire country, traveling in all directions — to Bihar and Nepal in the north, Calcutta in the east, Hyderabad and Madras in the south, and Bombay in the west. Thus, working day and night for a month, 33 families were helped, 250 poor persons were given money, 119 masts, 23 saints and 21 sadhus were contacted. At every town or village, Baba and his companions got off the conveyance in which they traveled, either train or bus, to contact the poor, the masts and saints.