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Abhijeet was pacing up and down the at the backside of parking lot in tension when noticed the red light cars moving out
with lots of tension and hope he rushed up
ACP sir was standing there at the main hall discussing something with Rajat, Abhijeet called "sirr"
in that single word there was fear tension and hope
ACP looked at him, he is biting his lips...eyes showing tention
"hume 24 ghante ka waqt mila hey Abhijeet..bas 24ghnte..aab baj rahe raat ke 8baje kal 8baje taq ager hum koi clue lead gawah kuch bhi pesh na kr paye to Daya ko regular cell mey trnsfer kiya jayega..aur next day yeani parso chargesheet file hogi..per iss 24ghnte hume sab chut hey, orders agaye fax mey (he pointed towards the paper at rajat's hand) kisi bhi political people ho koi bhi audha ho puchtach search kr skte ho..per dayre mey..smjhe?"
Abhijeet closed his eyes "jee sir"
"kya jee sir..kya krenge hum inn 24ghnte mey?kuch nahi hey humare haath mey tum smjh rahe ho?"
"pata nahi sir per kuch to krenge hi.."
ACP sir shook his head and moved out with "home minister ne bulaya hey mein nikalta hu..aur haan dimag shant rkhna kuch aur kand mat krna"
he marched out
Abhijeet sighed then turned to others "tumlog gher jao..subha pls thora jldi.."
Rajat strongly cut him "sir 8-10 ghnte hum aise waste nahi kr skte..hum kal raat ko hi gher jayenge..meine cafeteria mey bol diya 10baje humara dinner yeahi serve kr denge"
Abhijeet looked at Rajat and then others who nodded, he uttered a low "thanks" and moved to his desk
Vivek stopped him "sir Shankar release hone wala hey kal, uski peshi bhi parso hey..hum usse ek bar fir ager?"
Abhijeet nodded "haan tum aur Freddy kal usse ekbar fir milo, kitne logo ko Pandey ka iss gang mey involvement pata hey kitne kartut kiye usne sab nikalo"
Freddy said "sir hume to aab orders mil gaye hum Pandey ki pura gher office karyalay sb ager search.."
Abhijeet nodded "ha..Abhie nikalte hey"
he was about to move out but Rajat said "sir aap pls thora relax ho jaiye..mein aur Pankaj Pandey ki gher jate hey..Purvi Vivek office..aap pls.."
"per Rajat.."
"sir ACP sir ne kaha na thande dimaag se deal krne ko pls sir"
Abhijeet can himself understand he is not feeling ok,his mind totally blocked energy drained out so he just nodded
aftr both the teams moved out Abhijeet looked at Freddy "Freddy Pandey jis waqt gang mey active tha uss waqt jitne khoon uss gang ne kiya uski ek list nikalo..aur hal filal mey jitne khoon us gang se hua per political pressure se case dab gaya mtlb Pandey ne case daba diya uska bhi"
"jee sir"
Freddy turned to go but stopped and looked again at Abhijeet who is grabbing his head in palms
"sir.."
"haan.."
"Daya sir begunah sabit ho jayenge sir"
Abhijeet looked at Freddy and gave a dry smile
Freddy moved to his desk..Abhijeet looked at his computer "Pandey ki close kaun tha sayed isse koi clue mil jaye.."
aftr about half an hour he just shut the computer and leaned back on chair..
Only political contacts, even the financer have no black details apparently..and gaining all secret info about them in a day is not possible..
Freddy came near Abhijeet's chair "sir"
Abhijeet sat straight immediately "haan Freddy kuch mila?"
"sir aab recently jitne khoon uss gang ki hatho se hua usmey kahi koi political background nahi mil raha..aur pehle mtlb Pandey ki time pey jo hua usmey victim ki gherwale aab kaha hey koi idea nahi..koi track hi nahi.."
Abhijeet just sighed..
Freddy moved back to his desk, Abhijeet dialed someone's number
"Salunkhe sahab aap gher ke liye nikal gaye?"
"nahi lab mey hi hu..bolo..kuch mila.."
"nahi..wo mein keh raha tha aap ek br fir Pandey ki gher ja skte hey? Rajat hey woha sayed koi clue..mujhe pata hey aap ne sare test achese kiya per sir wo..koi nishan kuch..mtlb"
"Abhijeeet..mein smjhta hu..tum Rajat ko bol do..mein pahuchta hu"
"think you sir.."
he cut the call, messaged Rajat and got up
"Freddy mein party ki pradhan karyakarta aur Pandey ki P.A se mil ke ata hu"
"per sir iss waqt..wo log.."
"haan irritate hoge na?chalega mein ata hu.."
he moved out..
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Abhijeet returned back bureau at around 10:30pm..anger clearly visible on his face
team along with salunkhe sir is waiting fr him
Salunkhe sir is the first one to ask "Abhijeet koi kaam ki baat.."
"nahi unke neta to bara saaf hey..uche bicharo wala..bahut mahan.."
he pressed his teeth and looked at Rajat, who said in low tone "sir unki pass aise bahut documents mile jisse unki ache kamo ki ginti ho sake per.."
dr Salunkhe added "aur Daya ki alawa kisi aur ki presence ki koi.."
"haan to man ley Daya ne hi mara hey?"
no one was ready for this sudden attack from Abhijeet so stayed silent
he turned to Vivek and Purvi who just down their heads
he made an extreme disgusted face when the boy from cafeteria came in "saab dinner serve kr dey?"
dr Salunkhe nodded "haan haan le ayo..khali pet koi kaam nahi hota" the boy left
Abhijeet sat on the chair thinking something
he was completely in other world when felt a hand on his arm
he looked up, dr Salunkhe signaled him to the centre table "kuch khalo tumne to dopeher se kuch nahi khaya hoga.."
Abhijeet looked at the food packets and got up "aap log kha lijiye..mein ata hu" and moved out hurriedly
Freddy sighed "Daya sir se milne gaye honge"
others just stayed silent
entering inside the bureau jail area, Abhijeet noticed a guard moving out with a food tray
he stopped him "wo Daya..usne.."
"nahi sir unhone lauta diya..yea dekhiye"
Abhijeet took the tray "tum jao mein dekhta hu"
"per sir ACP sir ne kaha tha ki mein hi kayidio se.."
Abhijeet looked at him, he immediately looked down "chabi?"
he forwarded the key and fled
Abhijeet moved towards Daya's cell and found him lying on bed
he entered inside, Daya didn't looked at him at the noise
so he moved nearer and kept the food tray on the small tool
"Daya.."
Daya opened his eyes "tum?kuch pata chala?koi clue mila..time..haan kitna time mila hq se..bolo na"
Abhijeet looked at him for few seconds, "haan hume time mil gaya..aur ek clue bhi milne wala hey.."
Daya sat up "sach keh rahe ho na?"
Abhijeet sat beside him "bilkul..per pata hey bhukhe pet mujhse itna sab nahi hoga.."
Daya scowled
"aur tu bhukha rehega to mein sahi se kha bhi nahi paunga hey na?"
Daya looked at the food tray, Abhijeet too looked at it
two roti with a watery daal..where the presence of lentil is not visible
he kept a hand on Daya's shoulder "bahar se kuch launga na to CCTV mey ajayega media taq pahuch jaye to.."
"nahi Abhi mujhe adat hey..bachpan mey to itna bhi guarnteed nahi tha..mein kha lunga sachie tum jao"
"kyun mere hone se kya hoga?"
"yaar tum.."
Abhijeet had already picked up the plate and started tearing the roti
Daya looked down "Abhi.."
"hmm.."
he forwarded the bite, Daya took it and nodded in no
"bol na.."
Daya placed his head on Abhijeet's shoulder "Abhi ager kuch nahi mila to?mujhe jail hoga na?woha sare mujrimo ki bich..cid ki bahut badnami hogi..tumhe..tumhe bhi log bahut kuch kahenge..sir jaise Nakul ko leke akele mey udas hote hey tum bhi.."
Abhijeet closed his eyes trying to stop the tear that is threatning to come out
he took some deeper breaths and looked at Daya "tune qasam khaya na meri baat nahi manega?"
Daya sat straight
"keh to raha hu ulta sidha mat soch per nahi sahab ko to apni man ki krni hey na bas.."
Daya smiled
Abhijeet forwarded another bite "le kha aab..bahut sarr kha liya mera"
Daya opened his mouth
Abhijeet silently carried on his job still thinking something
aftr ending with the dinner stuff Abhijeet was about to get up but Daya grabbed his hands
as he turned to him Daya said "mujhe pata hey koi clue nahi mila tumhe..bas jake pareshan hote rahoge, thori der baitho na.."
Abhijeet nodded, kept aside the plate and washing his hand sat on the cot
Daya lied down placing his head on his favorite pillow grabbing it tightly
"Abhi mujhe darr lag raha hey.."
Abhijeet didn't answered
Daya looked at him, found him lost
"Abhi.."
"Daya mujhe kuch smjh nahi araha..kuch haath nahi araha yaar..sb kr liya..background kahi koi record nahi..na koi dost..unginat dushman..case ki victim ki track nahi..kahi kuch nahi"
Daya sat up still looking at Abhijeet
Abhijeet jerked his head "ek tinka bhi haath nahi araha..24ghnte mey kya kaise.." he hold his head "kuch nahi smjh araha.."
Daya pressed Abhijeet's shoulder "boss relax..dekho kuch na kuch mil jayega..tum aise pareshan ho jaoge to kuch soch hi nahi paoge.."
Abhijeet looked at Daya and patted his cheeks lightly
Daya placed his palm on Abhijeet's hand
"tum na Shankar se baat kro.."
Abhijeet nods "haan kal subha Vivek..nahi mein hi jaunga"
"boss team pey to bharosa rakho yaar"
Abhijeet looked down..
"acha aur parosio se milo, phone record.."
"saaf hey"
Daya sighed "acha jo hoga kal sochna..aab ek kaam kroge?"
Abhijeet gave him a questioning look
"pehle cafeteria jake khana khao fir sbko gher jane ko kaho aur khud bhi gher jao"
"Daya per time bahut.."
"kam hey na?hone do..aab kya kroge tum adhi raat ko?gher jao ayr dawai leke so jao"
Abhijeet tried to say something
"kuch nahi bolna hey gher jao aur dawai leke so jao..pls Abhi..subha ajana"
"aur tu?"
Daya looked down "mein bhi so jaunga"
Abhijeet pulled up his face "acha.."
Daya didn't meet his gaze, Abhijeet shook his head "chal so ja"
Daya looked up, Abhijeet smiled
Daya again lied down in previous posture
Abhijeet was patting his head but still thinking smething
Daya tried to divert his mind "pata hey mein jab school mey tha na tab mujhe daanto se piano bajana to dur ek thappar taq marna nahi ata tha..kisise larai hoti thi mein use kuch aise dhamki deta tha 'dekhna ek din mere side leke larne wala ayega aur tumhe bahut pitega' aur dekho..isiliye kehte hey din bhar achi achi socho aur bolo, pata nahi bhagwan kab tumhari jeb mey apna kan dal dey"
Abhijeet gave him a strict look, he closed his mouth and lips immediately
but opened aftr a second "Abhi tum aise pareshan hote rahoge to.."
Abhijeet ignored his advice "tune Ramu se li thi na Shankar ki bayan ki jankari?"
Daya nodded
"hmm..chal uth.."
"mtlb.."
"mujhe jana hey goud se uth"
Daya sat up "kaha.."
"kaam hey..tu sone ki koshish kr..mein apni chain ki neend ko wapas lane ki koshish krta hu..aur haan relax rehna..hmm?"
"tum bhi"
Abhijeet patted his cheeks and moved out closing the door behind
he called Rajat "Rajat tum log filal gher jao..aab koi kaam nahi hey..Freddy aur Vivek se kehna kal early morning hspital jaye aur puchtach ki bad apne nigrani mey Shankar ko jail chor aye..aur tum log apne infrmers ko Pandey ki karibio ki peeche laga do"
"humne bol diya sir"
"good..meine bhi apne aur Daya ki khbrio ko Pandey ki dushmano pey najar rkhne ko keh diya..dekhte hey"
"sir aap..kaha mtlb.."
"ek kaam hey krke gher jaunga"
"Daya sir.."
"thik hey..acha tum log niklo..aur dctr saab ko gher chor dena"
he cut the call and moved out taking the qualiss
he moved directly to a shabby chawl area and knocked a door
aftr few minutes someone opened the door "saab aap?"
"dekh Ramu mujhe tujhse jaruri baat krni hey,tera nam samne aye Daya nahi cahta isliye bureau nahi bulaya aur mein khud aya hu.."
"boliye naa saab"
"tune Shankar ka bayan suna tha Daya ki alawa kisko bataya"
"saab meine?meine kisiko nahi bataya..ayi sapath..mein to bas Daya saab ko,wo pareshan they aapka phone nahi lag raha tha to"
"aur bhi koi pareshan ho raha hoga tune uski bhi pareshani dur kr di?"
"nahi sachi aisa kuch nahi.."
"acha acha yea bata tere jaise kisi aur ne suna tha Shankar ka bayan?"
"malum nahi saab per mein jab kamre ki bahar tha tab woha koi nahi tha.."
"aur tu jab Daya se baat kr raha tha?"
"nai saab meine to kisi ko nahi dekha.."
"dhyan se yaad kr.."
"wo..haan saab meine jab baat khtm ki tab ek buddhe ne mujhe bulaya, sayed wo aspas hi kayi hoga per.."
"per kya?"
"wo ENT dept mey hi ata tha kaan mey problem leke wo kaise sunega saab?"
"wo kaha rehta hey kuch.."
"wo to abhie hospital mey hey..usi din hospital ki siriyo se girr gaya to haddi.."
"oh acha..wo akela tha.."
"jab use emergency admit kiya gaya tab to akela tha, haan sham ko unke beti ayi thi..kahi bahar hey sasural to.."
"acha acha thik hey.."
he was about to move out
"saab.."
"hmm"
"kya uss surya Pandey ne sach mey Daya saab ke pita ko mara tha?"
Abhijeet shrugged "pakka saboot to hey nahi.."
"ager mara na fir Daya saab ko unhe marne ka haq hey saab.."
Abhijeet scowled
"kanun to nahi janta saab per bete ka farz hota hey baap ka karz utare..aur yeahi to asli shradh hey na saab?"
Abhijeet didn't answered but walked back to quails and drove off
"arey tere table pey to rakha hey mera watch,pehen leta..puchne kiu agaya"
"nahi tumhe bataye bina..kaise.."
"kyun bomb laga rakha hoga meine?"
"arey nahi..wo aise bina bole kaise koi cheez utha lu.."
"tere kamre ki cheez uthayega ismey kya.."
Daya looked down with sad smile "school mey ek bar apne bench ki ek larke ki pen uthake dekha tha bahut alag sa tha wo pen,kimti bhi..to..bas..fir wapas bhi kr di, dusre din wo pen gayeb ho gaya..usne kaha meine chori ki hey,thora pitayi bhi kr di apne dost se mil ke..fir teacher ayi to unhone sbki bag search kerwaya..aur uski usi dost ke bag se mila..teacher ne use daanta to usne mujhe kaha thik hey chori nahi ki per irada to tha..meine wapas jake raghuvendra sir se kaha..pata hey sir ne kya kaha?"
Abhijeet gave a silent questioning look
"chori nahi ki tumne per dil mey uss pen ko leke ek khawish to ayi isiliye dekha na?aise khawishe mat lao..pehle bara ho jao fir apne balbute pey khawishe krna..dusro ki cheez asehi utha lena dekhna khwaish krna isse hi suru hoti hey lalach..pata hey boss tab se meine kabhie aisa nahi kiya..aj bhi tumhare ghari ko lekar nahi kr skta..mujhe pata hey tumhare har cheez pey haq hey mera fir bhi..adat ho gayi na aise khawisho ko dabane ki"
ager mara na fir Daya saab ko unhe marne ka haq hey
bete ka farz hota hey baap ka karz utare..aur yeahi to asli shradh hey
"Daya ka gussa jayes tha, pata nahi kitne chote mote khawisho ko dafan kiya hoga bas uss admi ki wajase..per mera darr bhi to jayes tha na..sabit ho gaya na mera darr..koi rasta nahi dikh raha.."
he looked at the watch..
4hours passed
"20ghnte..koi clue nahi humare pass..aab ager infrmers kuch news de to hi..koi to rasta hoga..kuch to.."
he reached his house and aftr parking the car get in
threw himself on sofa
"koi ek chota sa to kuch mil jata.."
he was sitting with closed eyes when his phone rang, he pulled out his phone but seeing the caller id his heart shrank
"ha sir"
"kuch kaam agey barah?"
"nahi sir bas..koshish.."
"Abhijeet home minister bahut jyada pareshan hey case ko leke..ager hum iss 24ghnte mey na kr paye fir sayed.."
seeing Abhijeet silent ACP sir asked "Abhijeet tum smjh rahe ho na?"
"sir kitne ajeeb hey na ek waqt ka gunda marr gaya to kitna halchal aur kitne police walo ko usne uski gang ne mar diya usko leke to aap ki home minister ne socha taq nahi"
"Abhijeet yea sab bad mey ho skta hey filal Daya ki case pey cncntrate kro"
he cut the call
Abhijeet threw the phone aside..the tick tick of the clock making him agrier
he got up and started pacing up and down "waqt bitta jaraha aur mere pass kuch nahi..ager 24ghnte mey kuch haath na aye to..jail..nahi Daya kaise.."
he sat back again on sofa and clutched his hairs "koi to rasta nikle..pls bhagwan..kuch to.."
he threw back his head on backrest and closed his eyes..
Unknowingly his tired body slept..
his mother is standing near a vast sea..at the beach very near to water
she is slowly moving towards water
Abhijeet wants to run towards her to save her but an invisible wall is stopping him..
She got into the water and tides started engulfing her
Abhijeet want to shout
but his voice stuck
Abhijeet got up with a jerk,he is totaly sweaty
"maa ko mein bacha nahi paya mere wajase wo chali gayi Daya ko mein nahi kho sakta.."
he got up "mein hospital jaunga Abhie..Shankar se baat krni hey.."
he was about to move out but stopped and looking at the clock "1 baj rahe aab jake kya hoga..kal subha hi.."
he fetched his phone and send a message to Vivek "kal Shankar se milne mein jaunga.."
he moved to his room and silently lied down
next day aftr meeting Shankar Abhijeet was driving back to bureau when his phone rang
he parked the car, "haa sir.."
"kya kya pata chala Shankar se.."
"sir jab Pandey yea gang chalata tha tab yea Shankar ek 10 -12 saal ka bacha tha aur ek type se infrmer ka kaam krta tha..ghero mey kaam krta tha..aur sari khbre Pandey ko deta tha..aur bhi kayye log they iss kam mey per waqt ki sath sath Shankar mey Pandey ko sare khasiyat najar ayi aur wo use jimmedari dene laga,fir jab Pandey ne politics mey ane ka socha tab jo Pandey ka daina haath tha wo gang sambhalta tha aur Shankar uska daina haath..per wo ek bomb blast krte hue mara gaya to Shankar hi.."
ACP sir asked "mtlb uske pass saboot hey ki Pandey ne hi Daya ki father ko.."
"saboot to nahi per uski khood ki gawai hey.."
"per Abhijeet isse nahi hoga tum achese jante ho..kya aab Pandey ka koi cnction.."
"tha to per kaun kaise yea pure gang mey kisiko nahi pata, Pandey ki pass waqt be waqt khbr pahuch jati thi aur Pandey ek hacked acount se message vejta tha.."
"per kaise Abhijeet yea bich ka cnction sayed koi kaam aye humare.."
"sir wo to kuch nahi bol paya..meine Freddy Rajat dono ko vej diya, gang ki jintne admi ko humne uthawa hey sbse milne ke liye..sir ager uss sabse.."
ACP sir sighed "kuch pata chale to infrm krna mujhe delhi nikalna hey mein nikalta hu"
he cut the call
minutes passed..turning into hours and hours passed completing 23 hours
R and R