Abhijeet - Shruti fanfic - Page 4

Hey Shruti Great Writing 👏 👏
Am loving the story do continue 😃

At Pune,
Daya, Abhijeet, Kaveri and Lavanya reached Rajeev's office, which they were supposed to be using as theirs for the time they were in Pune. They were met on the gate by former CID Special Bureau officer Pratap who now worked in Pune and was asked to help CID mumbai. However, he was told that they are investigating about Viren. He had no idea of their true case.

Rajeev's office was very big and had almost 30 more officers working inside on different cases all suprivised by Rajeev. They all greeted the 4 and then Pratap took them to Rajeev's cabin. Outside the cabin sat a very old man nodding and murmuring to himself, not even paying attention to the visitors.

Daya – "Yeh aadmi kaun hai?"
Pratap – "Ye Rampal chacha hain – Rajeev sir ke Peon aur ab aap logoin ke."

Daya figured something seriously suspicious about him and signaled this to Abhijeet who too had an uneasy feeling about the man. Then Pratap, took them inside the cabin. It was huge with one big oval table in the center divided into six working spaces by glass dividers. Each working space had a fully equipped computer with a chair to sit on while working on the computer.
Book – shelves were lined all along the 5 walls containing large amount of files, record papers and books. Pratap called the Peon in to get him introduced.

Pratap – "Rampal Chacha, yeh CID Mumbai se aaye hain. Yeh cabin ab inka hai jab tak ye log yahan hain aur aap dhyaan rakhna ki inhe koi takleef na ho."

Rampal bowed a little and then to everyone's surprise, asked –

Rampal – "Ye log Rajeev sir wale case par kaam karenge kya?"

Our CID is taken aback and Pratap is annoyed. Rampal Chacha had a very irritating habit of poking his nose. Somehow he knew all work that was on with all the officers and their cases. Rajeev found him amusing and so never scolded him. And so no one else could do that either.

Pratap – "nahi par isse aapko kya? Aap bas in logoin ki baat sunna aur khayal rakhna ki inhe koi takleef na ho."

Rampal – "Khayal hi toh rakhkar pooch raha hoon…us case se jude log bahut khatarnaak hain. Wohh kisi ko zinda nahi chodenge. Us case ko bhool jao warna –"

Abhijeet got angry.

Abhijeet – "warna…warna kya haan?"

Suddenly, the door opens and enter…(surprise) ACP Prithviraj (Rajeev Khandelwal).

ACP Prithviraj – "warna…arre aap logoin ko aaye abhi 1 ghanta bhi nahi hua aur abhi se marna maarna shuru? Chacha chalo aap bahar baitho."

CID Mumbai is surprised to see ACP Prithviraj. Pratap, however wasn't surprised as ACP Prithviraj had already arrived here the last day.

Daya – "sir aap?"
Abhijeet – "aap yahan kaise sir?"

They both come forward and shake hands with ACP Prithviraj. Kaveri and Lavanya, who didn't know ACP Prithviraj, stand back, see what all is happening and smile.

ACP Prithviraj – "wahi purane Abhijeet aur Daya! Glad to meet you. Main bhi yahan usi kaam se aaya hoon jis kaam ke liye aap – case solve karne."

Then he turns to Pratap.

ACP Prithviraj – "Pratap, jo call list mangwayi thi…dekho aa gayi hai toh le aao."

Pratap nods and leaves. Once Pratap is out,

ACP Prithviraj – "Pratap ko nahi pata ki tum log yahan kis case ke liye aaye ho par mujhe pata hai aur mujhe headquarters ne tumhari help karne ko bheja hai.
Acha, toh…pehle main bata doon ki main iss case ke bare mein kya jaanta hoon."

Saying so, he took a piece of paper lying on the table and scribbled on it for quite few minutes and then passed it to Abhijeet who was standin just next to him.

Abhijeet – "sir ye kya –"
Before Abhijeet could complete the sentence,

ACP Prithviraj – "Padho bhi" (very silently)

Also ACP Prithviraj signaled him not to speak. Abhijeet followed and quietly read the paper and the others looked completely blank and stared at each other and then towards ACP Prithviraj who was perfectly fine with the strange passing of messages and just gave them a huge smile.
He then went upto Lavanya and Kaveri and introduced himself to them while Abhijeet read the paper.

The paper read –
"tum sab ke computers par tumhare naam ki slips rakhi hain. Apne computers par baith kar, C Drive me stored ek hidden file hai – 'robber'. Read that.
DONOT speak of the real case openly. Because if someone is eavesdropping, which I am sure someone is, then we wouldn't want them to hear all our discussions. Remember, we shall never speak of the case within this office. Whenever we need to discuss about the case, pass a slip mentioning time and name of a restaurant to meet in..however mention a date also BUT WE WILL REACH THE PLACE AT THE SPECIFIED TIME ON THE SAME DAY regardless of the date.
The Head Quarters suspect a spy in the office and I am here to catch him.
After you are done reading, pass this on to others. Once all of you are done reading, pass it back to me."

Abhijeet was a little shocked to read the paper – a spy right inside CID. The thought of their conversations leaking was horrible indeed. However, Abhijeet passed the paper to much curious Daya as now seeing the looks on Abhijeet's face, he was sure to receive a deadly news. When Abhijeet looked at ACP Prithviraj, ACP Prithviraj just smiled and

ACP Prithviraj – "Kya hua Abhijeet? Kaam karne ka mood nahi hai kya? Chalo sab kaam par lago."

Abhijeet opened the file ACP Prithviraj had asked to open on his computer and started reading it. Once everyone finished reading the message passed, Lavanya (who read it last) gave it back to ACP Prithviraj as been told and she too opened the file on her computer.

The file in the computer read –
"I was in Calcutta regarding another case when I saw that Jewellery market was open for an unusual late hour and there was large amount of Police there. On investigating, I found out that many people had struck various shops and sold them jewellery worth thousands and taken the cash. Everything seemed fine, till one jeweler recognized the jewellery sold to him as the jewellery that was supposed to be in exhibition. But it was too late, all the men who had sold it, were long gone. Well, the total jewellery sold there was worth 2 lakh 73 thousand, and it all resides right now in the headquarters."

Pratap came in while they were reading the file in the comuter.

Pratap – "sir ye rahi list."

hey Shruti, where are u ??? pls continue, it's awesome..can't wait to read more

I am so sorry..I knw if I come in frnt of u...u all will beat me..bt well u see I went on a holiday mysteriously on Saturday and returned today..so its k..I will post the later part of the story soon

It's perfectly all right Shruti....I wouldn't come to beat you....you take your time & then come with your update, o.k? don't worry, hope u enjoyed your holiday.
looooooooove suchi 😃

tomorrow u get the update!...actually within few hours

ACP Prithviraj took it but kept it on the table. He then got up, went to the dustbin and burnt the paper on which he had scribbed the message. After which he threw the ash into the dustbin and added water…

Everyone watched him do it and realised how serious and complicated the situation was that one small flaw might ruin everything…Pratap however didn't know this but he never questioned..however ACP Prithviraj sensed his doubt and

ACP Prithviraj : "Head Quarters ke order hain ki yahan security kam hai isiliye confidential news leek ho sakti hai."

ACP Prithviraj came back and handed the list to Abhijeet

ACP Prithviraj : "Abhijeet list dekhkar batao…kya tum kisi number ko pehchante ho?"

It was a list of calls received and made from Viren's mobile phone in the past 4 months…

Abhijeet - "sir.."

He sounded rather alarmed…

ACP Prithviraj - "Kya baat hai Abhijeet?"

Abhijeet - "Ye namumkin hai"

Abhijeet was really in a shock..everyone gathered around him but no one spoke for a while and then

Daya - "Kya baat hai Abhijeet?"

Abhijeet - "Viren ke mobile se 21 February ko ek call hui hai…aur ussi din ek call ki gayi hai"

ACP Prithviraj – "toh?"

Abhijeet – "par sir..Shruti…I mean Viren ki wife ne bataya ki Viren ki maut 16 tareeq ko ho gayi thi aur body ke paas uska cell phone bhi mila tha – toota hua."

ACP Prithviraj took the list and checked it

ACP Prithviraj – "Ye dono number toh ek hi hain..aur dekho Mumbai ke hain."

Abhijeet became quiet again but this time rather serious. He didn't say anything though.

ACP Prithviraj – "Chalo phir..investigation shuru…Pratap pata karo Viren kaam kaha karta tha..Jab pata chale toh Kaveri aur Lavanya ke saath jaa kar waha chaan – been karo"

The 3 nodded and sat on one computer each…Pratap kept telling them things.

ACP Prithviraj : "aur hum..Abhijeet, Daya and main..Viren ka ghar aur uske gharwalo ko dhoondte hain. Koi bhi distant relative bhi chalega. Ek baar kuch pata chal jaaye toh phir Viren ki wife se bi proper tareeqe se poochenge"

Saying this, he took a computer and signaled Abhijeet and Daya to take one too…Abhijeet was already disturbed about the number and the mention of Shruti troubled him more..How will he take ACP Prithviraj to his house saying that Shruti was in his house.
Daya sensed his tension and checked…wen everyone was busy working..he quietly asked him – "ye galat baat hai ab. Subah se pareshaan ho."

Abhijeet didn't reply…Daya got worried

Daya – "pareshan mat ho Abhijeet. Asal mein kabhi Shruti se milne ki zaroorat nahi hogi..usse pehle hi humara case solve ho jaayega."

And then Abhijeet realised that ACP Prithviraj will never bother where Shruti is as they weren't working on this case. So, half of his tension lifted but the other half..haunted him worse