~~~ Some hours, behind the bars ~~~

CHAPTER 1

Shreya was working on her computer late night. The workload was not allowing her to go and have a peaceful sleep. She was forcefully fixing her eyes on the monitor, running her fingers on the keyboard.

She decided to have a cup of coffee to freshen up her mind and clear away her sleepiness. She stood up from her chair, stretched her arms and moved into kitchen.

She was making the coffee when she heard some strange sounds coming from the balcony.

She left the coffee on the stove as such and moved towards balcony. Everything was alright there. Shreya jerked her head and began to move but her feet stopped as she spotted a shadow moving towards her. Shreya quickly turned and found a man was there holding a big knife. Before shreya could understand anything he pounced upon her with the knife.

Shreya moved aside quickly and held his wrist. But the attacker was physically stronger than her. Shreya applied all her strength to push him back and kicked hard in his stomach with her right leg.

The man fell down. Shreya quickly ran towards her room to get her gun. The man got up and followed her.

He caught shreya's leg and pulled her back. Shreya fell on the floor. She kicked on his face to get her legs back from his grip. As she became free, she got up quickly and ran towards the drawer. She hurriedly opened it and got her gun.

She pointed the gun at the attacker

"Freeze! Don't move! Kaun ho tum? " shreya asked shouting on top of her voice.

The man raised his hands up in surrendering position but the next moment he again made an attack upon her. In response shreya fired the bullet targeting at the floor near his feet.

But he astounded shreya as he fell on the floor and became unconscious.

Shreya was still targeting her gun at him, "hello you! get up! Mujhe pata hai tum behosh hone ka natak kar rahe ho, Come on get up I said. Don't fool me." Shreya shouted but she was shocked getting no response from him. She gasped in horror and moved near him still pointing the gun at him. She pocked him with her right foot, but her eyes got widened as she got to see the man drenched in blood. A bullet wound was clearly visible near his chest.

"Oh no!" Shreya exclaimed and bent down. She touched his body with trembling hands. She was taken aback finding him dead.

"No, its not possible, maine to goli nahi chalayi, phir ye kaise?" She whispered observing the gun in her hands. She was confounded. At midnight a stranger barges in her house, attacks on her holding a knife. and now he is dead of bullet when she did not even fire at him.

Shreya wiped her sweaty face. Her heartbeat was increased with apprehension.

She had no idea what to do now. A man was lying dead in her room and she was standing there holding a gun in her hand.

She covered her mouth with her hand to hold her breath.

She was just thinking of what to do when someone rang the doorbell.

Shreya startled hearing the doorbell. She looked at the dead body and then the gun in her hands. She was just standing dumbfounded when the unwelcome visitor called her name.

"Inspector Shreya, open the door!"

Shreya did not take much time to conclude that she has been stuck in a big trouble. A dead body is lying in her room and then at the same time someone is rapping at on her door ordering her to open it. Her brain told her that it's not just a coincidence.

She was scared but her brain was still working wisely. If you know that you are going to fall ill then its better to already fix an appointment with the doctor. Shreya too knew that she is going to face a really big trouble, so she already started thinking to get a help. And whenever she needs help, the first name to pop up on her mind is always him.

She took out her cellphone and dialled his number, "hello...daya sir!"

After explaining the situation to daya, Shreya composed herself. She left the dead body as such. Came outside and closed the door. She tucked the gun on her back inside her shorts . Again rubbed her sweaty face. Made herself presentable and moved towards the door.

She opened the door and found a bunch of some 4-5 men and a lady standing there.

Shreya looked at them in curiosity and managed to speak. "yes?"

"Inspector Shreya?" The lady asked.

"Hmm" shreya nodded.

The lady showed her ID, "this is inspector Kiya, from NCB, Delhi"

"N C B...Narcotics Control Bureau?" Shreya uttered confusingly.

"Khoobsurat dikhne ke sath sath kafi intelligent bhi hain aap!" The male officer said with a smirk, "Inspector Roy" he said showing his batch, "We have a search warrant for your house." he said showing the paper and before that shreya could understand anything they all barged inside.

Shreya was dumbstruck, " ek minute officer, kya kaha aapne? Search warrant? Mere ghar ka? At this hour of night? and NCB? officer! You must have been misinformed. I am a cid officer. I don't have anything to do with any narcotic activity."shreya said desperately.

"Wo pata lagana humara kaam hai Miss Shreya. We need to search your entire house, got it. Move officers, I want you to check every single corner of her house."Roy said sternly.

Shreya could not get what's happening with her, what if they find the corpse in her room. She rushed to stop them, "Officer, you...you just can't do this to me!" Shreya shouted angrily.

Roy smirked at her bringing his face closer to shreya, "We can do anything to you Miss Shreya". He whispered mischievously.

Shreya moved back throwing a disgusting look at him.

"MH 38 AZ4008, aap hi ki car ka number hai na!" Asked Kiya glaring into her eyes.

Shreya looked at her in disbelief.

"Han, but, meri car to maine servicing ke liye di hai, garage me!" Shreya told shockingly.

"Miss Shreya, your car has been caught being used in carrying and transportation of illegal drugs." Informed Kiya.

"What rubbish! Are you all drunk or what. I am an honest and dedicated cid officer. Its not possible. Please, we need to talk. Its really a serious allegation officer." Shreya urged anxiously.

"Sir, andar aaiye!" One of the officers called from shreya's room.

Shreya's heart beat was almost stopped.

Roy shot a glance at shreya and moved towards her room.

"Officer, listen to me please..." Shreya shouted and rushed behind them.

They came into shreya's room. The officers spotted the dead body and glanced at shreya.

"Would you please like to explain all this for me! What is this Miss shreya?" Roy said pointing at the corpse on the floor.

"I...I don't know this man. Just some minutes ago he irrupted inside my house. He attacked on me with the knife and...

"And in your turn, you killed him, right!" Roy yelled at her.

"sir yaha koi knife nahi hai" Told Kiya after checking all around.

Shreya was again shocked, "aisa kaise ho sakta hai, he was holding a knife in his hand, when he died." Shreya shouted.

"Inspector Shreya, aapko pata hai ye kaun hai?" Roy asked pointing at dead body.

"Not at all officer. Mujhe kuch bhi nahi pata" shreya nodded in no.

"Ye ek bahut bada drug supplier hai. Hum isi ki talash kar rahe the. Agar ek baar ye humare hath aa jata to hum isse sab kuch ugalwa sakte the ki wo kiske liye kaam karta hai? Uska boss kaun hai? Uske sathi kaun kaun hain etc etc. Lekin isse pehle ki wo humare hath aata aur hum usse information nikalwa pate, you wiped him out to keep him from turning into a witness, against you! Right?" Roy yelled at shreya.

"No, its not right! Main to ise janti tak nahi. I don't have anything to do with him. Aur maine use nahi mara." Shreya protested loudly.

The officer moved closer to her and held her from her waist.

"What the hell are you doing?" Shreya shouted pushing him away.

The officer moved his hand on her waist and pulled out her revolver tucked inside her pants. He moved back swaying the revolver in front of her.

"You must have not been playing with this revolver right?" He said with a smirk.

"It...its my service revolver. I took it out to defend myself." Shreya uttered in a rather soft voice.

"Self defence to sirf ek bahana hai. Aapko to use marna hi tha.!" The officer said checking the gun.

"Main manti hu maine goli chalai, but it was just to scare him. I did not target him, maine uske pairo ke paas neeche floor pe goli chalai thi. I don't know use goli kaise lagi, I just don't have an idea." Shreya told almost crying with helplessness.

Meanwhile kiya came back after checking the kitchen.

"Sir, mujhe kitchen se kuch mila hai. brown sugar aur cocaine ke packets, perfectly hidden inside food containers" kiya said showing the stuff.

Shreya's eyes popped out." No...its not possible. Ye ek sazish hai. Its all a trap, officer. " shreya cried in front of him.

"Trap? I see! Miss Shreya, you know, aapki car se bhi hume same aise hi 5 kilogram brown sugar aur kam se kam 25 kilogram cocaine mili hai. That's enough to put you behind the bars. Your game is over!"Roy said, showing her the handcuffs.

"No...officer, please trust me, maine kuch nahi kiya hai..." Shreya pleaded in front of them, but the officer did not pay any heed to her and handcuffed her.

"You are under arrest! Ab Jo bhi kehna hai, court me kehna."Roy said after handcuffing shreya.

"Wait a minute officer!" Someone interrupted from behind.

All turned towards the voice. Shreya's lips curved into a smile at the same time a tear drop escaped from her eyes, "daya sir!" She uttered overwhelmed with His arrival.

Both stared at each other for some seconds, then daya turned her gaze and moved towards the narcotics officers.

"Hello officer, Sr. Insp. Daya from Cid!" He said forwarding his hand.

"Inspector Roy, narcotics!" Said Roy holding his hand.

kiya too introduced herself to daya followed by a formal handshake.

Daya looked at shreya and then turned to Roy, "kya main jaan sakta hu, ye sab kya ho raha hai? Why are you arresting her? What's the matter?" He asked desperately.

"She is found to be a guilty of drug trafficking and murdering one of the important witness of this case. We have solid evidences in support of that."Roy told glaring at shreya.

"What? Drug trafficking? Murdering?" Daya sighed and glanced at shreya who was looking at him with lots of positive expectations. Daya turned to Roy, "kya main 2 minute akele me shreya se baat kar sakta hu?" Daya asked to Roy.

"We don't allow!" Shouted kiya.

"Please officer, just give me two minutes!" Daya pleaded to Roy.

Roy was convinced, "alright, just two minutes han!"

Daya thanked him and moved in a corner with shreya. Before daya asks her something shreya started telling him the whole story.

"Sir, mujhe kuch samajh me nahi aa raha ye sab mere sath kya ho raha hai. Ek aadmi ne ghar me jabardasti ghuskar mujhpar attack kiya. Khud ko bachane ke liye maine uspe goli chalai, I swear sir, meri goli ne use touch bhi nahi kiya, phir bhi pata nahi kaise use goli lag gayi aur wo mar gaya. phir turant ye log aa gaye, search warrant lekar. Ye us attacker ko ek drug supplier bata rahe hain aur keh rahe hain ki maine jaanboojhkar uska khoon kiya hai. Aur phir mere ghar ki talashi li, pata nahi kaise kitchen se wo brown sugar aur cocaine ke packets mile. Mujhe is sabke bare me kuch bhi nahi pata sir, aur inka ye bhi kehna hai ki is case me kisi ne meri car ka use kiya hai Aur car se bhi kuch drugs mile hain. " shreya finished the whole story in a flow, she paused, took a breath and again continued.

"Sir they handcuffed me, wo mujhe jail me daalne wale hain. Main kya karu sir? Please help me sir, please kuch kariye, main jel nahi Jana chahti, please mujhe bacha leejiye sir. Aap jante hain na main begunah jhatke me mera pura carrier, sare sapne sab khatam. Agar mummy papa ko ye sab pata chala to wo to jeete ji mar jayenge sir!" and she broke down in front of him.

Daya held her shoulders, "Shreya, just calm down! Aisa kuch nahi hoga. Main hu na. Tumhe bharosa hai na mujhpe. Mere rehte ye log tumhe hath bhi nahi laga sakte. Main hu na tumhare sath, kuch nahi hone dunga tumhe, got it. Tumhara carrier, tumhare sapne, kuch khatam nahi hone dunga main." He said placing a hand on her cheek.

Shreya couldn't hold after seeing his concern. She just moved and hugged him. Daya remained still for some seconds then he wrapped his arms around her and started caressing her head.

Shreya was sobbing placing her head on his chest, when Roy came and interrupted them.

"Time over, now inspector daya would you please allow us to take this girl with us." Roy asked smirking at shreya.

Shreya separated from the hug but didn't move away from daya. She glared at Roy and whispered something into daya's ears, "sir, ye bahut hi badtameej officer hai."

Daya looked at Roy, "no, I don't allow."

"What?" Roy uttered raising his eyebrows.

"I...I mean, you can't arrest her. She is absolutely innocent..." Daya was saying but Roy cut him in between.

"Itne sare evidences kafi nahi hain? There is a dead body lying in her room. We got these packets hidden in her kitchen, and still you have the guts to call her innocent." Roy was shouting on top of his voice, but daya cut him in rather soft voice.

"Yes she is innocent! Kyunki is sabke bare me use kuch bhi pata nahi hai. Ye sab...ye sab, maine kiya hai!" Daya said looking down.

Shreya looked at him shockingly, "sir, aap ye kya."

But daya lightly squeezed her hand signalling her to keep quiet.

Roy glared at him suspiciously, "what are you saying?"

"Yes officer, wo drugs maine chupaye the shreya ke ghar me. Use is bare me kuch bhi nahi pata. Trust me, she is not involved in all this, its me! Agar aap ko arrest Karna hi hai to mujhe kariye." Daya said holding shreya's hand.

"Oh really! Twist in the story! You kept the drugs in her kitchen and she didn't come to know about that. Interesting! It means, you often visit her home. May I please know what kind of relation do you both share." Roy asked with a grin.

Both daya and shreya exchanged glances. Daya looked into her eyes and made his grip stronger on her hand. He turned to Roy and said, "she is my girlfriend."

Shreya just got lost in him. Despite of Being stuck in such a dreadful situation, she felt butterflies in her stomach when daya squeezed her hand calling her his girlfriend.

Roy narrowed his eyebrows and twisted his lips, he smirked at both of them, "I see, girlfriend! A sweet innocent girlfriend!" He said stressing on innocent.

"Idiot" shreya muttered to herself glaring at Roy.

"Inspector daya, aapne mujhe confuse kar diya hai. Chalo, maan lete hain, wo drugs aur cash aapne inke kitchen me chupaya, aur inhe kuch bhi pata nahi tha. But you can't say that you killed that drug supplier. She is still the guilty of slaying of our witness. Now, we would have to arrest you both." Roy said showing daya another handcuff.

"But officer she didn't kill him intensionally, it was an accident. Jab shreya use janti hi nahi to uska murder kyun karegi wo. Just keep her away from all this, arrest me and do your job!" Daya said earnestly requesting him.

Roy moved near daya and glared at him, "you better don't teach me my job. You don't know inspector Roy, so better don't enter into a dispute with me. You both are cid cops that's why I am being so gentle, nahi to suspects ko ghaseet kar bureau le jata hu main. Mujhse behas Karna bekar hai, Jo kehna hai court me kehna. Arrest these two!" Roy ordered and pulled His collar in aggression.

The cops moved forward and handcuffed daya too.

"No...daya sir ye kya kiya aapne" shreya uttered and turned to Roy, "officer, he is lying just to save me. He is guiltless, Just let him go, I admit ye sab kuch maine kiya hai. Daya sir ka isse koi lena dena nahi" shreya shouted desperately.

"No officer, I am not lying. Shreya is lying to save me. Ye sab shreya ne nahi maine hi kiya hai. Shreya tum jhooth kyun bol rahi ho" Daya shouted looking at Roy.

Roy came in front of them and glared at them annoyingly, "shut up! Just shut up you both!" He turned to his cops bellowing with rage, "Arrest them and just throw into the Jail."

Daya and shreya exchanged glances helplessly and silently cooperated with the cops.

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A/N: so how will daya and shreya manage to get out of the trap? Will they be able to find out the mastermind behind this game? Next and last part will be posted within two days. Just wanted to try my hand on investigation. Will try to make it a little romantic in the next part.

Till then ,

Stay tuned and...

Keep loving Dareya...

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Aapki

Geet