Part 7 B
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Next day.
ETF office. Conference room.
Team is studying all the facts again.
Chhotu: Sir!! kya hum Gauri missing k posters lagwa dein shehe mein? ho sakta hai kisi ne usko dekha ho... aur humei koi khabar mil jaye uski...
Sameer: Theek hai Chhotu...
Chhotu gets his network activated and within an hour the posters are displayed all over the city.
Everybody is still frustrated as there were no leads.
In the afternoon a cab driver came to ETF office and told them that he had some information about Gauri.
In the interrogation room.
Cab driver : Saab!!! ye ladki laapata hai?
Sameer: haan... tum batao tumhe kya pata hai...
Cab driver: Saab !!! 4 din pehle ek aadmi aur ek aurat isko lekar meri gaadi mein chadhe they Kalyan se... ye ladki behosh thi ... keh rahey they ki kisi ne is par kaala jaadu kar diya hai... aur kisi Baba k paas le jaa rahey the isko... maine bola ki aisa kuch nahi hota... beemar hai to doctor ke paas leke jaao... to wo aadmi mere pe chillaya ...
Sameer: kahan chhoda tha inko tumne?
Cab driver: Dahisar Naake k aagey...western express highway par
Sameer: uske baad?
Cab driver: uske baad mai waha se chala aaya...
Sameer: us aadmi aur aurat ka huliya bata saktey ho?
Cab driver: Saab... aadmi ka bata sakta hoon... aurat ne to burqa pehen rakha tha...
Sameer: theek hai!! Chhotu... isey sketch artist k paas le jao aur us admi ka sketch banwao ... aur us area k saare baba aur tantriko se poochhtachh karo ... aur Haan!! Ahmedabad highway par jitne toll plaza hain waha se pata karwao kya isey shaher se bahar le jaya gaya hai kya?
After a while.
The sketch that was made was not of much use as the man had used fake beard and moustache and sunglasses to hide his face and there were no prominent marks on his face and from the toll plaza too, nothing substantial came through. And the Baba and Tantrik angle too was of no use
Sameer(frustrated): DAMN IT!!! ek bhi lead kaam nahi aa rahi ... pata nahi zameen kha gayi ya aasman nigal gaya Gauri aur uske kidnappers ko...
They were again and again reading the facts when Arjun got a call from Jaydev.
Jaydev: Bhau Saheb!!! Gauri ka phone aaya tha mujhe... wo musibat mein hai... wo ro rahi thi ... usey bacha lo saheb... usey bacha lo (he starts crying)
Arjun: Kaka... aap fikar mat kariye ... aap jaldi se yaha office aa jaiye...
Jaydev comes to office and Arjun takes his phone to give it to Shree to track the number from where the call came.
Shree gets in to the action. He takes the number and digs out the details about it. Withing 10 minutes he gets the information that was shocking.
Shree: Sir... ye call to Haryana se aaya hai ... Delhi - Haryana border ilake koi warehouse hai ...wahan ka landline number hai
Everybody was in shock...
Sameer: Haryana? Ye Gauri Haryana mein hai?
Arjun: matlab usko behosh karke kisi gadi se by road Gujrat, Rajasthan, Delhi k raste Haryana le gaye... lekin kyun? (to Jaydev) Kaka kya aap Haryana mein kisi ko jantey hain?
Jaydev: Nahi Bhau saheb!!! mai to kisi ko nahi janta...
Arjun: Poori baat bataiye... Gauri ne kya kaha? wo kis haalat mein thi? uski aawaz kaisi aa rahi thi? kya usko koi nashe ki dawayi di gayi thi?
Jaydev(concentrating): Haan Bhau saheb... wo bahut ghabrayi huyi thi... ro rahi thi "Mujhe bacha lo... mujhe bacha lo..." aur uski awaaz bahut dheere aa rahi thi ... wo bahut pareshan aur thaki huyi lag rahi thi...
Sameer: ye to aur bhi ulajh gaya hai Rawte ... mai Haryana police headquarters mein baat karta hoon...
Sameer (calls up Haryana police HQ): Hello!! Haryana police headquarters... mai ETF chief ACP Rathod bol raha hoon Mumbai se ... (He quickly give the overview of the case to a senior officer there and the officer assures him of full support)
Sameer: Rawte! tum aur Aisha abhi niklo Delhi ke liye aur waha se by road Gurgaon police guest house pahucho ... waha Haryana police ki team tumhe help karegi...
Jaydev(pleading): Saheb... mai bhi chaloon?
Jaydev's condition was heart wrenching. Sameer too melted looking at him.
Sameer: Theek hai ... Shree!!! in teeno k booking karo ... quick...
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Arjun, Aisha and Jaydev leave for airport as they have their flight scheduled in next 1 hour.
Its around 9 PM when they reach Gurgaon police guest house where a team was waiting for them.
ACP Aman Ali introduces himself.
ACP Aman Ali.
Chief of Crime Branch, Haryana Police.
Aman: ACP Arjun! jaise hi apse humein information mili... humne us warehouse par chhaapa maara tha ... par tab tak wo log waha se nikal gaye they... but dont worry ... bahut jald hi wo log humari giraft mein honge... poore state mein humara informer network humne activate kar diya hai
Arjun: i appreciate your confidence ACP Aman ... par kya aapko sach mein ye itna aasaan lagta hai ?
Aman: Asaan nahi hai... lekin mushkil bhi nahi hai ... kyunki aadha kaam ho gaya hai ...
Jaydev, Arjun and Aisha look at each other.
Aman: Haan... humein ye pata chal gaya hai ki humein kise pakadna hai ... mai janta hoon aap sabke dimag mein bahut se sawaal hain ... aur isse pehle ki aap poochhein mai khud hi aapko sab bata deta hoon...
Aman takes a pause and continues.
Aman: pichhle kareeb 40-50 saalon se yaha k rural area mein pratha rahi hai ... ki ghar mein beti nahi honi chahiye ... sabko apna vansh badhane k liye beta hi chahiye ... isliye agar ladki paida hoti hai to ye log usey maar dete hain (Aisha, Jaydev and Arjun are startled and confused)... bahut kam ghar aise hain jaha log ladki ko zinda rakhtey hain ... aur itne saalon se ye jab hota raha to... yaha k gaaon mein ladkiya hi nahi bachi ... aur isliye sex ratio kam ho gaya... sabke ghar mein bete to they par ab unke liye bahuye nahi mil rahi thi ... jin logo k yaha betiyan hai, wo unki shadi aise hi gharon mein kartey hain jis ghar ki beti ko wo apne ghar ki bahu bana sake... matalb dulhano ki adla badli... aur is wajah se gaon k kayi ladke kuware reh jatey hain ... ab isi situation ka faayda uthane k
liye kuch logo ne aas paas ke gaaon ki ladkiyon ko kidnap karke ya unke mata pita ko paise la laalach deke... aise kuware ladko ko bechna shuru kiya... iski jaanch padtaal... aas paas ke gaaon se kaafi complaints aayi thi ... aur fir kuch dino k liye ye gang shaant ho gaya ... aur fir inhone apna sar fir se uthaya hai ... is baar ye loog door se ladkiyon ko laate hain ... North East, Bengal, Bihal k rural ilake aur kabhi kabhi bade sheher jaise Mumbai ...
Arjun, Aisha and Jaydev were flabbergasted as Aman gave these details.
Aisha: matlab Gauri akeli nahi hai... aisi aur bhi ladkiya ho sakti hai uske saath?
Aman: haan... uske saath aur bhi ladkiya ho sakti hain ... mere informers lagey hain kaam par ... jaldi hi unki base location ka pata chal jayega... aur jaie hi pata chalta hai... hum yaha se chal padenge ... tab tak aap log aaram kijiye ... (he gives an assuring nod to Jaydev) Fikar mat kijiye... aapki beti bilkul sahi salamt aapke paas laut aayegi... bharosa rakhiye...
Jaydev was in tears.
Aman looked for food and sleeping arrangements for the trio and left.
Aisha was annoyed with all that Aman told. Arjun calmed her down.
Jaydev was very upset and was not ready to eat anything. Aisha went to him and made him eat a bit and reassured him.
Jaydev was deeply touched by Arjun and entire ETF's gestures.
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Next morning around 9:00 AM.
ACP Aman comes with the information that some people spotted some suspiscious activities at a place 250 Kms from Police guest house. Some girls were kept hidden in a small house.
The Haryana Police team with Aisha, Arjun and Jaydev start off immediately.
At around 12:30, Jaydev felt a little dizzy as he was diabetic. Though he insisted that they continue their journey, Arjun and Aman decided to take a break and they stopped at a Dhaba on highway to so that they can eat a bit and Jaydev can have his medicines.
Jaydev was very restless. Arjun and Aisha were force feeding him the food and that made Jaydev cry. Aman was touched by these happenings.
This is when they heard a scream.
"BABA!!!"
Everybody was startled. Jaydev knew it was Gauri's voice. He looked in the direction of voice. Yes, it was Gauri dressed up in a bridal attire. She pushed the lady next to her and came running to Jaydev and hugged him.
The lady and 2 men accompanying her tried to chase her muttering abuses but were stopped by Arjun, Aman and Aisha who pointed their guns on them. This scared the group who were taking Gauri with them.
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So... how was it? Please excuse the spelling and grammatical mistakes
Pre-cap : Revelations about the case, a bit of Arisha, Fun at Rathod residence and Rathod-Ashima meet.
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Edited by bgargate - 11 years ago
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