Chapter 11

Mumbai, CID Bureau.

The sky was castled by deep shade of orange with few strokes of bluish-black as the sun settle along the west, suggesting that the following day ended but to place like CID bureau this equation was not true..

Though it was evening the activities at the CID bureau were not decreased but to much more dismay it were increased when compared to the normal day. The officers were quite busy and were very much engrossed in there particular job, in background there were occasional terror shots and roar from the head of the Bureau and they were getting intense by every passing moment. To worsen the condition, along with ACP Pradyuman there were another roar occasionally from DCP Chitrole..

It was quite a rare scene to find Acp & Dcp together working under the same roof of bureau, since they both were together then that means that the job was pretty important. The bureau walls were shivering from time to time at the sudden burst by Acp followed by DCp . Due to there sudden anger burst every officers present at bureau were sincerely performing their tasks and were avoiding there best to perform any kind of mistake, as they all were not keen to be Acp sir's anger target..

They all tried there level best to get success in there task, but it was not an easy job.. to find their tracks...After all they BOTH were CID officers..& to the worst part they were trained by the most efficient CID seniors..so all this factors were proving quite troublesome to figure out there exact locations..

At the end of the room, i.e in Acp's cabin, Acp banged his hand roughly on the central table, making it shiver rigorously..watching Acp in such frustration and anger the rest of the team was quite worried for TWO of them..They were sure that Acp sir will never forgive them once they are caught ..

Rajat who was working on his desk trying to get some information about those TWO, got worried for the TWO, when he noticed ACP sir's fiery face, he knew that if the charges were proved, they will have tough time with ACp sir. A sigh escaped from his mouth as he thought about the worse conditions which could happen in this period. He just wished to end this things as early as possible..he just wondered how the whole scenario just changed in 2 days..just 2 days..before 2 days..they both were the part of the team, they were so close to them..but now situations has changed..Just in 2 Days..

Rajat's trail of thoughts were interrupted by Salunkhe, who stormed inside in the bureau followed by Tarika who headed towards Rajat..salunkhe on the other hand straight way headed to the ACP sir's cabin, his face also bore the same set of anger expressions like Acp but in the midst of the anger, there were few traces of worried, Rajat knew from the look of salunkhe sir's face that the worried lines were indeed for her..

Salunkhe stood in front of ACP and DCP facing them with those deadliest looks. witnessing the current situation in the cabin the rest of the team members felt a starnge kind of tense atmosphere building in them, there seniors gestures were not sounding positive, they all knew that the battle will surely commenced within minutes..& they were rite..the battle began when Salunkhe raised his first question..

Salunkhe(angrily)Boss..tumne kya soch kar shoot at the sight ka order diya?

( Acp turned his face to the other side without bothering to answer salunkhe..Seeing this Salunkhe went & stood in the other direction..)

Salunkhe: Boss, main tumse sawaal kar raha huin…

Acp: Salunkhe, main tujhe jawab dena jaroori nhi samjhta ..

(Dcp who was quite till now, spoke up with equal anger and hatred…)

Dcp: Pradyuman!( he shouted at top of his lungs) I'm your boss..tumhe mujhe jawab dena hi hoga..samjhe..kissko poochke tumne Abhir ko shoot at the sight ka order diya?

Acp: Sir, Abhir aapka grand son hain isska matlab yeh nhi ki use saja nhi hogi..agar woh apradhi hain, toh use jaroora saja hogi..

Dcp:tum bhool rahe ho Acp..ab tak Abhir ka gunha sabit nhi hua hain..phir kasie tum..( but he was stopped in between)

Acp: dekhiye sir..shaayd aap ne hi kaha tha ki Abhir is my responsibility..toh Abhir ke saath kasie deal karna hain, who main dekhlunga..apko mujhe batane ki jaroorat nhi hain..

Dcp: Main janta huin Acp ki Abhir ki jimmeadri main tum pain di thi..par yeh mat bhulo ki abhi main jinda huin..& mujhe poora yakin hain ki Abhir criminal nhi hain..I know Abhir is innocent..gunha kissi aur ne kiya hain..aur usska iljam Abhir ke ser par daal diya jaa raha hain..( DCP declared this sentence while eying to salunkhe; salunkhe knew what exactly dcp was trying to tell)

Salunkhe: Dcp sir tho aap kya yeh kehna chathe hain ki Spruha criminal hain?

Dcp: ho sakta hain..tum tho jante ho salunkhe how irresponsible she is..mere khayal se wahi criminal hain..abhir innocent hain..jaroor Spruha ne use fasaya hoga..

(Salunkhe was really mad after hearing this) :

Salunkhe: Dcp Sir, Abhir kya dood-pita bacha hain? Joh Spruha ne use fasya? Yeh mat buliye ki Abhir bhi ek officer hain..aisa bhi ho sakta hain ki Abhir ne hi Spruha ko fasaya ho..khud crime karke, Spruha par iljam daal diya ho..

Dcp: (shouting angrily)salunkhe..yeh mat bhulo ki Abhir is my grand son..woh asia kaam kar hi nhi sakta..iss ki guarantee main deta huin..

Salunkhe: Dcp sahib jiss tarah aap Abhir ki guarantee de rahe hain na, wasie main bhi Spruha ki guarantee deta huin..woh bhi yeh kaam nhi kar sakti..

(Acp who was already angry got even more heated up after listening to the Dcp & salunkhe's argument..since he cannot vent out his anger on Dcp coz he was senior to him, he ended up scolding salunkhe..)

Acp: (angrily) Salunkhe..chup ho jaa..teri bakwas sune keliye main yaha nhi baitha huin..

Salunkhe:par boss..

(Acp asked him to keep quiet by signaling him with his hand..)

Acp: ab bas hogaya..aur waise tu kaise keh sakta hain ki Spruha is not a criminal? Koi proof hain tere pass?bina evidence ke tu iss par koi behes nhi karega..samjha..ab jaa yaha se..( he ordered salunkhe )

(Salunkhe knew that there was no point of arguing with him..so he left from there..dcp also followed him & left from there as he knew that there was no point in arguing with ACP, so he decided to look in to this matter personally without concerning acp; now the only member left in the cabin was acp, he sulkeddown in his big chair and rested on the head of the chair, trying to feel relax, when he was interuupted by freddy's voice, who was leaning against his cabin door)

Freddy: Sir

Acp: haan freddy..

Freddy: sir, spruha aur Abhir ke phone location aur bank accunt par poori nazar hain..unn donoke cell wednesday night hi switch off kar diye gaye the..yaani ke jiss din Antara par humla huwa ussi din..( acp nodded on this fact, as he knew that this was the first thing criminal does after committing the crime. ) aaur ek baat sir unnke bank account par bhi humari nazar account main se abhitak koi bhi amount withdrawl nhi kar di gayi hain..agar unn dono main kahi se bhi aapne account ko operate kiya tho hume pata chal jayega..

Acp: good job freddy..( meanwhile vivek also entered in the cabin and informed ACp about the other tasks)

Vivek: aur ek baat sir, humne airport aur sare tour agents ko bhi alert kar diya hain..Abhir aur spruha ab mumbai se bahar nhi jaa sakta..

Acp: hmm..ek kaam karo Vivek..Sidharth se poch tach akro..dekho ki usske paas se SPruha ke baremain kuch janakri milt hain kya..

Vivek: okay sir..

Acp: (turning to freddy ) wasie Abhijeet aur daya kaha hain?

Freddy: sir, who dono aapne khabrion ke inn dono ke baremain alert karne gaye hain..agar who dono Mumbai main kahi bhi ekihta hain toh Abhiijeet aur daya sir ke khaabri hume inform kar denge..

Acp: thst's good..ab dekhta huin..kab tak bachnege yeh dono CID se..aur ek baat..Vivek..

Vivek: yes sir..

Acp: inn Dcp sahib par bhi nazar rakho..mujhe shaq hain ki yeh Abhir inn se contact karne ki jaroor koshish karenge..shayd DCP sir use help karne ki bhi galti kar baithe..aapne khabri inke piche laga domujhe innki bhi 24/7 information chaiye..

Vivek : yes sir..(Vivek nodded & headed to make a phone call to his khabri to get information about Dcp sir. Meanwhile Acp came outside from his cabin and headed towards Rajat's desk where Tarika was also standing)

ACP: Rajat..

(Rajat quickly stood up from his seat)

Rajat: yes sir..

Acp: Rajat, yeh khabar bahar media main tho nhi gayi na?

Rajat: no sir..humne pori koshish ki hain ki yeh khabar media walon tak pochnche..

Acp: good..dhyan rakho ki yeh khabar CID bureau se bahar nhi nikalni chahiye..samjhe? ( Rajat nodded)

Acp: Tarika

Tarika: yes sir..

Acp: Tarika,Spruha aur Abhir ke sare details mujhe chaiye..unnke fingerprints se unnke DNA tak..theek hain..

Tarika: actually sir..( she hesitated a bit)

Acp: kya baat hain?

Tarika: sir, who Abhir aur SPruha ki details dena thoda mushkil hain

Acp: mushkil kyu? unnka data humare forensic lab main ke computer main save hain na..phir bhi?

Tarika: Sir,unnka sara Data save hain..par..

Acp: par kya?

Tarika: par sir, woh sara data passwoord protected hain..usse main access nhi kar sakti..

Acp (confused) access nhi kar sakti matlab?

Tarika: Sir, kyunki Salunkhe sir ne unn dono ki sare details ko password se protect kar diya wajh se main access nhi kar paongi..sirf salunkhe sir hi kar sakte hain..

Acp: kya?sirf salunkhe ?(Tarika nodded) theek hain..main dekhta huin..par tum ek kaam karo..mujhe sari autopsy report lake dena..theek hain

Tarika: okay sir..(& Tarika left from the bureau)

Acp( thinking) Salunkhe ne Abhir aur Spruha ki sare details ko lock kyu kar diya?aakhir salunkhe ke dimag main chal kya raha hain? aakhir inn dono bacha kyu raha hain?aakhir kyu?

Some place in Mumbai.

A small Dhabha was present along the road side, the place was not much crowded but was also not deserted. Some trucks were parked just beside that dhabha, some rowdy music was playing on the radio and the truck drivers were enjoying there food while resting on the charpoy provided at the dhabha.

when suddenly a white qualis screeched and stopped at the front of the dhabha, seeing the qualis, a man who was working in the dhabha started walking towards the car, he was wearing some shabby clothes and was aging around 30-35 yrs. he greeted the men which were seated in the qualis.

Man: kya sahab, aaj apun ki yaad kaise aai aapko? kuch locha hogaya kya? (he spoke in full tapori accent) kya baat hain Daya sahab

Daya : haan bohaut bada locha hogaya hain..ek kaam karna hain..

Man: boliye sahab..

Daya: hume do logon ki talash hain..

(Abhijeet who was seating next to daya handed the man two photographs)

Abhijeet: inn dono ko dhoondna hain..iss ka naam hain Abhir..aur isska naam hain Spruha..

Man: sahab , dikhna main toh dono sharif dikhte hain..kya locha kiya inn logon ne?

Daya: tujh se jitna kaha jaye utna ki kar..jyada poch tach mat kar..

Man: phir bhi sahab..bolo na kya kiya inn dono ne?

Abhijeet: ek baar bola na aapne kaam se kaam rakh..yeh le ( giving him some money) ab chup chap kaam kar..inn dono main se kissi ko dekha tho mujhe ya daya ko call kar dena..theek hain..

Man: theek hain sahab..

(Daya and Abhijeet nodded and left from there..)

(Unknown Place)

The place was all dark, with no light source. though there was some light coming from the slits of the ventilator present in the room but it was not enough to luminte the whole room, the whole room was occupied by useless old furniture, cement bags, old machines, and now two alive bodies curled in the dark, lying unconscious on the floor.

When one of them gain consciousness, his vision was still blury, his head was still heavy and he was having tough time to held his head which was knocking him in grabbed his head from his one hand as he sat on the floor, his back still resting on the wall behind him..

he held his head in both his hands as the pain was getting unbearable. he tried to look at the place around him to have a idea about the surrounding, but he was having a tough time observing it with his blurry eyes and paining head..and with such minimise light he was having difficult time to have a look of things besides him, but from the light from the slits, a sillhoute of person lying on the ground next to him caught his vision, he reached towards it to have a look at the person..

As he looked closely, he figured out that the person lying next to him was Her..but why is she here? or rather why are they here?

he tried to remember but his memory was not supposting him..the last thing he remembered was Arguing with her in some place..and the next thing he remembered was a pain in his neck, and then it was total balck out..

he tried remembering all the sequences but he realized that his memory was fading and his vision getting heavier..and before he knew any other thing, he was on the ground tasting the floor's dust followed by the blackout..