Part 17
While all this conversation was on, Sheetal was tensed. ACP saw her
ACP – “Kya hua Sheetal?”
Sheetal – “sir, kuch mahine pehle, shayad 4 mahine pehle CID headquarters se ek bada dabba bharkar glue gayab ho gayi thi. Yehi wali glue”
Everyone is tensed.
Sheetal – “Headquarters ko lagta hai ki CID bureau mein hi koi gaddar hai aur ab toh ye sach lagne laga hai.”
ACP – “hume jald hi usse pakdna hoga warna musibat aa jaayegi…Sheetal, Tum, Kaveri aur Lavanya, Saluke aur Tarika ke saath jo kuch bhi milta hai dhoondo aur Forensic lab bhejo testing ke liye… aur Vivek aur Vaibhav…main wahan aa raha hoon….chalo Freddie”
In Pune,
It was 9 am and Shruti was there in CID office sitting in a chair silently crying while the others were discussing the matter.
ACP Prithviraj then went to her.
ACP Prithviraj – “Shruti dekhiye aapko ghabrane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.”
Daya – “yahan aapko kisi se khatra nahi hai.”
Shruti – “par yeh toh sach hai na ki kal mujh par humla hua tha jismein Anamika ghayal ho gayi.”
Abhi – “ek minute…isse pehle kya kabhi aapke saath aisa kuch hua hai?”
Shruti – “nahi…pata nahi kal kya kya ho gaya?”
Abhi didn’t wait to listen to her but went to a cupboard and began searching something in it. It was there…the letter Shruti wrote to Viren. He brought it and showed it to everyone…
Abhi – “yeh rahi hamle ki wajah.”
Daya – “kya matlab?”
Abhi – “jisne bhi Viren ka khoon kiya hai wohh nahi chahta hum ye case solve kare…Shruti jo shayad is waqt hume Viren ke bare mein sabse zyada bata sakti hai…achanak se jaise hi CID usse milti hai…waise hi uspe humle hone lagte hain.”
ACP Prithviraj – “kuch samajh nahi aa raha ki chakkar hai kya”
Shruti – “kya main office phone kar sakti hoon.”
ACP Prithviraj – “haan zaroor. Aur keh do ki aap lagbhag 2 – 3 din office nahi aayengi. Aapki jaan ko khatra hai. Pratap phone dikho.”
Pratap showed her the phone though there was nothing to be shown as the phone was kept just behind her…She dialed and just then came in Rampal Chacha carrying tea. Shruti found the line too disturbed though she thought she saw something about Rampal Chacha that was more disturbing though she didn’t remember it a second later and then thought to forget it.
Shruti – “line mein kitna distubance hai”
Pratap – “haan who kareeban ek saal se hai. Kitni baar line check kara lee par theek hi nahi hota. Aap bahar wale phone se kar leejiye, wohh theek hai.”
Shruti – “yeh kya hai?”
Shruti was examining the land line and then she spotted something.
The others too came too see…Shruti demanded for a screw driver with which she opened the phone quietly and inside the receiver was well placed a mike small enough to fit there. ACP Prithviraj saw it immediately and pulled everyone away from the phone.
ACP Prithviraj – “yeh toh sirf kisi chuhe ka kaam hai. Lagta hai ab chuhe bhi CID office mein aane lage hain.”
Everyone was confused to listen to him but he kept on doing action to them to stay quiet. And while saying, he took a paper and scribbled ‘DON'T SPEAK ANYTHING’ and handed it to everyone.
ACP Prithviraj – “koi baat nahi ab isse jaane do engineer se theek kara lenge. Toh mere hisaab se thoda kaam ho jaaye. Zara dekhna Pratap Shruti ke ghar ki investigation report aa gayi…aur Shruti aap jaakar zara bahar dekh lijiye…aapke ghar ka kuch samaan jo hume laga ki damaged hai, wohh hum yahan le aaye evidence ke taur par. Ek baar aap dekh lijiye. Daya inhe le jao.”
Daya escorted her out..while going out Shruti glanced at Rampal Chacha and for a second she thought that he too was staring at her, the other she thought he looked extremely worried and the third she thought she saw something similar about him. However she moved on with Daya.
Inside the cabin,
ACP Prithviraj was cautiously moving towards the mike making as little noise as possible.
ACP Prithviraj – “Abhijeet mujhe kuch nahi pata kya hoga…iske aage sab kuch clueless hai.”
When he said so, he with symbols said to Abhi to come to him. Abhi understood what he meant. Someone was listening to all CID conversation with the help of the mike and so if they became quiet or talked of discovering it, the listener would be alert. So they talked about the case and meanwhile tried removing the mike.
Abhi – “sir mujhe lagta hai Viren us resort mein kisi chakkar mein phas gaya tha…isiliye maara gaya.”
ACP Prithviraj – “mujhe bhi lagta hai par samajh nahi aata ki wohh Police ke paas kyun nahi gaya…”
Abhi – “hume resort mein chalna chahiye.”
ACP Prithviraj – “mere khayal se pehle ek baar Viren ke ghar aur Viren ke pita ke ghar hokar aate hain.”
Abhi – “haan yeh theek rahega”
And finally the mike was removed from the phone. ACP Prithviraj took the mike and kept it inside a drawer and closed the drawer. Still he didn’t know how safe it was to talk now. Well they went out to see what was happening but then Abhi got a call. It was from ACP who said Abhi should come back. Abhi had told ACP about the weird things happening about the 2 Shrutis and ACP found it unsafe to leave Kaki at Abhi’s place alone with the Shruti. Abhi too found it logical.
While Abhi took the call, ACP Prithviraj went to the hall. Abhi joined later.
ACP Prithviraj – “kya kaha ACP sir ne?”
Abhi – “sir ke hisaab se mujhe aur Daya ko kuch time ke liye Mumbai chalna chahiye”
ACP Prithviraj – “Main toh keh hi raha tha na.”
Daya – “par yahan itna kuch ho raha hai kaise chod kar jaaye?”
Pratap – “hum log hain na yahan…hum dekhenge.”
ACP Prithviraj – “hum log yahan nahi hai Pratap…”
Pratap – “ji sir?”
ACP Prithviraj – “ji…hum sab chalte hain aur Shruti ji aap bhi agar ho sake toh humare saath chale…yahan aapka koi hai nahi, akeli rehti hain…jaan khatre mein hai hi aur jab Abhijeet ki aap custody mein hain toh aisa kaise hoga ki wohh wahan aur aap yahan.”
Shruti – “haan main bhi chalti hoon…wahan un se bhi mil lungi jinka zikra Abhijeet ne kiya tha.”
ACP Prithviraj – “good then. Lunch kiya jaaye…uska baad packing karte hain aur chalte hain.”
ACP Prithviraj instructed other CID members still at Pune to look into the attacks on Shruti and investigate about the rider they had caught. He also asked them to have tight security at Shruti’s place and every news should be reported to him through cell phone.
Shruti was taken by Abhi to her house to get her bag packed.
Shruti – “mere karan aapki duty badh gayi”
Abhi was having coffee which Shruti made and smiled.
Abhi – “duty ka pata nahi par haan coffee peene ki aadat zaroor badh gayi hai…case khatam hone ke baad coffee badi miss karunga.”
Shruti – “kyun ghar mein koi hai nahi jo coffee bana de?”
Abhi – “ghar mein rehta kaun hai jo wahan koi ho…”
Shruti – “toh phir toh aapko ek patni ki zaroorat hai…”
Abhi – “kya baat karti ho…sasti si coffee machine aa jaayegi…uske badle ek zindgi bhar ki patni!”
Shruti – “Patni coffee ke saath saath baaki kaam bhi karegi aur aapko ghar mein aane ki wajah bhi milegi…after all ghar mein koi hai jiski care karni hai…kab tab poori duniya ki care karenge Abhijeet?”
Abhi didn’t speak anything. Shruti was a good friend now and he enjoyed speaking to her but he hadn’t even spoken like this to Daya and so this was weird! Anyways, the packing was done and Abhi and Shruti left for Mumbai. Daya, Pratap and ACP Prithviraj had left in another car…already.
Shruti – “mujhe darr lag raha hai”
Abhi – “kyun kya hua?”
Shruti – “kuch nahi par aise ghar se bahar akeli toh pehli baar aa rahi hoon…aur wohh bhi Police ki madad karne jabki apni jaan mushkil mein hai”
Abhi – “Aap ko agar lagta hai ki aap yeh nahi kar paayengi toh rehne deejiye.”
Shruti – “nahi…main karna chahti hoon…aakhir mera bhi Viren se kuch rishta tha.”
Abhi – “Viren…haan mujhe toh kuch samajh nahi aa raha ki uske saath kya hua?”
Shruti – “pata chal jaayega…”
Abhi – “kya hua?”
Shruti – “kuch soch rahi thi…”
Abhi – “kya?”
Shruti – “pehle Abhijeet aap promise karo ki chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye mujhe CID bureau nahi jaana hoga…main CID mumbai se nahi milungi jabtak main naa chahun”
Abhi – “par kyun?”
Shruti – “bas…aapko baad mein pata chal jaayega…abhi nahi”
Abhi – “par…”
Shruti – “itna bada secret nahi hai yeh…jab sahi waqt aayega jo shayad kuch dino mein aa jaaye, tab aapko pata chalega toh aap hasoge”
Abhi – “acha…theek hai…aap bureau mein mat rehna…main aapke rehne ke liye Kaveri ya Lavanya se baat kar lunga. Wohh bata dengi aapke rehne ke liye jagah…warna aap unke saath shift ho sakti hain…”
Shruti – “kya main…aapke ghar mein reh sakti hoon?”
Abhi didn’t say anything…
Shruti – “main phir us Shruti se ache se mil sakti hoon na aur jaan sakti hoon aur uske bare mein. Aapko toh koi pareshani nahi hai na?”
Abhi – “nahi mujhe kya paresani honi…haan…theek rahega.”
Shruti – “aap tension mein ho?”
Abhi – “pata nahi…pareshaan toh hoon kis bare mein kuch samajh nahi aa raha…”
Shruti – “mujhe bataiye main batati hoon…”
Abhi – “kyun logoin ke dimaag padhne nahi aate…itna kuch aata hai toh wohh bhi aana chahiye na…”
Shruti – “logoin ke dimaag toh bahut ache se padh leti hoon par police waloin ke padhne mein mushkil hoti hai…”
Abhi – “matlab?”
Shruti – “journalist hoon…logoin ki baat toh samajh leti hi hoon par Police ka kya kiya jaaye, sochti kuch hai, bolti kuch aur karti kuch…”
Abhi laughs…Shruti smiles…
Abhi – “aap reporter hain…mujhe nahi pata tha…”
Shruti – “ab toh pata chal gaya na..”
And like this laughing and talking they reached Abhi’s place. Abhi carries the bags inside and its kaki who opens the door.
ACP – “Kya hua Sheetal?”
Sheetal – “sir, kuch mahine pehle, shayad 4 mahine pehle CID headquarters se ek bada dabba bharkar glue gayab ho gayi thi. Yehi wali glue”
Everyone is tensed.
Sheetal – “Headquarters ko lagta hai ki CID bureau mein hi koi gaddar hai aur ab toh ye sach lagne laga hai.”
ACP – “hume jald hi usse pakdna hoga warna musibat aa jaayegi…Sheetal, Tum, Kaveri aur Lavanya, Saluke aur Tarika ke saath jo kuch bhi milta hai dhoondo aur Forensic lab bhejo testing ke liye… aur Vivek aur Vaibhav…main wahan aa raha hoon….chalo Freddie”
In Pune,
It was 9 am and Shruti was there in CID office sitting in a chair silently crying while the others were discussing the matter.
ACP Prithviraj then went to her.
ACP Prithviraj – “Shruti dekhiye aapko ghabrane ki koi zaroorat nahi hai.”
Daya – “yahan aapko kisi se khatra nahi hai.”
Shruti – “par yeh toh sach hai na ki kal mujh par humla hua tha jismein Anamika ghayal ho gayi.”
Abhi – “ek minute…isse pehle kya kabhi aapke saath aisa kuch hua hai?”
Shruti – “nahi…pata nahi kal kya kya ho gaya?”
Abhi didn’t wait to listen to her but went to a cupboard and began searching something in it. It was there…the letter Shruti wrote to Viren. He brought it and showed it to everyone…
Abhi – “yeh rahi hamle ki wajah.”
Daya – “kya matlab?”
Abhi – “jisne bhi Viren ka khoon kiya hai wohh nahi chahta hum ye case solve kare…Shruti jo shayad is waqt hume Viren ke bare mein sabse zyada bata sakti hai…achanak se jaise hi CID usse milti hai…waise hi uspe humle hone lagte hain.”
ACP Prithviraj – “kuch samajh nahi aa raha ki chakkar hai kya”
Shruti – “kya main office phone kar sakti hoon.”
ACP Prithviraj – “haan zaroor. Aur keh do ki aap lagbhag 2 – 3 din office nahi aayengi. Aapki jaan ko khatra hai. Pratap phone dikho.”
Pratap showed her the phone though there was nothing to be shown as the phone was kept just behind her…She dialed and just then came in Rampal Chacha carrying tea. Shruti found the line too disturbed though she thought she saw something about Rampal Chacha that was more disturbing though she didn’t remember it a second later and then thought to forget it.
Shruti – “line mein kitna distubance hai”
Pratap – “haan who kareeban ek saal se hai. Kitni baar line check kara lee par theek hi nahi hota. Aap bahar wale phone se kar leejiye, wohh theek hai.”
Shruti – “yeh kya hai?”
Shruti was examining the land line and then she spotted something.
The others too came too see…Shruti demanded for a screw driver with which she opened the phone quietly and inside the receiver was well placed a mike small enough to fit there. ACP Prithviraj saw it immediately and pulled everyone away from the phone.
ACP Prithviraj – “yeh toh sirf kisi chuhe ka kaam hai. Lagta hai ab chuhe bhi CID office mein aane lage hain.”
Everyone was confused to listen to him but he kept on doing action to them to stay quiet. And while saying, he took a paper and scribbled ‘DON'T SPEAK ANYTHING’ and handed it to everyone.
ACP Prithviraj – “koi baat nahi ab isse jaane do engineer se theek kara lenge. Toh mere hisaab se thoda kaam ho jaaye. Zara dekhna Pratap Shruti ke ghar ki investigation report aa gayi…aur Shruti aap jaakar zara bahar dekh lijiye…aapke ghar ka kuch samaan jo hume laga ki damaged hai, wohh hum yahan le aaye evidence ke taur par. Ek baar aap dekh lijiye. Daya inhe le jao.”
Daya escorted her out..while going out Shruti glanced at Rampal Chacha and for a second she thought that he too was staring at her, the other she thought he looked extremely worried and the third she thought she saw something similar about him. However she moved on with Daya.
Inside the cabin,
ACP Prithviraj was cautiously moving towards the mike making as little noise as possible.
ACP Prithviraj – “Abhijeet mujhe kuch nahi pata kya hoga…iske aage sab kuch clueless hai.”
When he said so, he with symbols said to Abhi to come to him. Abhi understood what he meant. Someone was listening to all CID conversation with the help of the mike and so if they became quiet or talked of discovering it, the listener would be alert. So they talked about the case and meanwhile tried removing the mike.
Abhi – “sir mujhe lagta hai Viren us resort mein kisi chakkar mein phas gaya tha…isiliye maara gaya.”
ACP Prithviraj – “mujhe bhi lagta hai par samajh nahi aata ki wohh Police ke paas kyun nahi gaya…”
Abhi – “hume resort mein chalna chahiye.”
ACP Prithviraj – “mere khayal se pehle ek baar Viren ke ghar aur Viren ke pita ke ghar hokar aate hain.”
Abhi – “haan yeh theek rahega”
And finally the mike was removed from the phone. ACP Prithviraj took the mike and kept it inside a drawer and closed the drawer. Still he didn’t know how safe it was to talk now. Well they went out to see what was happening but then Abhi got a call. It was from ACP who said Abhi should come back. Abhi had told ACP about the weird things happening about the 2 Shrutis and ACP found it unsafe to leave Kaki at Abhi’s place alone with the Shruti. Abhi too found it logical.
While Abhi took the call, ACP Prithviraj went to the hall. Abhi joined later.
ACP Prithviraj – “kya kaha ACP sir ne?”
Abhi – “sir ke hisaab se mujhe aur Daya ko kuch time ke liye Mumbai chalna chahiye”
ACP Prithviraj – “Main toh keh hi raha tha na.”
Daya – “par yahan itna kuch ho raha hai kaise chod kar jaaye?”
Pratap – “hum log hain na yahan…hum dekhenge.”
ACP Prithviraj – “hum log yahan nahi hai Pratap…”
Pratap – “ji sir?”
ACP Prithviraj – “ji…hum sab chalte hain aur Shruti ji aap bhi agar ho sake toh humare saath chale…yahan aapka koi hai nahi, akeli rehti hain…jaan khatre mein hai hi aur jab Abhijeet ki aap custody mein hain toh aisa kaise hoga ki wohh wahan aur aap yahan.”
Shruti – “haan main bhi chalti hoon…wahan un se bhi mil lungi jinka zikra Abhijeet ne kiya tha.”
ACP Prithviraj – “good then. Lunch kiya jaaye…uska baad packing karte hain aur chalte hain.”
ACP Prithviraj instructed other CID members still at Pune to look into the attacks on Shruti and investigate about the rider they had caught. He also asked them to have tight security at Shruti’s place and every news should be reported to him through cell phone.
Shruti was taken by Abhi to her house to get her bag packed.
Shruti – “mere karan aapki duty badh gayi”
Abhi was having coffee which Shruti made and smiled.
Abhi – “duty ka pata nahi par haan coffee peene ki aadat zaroor badh gayi hai…case khatam hone ke baad coffee badi miss karunga.”
Shruti – “kyun ghar mein koi hai nahi jo coffee bana de?”
Abhi – “ghar mein rehta kaun hai jo wahan koi ho…”
Shruti – “toh phir toh aapko ek patni ki zaroorat hai…”
Abhi – “kya baat karti ho…sasti si coffee machine aa jaayegi…uske badle ek zindgi bhar ki patni!”
Shruti – “Patni coffee ke saath saath baaki kaam bhi karegi aur aapko ghar mein aane ki wajah bhi milegi…after all ghar mein koi hai jiski care karni hai…kab tab poori duniya ki care karenge Abhijeet?”
Abhi didn’t speak anything. Shruti was a good friend now and he enjoyed speaking to her but he hadn’t even spoken like this to Daya and so this was weird! Anyways, the packing was done and Abhi and Shruti left for Mumbai. Daya, Pratap and ACP Prithviraj had left in another car…already.
Shruti – “mujhe darr lag raha hai”
Abhi – “kyun kya hua?”
Shruti – “kuch nahi par aise ghar se bahar akeli toh pehli baar aa rahi hoon…aur wohh bhi Police ki madad karne jabki apni jaan mushkil mein hai”
Abhi – “Aap ko agar lagta hai ki aap yeh nahi kar paayengi toh rehne deejiye.”
Shruti – “nahi…main karna chahti hoon…aakhir mera bhi Viren se kuch rishta tha.”
Abhi – “Viren…haan mujhe toh kuch samajh nahi aa raha ki uske saath kya hua?”
Shruti – “pata chal jaayega…”
Abhi – “kya hua?”
Shruti – “kuch soch rahi thi…”
Abhi – “kya?”
Shruti – “pehle Abhijeet aap promise karo ki chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye mujhe CID bureau nahi jaana hoga…main CID mumbai se nahi milungi jabtak main naa chahun”
Abhi – “par kyun?”
Shruti – “bas…aapko baad mein pata chal jaayega…abhi nahi”
Abhi – “par…”
Shruti – “itna bada secret nahi hai yeh…jab sahi waqt aayega jo shayad kuch dino mein aa jaaye, tab aapko pata chalega toh aap hasoge”
Abhi – “acha…theek hai…aap bureau mein mat rehna…main aapke rehne ke liye Kaveri ya Lavanya se baat kar lunga. Wohh bata dengi aapke rehne ke liye jagah…warna aap unke saath shift ho sakti hain…”
Shruti – “kya main…aapke ghar mein reh sakti hoon?”
Abhi didn’t say anything…
Shruti – “main phir us Shruti se ache se mil sakti hoon na aur jaan sakti hoon aur uske bare mein. Aapko toh koi pareshani nahi hai na?”
Abhi – “nahi mujhe kya paresani honi…haan…theek rahega.”
Shruti – “aap tension mein ho?”
Abhi – “pata nahi…pareshaan toh hoon kis bare mein kuch samajh nahi aa raha…”
Shruti – “mujhe bataiye main batati hoon…”
Abhi – “kyun logoin ke dimaag padhne nahi aate…itna kuch aata hai toh wohh bhi aana chahiye na…”
Shruti – “logoin ke dimaag toh bahut ache se padh leti hoon par police waloin ke padhne mein mushkil hoti hai…”
Abhi – “matlab?”
Shruti – “journalist hoon…logoin ki baat toh samajh leti hi hoon par Police ka kya kiya jaaye, sochti kuch hai, bolti kuch aur karti kuch…”
Abhi laughs…Shruti smiles…
Abhi – “aap reporter hain…mujhe nahi pata tha…”
Shruti – “ab toh pata chal gaya na..”
And like this laughing and talking they reached Abhi’s place. Abhi carries the bags inside and its kaki who opens the door.
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