Part 27
Where was he? Abhi thought…this was a complete dark room. He couldn’t see anything either. Was it dark outside? For how many hours was he unconscious? He checked for his badge, thank God, it was there. CID can still trace him… he tried to get up… ouch it hurt. His leg… he touched it… it had been bleeding and his head still ached. He was however no longer tied and neither his mouth was closed. Abhi found a wall and sat with support. After a few minutes when he thought he could now bear the pain, he got up and searched for any kind of exit. He found a flap…yes… he opened the bolts and then the flap… It was a window… too small for even a child to pass through and was also barred but at least now he could see something.
He was lying in a room with no furniture. Indeed the walls didn’t even have paint on them… they were dirty. The door was in the opposite side but it would be shut, he assumed. He could see the road outside. The window was facing a road… it had to be a city as the traffic was on. How could Abhi call to anyone to help… and then he remembered… these people had held hostages… he needed to rescue them. So Abhi, took his badge and threw it out of the window, in hope the others can find it. Then he turned towards the door, he needed to escape.
Meanwhile,
Daya – “sir Abhijeet ke transmitter se signals mil rahe hain…”
ACP – “kahan hai Abhijeet…dekho zara Vivek”
Vivek took the computer at once and started trying to locate it…
Vivek – “Yahin paas mein sir. Zyada door nahi hai… par…nahi”
ACP – “kya hua Vivek?”
Vivek – “sir ab signals nahi mil rahe”
Daya – “Lagta hai Abhijeet kisi aisi building mein hai jis mein se signals transmit hone mein mushkil hoti hogi…thodi der ko hi wohh bahar aaya hoga…”
ACP Prithviraj – “kya tum us jagah ko dhoondh sakte ho?”
Vivek – “ji sir…isme wohh location record ho gayi hai…main bas ek minute mein batata hoon”
ACP – “jaldi chalo Daya” He then whispered to himself “bas Abhijeet theek ho!”
Abhijeet tried all he could to open the door but it wont open. He even tried banging it but none came to help him neither was there any sound coming from outside. Maybe they locked him someone isolated and ran away. But where exactly was he? This wasn’t certainly the building he had come to… Abhi ran to the window to see if he can figure something out from the road…
Abhi was staring at the road, when he heard some noise outside the door… there was a click, a door was being opened… and then the door was unbolt and then it opened… he couldn’t make out who was it… the figure was in complete shadows. There was no light outside the door as well…
Abhi stepped a little forward…
Abhi – “kaun hai…kaun ho tum? Aur main kaha hoon?”
The figure didn’t say anything but quickly came inside and shut the door behind. For probably the first time in Abhi’s whole career, Abhi felt a little nervous. He had no clue where he was… he had no weapon… his friends didn’t know where he was... he has someone to protect and whereas he himself was in danger… for a moment, he felt miserable… Once before, only once before, Abhi had felt the same… when he was found by the CID team in a car, hurt. He then had no clue of anything. The time when he had lost his memory but that time, his friends were there for him. Today, once again he was totally clueless and this time even alone…
Abhi – “Kaun ho tum? Kya chahte ho… bolte kyun nahi?”
No reply, but then 2 hands searched him and closed his mouth. This was a girl…
Girl – “shhh…shor mat kijiye…koi aa jaayega”
Abhi knew this voice… it was Shruti – Viren’s sister. She struggled in darkness to find something…
Abhi – “tum?…main jaanta hoon tum koi journalist nahi ho…”
Abhi’s statement broke off as suddenly something clicked and light spread in the room. Shruti was there behind him holding a torch in one hand and a gun in other…
Shruti – “haan main par –“
Shruti couldn’t complete her statement as Abhi snatched her gun by then and was now pointing it on her.
Shruti – “Abhijeet, ye aap kya kar rahe hain?”
Abhi – “chalo…naatak band…batao Shruti ji aur Pinky kahan hain?”
Shruti – “Abhijeet, baat suniye…ye aap-“
Abhi – “tumne Shruti aur Pinky ko kidnap kiya na.”
Shruti – “main aisa kyun karungi?”
Abhi – “kyunki tum in sab se mili hui ho… achanak se tumhara mujhse milna, tumpar hamle, Mumbai aana…sab naatak tha… ye sab kis liye? Batao…”
Shruti – “haan ye sab naatak tha…mera aapse milna zaroori tha isiliye hum mile…par main in logoin ke saath nahi hoon”
Abhi – “mujhe tumpar bharosa nahi… mujhe dosti par hi bharosa nahi”
Just then the door opened and Shruti (Viren’s wife) came in.
Shruti – “aisa mat kahiye Abhijeet ji. Shruti sach keh rahi hain.”
Abhi – “aap theek toh hain na Shruti ji…aur Pinky kaisi hai? Aur…aapko kaise pata ki ye Shipra nahi Shruti hain?”
Shruti – “yahan se chaliye…main aapko sab batati hoon…par yahan nahi.”
Shruti led them through a series of dark corridors. This was an unoccupied building which seemed to be built for a series of offices as there were several corridors and several rooms branched to each corridor. Eventually they had to hide from some patrolling people. After some five minutes, they reached a room in the far end. Shruti gestured them inside and went after them herself.
Abhi still had his gun pointing towards Shruti (Viren’s sister) but she seemed relaxed. Shruti entered inside and ->
Shruti – “mera naam Shruti nahi hai. Main Anjali hoon… CID inspector Rajeev ki patni”
Abhijeet’s hand was now down and so was his jaw in amazement.
Anjali – “main aapko sab pehle bata dena chahti thi par mera beta Ajay, in logoin ke paas hai. Meri behen, Kanya aur uska pati, un dono ne ye chori kari. Jab Rajeev is case ki investigation kar rahe the, toh Kanya unki assistant thi. Kanya ka pati, Rajeev ka informer ban gaya aur kahin se wohh aisi khabarein deta jo sab sach nikalti. Ek din Rajeev ne Kanya ko usse baat karte dekha aur unhe shaq ho gaya. Unhone inka peecha kiya aur unhe pata chala ki saari chori in dono ne hi ki hai. Rajeev ne case ki file mein sab likh diya aur file mere paas ghar chod gaye aur khud agle din unhone in dono ko pakadne ka socha… par wahan in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya”
Abhi was in total shock. What exactly was happening? He must be dreaming…
Anjali – “us raat Kanya humare ghar aayi aur Ajay, Pinky aur mujhe apne saath le gayi. In logoin ne Rajeev ko baandh rakha tha ki wohh file band karne ko maan jaaye warna ye hume maar denge. Rajeev nahi maane, isiliye in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya. Baad mein, in logoin ne Ajay ko agwa kar liya. Unhone mujhse bola ki agar main Ajay ko Rajeev ki tarah khona nahi chahti toh main wohh file inhe de doon aur khud Viren ki patni banker aapke ghar chali jaun. In logoin ne hi mujhe kaha ki main aapse kahun ki Viren mar chuka hai.”
So indeed Viren was somewhere related to this case…but Abhi still couldn’t see where? But it was like Shruti (Viren’s sister) understood his brain
Shruti – “Viren hi Kanya ka pati yani ki is sab ke peeche hai.”
Abhi – “ye nahi ho sakta”
Anjali – “ye sach hai Abhijeet ji. Viren aapka dost kabhi nahi tha. Wohh sirf aapse matlab nikaal raha tha.”
Shruti – “aaj aapke jaane ke baad, jab main upar kamre mein gayi toh Anjali us fax ko pakde ro rahi thi. Us fax par Ajay ki tasveer hai.”
Abhijeet hadn’t really come up a shock but he knew better not to fall into another trap.
Abhi – “tum kaun ho?”
Shruti – “main?”
He again had his gun towards her…
Abhi – “haan tum…is sab mein tum kaisi aayi?”
Shruti – “Abhijeet main aapko nahi bata sakti. Aap sirf kuch der ke liye maan lijiye ki main dost hoon. Main aapke saath hoon”
Abhi – “kaun ho tum?”
Anjali – “Abhijeet ji, ye Viren ki behen hai. Sach mein, par ye humare saath hai. Viren ne toh inhe aapke ghar se agwa kiya tha”
Abhi – “wohh sab naatak tha hai na?”
Anjali – “Main wahin thi. Maine hi toh inhe chupke se khola…par mere dono bacche abhi bhi wahin hain. Unhe bacha lijiye Abhijeet.”
Abhi – “aap fikar mat karo…Pinky aur Ajay dono aapke paas sahi salamat honge par ab tum muh khologi ya goli maar doon?”
Shruti opened her mouth to speak but just then they heard firing. CID or the Police had come…great! However Shruti had escaped. Abhi asked Anjali to evacuate the building and handed her the gun as well. He ran out to chase Shruti but then met Daya.
He was lying in a room with no furniture. Indeed the walls didn’t even have paint on them… they were dirty. The door was in the opposite side but it would be shut, he assumed. He could see the road outside. The window was facing a road… it had to be a city as the traffic was on. How could Abhi call to anyone to help… and then he remembered… these people had held hostages… he needed to rescue them. So Abhi, took his badge and threw it out of the window, in hope the others can find it. Then he turned towards the door, he needed to escape.
Meanwhile,
Daya – “sir Abhijeet ke transmitter se signals mil rahe hain…”
ACP – “kahan hai Abhijeet…dekho zara Vivek”
Vivek took the computer at once and started trying to locate it…
Vivek – “Yahin paas mein sir. Zyada door nahi hai… par…nahi”
ACP – “kya hua Vivek?”
Vivek – “sir ab signals nahi mil rahe”
Daya – “Lagta hai Abhijeet kisi aisi building mein hai jis mein se signals transmit hone mein mushkil hoti hogi…thodi der ko hi wohh bahar aaya hoga…”
ACP Prithviraj – “kya tum us jagah ko dhoondh sakte ho?”
Vivek – “ji sir…isme wohh location record ho gayi hai…main bas ek minute mein batata hoon”
ACP – “jaldi chalo Daya” He then whispered to himself “bas Abhijeet theek ho!”
Abhijeet tried all he could to open the door but it wont open. He even tried banging it but none came to help him neither was there any sound coming from outside. Maybe they locked him someone isolated and ran away. But where exactly was he? This wasn’t certainly the building he had come to… Abhi ran to the window to see if he can figure something out from the road…
Abhi was staring at the road, when he heard some noise outside the door… there was a click, a door was being opened… and then the door was unbolt and then it opened… he couldn’t make out who was it… the figure was in complete shadows. There was no light outside the door as well…
Abhi stepped a little forward…
Abhi – “kaun hai…kaun ho tum? Aur main kaha hoon?”
The figure didn’t say anything but quickly came inside and shut the door behind. For probably the first time in Abhi’s whole career, Abhi felt a little nervous. He had no clue where he was… he had no weapon… his friends didn’t know where he was... he has someone to protect and whereas he himself was in danger… for a moment, he felt miserable… Once before, only once before, Abhi had felt the same… when he was found by the CID team in a car, hurt. He then had no clue of anything. The time when he had lost his memory but that time, his friends were there for him. Today, once again he was totally clueless and this time even alone…
Abhi – “Kaun ho tum? Kya chahte ho… bolte kyun nahi?”
No reply, but then 2 hands searched him and closed his mouth. This was a girl…
Girl – “shhh…shor mat kijiye…koi aa jaayega”
Abhi knew this voice… it was Shruti – Viren’s sister. She struggled in darkness to find something…
Abhi – “tum?…main jaanta hoon tum koi journalist nahi ho…”
Abhi’s statement broke off as suddenly something clicked and light spread in the room. Shruti was there behind him holding a torch in one hand and a gun in other…
Shruti – “haan main par –“
Shruti couldn’t complete her statement as Abhi snatched her gun by then and was now pointing it on her.
Shruti – “Abhijeet, ye aap kya kar rahe hain?”
Abhi – “chalo…naatak band…batao Shruti ji aur Pinky kahan hain?”
Shruti – “Abhijeet, baat suniye…ye aap-“
Abhi – “tumne Shruti aur Pinky ko kidnap kiya na.”
Shruti – “main aisa kyun karungi?”
Abhi – “kyunki tum in sab se mili hui ho… achanak se tumhara mujhse milna, tumpar hamle, Mumbai aana…sab naatak tha… ye sab kis liye? Batao…”
Shruti – “haan ye sab naatak tha…mera aapse milna zaroori tha isiliye hum mile…par main in logoin ke saath nahi hoon”
Abhi – “mujhe tumpar bharosa nahi… mujhe dosti par hi bharosa nahi”
Just then the door opened and Shruti (Viren’s wife) came in.
Shruti – “aisa mat kahiye Abhijeet ji. Shruti sach keh rahi hain.”
Abhi – “aap theek toh hain na Shruti ji…aur Pinky kaisi hai? Aur…aapko kaise pata ki ye Shipra nahi Shruti hain?”
Shruti – “yahan se chaliye…main aapko sab batati hoon…par yahan nahi.”
Shruti led them through a series of dark corridors. This was an unoccupied building which seemed to be built for a series of offices as there were several corridors and several rooms branched to each corridor. Eventually they had to hide from some patrolling people. After some five minutes, they reached a room in the far end. Shruti gestured them inside and went after them herself.
Abhi still had his gun pointing towards Shruti (Viren’s sister) but she seemed relaxed. Shruti entered inside and ->
Shruti – “mera naam Shruti nahi hai. Main Anjali hoon… CID inspector Rajeev ki patni”
Abhijeet’s hand was now down and so was his jaw in amazement.
Anjali – “main aapko sab pehle bata dena chahti thi par mera beta Ajay, in logoin ke paas hai. Meri behen, Kanya aur uska pati, un dono ne ye chori kari. Jab Rajeev is case ki investigation kar rahe the, toh Kanya unki assistant thi. Kanya ka pati, Rajeev ka informer ban gaya aur kahin se wohh aisi khabarein deta jo sab sach nikalti. Ek din Rajeev ne Kanya ko usse baat karte dekha aur unhe shaq ho gaya. Unhone inka peecha kiya aur unhe pata chala ki saari chori in dono ne hi ki hai. Rajeev ne case ki file mein sab likh diya aur file mere paas ghar chod gaye aur khud agle din unhone in dono ko pakadne ka socha… par wahan in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya”
Abhi was in total shock. What exactly was happening? He must be dreaming…
Anjali – “us raat Kanya humare ghar aayi aur Ajay, Pinky aur mujhe apne saath le gayi. In logoin ne Rajeev ko baandh rakha tha ki wohh file band karne ko maan jaaye warna ye hume maar denge. Rajeev nahi maane, isiliye in logoin ne Rajeev ko maar diya. Baad mein, in logoin ne Ajay ko agwa kar liya. Unhone mujhse bola ki agar main Ajay ko Rajeev ki tarah khona nahi chahti toh main wohh file inhe de doon aur khud Viren ki patni banker aapke ghar chali jaun. In logoin ne hi mujhe kaha ki main aapse kahun ki Viren mar chuka hai.”
So indeed Viren was somewhere related to this case…but Abhi still couldn’t see where? But it was like Shruti (Viren’s sister) understood his brain
Shruti – “Viren hi Kanya ka pati yani ki is sab ke peeche hai.”
Abhi – “ye nahi ho sakta”
Anjali – “ye sach hai Abhijeet ji. Viren aapka dost kabhi nahi tha. Wohh sirf aapse matlab nikaal raha tha.”
Shruti – “aaj aapke jaane ke baad, jab main upar kamre mein gayi toh Anjali us fax ko pakde ro rahi thi. Us fax par Ajay ki tasveer hai.”
Abhijeet hadn’t really come up a shock but he knew better not to fall into another trap.
Abhi – “tum kaun ho?”
Shruti – “main?”
He again had his gun towards her…
Abhi – “haan tum…is sab mein tum kaisi aayi?”
Shruti – “Abhijeet main aapko nahi bata sakti. Aap sirf kuch der ke liye maan lijiye ki main dost hoon. Main aapke saath hoon”
Abhi – “kaun ho tum?”
Anjali – “Abhijeet ji, ye Viren ki behen hai. Sach mein, par ye humare saath hai. Viren ne toh inhe aapke ghar se agwa kiya tha”
Abhi – “wohh sab naatak tha hai na?”
Anjali – “Main wahin thi. Maine hi toh inhe chupke se khola…par mere dono bacche abhi bhi wahin hain. Unhe bacha lijiye Abhijeet.”
Abhi – “aap fikar mat karo…Pinky aur Ajay dono aapke paas sahi salamat honge par ab tum muh khologi ya goli maar doon?”
Shruti opened her mouth to speak but just then they heard firing. CID or the Police had come…great! However Shruti had escaped. Abhi asked Anjali to evacuate the building and handed her the gun as well. He ran out to chase Shruti but then met Daya.
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