Chapter 25
Antara came down running wearing her sleeveless white and yellow mixed churidar. She looked pretty and fresh as usual. "good morning mummy." Antara greeted with a smile. "good morning antara. you will leave for academy na?! wait I am serving your breakfast soon." Saroj said. "it's okk mumy. I will prepare myself... I know you are busy." She said. "ahh thx antara... you know, you reduce my half of the daily work.." saroj said. antara took the plate with apples and went near the couch to cut them. she started to cut the apples into pieces when suddenly she heard chaos outside. Might be another gang war was started outside. Antara was habituated with those things. She understood that on those days her sweet dreams were not be broke by the sweet sounds of birds but the sound of bullets and people's scream. She felt irritated at first but as people say, time and situation makes you adjustable with anything. Antara sighed and concentrated on her work. Suddenly, with a huge band something fell on the window at her front. She shook badly and looked at the window with horrified eyes. the glass was broken into several pieces in front of her horrific eyes. "god!! Not again.." saroj said with a disappointed voice and rushed near the window. Antara sat on the couch all frozen. "god this is 7th time they have broken this window. I don't know how I will convince him now." Sarij said thinking about govind. Antara looked at saroj with confused eyes. she didn't seemed worried at all. what did she just said? 7th time?!! Antara s eyes widened more. "what happened?!!" govind came out of his room and was frozen looking at the scene. "everything's fine... it's just..." saroj came forward to cool him down but he made her silent by his words. "everything's fine??!!! How can you tolerate these peoples saroj?! One day they break the glass of window, next day they crash the door of room. I just can't take it saroj... it's enough!!!" govind screamed. "please be silent!! Please... you know if they come to know..." saroj said with fearful voice. govind mocked a smile, "that's the irony of fate. Do you think I love to listen to this everyday's drama?!! No!! Even my blood boils seeing these all. but I couldn't forget that I got this shelter for those people." he said with a sigh. There was a pindrop silence all over the room. Suddenly they heard a huge chaos outside and all of their eyes moved towards the broken window. They saw a man was banged on the road with so much force. Someone pushed him heavily which they couldn't see as he was not inside the rectangle shaped view of the broken window. Soon he appeared in their noticed. Antara took out another deep breath seeing him. Who else could do that?! Perhaps she should predict that long ago. He was wearing black jeans and black jacket with army print on shoulder. His black vest hugging his strong masculine chest was visible as the buttons of the jacket was wide open. His hair was ruffled giving extra touch to his rough hard look. He moved near the man collapsed on the road. He was shivering badly looking at his approaching death. raghu kept his right foot on his chest and the man felt like his breath was literally stopped by the heavy weight and pressure of raghu's feet. Raghu placed his right elbow on his right knee and leaned a bit on the man who was suffocating for air. "sunn..." he said in his dangerous deep tone which was enough to shiver his enemy badly. "ohh uncle last time kahe raha hoon... bata do madan kidhar hain... kyun khali pilli iss umar mein apni jaan gawana chahte ho?!!..." he asked again. "rrr... raghubhai... main sach kahe raha hoon... main nahhii.. jaan ti kisi madan ko..." the man said in a shaky voice. "ee uncle... jhooth mat bol... apne log ne kaal raat ko dekha madan ko tere hotel se nikal te huye..." pakiya said from side. "aappp loggg mera yakeen kyun nahi karte... Main iss barein mein kuch nahhiii jaan ti... kaal main Mumbai se bahar tha..." he said in shaky voice. "Eee shanneee..." raghu leaned and grabbed the collar of that man making his eyes wide in fear. He lifted him slightly from the ground and looked in his eyes with his steal hard gaze which made him numb. "apun kyat ere ko nau sikiya dikhta hain... tu kahega aura pun maan jayega... arey tere jaise bahut ko sidhe karte ayein hain itne dino se... AB BOL NAHII TOOO..." raghu's dangerous voice almost made that elderly man dizzy. Antara was looking to the scene with wide eyes along with saroj and govind. "raghunath!!!..." DM screamed from the balcony of naik sadan. She was observing the whole scene from there. "jee maii..." raghu moved towards naik sadan. "kuch ugla kya iss ne?!!" she asked with a crocked smile. "abhitak too luch naii baka maii..." raghu looked back towards the man, "par bahut jald bak dega... Ee suno uncle apun ka time waste mat karo... dekho apun log too uss madan ke bache ko dhoond hi lege... par agar aap sab bak denge to apun logo ka bhi time waste naii hoga aur aap bhi bina koi haddi turwayein bsti se bahar nikal jaoge... iss liye sidhe sidhe apna pet saaf karo sari bate ugal do..." raghu said in cold voice. "arey bhai..." Suddenly mach mach came inside the scene. "bhai pakki khabar milli hain..." he said. mai was looking at the scene and she frowned. "machmach...kya huya?!!" dm asked from the balcony. "mai pata chal gaya uss madan ka, bandra ke pass dikha gaya woo... ye uncle sach kahe raha hain... inko madan ke barein mein naii pata... uss ke hotel k eek larke ne hazar ke patti le kar madan ko ek raat ke liye rehene diya tha.. larke ne sab ugal diya mere saaam ne..." machmach said. "dekha maine kahann naa ki mujhe kuch pata nahi..." the man said from beneath. Raghu left his collar and he stood up taking heavy breath. "bhai bandra ke liye nikale kya?!!" machmch asked. "haaa... gari nikal... " he ordered. "bhai iss uncle ka kya karein?!" pakiya said grabbing the man in his hand. "haan bolo bhai... uncle ka hath tore ya sar fore?!!" chotu asked in excitement. Raghu looked at the elderly man's sweating face with still eyes. tum aur kar bhi kya sakte ho logo ko maar ne ke siwayein?!!... tum hamesha ek gunde hi rahoge... Meri bhi akhein phor do...' her each and every word flashed in his mind creating havoc. "CHOR DE!!!..." he said in cold firm voice. "hnnn???!!" chotu and pakiya were utterly confused. "kaha naa jane de... aur jaldi kar.. bandra jana hain..." raghu said looking away from their face. all of them stood there dumb stuck. They were seeing it for the first time that raghubhai was leaving a person without any harm. However chotu and pakiya let the man go. He went towards the exit of basti with slow pace. All things were observed by daya mai from the balcony. Her eyebrows were creased into frown. ho kya gaya hain iss larke ko... aisa to usne pahele kabhi nahi kya??!!" daya mai thought in confusion. he looked towards the man who was almost about to go out of naik basti's premises. "jagga..." she called the man who was standing at her side. "jii mai..." jagga said. "uss admi ko dekh raha hain... ja khatam kar de ussey,.. aur haan ye baat kisi ko pata naii lagna chahiye ki maine tujhe kaha ussey ura ne ke liye.." dm indicated towards the man and said with cold voice. jagga nodded and got outside. "buntiya mera saman lagana suru kar de... aaj saam ko hi nikalna hain pun eke liye..." dm said. she was going for a long trip in pune and ludhiyana for her own purpose. But she was slightly worried about the abrupt change in raghu's behavior. however, she also knew that raghu was like a stone who couldn't be tutned easily from it's position. That's how she raised him, made him. Dm let out a satisfactory smile and went inside naik sadan with all her pride.
"for the first time I saw raghu leaving someone without any harm. I wonder why?!" saroj said in confusing voice. "huh!! They were just pretending. I bet that he would kill him somewhere else. In any other place." Govind said from side. "now come on and get your breakfast. You will miss the train." Saroj reminded. Both of them went towards the dining table. Antara's eyes were still fixed on the fig standing outside the broken window. His eyes were fixed abruptly at some spot. He seemed sad?!! But why?!! antara didn't know why she felt that he was not happy at all after biting that person.
Raghu was standing at the middle of road and fixing her blank gaze to nowhere. He didn't know why he left that man. A big sigh escaped from his chest when he felt that gaze on her. Automatically his face moved towards the broken window at side. he found antara seating on the couch nearby and looking straightly towards him. she was looking like the fresh morning rays of sun in that yellow and white suit. He remembered how she was angry last night. Was she still upset?! He tried to gauge her expression. She didn't seem mad. Rather than she looked confused. He felt like she was trying to detect something, trying to search for some answer in his face. Another deep breath escaped from his chest. How long her disgust for him would stay?! Could she never be able to understand what he fele for her?! He wanted to talk to her, he wanted observe her luminous eyes which gleamed whenever she smiled. Would it ever be possible?!
Antara was caught by raghu's silent gaze again. she felt like his eyes were changing expression from sadness to eagerness just like the previous night and that keen intensity like always. That intensity always made her shiver, made her weak, glued her warm hazels to his deep coal black orbs. She always observed a silent plea in his gaze. That silent poor eyes used to make her hell confuse randomly. It felt like he was not the stone hearted merciless killer only, rather than he seemed vulnerable. It felt like he wanted to tell her so many things but he didn't know how to say. Antara quickly shut her eyes and looked away to break the connection. She knew that she was again getting affected by him. she had already decided that she would do anything to distance herself away from him. she took the plate and moved to the other corner of the room where he couldn't c her. raghu's eyes followed him to get her slightest glimpse. But even her shadow was not visible to him. "bhai!!" mchmach called him. he came with his jeep. Raghu sighed and rushed towards the jeep to fulfill his duty.
Antara just came out the basti when the scene got into her eyes and she almost stopped herself from vomiting at the spot. At the outside of basti there was a huge dumping ground of rubbishes. In between the rubbishes antara observed a fresh dead body. it seemed like he was killed just a moment ago. His face was crushed brutally so that no one could identify him. but antara knew the blood spotted white check shirt which he was wearing. The same shirt which was wore by the same man whom raghu was threatening to get whereabouts of someone called madan. So her mama ji was right. At last he killed him too. He was just pretending to left him unscratched. Antara's jaw hardened. Enough it was!! Lakhiya, rajan they all were criminal but the guy was just a simple man. he didn't have any issue with them. her patience broke and blood boiled in her veins. Her mama ji was bounded by Dm and raghu's favor but not her! she wouldn't stay quite after seeing that. She let out her mobile and called shivani. "hey cuty pie.. what's upp?!" she asked. "listen shivani... I won't go to academy today. I have some personal issues." She informed. "ohh okkk!!" she said. she cut the phone and moved to the other way which didn't lead to academy.
"sir I just drove away another journalist..." the constable said. "uffss.. seemed like they had got another issue to eat our head." The head officer said. "why not sir. Lakhiya and rajan's murder and madan's hideout had created havoc allover in city. still we werenot able to get a single clue." Another officer said from said. "if we can get a single clue..." officer madhavan, who was in charge of the case of lakhiya and rajan's murder said in frustration. At that moment a young girl stepped inside the branch office of police headquarter of Mumbai. "god another journalist, perdon me madam but we won't say anything about lakhiya and rajan's murder." Inspector madhvan said. "but I can say something which might help you." the girl said with a gentle smile. "huh!!!" inspector madhvan was in utter shock. The girl came inside with full confidence and joined her hands, "good morning sir. My name is antara kaul. Perhaps you misunderstood me as an journalist. But I am not one of them. I am here only to say that I know who killed lakhiya..." she said. "what?!! You know..." ispactor madhavan almost jumped from his chair. "yes sir. In fact I was present at the spot when he was murdered. I am ready to give my statement but you have to promise me that you won't leak my identity. I don't want my family in danger for me. so you have to promise me to keep my whereabouts secret. Then I am ready to say everything." Antara said. "hmm seat down..." inspector madhvan said. She sat down. Inspector madhvan took her statement. Antara told everything including that raghu and his gangs had went to bandra to catch madan. After listening to that a huge anticipation created all over. Inspector madhvan ordered everyone to get ready for operation. "thank you miss for your help. You don't know what a gr8 help you have given us. I assure you that your identity will be kept confidential among us." Inspector madhvan said. "okk I will take my leave now."
"aisa kaise ho sakta hain?!!! raghunath aur uske admi kaise pakra ja sakta hain?!" dm screamed as his man jagga gave her the news that raghu and his whole gang was caught from bandra. Only machmach was outside as he was not present at the spot and covering at outside. "mai maine suna hain ki kisi ne unn police walo ko humare barein mein khabar di hain..." jagga said. "kis ki itni himmat huyi jo daya mai ke khilap ja sake...kis ki?!!" dm said impatiently. "jagga bhai... a young boy wearing tore clothes came inside the room. "arey billu aajjja.." jagga said. Billu came inside "mai yeuss poice headquarter ke andar jharu pocha laga ti hain... ye kahe raha tha ki usne ussey dekha hainn jisne raghubhai ke khilap ja kar report likhi..." jagga said. "acha?!! kaun hain woo?! Kaisa dikhta hain?!!" dm asked in anticipation. "woo ek larki thi mai..." billu said, "lambi, gori... uska naam kya bataya tha... haan yaad ayyya... ANTARA KAUL!!" billu said. as soon as she uttered the name dm's bllod boiled in aanger. "thik hain jaa tu.." dm said. billu got out. "jagga... meri baat dhyan se sun..." dm said and gave some instruction to jagga. Jagga got out. Dm took the phone quickly and dialed a number. "hello commissioner sahab..." she said. "arey aap.. aaj itne dino baad yaad kaise kiya?!!" commissioner said from other side. Dm talked to him for some time and left the phone. "antara kaul!!" she said with greeted teeth. "tujhe kya laga ki tu mujhe maat de degi?!! Arey bare bare ayein tere jaise aur daya mai ne sare patte saaf kar diye apne raste se.. to tu kya hain... itne salo se ek ek katra zor ke maine apna ye oudha banaya hain... aur tu ayi kaal ki larki mere iss iudhe ko torne?!! Kaha tha garam khoon samhal ke rakhna... par tune nahi suni... ab main tere sath kuch aisa karoongi ki tu kabhi mere khilap awaz nahi utha payegi..." an evil smile spread on her face. Buntiya came inside. "mai!! Maine aap ka sara saman samet liya hain..." he said. "thik hain... ab tu jaaa.." dm ordered. She really didn't feel like going. She wished if she could cancel her trip, but it was so much important for her illegal business activity. However, she knew that everything will be fine and that girl antara won't create further problem. Her trick always became successful and it wouldn't fell that time also. She started tp get ready for her long term journey to pune and ludhiyana.
Precap: "apun ne tere ko kuch kaha?!!! Koi dhamki di... arey tune mere ko arrest karwa diya fir bhi apun ne ek shabd bhi naii kahan!!! Kyun ki mere ko pata hain ki tune galti kar di thi...achi tarah se jaan ta hoon tujhe...ye sab locha tere khopri mein nahi ghusne wala... mai ke pauch ke barein mein jaan ti naii thi tu... Dekha na ek chutki mein nikal diya hum sab ko bahar..." raghu blabbered continuously and antara continued to listen to him silently. "fir bhi apun ne kuch kiya?! Naii na?!! to tu basti chor ke kyun jana chahti hain bata?!!!" he asked demanding an answer. "bandh karo apna ye natak.." she shot back with angry eyes.
ps: guyzz i managed to write down another utterly confusing chapter... i don't know what i have written down. please bear this for now on and from next part i promise you don't have to phase this kajal ki dukan for long time...🤣
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Edited by ifians - 11 years ago
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