Vishal catching her glance, with a frown said…. 😕
Vishal: (stressing) Madam…..
Dipika just gave a smile of authority and made her way to the interrogation room. 😉
Neha was doing all she could to control her smile in front of him……. 😆
Just then they had reached the interrogation room and Dipika opened the door….. Vishal and Neha followed……..
They go in….. Ajay and Boxer follow……
There was a girl and a lady sitting in the room…. The girl was sitting at the table head, with a lady besides her trying to control her crying…..
Dipika goes towards the girl…..
Dipika: I am really sorry about what happened? 😕 Tum Renuka ho naa?
Girl: (wiping her tears 😭 , nodded) Renuka, (stifling a tear) Renuka Sundar Mehta…….
Vishal: (to the other lady, in a harsh tone) Aur aap?
Other Lady: Main Mrs. Veena Kulkarni…. Renuka ki college professor…. She was not in a state to come here alone so I had to accompany her…..
Vishal starts his interrogation……..
Dipika went to sit back at a chair behind Vishal,she leant back at the chair watching the interrogation…..
Neha sat at the other side of the lady……
Ajay and Boxer were standing behind the girl, facing Vishal and Dipika…….
Vishal: (in a not so soft tone) Aap apne pita ke saath nahi rehti hain…. Hain naa??
Dipika frowned……..
The girl was around 18 years of age….. Her father was the victim, brutally murdered with a cricket bat, skull broken……. 🤢
Renuka: (sniffing) Main hostel me rehti hoon. Engineering college ki first year student hoon…..
Vishal: (in a hard tone, suspicious) Pita ke mauth ki khabar to aapko do din pehle hi mil gayi thi, to aap aaj aa rahi hain. Aap to sirf Pune me rehti hain…. 😈
Renuka: (getting scared at Vishal's hard tone) Vo.. vo… 😭
She started to cry uncontrollably…..
Dipika sat erect in her chair.... From the starting she was not happy with the tone Vishal had started the interrogation….. He was been way too hard….
😒Special Squad Office….. Interrogation Room..........
Dipika: (in a stern voice, close to Vishal's ear) Vishal, please bahaar aao… I need to talk to you…. NOW…..
Vishal just turned his head half way to her and rolled his eyes......
Saying this Dipika got up, went forward and gave the girl a glass of water to drink…..
Dipika: (to the lady) Aap ise (indicating the girl) le jaa sakti hain. She is not in a state to answer anything. Lekin kal phir aana hoga… And… Aapke address dete jayiyegaa…
Professor: Er… I have to return back to Pune today..... Main ise apne maa ke yahaan chod rahi hoon….. She said that she would be coming to Mumbai today……
Dipika: (nodding) Vo address pata hai aapko?
The professor nodded…..
Dipika: Okay... to vo address dete jayiyegaa… (She saw Boxer and indicated towards the lady) Boxer… (Looking back at the lady, she smiled) Thank you….
The professor also smiled and nodded, still trying to control Renuka who was literally choking now, her breath coming in short gasps…..
Vishal was still seated….. Dipika glared at him and went out…..
Vishal followed Dipika with a not so satisfying look or to say with a cool walk, not exactly caring for whatever was coming on…. Ajay, Boxer, Neha looked at each other knowing that there was going to be a blow up…….
Dipika's Cabin…..
Vishal was seated in Aryan's chair…. Dipika was standing sideways, infront of his table, with her hands at the back, looking outside ……
Dipika: (controlling a fury) What is this Vishal? Ye tareeka nahi hai kisi ko question karne kaa!!!!!!
Vishal didn't seem to be bothered with her question…….
Neha saw at her place, that a fax had come and went to check it, her eyes still inside the cabin…….
Ajay and Boxer were standing outside, beside the door looking at the happening inside….
Dipika: (continuing) Dekha nahi you scared the wits out of the girl… She is too young to handle stress like this… Aur to aur vo apne pita ko kho chuki hai…..
Vishal: (giving a short laugh) Huh…. Young???? Crap!!!!!!! Aaj kal ke bacchhe kya kya karte hai, ye to hum jaante hi hain…. And as you said she was stressed out, is condition me she could let slip some vital information…..
Vishal was swiveling in a semi-circle, seated in the seat……
Special Squad Office……..
Dipika: (raising her voice) Never Vishal… Agar aisa hi investigation karna hai to its not required….. If she was a suspect then it would have been agreed, but you don't have any reason to suspect her……
Vishal: (with the same anger in his voice, he sat upright in his chair) Excuse me…. You have no rights to question my way of questioning suspects?
Dipika turned one her heels, to face him…. She glared at him for a long time, with her hands folded…. Vishal returned her glare….. She stood very upright, her full height……..
Dipika: (stressing on the words) If you have to be reminded again…. Bhoolo mat ki I am the Chief of Special Squad… Vo ladki bacchhi hai…. Considerate hone ki zaroorat nahi hai lekin interrogation atleast soft se kar sakte ho….
Vishal: (annoyed at been questioned like this) Vo killer ho sakti hai…. Bees saal ke kareeb hai… Iska matlab ye nahi ki she could not have done this….
Dipika: (with an angry regret) Coulds don't work in murder investigation Vishal… You should know that……..
Vishal: (glaring at her retort) Is umar me to maine kayi terrorist dekhe hain…
Dipika: (now really frustrated) Mr. Vishal Malhotra…. Aap ne CBI ke liye, IB ke liye… Aur kayi special assignments handle kiye honge for the police force….. Lekin ye Special Squad hai…. Un assignments me you had to deal with ruthless people… Terrorists too….. But here….. Yahaan no one is guilty until proven, so apna interrogation aur investigation zaraa clean rakhenge to its better… Warna….
Vishal: (banged his clenched fist at the table and got up, the pen stand falling sideways) Warna kya kar lengi aap? Commissioner se complain karengi…. I don't care…
Saying this he started to got out, opening the door when Dipika called him from behind…. She bent down to pick up the penstand which had fallen down……
Dipika: (in a cool tone, which she knew irritated Vishal very much) Vishal…..
Vishal turned around abruptly…… 😡
Dipika: (continuing, she was arranging the pens in the stand on the table) Aaindaa se bhoolo mat ki ye table kisi aur (stressing here) ka hai…. (looking up at him) And we don't want anything damaged and out of place when the person arrives, so better be careful again, while using this table…… 😉
She gave him a cool smile, with her hands still on the pen stand…... 😊
Vishla stared at her…. How he felt he could give her back, but instead he just turned around and stomped out of the cabin….
😡