Seven Vows Part 3 -Part 259 Page 147 - Page 50

Chapter 201- The Movie Ticket, Dance Request

"What is this " asked Sudhir when Sreedhar gave a sealed envelope in his hand. They were all sitting in the hall after dinner.

" Check it for yourself Bhaiyya" told Sreedhar.

Sudhir opened the envelope apprehensively only to find two box tickets for the movie " Pyaar tho hona hi tha" for the weekend.

" Belated wedding anniversary wishes Bhaiyya. In between the shop opening, the increased workload in the office, ED enquiry and all we couldn't celebrate your wedding anniversary on Jun 30. I know it is almost a month. But please accept it from all of us. Don't look at Papa. Me and Poorni have already taken permission before getting you this tickets" told Sreedhar.

" Pyaar tho Hona hi thaa. Is it a gift or a punishment Sreedhar" asked Sudhir.

" Started. What is wrong in watching a love story for two hours" came in Vindhya.

" I am not going to give my hanky for you to wipe tears and don't expect me to feel emotional " told Sudhir.

" Yes, emotions are only for those who have heart. Sreedhar your brother only has head. The great Maths wizard" told Vindhya.

" Sreedhar who are leads in the movie " came in Renu.

" Bhabi Ajay Devgn and Kajol" told Sreedhar.

" Ok so only Sudhir and Vindhya going " asked Maheswari.

" Who told dadi. We all are going. But then not box tickets. It is big queue for box tickets. So Sreedhar Chachu, Suman Chachi, Myself,Aakash, Nami, Adwaith, Vaishu, Rakesh, Maitreyi, Devika Didi, Ramya and Reshma has got the first circle tickets " told Poorni.

" Ok that means you have put me and your Maa along with your Dadu and Dadi. Poorni we are not that old. We too can watch Pyaar tho Hona hi tha" told Tilak.

" Tilak is this the way to talk to your teenage daughter " admonished Renu.

" Pyaar ke Dushman. Bhabi when Bhaiyya wants to be romantic allow him, look at your devar. Doesn't know the " R" of romance" told Vindhya winking at Sudhir. Sudhir indicated to her come to the bedroom she will know whether he knows only R or can spell the word romance.

" Bhaiyya I was just checking whether your romantic impulses are still active. Here you go " telling Sreedhar gave another envelope in Tilak's hands and Renu blushed deep red. Maheswari gave a gentle slap to Sreedhar " It is not just your Bhaiyya in the room, your bhabi too is there. Keep your tongue in check. " Sreedhar smiled back at Maheswari.

" Suman Chachi I forgot to tell. This year Independence Day our school is participating for the inter school dance competition. Theme is patriotism. Without asking you I have committed that you will choreograph ARRs song " Maa Tujhe Salam". You will do it naa" asked Poorni without directly looking at Suman.

" Poorni so much work I have. First Sreedhar has gone and got the passes for Agra fair. Now you are bringing the students for dance. Don't worry since you have committed I will manage. How many of them" asked Suman.

" Ten Chachi. Five girls, Five boys" told Poorni

" Boys. Poorni it wont be good if I train boys" told Suman.

" Chachi it is no romantic number. So no difference. You don't worry" told Poorni.

" But still Poorni boys dance differently " told Suman.

" Listen to the song Suman Chachi. Every dancer needs the same expression. Aakash bring that cassette" told Poorni.

As the song played Maheswari told, " Poorni don't play it in front of Jaideep Bhaiyya. If he hears Vande Mataram like this, he will have heart attack"

" Dadi, Mamu wont feel bad. I will tell him we feel patriotic listening to Vandemataram like this. It is the feeling right Dadi" told Poorni.

Suman listened to the song. Poorni was correct. Everyone needed the same expression. Still she was not sure. But then she knew she had to do it

" Fine Poorni, I will choreograph. Vindhya Bhabi I will need your help. Take the orders from people for next two weeks as I will have to come back by five every week day if I need to do this. I will call them and then get the specifications" told Suman.

In Shop Renu left by five thirty to handle things at home. Suman and Vindhya along with their assistants stayed till 7 pm.

" No issues Suman. I will manage. You just choreograph the dance well " told Vindhya.

" I am sleepy. Can we call it a day " told Sudhir . Everyone nodded and slowly dispersed to their rooms.

Ria I said climax track, this is not climax track. Also wattpad is still behind by chapters. And I am yet to get replies from many of my regular readers.

Shruthi sorry for the delay and also for saying this. But I prefer it here as I am comfortable in IF. Though I am not posting my views on regular basis for last few updates, at least I can read it on IF. Hope you don't mind and yes I promise to buy a copy when published😊

No issues Jaya. I will keep it here only. That's why I asked. You all are my first readers. I dont believe in leaving reality for perception.

loved the banter.. what is Poorni hiding? she was reluctant to look at Suman while asking her to teach for Independence Day...

@ria poorni was not hiding anything. Just that she committed without asking Suman. So she is feeling a bit guilty. Usually we have to ask naa, whether that person can do something.

Ook it looked like she is hiding..

nice updates sis... i am ok with both wattpad and IF... I finished the toughest exam yesterday and I am somewhat free today... so I just came and read the missed parts..

Thanks Sandhya. Hope your exam went well. I will continue in IF. couple of people pmed me they prefer here. It's ok. I can remove from wattpad and IF before launch. There are people who have invested 6-7 months into this story. It will be unfair to them to stop it mid way.

Chapter 202- The Strategy

Aleena was in a meeting room. Her two month training was completed two days back and she was put in the team of a guy called Vipul Parekh. She was a little dissatisfied that she was not in Shekhar's team. Now Vipul had called for a team meeting on a new assignment. As she looked in two more people came. One more lady and another guy. She knew the guy. He was Lokesh the camera man. But the lady she didn't knew. She looked senior.

Soon the door opened and Vipul walked in with Shekhar. Aleena was surprised to see Shekhar. But Shekhar smiled at her.

" So guys though officially I am in charge of this programme, your real assignment is Shekhar's work. " told Vipul startling everyone.

" Sir, you mean to say heritage of Rajasthan is a ploy and we are going to do undercover work " asked the lady.

" Of course Nisha. Our aim is not simply heritage of Rajasthan. Yes it will be a 32 episode programme airing over the weekend, details of which Vipul will give. But our real target through the programme is this man" Shekhar pointed at a photo that came in the projector.

" Who is he" asked Lokesh.

" Sathish Kowsik. District collector of Mewar. Our initial data shows he supports the clinics that does female feticide there. In addition to that he is involved in human trafficking also. He is the biggest connection that can expose Prathana Devi the self-proclaimed Goddess of Mewar."

" But Shekhar how do we do this " asked Aleena

" Aleena let me explain. In Oct we are going to start " Heritage of Rajasthan. The blue print of the programme is in the file which all of you can read. It will be a four month programme. The last month you are going to be in Mewar. In that four weeks you have to work secretly on the ground to collect proof to expose Sathish. " told Vipul.

" So guys are you upto it" asked Shekhar.

" Why not Shekhar. This will be one big story if we do it the right way" told Lokesh. Nisha and Aleena nodded.

" Ok guys so next two months do the ground work. Look at the blue print of the programme at the same time collect as much information about Satish Kowshik. Chart out a strategy for under cover work. Is that fine. You all will be reporting to me and Shekhar will be involved to give you guidance " told Vipul and they all nodded. Aleena was excited. Finally she was on her mission.

Tushar looked at his class of 32 students. It has been close to one and half months since the training had started. First month was mostly physical training. Then classes started for various types of cases with case studies. Today was the first class for criminal investigation. Tushar had given a copy of FIR to everyone and had asked them to read it.

" So everyone I hope you have all read the FIR. What does the FIR say "

" Sir an attempt of rape has been made on a girl called Charu. A guy called Ketan saw some goons pursuing her and he stopped the car to help the girl. He took the girl to the police station and filed the FIR"

So what is your observation asked Tushar.

" Sir Ketan has seen the goons pursuing her, but not the attempt of rape. Goons pursuing need not be for rape alone" told one student.

Fine good observation. So how you will proceed the investigation. Soon the class began to talk about how they will question Ketan, how Charu will be questions, what information they will collect etc..

" Good " told Tushar. But there is a twist in the tale "When you get this FIR, Ketan is dead and Charu is missing " now how would you proceed the investigation.

Everyone started telling they will search for Charu. Only Kailash and another girl called Deepa were silent.

" So Kailash Malhotra you look silent. You have any alternate theory " asked Tushar.

"Yes sir. I will start investigating Ketan's death. Because if Ketan is dead there is risk of life on Charu. Maybe that is why she is missing. So if I investigate Ketan's death I can protect Charu too. Once I get enough evidence on those who were responsible for Ketan's death then of course I can search Charu. That will give her more courage to come out "

" Kailash your theory is good but there is a flaw. You are assuming it is a murder and you can reach the murderer easily. What if it doesn't look a murder and you don't have anything that prove it to be murder " asked Tushar.

" Sir I will answer. I also had the same thoughts as Kailash. But in addition to what he told I want to stress that death can look natural. But we have to think why that form of natural death among many was chosen. For e.g there is a reason why it is a suicide, there is a reason why it is a heart attack etc.." . If we are able to find why that modus operandi was taken then the puzzle can be easily solved"

"Well done Deepa Sukumar. Exactly in any criminal investigation why is the most important question. Whether it is motive, whether it is modus operandi or whether it is the person. Unless you answer the " Why" correctly you will be stuck at the same point. Now everyone there are two similar FIRs in each of the files here. These are your assignments. I expect in next class which is two weeks time from now each one of you will have your independent point of view on them" told Tushar and the students nodded.

As the class was dispersed Kailash walked upto Deepa congratulating her and Deepa returned the compliment telling he too did well. Kailash asked whether they could discuss further on the FIR in the canteen as it was lunch break to which Deepa agreed. They walked towards the canteen discussing the various aspects of criminal investigation.