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Originally posted by: mitraseth
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Originally posted by: sups2222
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CHAPTER 8
Somewhere in a dark room in the basement':
"ETF officers aagaye hain," a man stood in the shadows and told his boss.
His boss stood with his back towards him, "Aane do. Hum bhi tho wahi chahte hain. Aane do," he ended his sentence with a smirk.
Room no. 502
2:30 PM
Arjun's mobile started ringing.
"Haan Rathore, koi khabar mili unke rishte daaron se?"
"Nahin Rawte. Yahaan kisiko andaaza bhi nahin hain. Unn teeno mein se kisike bhi dushman ya koi aur jhagda, kuch bhi nahin hain. They are all clean," Rathore said in a firm tone.
"Tumhe pakka yakeen hain?"
"Haan. Confirmed hain."
Arjun cut the phone.
"Kuch mila sir?" Riya asked.
"Nahin," Arjun said and walked towards the balcony. Lost in thought he put a hand on the balcony door.
Something hit him like a bolt, and he realized something he should've realized long back.
He knocked the balcony door. And then he examined the balcony floor. He immediately turned towards Riya.
"Riya tum manager ko call karo aur usse kaho ki hamein Sameera ke kamre me miley," saying he rushed out of the room.
Riya was confused for a moment, but knowing him very well, she did what he asked her to do.
Riya could walk properly now, thanks to Arjun's quick first aid and the powerful pain killers she took. But, running would be difficult for her even now and she was worried about that. She might be a problem again.
By the time Riya and the manager arrived at Sameera's room, Arjun was standing in the balcony examining it. It was exactly like the one in their room.
"ACP Rawte apne uss container ko bhi lane ko kaha..," the manger handed him over the tear gas container.
Arjun inspected it gave it back to him.
"Aaj subah hamne ek bath nazar andaaz kar diya tha..Trivediji aap ne ek baath kahin thi mujhse. Jis din aap ko dhamki mili thi usi raat ko apne balcony mein kisi cheez ki girne ki awaaz suni thi, lekin wahaan kuch nahin tha. Agle hi din, Sameera ke kamre mein attack hua," Arjun said closing the balcony door in Sameera's room, "Riya, tum Sameera aur Trivediji, aap yahin iss kamre mein rukiye. Anoop aap mere saath chaliye."
Both Mr. Trivedi and Sameera's rooms that were already beside each other, had their balconies facing a secluded region in the garden and were on the first floor.
Arjun and Anoop stood a few feet away from Sameera's balcony.
"Anoop, kya aapko ye nazar aa raha hain ki woh balcony door closed hain?"
"Yes sir."
"Kya ye raat ko bhi dikhega?"
"Ji."
"Aap ye container phirse uss door ki taraf phekiye. Ye dhyaan rakhiye ki woh kamre ke andar zaroor jaye."
"Lekin.." Anoop tried to explain something.
"Aapko jitna kaha hain utna kijiye."
Anoop Saxena hurled the container at the balcony door. The container hit the door, rebounded and fell on the floor. But it didn't stop there. It rolled towards the drain and fell through the railings of the balcony!!!
Arjun smirked.
"Vahin tho main kehne ja raha tha," Anoop ventured, "Saare VIPs ke rooms ke balcony doors aur window doors, ek special fibre type glass ke bane hain, jo aasani se tootha nahin. Ye sab unke security ko dhyaan mein rakhte huye ki gayi hain."
"Jaanta hoon main. Aapka brochure padha tha maine," Arjun said and went towards the container, that fell under the balcony. He observed the place, trying to find something.
"Kal raat tho baarish huyi thi, tho foot prints mit gaye honge," he thought.
Arjun and Anoop returned to Sameera's room.
"Trivediji aapne kuch awaaz suni ab?" Arjun asked Mr. Trivedi.
"Ji haan! Vahi awaaz jo maine uss raat mere kamre ke balcony mein suni thi, lekin ab thodi tez thi."
"Sameera, tumne uss raat ye balcony khud khol ke rakhi thi?" Arjun asked.
"Ji nahin. Main har roz raat ko room me hi khaana order karti hoon. Mere saath Alex, mere mangetar bhi the. Tab mere room mein serve karne kal raath ek ladki aayi thi. Jab maine sone se pehle usse cleaning ke liye vaapas bulvaya tho, usine hi mujhse kahaan ki baahar baarish ho rahi hain. 'Kyun na aap balcony ke doors khol de aur baahar weather bhi bahut acha hain.' Isliye maine usse darwaaze kholne ke liye kahaan," she said casually.
"Aapko suddenly woh aise suggestions deti hain..weird nahin laga?" Arjun asked.
"Ji laga tho tha. I mean somebody from room service tells me what to do, it does seem weird. But she had talked to me before. Been to my room a few times before in my week's stay here. Infact meri har kaam vahi attend karti thi," Sameera said.
"Aap uss ladki ka naam jante hain?" Arjun asked.
"Sure. It was Shikha," Sameera said casually.
"Main usse abhi milna chahta hoon," Arjun said turning towards the manager.
"Definitely. Aap mere saath ayiye," Mr. Saxena took Arjun and Riya to the staff room.
He inquired about Shikha and was informed that she didn't turn up for duty because of ill health and was resting in the quarters. "Usne mujhe kal raat ko teen baje ek message bheja tha ki uski tabiyat theek nahin hain aur woh aaj kaam pe nahin aayegi," said one of her colleagues.
"Ye quarters kahaan hain?" Arjun asked.
"Yahin hain. Do minute ki doori mein."
As they walked towards the quarters, Riya finally broke her silence, "Aap kya kar rahe hain sir?"
"Pata chal jaayega Riya. Andhere mein ek teer choda hain maine. Lagata hain nishane pe hi lagi hain. Lekin, I hope hamein bahut der nahin ho gaya hain," he said.
But they were late. By the time they reached her room, she was found dead.
Reason for death: Snake bite. This was determined due to the presence of bite marks on her ankle.
"Yahaan saanp kahaan se aaye?" Riya asked the manager.
"Forest environment hain. Aksar bahar nikalte hain. Isliye hum strict instructions dete hain ki iss taraph ke windows na khole. Yahaan marammat chaalu hain, kuch hi dino mein ye problem solve hone hi waala tha," he explained.
"Koi saanp ko andar leke aaya tha..," Arjun said moving towards an open window.
"How can you be so sure sir?" Riya asked him.
"Iske colleague ne kahaan ki raat ko teen baje message aayi thi. Matlab tab tak woh zinda thi, agar hum ye soche ki message usine bheja hain. Inhe tho strict instructions mile hain ki ye khidkiya na khole. To phir isne kyun khola?" Arjun paused. "Riya tumhare paas woh mini investigation kit hain, jise Shree ne diya tha tumhe?"
"Haan sir," Riya said. She turned her diary around and opened a flap, to remove a thin spray container. Arjun and Riya wore their gloves, and Arjun sprayed the powder over the wooden window. In the upper part finger prints instantly appeared.
He then sprayed it over the window handle. A new set of finger prints appeared. By close examination it was clear that both the sets belonged to different people.
"Ye dekho Riya, iss upri hisse mein jis tarah se finger prints hain, woh tho yahin indicate karte hain ki koi iss khidki se baahar gaya tha. Wahin aadmi ne uss saanp ko apne saath laya. Shikha ne uske liye darwaza khola tha, ye handle ke upar lagi finger prints indicate karte hain," Arjun explained to Riya.
"Iska matlab woh uss aadmi ko jaanti thi. Tho phir iske maut ka kaaran?" Riya asked.
Arjun lowered his voice and almost whispered to her, "Yahaan nahin, kahin aur batata hoon." Riya nodded.
Arjun then turned to the manager, "Iss laash ki turanth post mortem karvayiye. Aur ise accidental death hi kahiye. Kisiko ye nahin pata chalna chahiye ki ye shaayad ek murder ho sakti hain."
Arjun and Riya walked out of the quarters and then decided to return to their room.
They came out of the lift to find a man fighting with a woman right in front of their door.
"Just leave me alone Rishab!" the woman yelled at him.
"Why Suman? You don't need me anymore?" he retorted.
"Why do you need me now? Your present girl friend left you or something?" she asked folding her hands.
"Enough Suman. You're my wife!"
Arjun and Riya looked at each other. Rishab was the guy Riya met that morning and Suman was the woman who threw the water all over Arjun.
"Oh really? You know what's enough? Your drinking. You do nothing but that! Just leave me alone. Ghin aati hain mujhe tumse !" she yelled again.
"Tho phir tum mujhe divorce kyun nahin deti ho?"
"Sure Rishab! With pleasure!"
"Kyun? Tumhe ab koi aur milgaya hain kya?"
Suman just shook her head a turned to leave when she spotted Arjun and Riya. Her face brightened and Riya cursed her fate.
"Oh! Hello..how come you're here?" Suman asked Arjun, ignoring Riya.
"Hamara kamra," Riya said and pointed at #502.
"Really? I'm so sorry..Oh my god! This is so embarrassing," Suman said faking embarrassment.
"It's okay," Riya said, "aage se dhyaan rakhiye. Woh kya hain, it's very uncomfortable."
Suman glared at Riya for the insult and stormed out of there.
Rishab walked towards them, glaring at Arjun on the way. Arjun was no less.
Rishab approached Riya, "Hello Miss.."
Riya interrupted him, "Mrs. Desai," she said stressing on the 'Mrs.' part.
Rishab got the message and left giving Arjun a final glare.
Riya face palmed. "Kaise kaise log hote hain!"
Arjun just shook his head and entered their room.
"Sir, aap ab tho pata sakte hain na?" Riya asked getting a little impatient.
Arjun opened the balcony doors and beckoned Riya towards him. She did as told.
"Ye balcony doors ko ek baar choo kar dekho," Arjun said with his hands folded.
Riya touched the door and turned towards Arjun, "Main samjh gayi thi sir. Jab woh container darwaaze se andar nahin aa paayi thi, tab hi andaaza hua tha ki aap kya kar rahe the. Lekin uske baad.." Riya asked confused.
"Riya, jis din Mr. Trivedi ko dhamkiya aayi thi, ussi din unpe attack hua tha raat ko. Lekin, darwaaze bandh hone ke kaaran woh container andar nahin aayi thi, balki..," he paused and removed a coin from pocket and sent it rolling on the balcony floor. It rolled along the slope towards the drain area, slipped through the wide railing space and fell on the balcony below them. "Ye hua tha uss choti si tear gas container ke saath."
"Woh roll hoke niche girgayi?" Riya concluded.
"Plan 1 fail hua. Lekin doosre din unhone Shikha ke dwaara ye pakka karliya ki raat ko sone se pehle Sameera balcony ke darwaaze khula chodti hain. Sameera do baje ke kareeb ek book padthe padthe so gayi thi. Tab tak kamre ke lights on the aur balcony doors bhi khule the. Un logon ne mauka dekh kar uss tear gas container ko phek diya," Arjun said.
"Lekin doosre bhi din wahin plan kyun? Aur Shikha se ye sab karvaane ka takleef? Phir usse maar dena? Ye sab complications kyun?" Riya still had a lot of doubts.
"Haan complications aur glitches kahin jyaada hain. Isse behtar explanation bhi ho sakta hain. Lekin hua tho yahin sab. Kyun? Ek baat hain, woh log kamre me goli chalakar bhi dhamka sakte the. Par na hi yahaan kahi sniper ki arrangement karne ke liye possibility hain aur na hi woh log kamre me goli chalakar utni aasani se bhaag pate. Agar Sameera ko kuch direct chot pahunchti tho Mr. Trivedi zaroor bahut bada kadam uthate. Aur woh unn logon ke liye problem ho jaati. Abhi bhi Mr. Trivedi ye sab ek mamuli kidnappers ke group ki kartoot samajhte hain." Arjun concluded.
"Sir, ye bhi tho ho sakta hain ki ye sab sirf attention divert karne ke liye ho raha hain? I mean kal paise dene ko kyun kahan? Aaj kyun nahin? Aur woh couple abhi bhi missing kyun hain? There was no ransom call for them! Phir chupake kyun rakha? Agar mar gaye hain tho laashe kahan hain? Mujhe tho bahut strongly lagta hain ki kuch tho bahut bada ho raha hain sir, iss resort mein jo chupayi jaa rahi hain," Riya said.
"You're right Riya. Hamein uss forest land ko bhi check karna hoga. Wahin hamein koi aur lead mil paayegi..," Arjun said and called Rathore.
"Rathore tum yahaan kab pahuchoge?"
"Main shaam ke saade che baje tak aa jaaonga. Mujhe commissioner sir ne immediately kisi kaam se bulaya hain. Ek aur baat, Shri aur Chotu port pe hi ruk kar hamein technical support denge. Shri ke pair ki haalat bahut kharaab hain. It'll be an unnecessary risk,"
Rathore said.
"Theek hain main tumhe case ke baaki details yahaan aate hi batadunga. Aur Shikha ke maut ki reports milgayi tumhe? Riya ne Shri ko mail bheji thi," Arjun verified.
"Haan. Main details vahaan aane ke baad discuss karoonga," saying Rathore cut the phone.
"Sir, ab chale forest land ke paas? Abhi tho sirf paanch baji hain. Andhera hone mein tho bahut waqt hain," Riya asked.
"Nahin Riya, tumhari chot abhi theek nahin huyi hain. Use thoda rest do," Arjun continued when he saw her protesting, "It's an order Riya. Agar ab use rest nahin dogi tho zaroorat padne par kuch nahin kar paogi!"
Realizing that he was right she kept quite.
Then there was a knock on the door.
Riya volunteered. She opened the door to find Sameera and an American standing at the door. She didn't have to guess who the man was; Sameera's mangetar, Alex.
"Can we come in?" Sameera asked.
Riya said immediately, "Oh sure, come in."
So does Alex know about us now?
Arjun immediately removed Riya's diary from the table and shoved it under the bed covers.
Sameera and Alex sat down on the sofa while Arjun took his place on the recliner. Riya sat a little far from them on the bed. She didn't have anywhere else to sit. She could've sat comfortably with Arjun on the recliner which was long enough for a couple, only they weren't one. She wouldn't dare get so close to him!
"You aren't an outcast..Mrs.Desai, right?" Alex said and looked at Sameera to make sure he got her name right. Sameera smiled and so did Alex.
"Why don't you come over here?" Alex said pointing at the recliner. Riya heart skipped a beat.
"No! I'm fine!" Riya blurted. She could never ever dare to sit beside Arjun, like that!
Arjun sensed her discomfort, but was a little amused seeing Riya like that.
"I mean it's ok," she said. She had placed her bag on the other chair, which contained the case files and other investigation stuff. She couldn't remove the bag with them there. What if she messed up and something fell down?
Arjun got up from the recliner and carefully placed the bag on the bed and said to Riya, "Tum recliner pe baith jao."
"Thanks," Riya said and smiled at him. Surprisingly, Arjun returned the smile.
Alex looked at Sameera gave her a smile, which meant how cute. Alex was a man who had a great sense of humour and was a very sweet person just like Sameera.
Riya sat down on the recliner, as Arjun pulled the chair closer to the recliner and settled down.
"I'm Alex, Sameera's fianc. And congratulations to the both of you," he said with an adorable smile.
Riya and Arjun didn't understand for once.
"Sameera just told me that you were newly married, yet you're here to attend our wedding," Alex explained.
"Oh thanks!" Riya said immediately. She knew she had to do the talking because Arjun would definitely not.
"Well, I stay next door. We almost ran into each other this afternoon," Alex said looking at Arjun, still smiling.
To Riya's surprise Arjun spoke, "Yeah, we did," Arjun said in a pleasant voice, "Sorry for that. I was in a hurry."
"Oh no. It's okay. Actually I saw you guys with Sameera and Dad this morning. So I wondering as to who you were. Sameera just told me you were close, family friends," Alex paused and Arjun nodded, "So there's this party in the evening. Music, dance, food..it's gonna be loads of fun. So wanted to invite you personally."
"You can dance? Can you Riya?" Sameera asked.
"Yeah. But not right now," saying Riya pointed at the bandage on her ankle.
"Ouch. How did that happen?" Sameera looked concerned.
"Slipped and twisted my ankle, bruised my arm," Riya said shrugging.
"It's okay. What else do you have your husband for? He'll make sure you would dance. I wouldn't let go off that opportunity for sure, if it was Sam." Alex said and winked at Arjun. Arjun just smiled while Riya turned scarlet. "Would I Sam?" Alex then said to Sameera. Sameera playfully hit Alex on his arm.
"Fine. So it's decided you're gonna be there, right?" Alex turned towards Arjun, getting up from his seat extending his right hand.
"Yeah, sure." Arjun said and shook Alex's hand.
Riya closed the door after Alex and Sameera left. She turned towards Arjun, "Sir, aap uss party mein jaayenge?" She couldn't believe her ears.
"Kyun nahin?"
Riya's jaw dropped.
Arjun said, "Hum dono saath mein jaayenge, lekin sirf tum party mein rahogi. Main Rathore ke saath jungle mein jaaonga. Baad mein I'll join you along with Rathore."
"Tho ye tha aapka plan? Agar mujhse koi aapke baare mein poochega tho main kya kahoongi?" Riya said a little irritated that she was being excluded from the forest mission.
"Woh tumhara problem hain Riya," saying Arjun pulled the diary from under the bed covers and opened it. A photograph fell from it. Before Arjun could pick it up Riya snatched it as fast as she could. "Personal stuff," she said. Arjun raised his eyebrows, closed her diary and handed it over to her.
"Tum personal diary mein office ki chize note karti ho?" Arjun asked folding his hands.
"Of course not sir, sirf woh photograph personal hain," she said as she went to the cupboard, took her bag and placed the photograph in the side pocket and zipped it back.
Arjun just stared after her as he had already gotten a glimpse of Roshni in the photograph.
PRECAP: Riya in a pink saree and Arjun in his black formals. Arjun and Riya standing face to face amidst the crowd in the party, with a beautiful song playing in the background. Riya clearly scared, almost in tears. Arjun extends his hand forward towards Riya.
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