VADODARA: Three days back 66-year-old Rama Panchal received a call from Vadodara Central Jail to inform him that his nephew Sanjay Panchal has been given bail and that the elderly man should reach the jail to pay bail amount of Rs 500.After the call, Panchal was ecstatic that his nephew whom he had brought up like his own son will be back home. At the same time he was worried thinking how he will raise Rs500.On Tuesday, Panchal decided to mortgage his television to his neighbour at Hirapur village in Daskroi taluka of Ahmedabad for Rs1,000 and set off on 110 kilometre journey on his bicycle around 8am. Around 4pm, Panchal, exhausted without food and water reached Chhani octroi post. On seeing his condition, members of NGO Team Revolution stopped him.“We were distributing food packets and on learning that he had cycled all the way from Ahmedabad without food and water, we were left shocked. Our volunteers gave him tea and snacks so that he could get some energy and took him to jail in our vehicle,” said Swejal Vyas of the NGO. Panchal’s problem did not end there. The elderly man suffered a setback on reaching the jail to know that the three-day-old bail order had been cancelled and Sanjay cannot be released anymore.“The man has been left broken as he managed to reach here after so many hardships and will not be able to take his nephew back. We will be taking him to the district collector as the jail officials didn’t even care to inform him again that the bail order has been cancelled,” Vyas said.Panchal said Sanjay, who owns a bicycle repair shop, was arrested three months ago for unknowingly buying stolen tyres from a gang of thieves. Asked why he decided to cycle, Panchal said he could not any vehicle. "There was a car driver who offered to drive me to Vadodara, but he demanded Rs500. But since the money was for bail, I had to cycle down," Panchal added.