this part is dedicated to Payal...
Payal this your b'day gift from me..and i haven't forgotten ARNI...hope you like it...
PART 3
Post mortem had been done. cause of death was found to be respiratory failure along with a heart attack. his body had been buried in the premises of the Arthur Road Jail with in the prescence of ETF and Commissioner Coelho. Shree had managed to decode the information from the chip and the data card and now an operation had been launched to expose Sikandar's allies. A week had passed since his death and yet it seemed like it was just yesterday. Arjun had still not burned away the letters and the diary. his heart said that a dying man wouldn't lie but his brain reminded him that it was Sikandar they were talking about. he didn't even have a grain of honesty within him...but he did confess...his heart whispered...but his mind quickly retaliated..what else could he have done in that condition...
Arjun was in his lodge...it was quite late...as usual he couldn't sleep...not because of the fire of revenge but due to the diary and the letters Sikandar had asked him to burn...what was in them? Arjun couldn't restrain his curiosity anymore...he brought them out of his closet and opened the diary...
He saw a signature on the first page..."Parvez Ahmad"...the diary fell from Arjun's grasp as memories of that long forgotten conversation with Roshni came flooding back to him...
FLASHBACK
2 years ago..
Roshni: Arjun main jaanti hun tum mujhse bohot pyaar karte ho...aur bharosa bhi karte ho..par kuch baatein hain jo maine tumse chupayi hain...aur ab jab hamari shaadi ho rahi hai toh...i think its time to let you know...
mera asli naam roshni nahi..ruksaana hai...ruksaana ahmad...main mumbai se nahi...kashmir se hun...border ke paas ek gaanv hai...vahi janm hua tha mera...hasta khelta parivaar tha hamara...main, ammi, abbu aur bhai jaan. fir ek haadse mein abbu ki maut ho gayi...main toh bohot choti thi tab...mushkil se 7-8 saal ki thi main...aur parvez bhai jaan kareeb 12 saal ke the..dheere dheere hamne khud ko sambhaal liya...Parvez bahi jaan mere liye abbu jaise they...itna pyaar diya unhone ki abbu ki kami mahsoos hi nahi hone di...par fir ek toofan aaya...hamare gaanv mein riots shuru ho gaye...roz vo log kisi ka ghar jala dete they..baccho ka apharan hone laga...situation lagatar bigad rahi thi..aur fir ek din...baat had se bahar chali gayi...sab taraf afra tafri thi...parvez bhaijaan school mein they..meri tabiyat kharaab thi..isliye main nahi gayi thi...ghar se bahar nikalna mat maut tha...aur bhaii jaan ka kuch pata nahi tha...sajid bhaii hamare padosi...sab baccho ko kisi tarah sahi salamat vaapas le aaye...par usmein parvez bhaii jaan nahi they...do din tak unhe dhoonda...par vo nahi mile..udhar gaanv se ladkiyaan gayab hone lagi..ammi bohot dar gayi...meri salamati ke liye hum log vahan se bach kar yahan mumbai chale aaye...sajid bhai ne vaada kiya tha ki vo parvez bhai jaan ko dhoondenge aur pata chalte hi khabar karenge...par voh din aaj tak nahi aaya...us vakt main 15 saal ki thi..jab hum gaanv chodkar yahaan aaye they...aur bhai jaan 20 saal ke they...vo kahaan gaye koi nahi jaanta...
yahan ammi ko teacher ki job mil gayi...aur fir baba se mulakaat hui...aur is tarah meri ammi najma ahmad se niharika deshmukh ban gayi aur main ruksaana ahmad se roshni deshmukh...par aaj bhi bhagwaan se bhaii jaan ki salamti ki dua maangti hun...bas ek khwahish hai..ki vo vaapas aa jayein..aaj vo yahan hote toh kitne khush hote arjun...
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Arjun snapped out of the past and returned to the present...he left the diary and proceeded to the letters...their were two letters and a receiving slip..the date was of two days after roshni's death...
he picked up the first one...it was addressed to him...i.e. Arjun...written by Sikandar himself...but never posted...the date was of one month after Roshni's death.
the other letter was by roshni..not to Sikandar...but to Parvez...her brother...the brother whom she had loved every second of her life..the brother who had loved her so much...once upon a time...
once again arjun was lost in memories...
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a day before roshni's death...
"arjun...arjun...sajid bhai ka phone tha...ek address mila hai...aur ho sakta hai ki voh Parvez bhai jaan ka ho...arjun mujhe vahaan jaana hai...please arjun...please..." roshni had begged him...
but he had refused...citing the threat Sikandar posed to her safety...how it might be a trap...
finally she had decided to speed post a letter...she had stayed awake the whole night writing it...and sent it the very next day...just an hour before she was killed..killed by Sikandar...yes..sikandar and not Parvez...for the Parvez roshni had told him about would never have done so...never ever...
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he began reading it...
" bhaii jaan kaise hain aap...kaha they aap itne saal..aapko apni behebn ki zara bhi yaad nahi aayi...ek baar bhi nahi laga ki mujhe aapki zaroorat hogi? bohot naaraz hun aapse...itni asaani se maaf nahi karungi...mafi chahiye toh mere paas aana hoga...Mumbai...
pata hai...shaadi ho gayi hai meri...bohot miss kiya tha aapko shaadi ke din...arjun, mere pati, bohot pyaar karte hain mujhse...apni jaan se bhi zada...sab kuch hai mere paas...sivay aapke pyaar ke...please...mana mat kariyega...vaada kariye ki khat padhte hi aap mujhse milne aa jayenge...arjun bhi aapse milkar bohot khush honge...bohot yaad karti hun bhai jaan..ek bhi din aisa nahi guzra jab maine aapki salamati ki dua nahi maangi...parvez bhai jaan...aap meri itni si tamanna puri karenge na...aap ayenge na?
vada kiya hai...todiyega nahi...aapka intezaar rahega mujhe...
aapki behen...
Ruksaana urf Roshni Arjun Raute..."
and along with the letter was their wedding picture...
Arjun couldn't hold back the tears any more...
and he could see that even sikandar's eyes had welled up after reading this for in many places the ink was smudged as though tears had fallen there...
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arjun put his head down on the table..trying to compose himself...
finally he proceeded to the last letter...sikandar's letter to him...it was quite short...
"Arjun...maafi ke layak nahi hun main..isiliye maafi nahi mangunga...kyunki jaanta hun ki tum maaf kar bhi nahi paoge...arrey jab main hi khud ko maaf nahi kar paa raha toh tumse ummeed kaise karoon? na jaane kitne parivaar barbaad kiya hai maine..na jaane kitne bhiyon se unki behno ko cheena hai aur na jane kitni behno se unke bhaiyon ko dur kiya hai...par aaj jab apne hi haathon se maine uss behen ko maar diya jiski salamati ke liye roz namaaz kara hun...jisse khud se zada pyaar kiya maine...tab ehsaas hua ki dard kya hota hai...dobaara ehsaas hua ki apno ko khone ki takleef kya hoti hai...tumhe zinda laash banane chala tha main...par tum fir bhi zibnda ho kyunki tumhaare paas dosti ka nazraana hai..pyaar ki yaadein hai...aur jeene ka maksad hai..fir chahe voh maksad meri maut hi kyu na ho...par main batana chahta hun tumhe ki main mar chuka hun...sikandar haar chuka hai...sikandar mar chuka hai...ab bas ruksaana se kiya hua vaada nibhana chahta hun...usse milna chahta hun...tumhe shukriya bhi kehna tha...meri behen ko itna pyaar dene ke liye...voh sach mein bohot khushkismat thi...
allah tumhe jahaan ki sabhi khushiyan dein...bas yahi dua hai meri...alvida...
Parvez"
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Arjun got up and fetched the lighter..it was time to fulfill his promise...as he watched the flames feeding on them...he had tears in his eyes...not for sikandar..no he could never ever forgive him...not in this birth..and neither in the next one...the tears were for Parvez...the man who defeated Sikandar...
THE END!!!!!!
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