Chapter 8
Three days later...
Neha is alright now..the wounds have recovered..
ETF conference room
All are happy to see Neha joining back..
They were rejoicing this when sam came n told them about a new case..
Sam : team! We've a new case..ek reporter ko bahot buri tarah mara-pita gaya he..lets go..
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Hospital..
All reach the hospital where the victim was given the medical aid..
Doc - he is still in bad condition. He is not recovering.
Sam - par aisa kyu?
doc - "Will Power"..That is maybe he is not willing to.
Govind (one who reported etf the case) : par ye kaise ho sakta he? he was very strong and never feared anything.
So now the doc is lost..
Doc - iske body me white blood cells ka amount bahot badh gaya he..
Neha - which happens when there is poison mixed in the blood.
Doc - But no traces of poison were found in the blood test
Liza - par aisa kaise ho sakta he?
Sam - liza..karan..tum check karo aur mujhe poori report do
Lisa n karan nod n start their work
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ETF conference room..
The team is summarising the case
Victim: Robin..[Reporter, Crusader Magazine]
Suspect: none
Witness: Some locals of village, near which the victim was found..
Motive: None
Govind: Chief Editor, Crusader Magazine
Neerav: Proprieter, Samsaara Builders. Supposedly Robin had asked a flat as bribe to him. Robin was working on a case which connected Neerav and Samsaara Builders.
Lisa - sir..mene robin ke blood samples test kiye aur usme koi poison traces nahi mile..
Karan - I was checking Robin's clothes, getting clues. There were lot of fertilizers that I got from Robin's shirt and pant. Also the clothes had many thorns and shrubbings..
Neha - question!!
Sam - kya?
Neha - whether Robin was beaten up in a place full of fertilizers or had he walked from the place he was beaten up to that fertilizer place??
Aisha - mene Neerav se puchtach ki..par kuch khas nahi mila..
Riya - Even if Neerav Shah is the culprit we cannot get him, obviously high level ka jo hai..
Jun - Agar ek honest aadmi ke saath aisa hua hai to hum sab poori koshish karenge ki use insaaf mile..
All nod positively..
So what had happened to Robin and what was that about white cell increasing??
Robin died in the evening..
Lisa n Karan do the autopsy of the body n the others r doing investigations
Lisa - Robin had died due to Septicaemia, a form of blood poisoning. The strange thing is that there were no traces of poison anywhere in Robin's body..
Sam - How strange is that?!!
Neha - may be the poison used is organic, that is why it degraded on its own..
Sam - ab ye case tumhare haath me hai.. . Because u r the one in ETF who has more knowledge on poisons..Go Neha, crack it!!
Neha - yeah..sure!
Neha working at it all night and then she does it..
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Next morning..
ETF conference room..
The whole team is gathered..waiting for Neha's findings..
Neha takes an X-Ray, which is one of Robin's medical records
Neha - [with a triumph smile] The poison is injected into bone through a tiny tiny pellet, like a dust particle and it poisoned Robin..killing him.
Lisa - but why didn't we get its traces?
Neha - Poison is Resin, made from Castor Beans, used in biological warfare. Not easily available, easily degradable..
Shree gets information that the day when Robin was beaten up, between 4 p.m. and 4.15 p.m. there were many calls made to his cell from a PCO in Nalasupara
Sam - lets go to nalasopara..
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At Nalasopara..
ETF team goes there, where they talk to the PCO's owner who is blind.
He says, yes that day at that time a lady had indeed come and talked. He was actually listening to one day match and had not given much importance to the talk. But she had kept trying like the person at the other end kept hanging up the phone. Third time, she did hear her saying that she was frustrated with this nomadic life and if eh didn't come here within one and half hours, she would suicide..
So now sam has doubt that it may be Celina. He also voices his doubt to check that whether Robin and Celina had the issue of the plot alone between them or did anything else exist..
They get the info that the unidentified plot is near the place where Robin was found. Also Samsaara was to start a construction in that place, as soon the Government was going to declare that place as non-development. So if the issue came out, Robin's reputation would be at stake..
So now they have so many investigations to do..
They divide the team
Sam,Aisha n Shree check the plot
Jun,Riya n Chotu do talking at Samsaara builders
Liza,Karan n Neha check the place where Robin could have been beaten up..
So finally they reach the place where supposedly the fertilizers were stored
They suspect that Robin could have been beaten up by the villagers, as they find a bamboo stick piece there.
Team goes to get the truth out of Celina, who accepts to having called Robin to that place. She had also hired nearby villagers to just beat him up so that he would sign the plot documents.
Aisha - Ab rone se kya fayda? Apne dewar ko goondon se pitvaaya haan..How amazing is that Celina you are under arrest..
Of course Jimmy, Celina's brother, Scientist working in Defence lab is the killer
Case solved!!
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Evening..
7:30 pm
The team ETF was returning from Nalasopara when one of the Suv stopped working
They were in the middle of nowhere..they were far from both Nalasopara n Mumbai too
They were thinking of what to do when they see two bikers n a jeep coming towards them..
The bikers applied a short brake n stopped,the jeep too stopped..the four boys got down n asked
Boy 1 - kya ho gaya?
Neha - Dj!! Bilkool sahi waqt pe sahi jagah par pahuche ho aaj..ye suv kharab ho gayi he
Dj - koi baat nahi..yahan 15-20 minute ki duri par ek garage he..wahaan se mechanic bhej dete he..wo aake ise le jayega..waise hum sab Mitro ko milne jaa rahe he..tujhe aana he?
Neha - neki aur puch-puch??ek arsa ho gaya mitro ke banaye khane ko khaye..
Sukhi - tu akeli nahi..teri puri team ko bhi saath me lekar chal
Dj - haan..ye bhi to chakhe hamari Mitro ka banaya hua khana..wahan paas me hi garage he..to dono kaam ek saath ho jayenge..
Ashfaq - waise bhi ye gaadi thik hone me do-chaar ghante to lagenge hi aur aap ko Mumbai pahuchne me kaafi late bhi ho jayega..
All r in thinking mode
Dj - itna kya soch rahe he..case nahi solve karna..khana khane jaana he..chaliye..
Sam - par hum sab kaise?
Molly - simple sir!..aap log hamari jeep le lijiye..hum charo bikes pe..aur baaki ye dusri suv he na!
Neha - oh ho! Ab chaliye bhi..[literally pushes Sam inside the jeep]
Sam,Jun,karan n Shree r in jeep , Chotu,Neha,Aisha,Riya n Liza in suv n Neha's friends on their 2 bikes..
Sam n Neha r driving suddenly Neha speeds up..n Sam understands that she was in the mood of racing..there was less traffic on the road so they could race well..but then out of nowhere a third bike comes n starts racing with the previous two
In Suv,
Riya - kitni rash driving he!
Neha - no Riya..its The Raj Driving [stresses on The Raj']
Aisha - matlab??
Neha - pahuchkar aaram se batayenge..abhi distract mat kijiye..we're racing..
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They reach the place..it was a beautifully decorated neat n clean dhaba
The third bike that came in mid was the first one to reach..Dj's bike came second n then Molly's bike..Neha was the winner in the race again with Sam!
Dj - shit!!
Biker - [laughing]almost..ha ha..almost!!
Dj - Raj!! [hugs him]kaisa he tu?
Raj - thik !
Neha gets down from suv n goes to raj..n directly hits him hard on his head..
Raj - oh teri!! Behena..itni zor se? thodi rehem karo is bande par matarani!
Sukhi - ki haal he?
Raj - [hugs sukhi]changa ji..changa..
Raj - [hugs ashfaq]aur lambe ho gaye ashfaq miya
Ashfaq - wo to he!
Raj - [to molly who was smoking at a distance]chal tu style maarne band kar..idhar aa..
Molly n Raj share a hug
Neha - [to ETF team] Raj!
Raj - Flight Leiutinent Rajveersinh Rana!
Ashfaq - [going towards the dhaba]ab chalo..nahi to khana bhi naraaz ho jayega
A lady was standing at the entrance of the dhaba..she was 45+ in age..she was standing with her hands on her waist..looking angry n annoyed
Lady - koi khana-shana nahi milne wala
Chotu - [slowly]ye kya..hum to khana khane aaye he..par ye mana kar rahi he
Neha - abhi drama enjoy karo..khana 5 minite me mil jayega
Dj - [goes towards her n the rest follow him] oye mitro! Meri bebe[hugs her] kidde he tu?
Mitro -[pushes him away] mar gayi mitro!dur hatt..mere neede na aayi..[he tries to hug her again but she again pushes him away] do mahine baad aa rahi he tenu maa di yaad! Nau mahine tujhe pet me paala..pata nahi kitne tere potade dhoye..aa gaya phati jeans pehen ke bada gentleman baniya phirta he
All laugh..
[he again tries but in vain]dafa ho..[then to others] aur tum sab..kabhi pucha bhi he ke Mitro zinda he ke dafan ho gayi??
Sukhi - whatsup? [he gets a slap from mitro n all laugh again]
Mitro - ek fauji[Raj] to duja mauji[Sukhi]
Dj - are maa..pehle khana khila de phir jitni marji daat pila diyo
Mitro - aye haaye..kisine nai roti khayi?..kya hoga iss nasl ka?
Neha goes n hugs Mitro n Ashfaq is standing right behind them
Mitro - haaye meri bacchi Neha..kitni patli ho gayi he?
Neha - [happily]sach Mitro!
Mitro - badi khush ho rahi he..ye aaj kal ki ladkiya na..haddiya jyada de maas kam..kal ko baccha kaise palegi pet me?
[Neha goes inside n Ashfaq repeats after Mitro]
Ashfaq - kal ko baccha kaise palegi pet me?
Mitro - haan..[then realises someone else spoke up..looks at ashfaq n they hug] are Ashfaq mera puttar..mera dhayan nai gaya tere pe..ye mera accha beta he..jo mujhe milne aata he..[then hits Dj on his head]aur ek ye nalayak he..
Then all sit for the dinner..
Ashfaq - ye meri favourite poem he..dedicated to all my friends..
Khwaabon ka ek mohalla he
Sab galiyaan nukkad ghar dware
Sab aangan seedhi chowbaare..
Kitni yaado ko samete he
Wo lamhe jo ki beet gaye..
Wo lamhe jo ki yaad rahe
Wo saari baate yaaro ki..
Kuch jeeto ki kuch haaro ki
Wo garam chai ke pyaale kuch
Wo chura ke khaye niwaale kuch
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Sj
Academy's hostel room..
Sam opened the lunch box that his mom sent..it had laddus
Jun - sam..maasa ne yah mere liye bhi bheje he..tum inhe akele nahi kha sakte..
Sam - me nahi dunga..ye mere liye he..
...
At night..when Sam was asleep
Jun got up ..he was feeling hungry..he thought of eating some laddu
He stealthily opened the lunchbox n tried his best not to make any noise but that stupid box made noise n Sam got up
He saw Jun eating laddus
Sam - jun..tum mere laddu kyu kha rahe ho?
Jun - in laddu o pe tera naam nahi likha..jo me inhe nahi kha sakta..mujhe bahot bhukh lagi he yaar.[sam snatches the box n laddo too].khaane de na.. [making a "puppy face"] plz..tu mera accha dost he na..apne dost ko bhukh se marne dega kya??
Sam - chal..tere jaisa nahi hu me..le kha le..[gives him laddo]
~fb end~
Baste me chupi khushiyan saari
Ek aankh jo usne thi maari
Wo ladki bholi-bhali si..
Jo mujh se hanskar milti thi
Wo ladka kuch sharmila sa..
Jo chup rehta par aankho se sab tha kehta
Aur aisi hi kitni yaaden jo yaad rahengi sadiyon tak
Hum roz nahi mil payenge par yaad hamesha aayenge
Khwaabon ka jo yeh mohalla he
Isme yaado ke samunder he
Neha - fantastic poem!
Dj - yaar me soch raha tha..
Raj - pinch me dude![Neha pinches him hard]ouch!!itna zor se..
Dj - tu hamesha bich me taang kyu adaata he?kitni mushkil se socha tha
Raj - wo tu soch raha tha ye sunkar shock laga..waise kya soch raha tha?
Dj - Neha!!tu shaadi kab kar rahi he?
Neha - 30 feb!
Sukhi - suna Dj..mene kaha tha na..iska kuch to chakker he..
Raj - are ghanchakkar..isne jo date kahi wo thik se nahi suni kya?
Sukhi - suni to..
Raj - kounse saal ke feb me 30 din hote he?
Sukhi - wo..to..iska matlab isne hume phir se
Neha n raj give a hi5
Raj - ullu banaya..galat insaan se galat sawaal pucha..to jawaab bhi galat hi milega na..
All laugh
Dj - Neha..tu kabhi koi challenge harti nahi he na?
Neha - abhi tak to nahi haare..
Dj - then I challenge u..aaj me tujhe pakka haraunga
Neha - kya challenge he?
Dj - ye lassi ka glass hum dono me se koun pehle finish karega..
Neha - ok..done!
Dj - me jeeta to?
Neha - jaisa tum kahoge..par hum jeete to
Dj - jo tu kahe..
Neha - ok..
Dj - ashfaq..timer dekh..
Ashfaq - set..3..2..1..go!
They both start drinking the glass of lassi Neha finishes it but Dj couldn't..after finishing her glass Neha asks Dj
Neha - kya hua Dj? Tumne to lassi ka glass aadha bhi khatam nahi kiya..lassi me namak he?
Dj spits out a little of lassi n the looks at her quizzically
Dj - tu..tujhe kaise pata chala?
Neha - tumhe kya laga tha..tum hamari lassi me namak daaloge aur hum pata nahi chalega?
Dj - par jab maine lassi me namak daala tab tum yahan nahi thi..phir..
Neha - par jab tum andar gaye tab humne glass exchange kar diye..waise cheating karke hi jeetna tha to pehle bol dete..
Raj - Dj! Mene kaha tha na..isse jeet pana aasan nahi..cheating bhi nahi kar sakte..aise hi pakad legi meri sherni
Ashfaq - buri tarah haar gaye dj..
Ashfaq,molly,sukhi n raj sing in chorus - aapke kya hoga janab-e-ali..aapka kya hoga..
Dj - kya karna padega?
Neha - abhi kuch socha nahi he..phir kabhi..aaram se batayenge..yaad rakhna..bhulna mat!
They finish the dinner n then sit around the campfire as it would take half an hour more for the suv to be repaired..
The suv is repaired n all go home..it was a tiring day after the case but they all enjoyed the food n play..
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