After exactly 4 months, the day they all were waiting for had come... They had nailed all the clues and the FBI caught on some clues and here ETF had knocked the nail too... It was time for action.. Both the departments had sleepless nights, catching clues and coming to a solid lead to hold Sikander red handed...
For Riya & Arjun - it was the mission of their life... Aaj nahi toh kabhi nahi...
Riya had promised Gautam and Rathod that she would meet Arjun soon... She also promised that she wouldnt be coming to office till her pregnancy after this irrespective of the fact she wins or not...
ETF had a moment to rejoice... Except Arjun who left the office and went to the beach to sit there quietly...
Arjun sat on the beach when he lifted his head and saw a bright shining star...
"Maa" the words flew out of his mouth.. He just spend an hour or so staring at the star...
Flash back
A lady had a baby boy and she was really excited.. After ages she had someone to call her own... The patient chart is shown.. Mrs. Mamta Suryakant... Delevered a healthy 4.5 kg male baby... Age - 22 years.. Her face looked 50 years old..
She had wrinkles and her hair seemed white but that was masked with the happiness she had now.. She didnt know what to name him... She decided to keep his name Arjun - the warrior..She vowed to never let anything happen to him...
And definately she lived to her promise... She shifted to Pune.
Years flew by.. Mrs Suryakant was a proud mother.. Her son topped in class, was truthful, hated liars and would kick his fellow classmates coz they lied... She had to go and pacify their mothers before they come to beat her son... Years passed by when Arjun was a 16 year old kid.. He returned home with his colg certificate where he was selected in the IIT exam... He was very excited... His dream of an IT officer was coming true... When he opened the door and screamed Maa, he found her shivering.. He threw his paper on the floor and rushed up to her when she took him in her arms...
"Beta, mujhe maaf kardena.. Lekin yeh zaroori tha.. Yeaad rakhna ek maa kabhi apni bachon ka bura nahi chahti... I love you Arjun... You made me proud.." these were he last words before she injected a sedative and gently placed him in the school bus.. She knew those people wont search for her son there.. She reached home and was welcomed by her enemy - Sikander... He peirced the sharp metal in her body and there she was lying lifeless.. What Sikander didnt know was she had already sent Arjun away from her.. He searched the whole house but their was no sign of Arjun.. Before police could come, he flew.. His words were "Suryakant, tere dhoke ka badla teri biwi se liya.. Ab tere bete ki baari..."He kicked Mamta and left the house... Arjun woke up to find himself in the bus.. He tried getting up but his body was very tired.. He found a water bottle beside him and it was his favorite bottle... He drank some water and suddenly his hand caught onto something in his pocket.. It was a letter addressed to him...
"Mere pyaare bete.. Jab tu yeh padega, teri maa is duniya main nahi hogi.. Main tujhe is tarah is zalim duniya main chod kar nahi jaa sakti.. Kya karun, maa hoon teri... Mar bhi nahi sakti aur marta hua bhi nahi dekh sakti... Isliye tujhe yaha choda hain.. Mujhe yakeen hain tujhe koi nahi dhoondega..
Arjun beta, sikander tere papa ka dushman tha.. Mujhe nahi pata tere papa ke saath uski kya dushmani thi.. Tere papa aur meri shaadi bachpan mein hui thi aur uske kuch hi saal baad woh mujhe chod kar chale gaye... Unke jaane ke 15 days baad Sikander mere paas aaya tha aur use lagta tha ki maine tere papa ko chupaya hain.. Mere laakh kehne par usne meri ek na suni.. Mere paas koi chara nahi tha aur main waha se bhaag nikli... Main Pune mein aagayi.. Yahi par tu paida hua aur tu meri zindagi aaya.. Aur main bhool gayi ki meri zindagi mein koi aur bhi tha.. Sab kuch theek chal raha.. Tujhse hi meri zindagi shuru aur tujhpe khatam hoti thi.. Lekin abhi mujhe kuch daer pehle khabar mili ki Sikander ne saare sheher mein mere posters lagwaye hain.. Woh mujhe dhoond raha hain... Mujhe apni parwa nahi beta, but tujhe main Sikander ke hawale nahi kar sakti.. Isliye maine tujhe yaha par chod diya..
Chahi hi mein tere saath nahi hoon lekin Arjun beta teri maa ki rooh tujhme basi hui hain.. Mujhe bas yaad kar main yahi hoon... I love you beta ... And promise me, tu mujhe dekhne bhi ghar nahi aayega.. Yeh ghar ki taraf mudkar bhi nahi dekhega.. Tere pass 5000 rupees hain, use leja aur yaha se door chale jaa... Bahut door.. Tujhe meri kasam yeh sheher mein waapas mat aa.. Aur Sikander Khan se bachke rehna.. Tere naam ka dushman hain woh...
Apna khayal rakhna aur pyaar ko apni zindagi main aane dena...
Tumhari Maa..."
Arjun couldnt react on what to do.. He clutched the letter close to his heart.. He heard an auto passing by him... It was a 7 seater and it was travelling to the highway where the bus station was there.. Arjun jumped into the auto.. He clutched the muffler to his face and when the auto passed by the house he glanced at his house.. It was burning in flames.. He clutched the letter close to his heart and left from there... He didnt have a photo f his mom, only remembrance was her letter, the water bottle and his cash... That moment the childlike Arjun changed into an mature guy.. He wasnt a kid..
The harsh realities of life had struck him... He left for Mumbai, he vowed to avenge the death of his mother... He kicked off his IIT dream and from then he had one goal in life... He had to become an IPS officer... This is how Arjun Suryakant Rawte became a police officer.. His mother knew she would have to face something, she had a bank account created for him, a plot land in far away Mumbai on his name, thru which the monthly rent would be deposited in the account.. After his training session, during one of his training, he met Sameer Rathod - a friend of his whom he could talk.. Though Rathod only knew that Arjun had a bad past, he didnt probe much into the matter.. They both tried to make the present beautiful.. They were brothers and no body thought anything could separate them.. It was during his third posting in Kolkata, that Arjun met Roshni Sharma, a teacher in a school.. She was the kids favorite... It was during an attack at the school, that Roshni and the kids were under Arjun's protection.. Arjun Rawte had managed to keep the kids safe without a scratch to them but Roshni had a few bruises and a fractured hand.. Arjun thought of this to be his mistake, he took Roshni to his house and actually nursed the wound, called the doctor.. It was during Roshni's stay here that Arjun fell for her.. He remembered his mother's words and got married to her... It was a beautiful phase of his life.. Rathore also supported this and Rathore got married to Sonali (Roshni's cousin and the only member of the family).. The life was rocking... They usually had postings together..
It was almost an year after Arjun & Roshni's wedding when Arjun came to know about Sikander - the underworld don.. He eyes were set on him.. Coz Arjun was an intelligent and hard working cop - he could pass his suggestion to his seniors.. He actaully created problem for Sikander, arrested his men, shot some of them.. He couldnt hold his hands on Sikander yet... It was this fateful night one day that Rathore wasnt there as he had gone for a short trip to Manali that he and roshni was alone.. Roshni told him endless number of times that she had a fear somehting bad would happen and Arjun would chide it as a feeling common to the females.. "ACP Arjun ho toh kiss baat ka dar hain tumhe" and Roshni would playfully hit him and then Arjun managed to divert her mind... That night when ACP Arjun returned home, he found a mess in the house... He remebered the incident some years ago and it was difficult to imagine something to his wife.. When a voice roared from infront "ACP Arjun, Main hoon Sikander Khan.." and he laughed evilly...
"Roshni kaha hain..? Roshni, Roshni" he screamed hi lungs out..
"Chup... Zyaada chillaega toh teri Roshni ko andheri kardoonga, Samjha kya..?"
Arjun shut his mouth when a few of the people kicked him endless number of times and Arjun controlled himself for Roshni.. Soon Roshni was brought into view.. She had deep cuts through her arms and they were bleeding profusely.. Before Arjun could open his mouth, Sikander took out a sword and placed it on Arjun's mouth, slightly cutting his lips... Sikander then took his gun and shot Roshni on her right side.. As Roshni's lifeless body lay there, Sikander poured Kerosene and lit fire.. Arjun had no energy to leave, when he felt a tug at his arm.. He felt his mother pulling him away.. Gathering his energy he opened his eyes to find his mother saying "You have to fight beta" and then it was as if his energy came back.. The cuts on his body, the blood loss couldnt stop.. He got up, turned to look around to find the hall in ashes.. He knew his Roshni was gone. He didnt have time to spare. if he stayed for a second longer, his goal of avenging the person would be over and then his mother's words rang in his ears... He somehow dragged himself to his car and tried to open it.. He realised his keys were ripped off as his pant was torn... Somehow, it seemed as a miracle that he had forgot to lock the door of his car.. He sat and just drew till the nearest checkpost.. The police officers their took him to the hospital.. He could walk the next day and he reached his and Rathore's home in Kolkata where he found only burnt ashes.. He tried to search for bones or any remains of Roshni but found none.. He didnt have the heart to search for more clues.. It was heart wrenching... This was when Arjun Rawte died.. Yet he was a zinda laash...
6 months later, under the pretext of Sikander's lead, the Commissioner forced Arjun to become a part of ETF. .Rathore was pissed at him coz Arjun didnt call him once and disappeared for months together.. "Ise dosti kehta hain tu".. They were at loggerheads.. It was after the entry of Riya that things started to change.. ACP Riya was a tough cop.. Ahh she was the only one who never listened to Arjun's instructions.. Rather who never had the fear of ACP Arjun Rawte - the tough cop.. She was no less and as history has it marked "Opposites Attract", the same happened in the case of Arjun Riya.. Arjun chit tha toh Riya pat thi.. Arjun was east, she was west.. She dealt every problems with a smile, he dealt it with his anger..
He was pessimist, she was optimistic...
They were many things which were different in them, but they were both tough cops.. Everybody knew better than to mess with these cops.. Riya hit instantly with Sonali and it was not long she had a close realtionship with Rathore and Sonali - outside ETF ofcourse... Soon cupid striked and Riya realised she had fallen for this khadoos...
"Tedha hain par mera hain" she would say... And as she claimed "Aurat ki kabiliyat par kabhi shak nahi karna chahiye" , she proved to the world in making the tough cop her lover... Arjun Rawte started living again... Ahh those were the days.. Riya ki nok - jhok and her badmaashi would make Arjun's day... He loved those 6 months with her.. Naah, the day she joined ETF - he had started living since then... while Roshni was a pati varta patni, Riya was a junglii billi... His sherni...
And she would reply "Sher ko sherni hi milegi toh jodi banegi janaab.."
"Woh kya hain, hum sirf apne type ke logon ke saath rehte hain.. Kuch kum hote toh mere nahi hoti..."
And Arjun could only stare in her beautiful orbs, ksss her and take her into his arms...
Riya had made Rathore and Arjun start of afresh.. Something even Sonali couldnt do..
Arjun's eyes flew open as he imagined Riya's face.. He looked at his phone's wallaper to fins her smiling face and that breathtaking dimple.. he kissed it.. When he realised the consequence Roshni was in.. The burnt house flashed before him and he was confused.. He questioned himself then got up with a determined face.. "Aaj toh janke rahunga ki aisa kya hua tha jo mujhe nahi pata tha.."
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