My Story Collection : By Visrom

Scene 1: Daya driving on a lonely road at  night. Abhijeet beside him.

Abhijeet : Kya Daya, aaj is sunsaan road se  kyon jaa rahe ho? Mere ghar ka rasta bhool gaye?

Daya : Bas aise hi...aaj ek long drive par  jaane ko man kar raha tha.

Abhijeet : Long drive? ( Smiles) Tum din bhar drive karke thak nahi jaate ho kya? Ya koi aur wajah hai?

Daya : Silent.

Exactly at that moment a drunk man comes and falls in front of the Qualis.

Daya brakes hard...SCREEECCHHH!!

Abhijeet storms out and catches the man up by the collar.

Abhijeet : Itna pee rakha hai...road ke beech me kyon chalta hai, hain? Waise bhi peekar marne hi wala hai, hume accident case mein kyon phasaana hai?

Daya removes the cloth covering the man's face.

Daya : Arey Billu, tum.

Abhijeet : Daya...tum ise jaante ho?

Daya : Haan, yeh humara informer hai. Aur Billu, tumne itna sharaab kyon pee rakha hai?

Billu : Daya sir...maine nahi piya...mainsharaab ko haath nahin lagaata, mujhe liver ka problem hai sir

... and he staggers and falls down

Daya : Billu!!! Tumhe kya hua?

Billu : Un logon ne mere haath pair baandhkar mere muh mein sharaab daal diya.

Daya : Kisne???

Billu : R S College mein drugs ka racket chalraha hai...mujhe iske bare mein pata chala. Maine unke kuch photos liye apne mobile phone se...lekin... unhone mujhe dekh liya...mera phone cheen liya...bohot maara...aur muh mein 3-4 bot..tt...ll..ee. ... and Billu dies. Daya touches his neck, looks at Abhijeet and shakes his head.

Abhijeet : My God!!! R S College mein drugs ka racket? Aur pehle se tumhe pata tha ki yeh Billu yahan humse milne wala hai?

Daya : Haan...usne mujhe phone kiya tha. Lagta hai kisi ne iski baatein sun lee.

Scene 2: Bureau next morning.

Daya : Sir, wahan koi bada drugs ka racket chal raha hai sir. Shaayad college ke students ko drugs bechi jaa rahi hai. Hume un students ko pakadkar rehabilitation centre bhejna hoga.

ACP : Lekin Daya, hume un logon ko pakadna hoga jo drugs bech rahe hain. Iske liye hume hoshiyari se kaam karna hoga. (Thinks for a few seconds)

Vivek, Tasha...tum dono R S College mein admission le lo.

Scene 3: Vivek and Tasha shift to college hostel.Tasha has a roommate, Reema, a very friendly girl.

Reema : Sandhya, tum term ke beech mein kyon aayi ho?

"Sandhya" : Bas aise hi...kuch personal problems ki wajah se mujhe pichle saal college chodna pada.

Reema : (With a naughty smile) Aur woh ladka Gaurav ' woh bhi term ke beech mein? Kya chakkar hai...?

Tasha startled, but says nothing.

Reema : Theek hai, theek hai, mat batana. Main samajh sakti hoon.

Tasha : Aur tum bataao...tum abhi tak is room mein akeli thi? Koi aur roommate nahin?

Reema : Thi ek ladki...lekin usne pichle mahine college chod diya. Woh raat ko humeesha baahar rehti thi aur subah 4 baje waapas aati thi. Phir 10 baje tak soti thi aur classes bunk karti thi. Achanak uski tabeeyat kharab ho gayi aur uske parents use lekar chale gaye.

Tasha alert : Achcha? Kya naam tha uska?

Reema: Rosy...woh senior student Lizzy ke saath bohot samay bitati thi. College chodne se pehle main eek din dekha ki gym ke paas raat ko 12 baje un dono ke beech mein jhagda ho gaya. Aur agle din Rosy college chodkar chali gayi.

Tasha deep in thought...

For the next few days Tasha keeps an eye on Lizzy and finds that she and a guy by name Sandeep are often seen together.

Scene 4:

One day Tasha and Reema find a notice on the college notice board 'The Voozle Boozle dance group meet to be held on 22 April. Members will be notified of password by sms'.

Tasha : Reema, yeh kya dance group hai?

Reema : Pata hain...waise mujhe dance ka shauk hai lekin ab tak pata nahin chala ki yeh kaunsa dance group hai. Maine college ke office mein bhi poocha tha. Lekin kisi ko pata nahin...

Tasha : Tum is dance group ke kisi member ko jaanti ho?

Reema: Nahin, lekin yeh meeting mahine mein ek baar zaroor hota hai...aur woh bhi cricket match wale din.

Tasha guesses what this could be. She sends an sms to Acp about this. Now the question was to find the venue.

Scene 5: 22 April morning.

Vivek and Tasha talking to Abhijeet and Daya outside the college campus.

Vivek : Sir, mujhe lagta hai jab sab log cricket stadium mein honge tabhi yeh log drugs bechne wale hain. Cricket match toh 7 baje shuru hogi aur 10 baje tak chalegi. Ideal time hai drugs bechne ka.

Abhijeet : Vivek, tum aur Tasha aaj is Lizzy aur Sandeep ka peecha karte raho aur hume batao ki yeh party kahan hone wali hai...sabko range haath pakad lenge.

Exactly at that time, at some distance from the college gate a car stops...Lizzy is inside with her boyfriend Jagdish.

Lizzy : Yeh kya...car ko yahin rok diya? Mujhe gate tak le jaao.

Jagdish : Lizzy, woh lamba aadmi jo wahan khada hai...main use jaanta hoon.

Lizzy : Woh??? Jo us "chipkali" Sandhya ke saath khada hai?

Jagdish: Haan wohi...woh CID officer Daya hai. Aur tum kya keh rahi thi us Sandhya ke

baare mein?

Lizzy : Pata nahin...main jahan bhi jaati hoon, woh ladki dikhai deti hai. Meri junior hai. Suna hai ki woh 'Voozle Boozle group' ke baare mein poochtach kar rahi thi.

Jagdish : KYA???? Woh us Daya ko kaise jaanti hai?

Lizzy : Pata nahin...meri usse koi dosti toh hai nahin...mujhe kaise pata chalega?

Jagdish : Toh ab usse dosti karo...poocho ki woh Daya ko kaise jaanti hai. Lekin hoshiyari

se...

Lizzy gets off the car and walks towards the gate. Lizzy surprisingly gives Tasha and Vivek a very warm smile and comes towards her.

Lizzy : Kya Sandhya, classes shuroo ho gaye...tum class bunk karke yahan kya kar rahi ho?

Tasha : Main aa rahi hoon.. (looks at Daya and Abhijeet and says) Mujhe class ke liye late ho rahi hai...Bye.

Once inside, Lizzy comes to Tasha...

Lizzy: Hi Sandhya, tum 'Voozle Boozle' group ke baare mein pooch rahi thi...

Tasha : Haan...lekin koi mujhe theek se batata nahin hai.

Lizzy : Theek hai, tum aaj shaam ko 7 baje college sports complex mein aa jaao. Aur yeh toh bataao...woh dono jo tumhare saath baat kar rahe the woh kaun hai?

Tasha : Woh mere cousins hain.

Lizzy : Oh, I see...woh tall cousin kitna handsome hai...kya naam hai uska?

Tasha (taken by surprise) : Uska naam...Anand hai...

Chalo Lizzy...main ab chalti hoon. Shaam ko milte hain. Bye.

Lizzy calls Jagdish.

Lizzy : Tumhe yakeen hai ki woh tall aadmi CID officer Daya hai?

Jagdish : Main use kaise bhool sakta hoon...usi ne toh mujhe jail bheja tha 5 saal pehle. Mujhe uske haath ka thappad abhi tak yaad hai.

Lizzy : Woh Sandhya bata rahi thi ki woh uska cousin hai, aur uska naam Anand hai.

Jagdish : Jhoot bol rahi hai. Lagta hai CID walon ko drugs racket ke baare mein pata chal gaya hai. Tum aaj ka party cancel kar do...sabko sms bhej do. Aur is Daya ko main dekhta hoon.

Scene 7 : Evening 7PM, Vivek and Tasha inside the deserted sports complex. All students are at the cricket stadium.

Abhijeet, Daya, Fredricks and ACP waiting outside in the Qualis

Abhijeet : Ab tak koi nahin aaya...kahin unhe humare plan ke baare mein pata toh nahin chala?

ACP : Nahin...woh dekho...kuch students aa rahe hain.

6-7 guys and girls including Lizzy enter the building.

Daya : Sir, hum andar chalen?

ACP : Nahin Daya...kuch der tak yahin intezaar karte hain...drugs ka main supplier abhi tak nahin aaya hai...yeh log toh sirf students hain.

Suddenly they hear a gunshot inside. They all come out of the Qualis

ACP : Daya, tum yahin raho...hum teeno andar jaakar dekhte hain.

ACP, Abhijeet and Fredricks enter the building. No sign of anyone. ACP signals to Abhijeet and Fredricks to go in different directions. Suddenly he feels a handkerchief over his face and everything fades into nothingness.

Daya waits outside for a long time...almost hour, calls ACP on his phone, no response...calls Abhijeet, phone switched off, Fredricks, phone out of service. Wonders what's wrong. Picks up his gun and enters. No sign of any person in the building. He climbs to the first floor, second floor, the whole place is deserted. WHERE IS EVERYONE, he wonders. He hears a vehicle speeding away on the ground floor...runs down, but there's nothing, but his own Qualis with a punctured tyre. For a second, his heart misses a beat, and he knows what it is to be scared. His phone rings.

Daya : Hello.

Voice : Inspector Daya!!! Pehchana mujhe?

Daya : Kaun bol raha hai?

Voice : Arey itni jaldi bhool gaye? Main Jagdish...Jaggu.

Daya : TUM??? Tum toh jail mein the...baahar kaise nikle?

Jaggu: Yeh sab baatein hum baad mein karenge. Filhaal tum building ke andar chalo.

Daya walks into the dark empty building.

Jaggu on phone: Tum swimming pool ke paas jaao aur tumhare mobile phone aur gun

ko pool mein fek do. Uske baad pool ke locker no 15 mein ek naya phone rakha hai...use utha lena. Main 10 minute mein phone karoonga.

Daya does as told. The brand new phone rings after 10 mins.

Daya : Hello, yeh sab kya hai?

Jaggu : Main nahin chahta ki koi tumhe phone kare. Tum is phone se koi outgoing calls nahin kar sakte. Sirf incoming...woh bhi sirf mera. Aur haan...maine dekha ki tumne phone ko pool mein fekne se pehle apna SIM card nikala tha. Ab woh bhi fek do pool mein.

Daya : Haan fek diya...ab kya chahte ho?

Jaggu : Tumhare pyare ACP aur baaki saathi ab mere saath hain. Sab behosh hai, lekin zinda hai. Unhe zinda rakha chahte ho toh main jaisa kehta hoon, waisa hi karoge.

Daya (shocked) : Kya karna hoga?

Jaggu : Kal raat ke London flight se mera ek supplier drugs lekar aa raha hai. Use pick up karne tum jaaoge aur apna CID ka ID card dikhakar uske suitcase ko airport ke baahar nikaloge. Uske baad tum use apne ghar mein rakhoge...mere aadmi ke aane tak.

Daya : Kya??? Tum mujhse smuggling karvana chahte ho??? Woh bhi drugs?  Nahin...main yeh nahin karoonga.

Jaggu : Nahin karoge toh tum apne saathiyon ko zinda nahin dekhoge!!! Soch lo...main tumhe aadhe ghante ke baad phone karta hoon. Aur haan...kuch hoshiyari mat dikhana...wahan camera laga hua hai.

(phone cut)

Daya sits on a bench, elbows on knees and holds his head with both hands...this had never happened. Everyone gone...never felt so lonely before. Not even when he was kidnapped and put in a glass chamber, because at that time he knew the others were safe. That was a

comforting thought.  But this time - he was safe and the others' safety was in his hands. One wrong step and...the worst could happen. And how could he save them? By smuggling drugs into the country? What a repelling thought!!!

What else could he do? And what would happen if he did it? His colleagues would be saved. And then he would surrender and go to jail for the rest of his life.

After all these years of dedicated service...it had to end this way. What would ACP say?

Maybe he would think that their lives shouldn't be saved at the cost of breaking the law. What would Abhijeet say? He would understand and so would Fredricks.

And what if he did the dirty work and they didn't release them? He could think about that later. For now, he made up his mind.

Scene 8 : A room in an unknown place.

One by one everyone regains consciousness.

ACP : Kya hua? Hum kahan hai? Abhijeet, Fredricks, Tasha, Vivek, Daya? Tum sab theek ho?

All of them : Haan sir.

Abhijeet : Kya hua tha sir? Hum sab yahan? Aur Daya? DAYA!!! Daya kahan hai?

Vivek : Yahan toh nahin hai sir...

Abhijeet: Woh goli ki aawaz aayi, main, ACP sir aur Fredricks andar gaye...tab Daya building ke baahar tha. Lagta hai Daya ne apne aap ko bacha liya hai.

Someone enters.

ACP : Kaun ho tum?

Kidnapper 1: Yeh jaanna zaroori nahin hai. Tumhara officer Daya humara ek kaam kar raha hai. Jab woh kaam poora hoga, hum tum logon ko chod denge.

Abhijeet: Kya kaam karva rahe ho usse?

Kidnapper 2: Kuch nahin...humara ek drugs ka consignment London se aa raha hai...use andar lane mein hume Daya ki madad chahiye. Tum log aaram karo...tumhe koi takleef nahin hogi.

After going out...

Kidnapper 2 : Jaggu sir...aap inhe chod denge?

Jaggu : Main police ko bataaoonga ki Daya drugs ki smuggling kar raha hai. Woh pakda

jaayeja aur jail jaayega.

Vivek listens from inside and tells the others.

Abhijeet : My God!!! Daya hume bachane ke liye drugs smuggle karega? Sir, use rokna

hoga.

ACP : Lekin kaise Abhijeet? Hum yahan phase hain...na guns, na mobile phone

.

Baahar nikalne ka rasta nahin...

Fredricks : Sir, Daya sir hume dhoondne ki koshish zaroor karenge.

ACP : Agar use mauka mile toh...socho...Abhijeet, Daya ab kya karega?

Abhijeet : Sir, Daya akela hai...toh shaayad apne informers ko contact karega.

ACP : Lekin informers ko kaise pata chalega  ki hum yahan hai?

Abhijeet : Mujhe pata hai sir.

Scene 9 : Daya walking alone in a mall 11AM next day...phone rings.

Jaggu : Shaam tak yahin timepass karo...humara aadmi tumhare peeche hai...koi hoshiyari nahin. Phir 7 baje taxi lena aur seedhe airport chale jaana.

Daya walks around...looks at the stalls absentmindedly but brain working. How could he contact his informers without his phone, with a guy watching him 24 hours? How could he just slip out of his glance? And even if he did, how could he find out where were his colleagues?

Whoever had kidnapped them would order food for 5 people. ACP had used this method once. Then what???? Seemed to be a dead end.

And then he walks past a chaat shop and remembers the last time he had come to the chaat shop with Abhijeet...saw the menu ' Alu chaat, Alu Samosa...Abhijeet would always order Alu chaat without aalu. Was allergic to aalu, wasn't he?

And a weak smile appears on his face. And then it strikes him!!!

He just had to slip out of the guy's glance for a minute...he walks towards the toilets and waits for the right moment. A man enters the toilet and Daya dashes in behind him.

Man : Hey...yeh kya kar rahe ho? Kaun ho

tum?

Daya : Dekhiye, main ek CID officer hoon... (shows his id card) mujhe aapka mobile phone chahiye...URGENT. Main aapko do din mein lauta doonga. Kisi ko mat batana.

And comes out...the guy following him was about to enter the toilet...but seeing Daya come out, he walks past. Daya waits till the guy was far away and again enters the toilet. Quickly sends an sms to Chandru, his trusted informer...find out  who is supplying food specially ordered 'without aalu'.

When he comes out, he finds the other guy again near the door. Daya's phone rings.

Daya : Hello...

Jaggu : Kya hua, baar baar bathroom mein kyon jaa rahe ho?

Daya : Kuch nahin...bas aise hi...

Jaggu : Tension mein ho?? HA HAAA.

After 3-4 hours, Days feels the other phone in his pocket giving a vibration of an sms. Daya again rushes to the bathroom and reads it...Chandru had done a great job. Full details with

address. Now he just had to slip out of this place without the guy noticing.

Scene 10 : Evening 7PM...phone rings.

Jaggu : Chalo time ho gaya...taxi le lo aur airport ke jaao...mera aadmi tumhare peeche aayega.

Daya walks out...calls a taxi, looks at the driver. No...not this one...calls another one...yeah. As tall as him. The taxi starts...then goes into a lane and stops...Daya gets out and goes into the building. Immediately phone rings.

Jaggu : Hey...kya kar rahe ho?Maine kaha tha naa...seedha airport jaana.

Daya : Lekin mere paas paise nahin hai...main ATM card lekar aata hoon.

The taxi driver waits and waits...finally goes into the building to ask for payment. The guy watching from a distance sees the taxi driver' coming out in 5 minutes in a hurry and driving off very fast.

Daya's phone rings again.

Jaggu : Hey...taxi wale ko kyon bhej diya? Kya kar rahe ho andar?

Daya (driving the taxi) : Kuch nah...airport mein thoda fresh dikhna chahiye...nahin toh customs walon ko shaq ho jaayega...main 15 minute mein aata hoon.

Daya reaches the restaurant where the food was being supplied. Goes to the guy who is packing the parcel. Puts a 1000Rs note in his hand. Opens the parcel, removes the rotis...and puts 5 pistols inside.

Scene 11: Kidnapped CID team inside the room...dinner arrives. The kidnappers go out. And then the firing starts...(left to reader's imagination)

ACP (Finally) : Jaggu...CID team ko kidnap karne aur college students to drugs bechne ke liye tumhe jail se sazaa hogi.

Abhijeet : Daya...kamaal kar diya tumne...tumhe kaise pata chala ki hum yahaan hai?

Daya : Tumhare alu ki allergy ne

ACP : Haan...Abhijeet ne hum sakbo alu khaane ne rok diya tha.😆

Scene : An average-looking office

Interviewer : Tumhara naam.

Guy : Ravi, sir.

Interviewer : Licence hai?

Ravi : Haan sir (and hands him a copy of the licence)

Interviewer : Licence toh theek lag raha hai. Kitne saal se gaadi chala rahe ho?

Ravi : Pichle 15 saal se sir.

Interviewer : Theek hai...kal se duty mein join ho jaao.

 NEXT!!!!!

Ravi walks out smiling and shows a thumbs up to his friend Raju who is waiting outside.

(A few minutes later)

Ravi : Tumhe bhi naukri mil gayi?

Raju : Haan, car wash mein...chalo kaam par lag jaate hain.

Scene : Bureau

ACP  is sitting in his cabin talking to a lady.

Outside the cabin, Fredricks, Vivek, Tasha, Sachin and Kajal are having a light conversation.

Sachin : Freddie Sir, yeh aurat kaun hai?

Fredricks : Pichle kuch dinon mein bohot baar aayi hai ACP sir se milne. Lagta hai koi purani dost hai.

Vivek : Sir, jis tarah ACP unse baat kar rahe hai, lagta hai bohot acchi dosti hai un dono ke beech mein.

Kajal : Aur sir, main ACP sir ka signature lene cabin ke darwaaze ke paas gayi toh unhone mujhe andar aane se mana kiya.

Fredricks : Nayi nayi aayi ho...is bureau ka ek rule samajh lo. Jab ACP sir important meeting mein hote hain toh kisi ko bhi andar jaane ka permission nahin hai.

Kajal : Ji Freddie sir.

After some time, ACP and Nandita come out. ACP has a 'pleasant' smile on his face.

ACP : Fredricks, kuch  kaam hai. Main inke saath baahar jaa raha hoon.  Yahan ka kaam sambhal lena.

Fredricks(Big smile, lifts up  his neck) : Ji sir.

Vivek(whispers) : Freddie Sir, lagta hai aapka promotion ho gaya.

Scene : 8 AM. Bureau is empty, a sweeper is cleaning the rooms. Fredricks walks in.

Fredricks : Hey, kaun ho tum?

Sweeper : Main yahan roz subah jhaadoo-safai karta hoon. Lekin  tum kaun...maine tumhe kabhi  nahin dekha.

Fredricks : Mujhe nahin pehchanta tu? Main CID officer Fredricks hoon. Yahan 12 saal se kaam kar raha hoon.

Sweeper : Achcha achcha, toh aap hai woh Fredricks. Abhijeet sir ko aksar aapke baare mein baat karte suna hai. Aap humesha late aate hain na...isliye aapne mujhe kabhi nahin dekha.

Fredricks(angry) : Chal bohot ho gaya...apna kaaam kar.

At around 9AM, Vivek walks in. Sees Fredricks sitting at his desk and almost faints.

Fredricks(rushing towards him) : Vivek!  kya hua tumhe, tum theek ho???

Vivek : Kuch nahin sir...apne aankhon par vishwaas nahin hota. Aap aaj itni jaldi aa gaye?

Fredricks : Haan...suna nahi ACP ne kal kya kaha? Unke aane tak yahan ka saara kaam mujhe sambhalna hai.

Vivek : Lekin woh toh kal shaam ki baat kar rahe the sir.

Fredricks : Toh kya hua? Aaj subah unke aane tak yahan ka incharge main hoon.

A few hours later, ACP has not yet reached the bureau. Fredricks enjoying his elevated status.

The lady who was with ACP the previous day walks in.

Fredricks(smiling) : Madam, aap??? ACP sir abhi tak nahin aaye.

Lady : Koi baat nahin. Main ek case ke silsile mein aayi hoon. Yahan se baaki senior officers kahan hai?

Fredricks : Filhaal yahan ka senior officer main hoon. Aap mujhe batayiye.

Vivek suppresses a laugh.

Lady : Mera naam Nandita hai. Main ek crime reporter hoon.  Kuch din pehle 'Star Cabs'  cab company ke baare mein mujhe kuch tip mili thi.  Isi case ke baare mein kal aapke ACP  se baat kar rahi thi.

Fredricks : 'Star cabs' ke baare mein? Kya hua?

Nandita describes the case to Fredricks. During the last few weeks, there were reports of many cars being stolen from the basement parking of malls. The owners had filed reports but the cars were not traced anywhere. Nandita had received a tip off that Star Cabs was behind the car theft. Nandita also decided to keep ACP informed as it was a big racket.

Fredricks : Toh ab kya hua?

Nandita : Aaj mujhe kisi ne yeh envelope bheja hai. And hands him a large heavy envelope.

Fredricks : Vivek, dekho isme kya hai.

Vivek opens the envelope. There were 5 bundles of 1000Rs notes - all old notes. And there was a letter saying 'Investigation band kar do...yeh ek chota tohfa'.

Fredricks : Yeh kisne diya aapko?

Nandita : Pata nahin...aaj subah mere ghar ke darwaaze par pada tha.

Vivek : Sir... ACP sir nahin hai...Daya sir ya Abhijeet sir ko phone karen?

Fredricks : Kyon?  Yeh chota case main handle nahin kar sakta? Mujhe pata hai ab kya karna chahiye. Is envelope se fingerprints uthana hai aur humare records mein check karna hai. Chalo forensic lab chalte hain.

Scene : Forensic lab. Salunkhe matching fingerprints, Fredricks, Vivek, Tasha, Sachin and Kajal watching. A lot of news channel reporters were waiting outside the forensic lab as this was a case of bribing a crime reporter. Nandita tells everyone to stay calm and comes inside.

Fredricks : Sachin, Kajal, dekho aur seekho...koi envelope aaye toh sabse pehle fingerprints uthakar match karna chahiye. Samjhe? Salunkhe saab, kuch mila?

Salunkhe (looks shocked) : Haan...lekin...Tarika, mujhe apne aankhon par vishwaas nahin hota. Ek baar tum bhi dekh lo.

Tarika(checks) : Oh no...sir, yeh kaise ho sakta hai?

Nandita : Kya hua? Kiske fingerprints hai?

Salunkhe(calls Fredricks aside) : Fredricks, ACP  ko phone karo.

Fredricks : Kyon sir? Aap mujhe batayiye.

Salunkhe : Nahin Fredricks, yeh unhe directly  bataane wali baat hai.

Fredricks was about to call ACP, when ACP himself walks into the Forensic lab.

ACP : Kya hua Salunkhe? Lab ke baahar yeh media wale kya kar rahe hain?

Salunkhe : In sabko inhone laaya. (And nods towards Nandita)

ACP : Arey Nandita, tum yahan?

Nandita explains everything.

ACP : Toh Salunkhe, fingerprints match ho gaye?

Salunkhe : Haan boss...is envelope aur letter ke oopar aapke fingerprints hain.  Aur in notes ke oopar bhi.

Everyone shocked.

Nandita : Oh my God...maine yeh nahin socha tha...zaroor kisi ne aapko phasaane ki koshish ki hai. Main jaanti hoon, aap aisa kaam nahin kar sakte hain.

The media persons barge in and start shouting for ACP's arrest. Someone calls DCP. Within a few minutes DCP walks in.

DCP : Yeh kya Pradyuman, main kya sun raha hoon? Tumne reporter ko rishwat di?

ACP : Mujhe phasaaya jaa raha hai, sir. Yeh baat Nandita bhi jaanti hai.

DCP : Lekin ab toh yeh baat media tak pohonch gayi hai...tumhe mere saath chalna hoga. Main enquiry shuroo karta hoon. Tum is case se baahar raho. 

ACP : Theek hai sir. Mujhe pata hai ki maine kuch nahin kiya hai aur sach ek din zaroor saamne aayega.

Fredricks : Sir...aap is tarah chale jaayenge toh main akele yeh case kaise handle karoonga?

ACP : Chinta mat karo Freddie...maine koi gunah nahin kiya hai. Mujhe kuch nahin hoga.

(And leaves with DCP)

Fredricks : Pata nahin Abhijeet sir aur Daya sir kahan hai? Unhe yahi time mila chutti manane ka? Woh toh mobile phone bhi nahin utha rahe hain.

Scene : Star Cabs garage. Taxis lined up for washing in the car wash. Cleaner Raju spraying soap  water on the car and wiping windshield.

'Tall, handsome taxi driver' Ravi : Hey Raju...main pehle aaya tha...mujhe der ho rahi hai. Aur tum mera taxi chodkar baaki sab taxis wash kar rahe ho?

Raju : Aisi kya jaldi hai, hain??? Thodi der intezaar karo.

Ravi goes into his taxi, pulls back the seat and sits in a 'relaxed' pose and switches on the FM radio. There is a latest hit being aired, the song is over and the lady announces in her sing-song voice 'Aap sun rahe hai 97.1 Sky FM, agla gaana sunne se pehle suniye ek breaking news...CID ke ACP Pradyuman press reporter Nandita ko rishwat dene ke case mein arrest ho gaye hain. DCP ne enquiry shuroo ki hai. Aur updates milte hi aapko zaroor batayenge. Agla gaana suniye film...' .

Daya is shocked to hear the news. Opens the car and waves desperately at Abhijeet.

Abhijeet (shouts) : Ek baar bola na...wait karo...aur do taxis hai, uske baad tumhara car saaf karta hoon.

Daya waits impatiently. All the taxis leave. Finally Abhijeet reaches Daya's taxi.

Abhijeet : Kya Daya, itni jaldi kya hai? Baaki drivers ke saamne hum kaise baat kar sakte hain? Kisi ko pata chal gaya ki hum ek doosre ko jaante hain toh???? Ab bataao kya hua?

Daya : Abhijeet, ACP sir ko arrest kiya gaya hai.

Abhijeet : Kya???? Tumhe kaise pata chala?

Daya : Maine abhi Sky FM mein suna. (Explains everything) Yeh sab chodo..waapas chalte hain.

Abhijeet : Nahin Daya...hum yeh kaam kaise chod sakte hain? Nandita ka case yahin se toh shuroo hota hai...

Flashback : One evening ACP calls Daya and Abhijeet to the bureau. Nandita,( ACP's old friend) is already there. Nandita tells them about the cars being stolen from shopping malls and multiplexes where cars are parked for a long time. Then the cars were taken to an unknown place where they were being repainted and used as taxis for 'Star cabs'. Then the cabs were sent out on long distance trips and used for transporting explosives. After the explosives reached the destination the cab was again repainted and abandoned on the highway and the owners of the car got back their cars. The owner of the cab company, Mallik was apparently connected to terrorists and was helping in transporting explosives. 

ACP decided to get more information on this and sent Abhijeet and Daya on an undercover mission, without telling anyone in the CID team or even Nandita(as she was part of the media). They had left their mobiles behind and had taken new numbers. They both were there working in the taxi company as Ravi and Raju for a week but couldn't get any major information so far.

(Back to present)

Abhijeet: Filhaal main jaata hoon. Tum in logon par nazar rakho.

Daya : Abhijeet...Mallik keh raha tha ki mujhe shaayad kal ek long distance trip par jaana hoga. Lagta hai kal yahan kuch hone wala hai.

Abhijeet : Oh...Kuch pata chala toh mujhe phone karna.  Main ab chalta hoon...take care.

Daya : Haan...aur tum bhi...ACP sir ko musibat se zaroor nikalna.

Scene : Abhijeet enters the room in the police station, where ACP was kept under arrest.

Abhijeet : Sir...Aap is case mein kaise phas gaye?

ACP : Main bhi wohi soch raha hoon ki us envelope, notes par aur letter par mere fingerprints kaise aa gaye. 

Abhijeet : Sir aapne pichle kuch dino mein itna saara cash kisi ko diya tha?

ACP : Nahin, main toh credit cards hi use karta hoon. Mujhe in noton ke bundles ki kya zaroorat hai?

Thinking...

Haan mujhe yaad aaya...maine 1000 ke das notes diye the ' Nirmal Orphanage ko. Main har saal donate karta hoon. Mujhe lagta hai kisi ne un 10 noton ko bundles ke oopar aur neeche lagaakar Nandita ko de diya. Isliye un bundles par mere fingerprints mil gaye.

Abhijeet : Aur sir, woh envelope?

ACP : Wohi toh soch raha hoon...

Abhijeet : Woh main pata lagata hoon sir...us Orphanage wale ko pehle pakadta hoon.

Bureau : Abhijeet sends Vivek and Tasha to catch the Orphanage guy. They return with the guy.

Abhijeet : Tumne ACP Pradyuman se donation collect kiya tha?

Orphanage guy: Nahin sir...main busy tha, isliye maine ek collection boy ko bheja. Lekin woh ACP ke ghar se waapas nahin aaya. Us din se gaayab hai.  

Abhijeet : Achcha? Aapke Orphanage mein kitne din se kaam kar raha hai?

Orphanage guy : Do saal se...lekin aaj tak usne imaandari se kaam kiya hai. Pata nahin is baar kya hua.

Abhijeet : Aapke paas uska photo hai?

Orphanage guy: Haan sir...and gives a passport size photo.

Abhijeet : Toh yeh hai...(looks at the photo and hands it over to Fredricks)

Fredricks : AREY SIR!!! Yeh toh...

Abhijeet : Yeh toh kaun? Tum ise jaante ho???

Fredricks : Haan sir...kal subah 8 baje bureau mein aaya tha. aur yeh aadmi yahan jhaadoo - safai kar raha tha.

Abhijeet: Yeh aadmi? Ho hi nahin sakta...yahan toh  Umesh aata hai. Main use har din dekhta hoon.

Fredricks : Sir yakeen kijiye...maine isi aadmi ko dekha tha.

Abhijeet : Achcha? Toh yeh aadmi bureau mein kya kar raha tha?

Vivek : Sir, lagta hai isi aadmi ne ACP sir ke cabin se woh envelope aur paper nikal liya.

Abhijeet (to orphanage guy) : Is aadmi ka address dijiye

Orphanage guy : Sir, lekin woh wahan nahi hai...maine check kiya.

Abhijeet : Aap dijiye toh sahi...hum use dhoond lenge.

CID team members go to a slum-like area looking for the collection boy. They ask around the area and find that the boy had packed up his stuff and left a few days back. One person says that he was talking about joining a cab company.

Abhijeet : Main jaanta hoon yeh kaunse cab company mein join hua hai.

Scene : Star Cabs office. Taxi driver Ravi in Mallik's office. 8PM

Mallik : Ravi, tum isi waqt airport chale jaao. Mr Satya US flight se aa rahe hain. Unhe Pune mein drop karo aur taxi wahin humare garage mein chod do. Uske baad train ya bus lekar waapas aa jaao.

Ravi : Sir, Phir main yahan kaunsi gaadi chalaoonga?

Mallik : Yeh sab poochna tumhara kaam nahin hai. Jo kaha gaya hai, waisa karo.

Ravi : Ji Sir.

Daya goes to the garage, checks the cab thoroughly, but finds nothing. He gets into the car and calls Abhijeet.

Abhijeet : Hello? Kaun?

Daya : Abhijeet, main - Daya bol raha hoon...mera naya number apne phone book mein store nahin kiya kya?

Abhijeet : Oh, nahin yaar...sorry.

 Daya : Main ab Pune jaa raha hoon.

Abhijeet : Pune, Kyon?

Daya : Ek aadmi ko pick up karke Pune drop karna hai, phir taxi ko wahin chodkar bus mein waapas aana hai. Kuch gadbad hai.

Abhijeet : Tumne taxi ko check kiya?

Daya : Haan...filhaal taxi mein kuch nahi  hai. Ek kaam karo...Tum log Pune aa jaao. Lagta hai Pune mein kuch hone wala hai.

Abhijeet : Theek hai...hum log abhi nikalte hain. Tumse Pune mein milte hain. Phir dekhte hain ki is taxi ke saath kya hota hai.

Daya :  Chalo Bye.

Daya starts the car and leaves. Back in Mallik's office the entire conversation was heard by Mallik and another guy. (Daya's taxi had a bug)

Mallik : Toh yeh CID officer Daya hai. Mujhe is aadmi par pehle se shaq tha. Yeh shakal se taxi driver nahin dikhta hai. Kundan, CID wale Pune mein humara intezaar kar rahe honge. Is Daya ko raste mein hi khatam kar dete hain.

Daya picks up the passenger from the airport and starts driving towards Pune. They reach a deserted road on the way with jungle on either side. Daya sees a cab of the same company waiting on the way and waving at him. Daya stops the cab.

Daya : Kya hua?

Guy : Mallik saab ne tumhe waapas aane ko kaha hai. Is aadmi ko main Pune lekar jaaonga.

Daya : Lekin...

The guy doesn't listen, he goes to the passenger and tells him about the change in taxi, picks up the luggage from Daya's taxi, puts them in his own taxi and drives off with the passenger. Daya is left all alone on the deserted road, surprised at the change in plan. He goes back to his taxi, picks up his mobile and is about to dial Abhijeet's number when ...a large rod lands on his head and everything turns blurred...

Scene : Abhijeet and the rest of the CID team waiting on the highway near Pune .

Fredricks : Sir, woh dekhiye..Star Cabs ka ek taxi aa raha hai.

Vivek : Par sir, iska driver koi aur hai...Daya sir nahin hai.

The taxi comes closer and they stop the taxi.

Fredricks : SIR!!!! Yeh toh wohi hai...collection boy, jo bureau mein us din safai kar raha tha!

Freddie pulls out the driver and gives a slap.

Abhijeet : Tum collection boy se sweeper aur uske baad driver kaise ban gaye? Aur ACP sir ko kyon phasaaya, hain???

Driver : Sir, mujhe maaf kar do saab...mujhe Mallik sir ne yeh sab kare ke liye paise diye the...aur unhone mujhe yeh kaam bhi diya...main kuch nahin jaanta saab. (and starts crying)

Abhijeet : Daya kahan hai?

Driver : Mujhe nahin pata saab...Mallik sir ne mujhe sirf itna kaha ki us taxi mein se passenger ko mere taxi mein transfer karke Daya ko waapas bhej doon. 

Fredricks : Ek baat meri samajh mein nahi aayi. Tumne us din kaha tha ki tumne bureau mein aksar Abhijeet sir ko mere baare mein baat karte suna hai.

Driver : Maine aapke cleaner Umesh se aap sabke  baare mein pata kiya tha. Umesh chutti par jaa raha tha, toh maine usse kaha ki main uska kaam karoonga. Aur isi bahaane bureau mein ghuskar ACP sir ke desk se stationery chura li.

Abhijeet : Tumhe iski sazaa milegi. Pehle humein wahan le jaao jahan Daya ko choda tha.

Passenger Satya : Sir...mujhe Pune pohonchna hai...mere kya hoga?

Abhijeet : Hum aapke liye taxi bulayenge. Tasha, Kajal...tum taxi bulao aur taxi aane tak inke saath raho. Hum jaakar  Daya  ko dhoondthe hain. Vivek, Police chek post phone karo aur poocho ki woh taxi Mumbai pohonchi hai kya.

Vivek calls police check post and finds that the cab has not reached Mumbai. Freddie phones Daya, but gets no response. Everyone starts getting worried. They conclude that the taxi and Daya is still somewhere between Mumbai and Pune.

Scene : Daya regaining consciousness under the back seat of  the cab. His hands tied behind him and legs also tied. There were 2 guys in the car. The car was on a bumpy road. Daya tries to get up and look out of the window, but he is unable to. Luckily the window is open. With great difficulty he takes out his badge from his back pocket and flicks it out of the window, hoping his colleagues find it. The driver doesn't notice.

 After some 10 minutes, the car suddenly stops and the driver gets out. Daya hears the crunchy sound of leaves under the man's foot and chirping of birds and realises that they are way off the main road in a jungle.

Guy 1 : Mallik saab ko bolo gaadi mil gayi aur woh CID officer bhi humare kabse mein hai.

Guy 2 walks in and comes out with Mallik.

Mallik : Kahan hai woh?

Guy 1 : Behosh hai sir, back seat mein hai.

Mallik : Achcha? (and looks into the back seat through the window)

Daya pretends to be unconscious.

Mallik : Bohot achcha kiya...ab gaadi ke saath ise bhi blast mein uda denge.

Daya becomes alert on hearing this. BLAST????

Then another tough voice...

Terrorist :  Yahi woh gaadi hai?

Mallik : Haan. Iske back seat mein ek CID officer hai, behosh hai.

Terrorist : Theek hai...yeh aapka inaam.

Mallik takes something and leaves in another vehicle. Daya understands that this car is being used to cause a blast somewhere and is going to be loaded with explosives. He hears the terrorists working for the next one hour loading explosives into the dikki. Then he hears the sound of a motor(spray machine) and smell of paint. Realises that the car is being repainted to avoid being detected. They take about 2 hours to paint. Daya lies inside without moving, because he had to make the terrorists think that he was unconscious.

Then he hears a click...the car was locked electronically. If he tried to escape now, the car would give a loud alarm. He was trapped inside. He seems to hear a mobile phone ringing a familiar ringtone somewhere in the distance.

Scene : Highway...the CID team along with the collection-boy ' turned sweeper ' turned driver (say the C-boy) reach the spot where he had left Daya. They all get down. Freddie tries Daya's mobile number. They hear it ringing somewhere. They search the nearby bushes and find it lying on the ground. (Daya had lost it when he was trying to call Abhijeet and was hit on the head)

Abhijeet : Woh log jo bhi hain Daya aur us taxi ko yahin se le gaye hain. Dhoondo sab log...kuch aur milta hai kya.

Vivek : SIR!!!! Yeh dekhiye...gaadi ke tyre ke nishaan hai...seedha jungle ki taraf.

Abhijeet : Chalo...

And they drive into the jungle.

Freddie : SIR!! Woh dekhiye...ek gaadi aa rahi hai.

The other car had Mallik and his 2 assistants who were returning after delivering the car to terrorists for bombing. They see the CID car and suddenly change direction. A chase follows. Suddenly the guys in Mallik's car stop, get down and start shooting at the CID vehicle. Sachin puts his head out and shoots at the 3 of them, killing them on the spot. The CID team rushes towards the dead guys. Vivek touches their neck and shakes his head.

Abhijeet : Yeh kya kar diya tumne Sachin...Maar diya in logon ko??????? Tumne seedha inke chaathi par kyon goli chalayi?

Sachin : Sir woh log humpar goli chala rahe the...

Abhijeet : Yeh tumne theek nahin kiya Sachin...ab Daya ka pata kaise chalega????  Vivek...dekho is gaadi ke tyre ke nishaan kahan se aa rahe hain.

Vivek : SIR!!! Yahan par tyre ke nishaan hai.

Everyone gets into the jeep and start off in the direction. Suddenly...

Fredricks : SIR...yahan kuch hai.

Abhijeet stops the jeep, Fredricks gets off the jeep and picks up Daya's badge.

Fredricks : Sir, Daya sir ka badge. Days sir yahin kahin honge.

Abhijeet : Haan...yahan se paidal chalte hain.

And they handcuff the C-boy to the jeep and go in search of Daya.  They all search the area for some time. Then Vivek comes running.

Abhijeet : Vivek, kya hua?

Vivek : Sir wahan ek bada tent hai sir.

Abhijeet : Tent??? Chalo dekhte hain...sabke paas guns hai na???  Is baar galti nahin honi chahiye...chaathi par goli mat maaro.

They slowly and silently go towards the tent.  But no one is to be seen. They all hide behind the bushes and try to see if anyone is there. They look around, but do not find Daya's car as the car is parked at some distance on the other side of the tent.

 Suddenly Freddie's mobile gives a shrill ring(wife calling). Freddie tries to silence it, but in his tension the mobile falls out of his hand and he takes another 10 seconds to pick it up. Abhijeet gives him a hard glare.

 Abhijeet(loud whisper) : Kya Freddie. Phone ko silent mode par nahi rakh sakte the?

Freddie :  Sorry sir.

Vivek : Sir, Daya sir us tent mein ho sakte hain sir.

The 3 terrorists inside the tent hear the ring too. They come out with huge machine guns. No match for CID teams' tiny pistols. The CID team members hide behind the trees without moving even a finger. They wait for some time, not even daring to breathe. The terrorists look around and pretend to go in and close the tent's entrance, but actually keep looking out through a small gap. Then they see Vivek trying to stealthily move towards the tent. They start continuous firing. Vivek slips, falls to the ground, loses his gun, rolls and hides behind a rock right in front of the tent. He was in front of the terrorists with only the rock as a barrier. He could be killed any moment.

 Abhijeet didn't want to shoot and kill the terrorists, as they had not found Daya yet. But Vivek had to be saved. One guy slowly peeps out of the tent. Immediately Abhijeet shoots at him. The guy unfortunately had a bomb in his hand which flies out of his hand and explodes in the middle of the tent, which goes up in flames, destroying everything inside.

Freddie : SIR!!! Daya sir...?????????

Everyone is too shocked to speak. They wait till the flames go down. Fearing the worst they search the remains of the tent. Luckily they find only 3 charred bodies.

Freddie(a hopeful smile) : Sir, yahan toh sirf teen laashein hai. Daya sir yahan nahin hain sir. Daya sir ko kuch nahin hua.

Abhijeet : Toh phir Daya kahan hai??? DAYA!!! DAYA!!!

Freddie : DAYA SIR!!!

Daya hears them calling and realises that it is safe to meddle with the car's electronic lock. He tries to forcibly open the car's back door with his tied feet. The car's anti-theft system gives a shrill alarm and the CID team rushes towards it. They break open the car's door and find Daya - safe and unhurt.

Freddie : Daya sir, Mujhe pata tha aapko kuch nahin hoga.  

Daya : Achcha hua main car mein tha, nahin toh...

Abhijeet : Kya Daya...dara diya humko...(big smile)

They all return back to the bureau with C-boy who confesses that he had framed the ACP on Mallik's instructions. ACP is cleared of all charges.

***********THE END******************

Scene 1 : Daya and Abhijeet waiting on a roadside late in the evening.

Daya : Tumhe yakeen hai woh aayega?

Abhijeet : Haan, keh raha tha ki bohot badi khabar hai.

A drunkard walks towards them and bangs into Abhijeet, knocking him down. Daya catches him by the collar and lifts him up.

Daya : Hey, dikhta nahin kya, yahan par log khade hain

Guy : Mmmaaff kkkaar dena saab...

Abhijeet : Chod do yaar...piya hua hai.

Daya lets the guy go.

Abhijeet : Chalo chalte hain

Daya : Lekin tumhara khabri...

Abhijeet : Mujhe khabar mil gayi hai.

Daya : Woh???? Kamaal hai...

And they both get into the quails and drive off.

Scene 2 : Bureau

ACP : Kya khabar hai?

Abhijeet : Sir, Home Minister par assassination attempt hone wali hai.

ACP : Kab?

Abhijeet : Pata nahin sir.

ACP : Humein ise rokna hoga. Kuch pata chala kaun hai iske peeche

Abhijeet : Bol raha tha ki koi terrorist group hai. Pichle mahine ek terrorist Jimmy ko phaansi ho gayi thi. Uske liye badla lene wale hain.

ACP : Theek hai...main higher-ups se baat karta hoon. Lekin yeh khabar baahar phail gayi toh museebat ho jayegi. Kisi ko mat batana.

Abhijeet : Theek hai sir.

ACP (looks at Daya) : Daya, tum itne chup kyon khade ho?

Daya : Nahin sir...bas aise hi.

ACP : Pata karo ki home minister ke kahan kahan appointments hain agle 15 din.

ACP leaves.

Scene 3: ACP with the entire CID team in home minister's house. Home minister walks in - A lady around 40-45 yrs of age.

ACP : Main ACP Pradyuman, yeh meri team. Humein pata chala hai ki aap par hamla hone wala hai. Isliye nuclear research lab ke inauguration ke din tak aapki security ki zimmedari ab CID waalon ko di gayi hai.

Vandana : Mujhe yakeen hai aapke hote hue mujhe kuch nahin hoga.

ACP : Toh theek hai...aaj se duty shuroo karte hain. Sachin, Kajal, tum din mein yahan raho aur raat ko Tasha aur Vivek yahan rahenge.

Sachin and Kajal remain in the bungalow and the rest of them leave.  ACP tells Abhijeet and the rest of them to return to bureau and find clues on the assassins, whereas he gets into his Innova and goes somewhere else.  On their way to the bureau, Daya's phone rings. 

Daya : Hello

A smile appears on his face.

Daya : Theek hai. Main aata hoon.

And he stops the car.

Daya : Abhijeet, mujhe kisi se milna hai. Tum log jaao main aata hoon.

Scene 4 : Vandana's house late evening. Kajal and Sachin are waiting for Vivek and Tasha to come and take over. Daya walks in.

Daya : Kya hua...sab theek hai?

Sachin : haan sir. Subah se duty kar rahe hai yahan...bore ho rahe hain sir.

Daya : Theek hai...ab ek ghante mein Tasha aur Vivek aa jaayenge, tab tak main yahan rukta hoon. Tum log ghar jaao.

And they both leave. At that time, Vandana comes to the door, sees Daya and smiles.

Vandana : Hello Daya.

Daya : Hello ma'am.

Vandana : Come on, Daya. Maine tumhe pehchan liya tha...tum college mein mere junior the.

Daya : Haan ma'am...ab aap kahan aur main kahan.

Vandana  : Itna formal mat bano. Andar aao.

Scene 5 : Terrorist hideout.

Head terrorist : Sab log plan samajh gaye?

T1: Boss, CID walon ko pata chal gaya?

Head: haan, mujhe aisa hi lagta hai.

T2: Kya kar rahe hain CID wale?

Head : Poore site ko gher rakha hai unhone. Soch rahe hain ko koi blast hone wali hai. Lekin unhe kya pata ki humara plan kuch aur hai.

T3: Kya plan hai boss? Aapne kisi ko nahin bataya...

Head : Mujhe tom logon par bharosa nahin hai. Tumme se kisi ne CID ke khabri ko bataya hai ki assassination hone wali hai. Maine back up plan bhi socha hai.

And he thinks of that specially ordered rifle which can be dismantled to look like a mop, which was already put in the washroom of the Nuclear plant a month back. T1 was going to do it. He would go in dressed as a cleaner. He will have no weapons with him. He will walk in right under ACP Pradyuman's security check, go into the washroom on the second floor, assemble the rifle, climb on top of the toilet and shoot through the ventilator. The entrance to the building was clearly visible from there. Vandana would cut the ribbon and exactly at that time he would shoot at her. He had practised it every day for a month. The whole thing took only 15 minutes. If he failed, T2 would do the back up plan.

Scene 6: A night before the nuclear research lab inauguration day.

Abhijeet near the inauguration site supervising everything. Dogs sniffing all around. Phone rings.

Abhijeet : haan sir...aap kahan hai?

ACP : Kuch zaroori kaam hai...tumhe sambhalna hoga.

Abhijeet : Lekin sir...

ACP: Abhijeet...yeh zimmedari ab tum par hai.

Abhijeet  phones Daya who is in Vandana's house.

Daya : Haan Abhijeet...kya hua?

Abhijeet : ACP sir nahin aa rahe hain...meri responsibility aur badh gayi hai. Tum Vivek ko yahan bhej do. Aur tum Home minister ko akele escort kar paaoge na...

Daya : Haan, sure...no problem.

Scene 7: Inauguration site.  Abhijeet running around, alert looking for suspicious-looking people. (The cleaner had already completed his check and entered)Abhijeet looks at the dais where Vandana was supposed to give her speech. He had checked everything 100 times, but still felt something was wrong. Phone rings.

Abhijeet : Haan Daya. Tum log nikle?

Daya : Haan..ab 15 minute mein pohonch jaayenge.  Tum ab kahan ho?

Abhijeet : Main yahin, dais ko dekh raha hoon...pata nahin...mujhe kuch tension ho rahi hai.

Daya : Dais par is waqt kaun hai?

Abhijeet : Koi nahin hai. Maine sab logon ko baahar bhej diya hai.

Daya :Hellooo...Abhijeet mujhe kuch sunai nahi de raha hai.

Abhijeet : Ek minute..main baahar aakar baat karta hoon.

He steps out of the hall when...BOOOM. There is an explosion on the dais. Everyone rushes in all directions, shouts and screams from all directions, more out of panic. No one was hurt as the dais and hall were empty at the time of the blast.

Abhijeet still had Daya on the line.

Abhijeet : DAYA!!! Yahan bomb blast hua hai. Tum Home Minister ko waapas le jaao. Yahan mat aana.

Daya : Bomb!!! Tum theek ho??? Kisi ko kuch hua to nahin???

Abhijeet : Nahin...

And rushes to the blast site. He looks around. The bomb squad comes. They check and tells him that it was just a simple bomb which could not have killed many people.

Abhijeet wonders ' why was this bomb placed here?  Why when the hall was empty? How had the dogs missed it? He calls everyone and starts looking for clues. The inauguration ceremony was cancelled.

T1 hears the blast from the washroom and thinks ' Plan B was a back-up. Why is he in a hurry? He runs down to see what was happening. Abhijeet sees him ,finds him suspicious and catches him red-handed.

Scene 8 : Daya driving the home minister's vehicle as fast has he could. Suddenly there is a minor explosion on the road and a dense fog covers the road. Everyone starts coughing.

Scene 9 : Abhijeet calls Daya to make sure HM has reached her house safely. But no response form Daya's phone. Abhijeet sets off in the direction of the house. On the way he finds a big crowd, 3 jeeps of the convoy in the middle of the road, Daya and the accompanying constables, all slightly wobbly, half conscious.

Abhijeet : Daya...tum theek ho??? Yeh sab kya? Home Minister kahan hai?

Daya : Gadbad ho gaya, Abhijeet. Vandana ji gayab hai.

Abhijeet : KYA???? Tumhare hote hue????

Daya : No answer

They both search the entire area for tyre marks, footprints etc, find none .

Scene 10 : Daya and Abhijeet enter the bureau.

ACP : Aao...mere honhaar officers...Home Minister(HM) tumhare aankhon ke saamne kidnap ho gayi hai. Koi saboot mile?

Abhijeet : Nahin sir.

ACP : Naak katva di tumne meri...maine yeh zimmedari tumhe diya tha aur tumne use theek se nahin nibhaya.

Abhijeet : Lekin sir...hum to assassination attempt ke baare mein soch rahe the. Humne kidnap ke nazariye se nahin socha tha.

ACP : Tumhe assassination ke baare mein kaise pata chala?

Abhijeet : Mere khabri se sir.

ACP : Woh khabri jhooti khabar de raha tha. Humara dhyan hataane ke liye. Aur Daya tum??? Tumhare saamne HM kidnap kaise ho gayi?

Daya : Sir, beech sadak mein teen-chaar bomb phati aur dhuaan nikalne laga...hum sab behosh ho gaye. Aur jab hosh aaya toh dekha ki HM nahin hai.

ACP gives a glare. Daya looks down.

ACP : Ab muh latkake kyon khade ho?  Home Minister ko dhoondo, nahin toh CID se resign karo. Main jaa raha hoon.

Abhijeet : Lekin is waqt kahan sir? Itna bada case hai aur aap...

ACP :  Mujhe CM ke saath meeting mein jaana hai. Yeh log humein kaam karne nahin dete hain. Bekaar mein  4-5 ghate ka meeting bulakar chillate hain ki HM kahan hai. Arey humein kaam karne dein, tabhi toh pata chalega...

 Main tumhe do din deta hoon. Dhoondo HM ko.

Abhijeet : Sir, shaayad woh log phone karenge ' kuch deal karne ke liye.

ACP : Tumhe toh pata hain, main terrorists se deal nahin karta.

Abhijeet : Lekin yeh toh HM ke kidnapping ka case hai.

ACP : Tum log CID mein kisliye ho?

And walks out. Press reporters were waiting outside. They record the entire scene, add spice and show it on channels.  The entire country knew about HM's kidnapping right under CID team's nose.

Abhijeet : Daya, humne ek aadmi ko pakda hai, usse poochtach karo main blast site mein saboot dhoondta hoon.

Scene 11 Nuclear lab blast site. Abhijeet is still wondering what is the connection between the mini-bomb on the dais and the kidnapping. If the bomb had not exploded, the HM would have come to the inauguration and T1 was there with a rifle, ready to shoot. His informer was not wrong, no matter what ACP says. Was the blast done to prevent her from getting killed? Then, why the kidnapping? Why was ACP behaving like this? And Daya seemed quiet. He was not behaving normally. Was it because of guilt and ACP's scolding? How did the dogs miss the bomb?

And Abhijeet keeps looking around.

Vivek : Sir. Yeh dekhiye mujhe kya mila.

Abhijeet : Kya hai Vivek?

And shows him a tiny precious stone from under the carpet on the dais. It was blue in colour.

Abhijeet : Ise Salunkhe ke paas bhej do.  Aur ek baat Vivek. Us raat dog squad ke jaane ke baad yahan koi aaya tha?

Vivek : Nahin sir. Yahan toh sirf hum paanch log the ' Aap, Main, Tasha, Sachin aur Kajal. Aur haan...

Abhijeet : Kya???

Vivek : Kuch der ke liye Daya sir bhi aaye the. Dais ko check karke chale gaye.

Abhijeet : Daya yahan aaya tha?

Vivek : Haan sir. Shaayad aap tab dinner karne ke liye gaye the. Unhone aapko nahin bataya ki woh aa rahe hain?

Abhijeet : Nahin toh.

Abhijeet thinks hard. He was missing something. And then it hits him. When he met Daya at the kidnap site, he had noticed something odd. Daya had the habit of wearing rings on various fingers and one of them was missing. He didn't think of the ring at the time when HM was kidnapped and there were many other issues to think about. And this stone found in the hall ' was it from a ring?

Scene 12: Daya opens the door of his house, walks in and switches on the light. He finds Abhijeet already in, sitting on the sofa.

Daya : Abhijeet, tum yahan kya kar rahe ho?

Abhijeet : Main talaashi lene aaya tha. Aur jis cheez ki mujhe talaash thi ' mujhe mil gayi.

Daya : Kaunsi cheez?

Abhijeet : Yeh.

And shows him the ring with the missing stone. Silence for a minute.

Abhijeet : Tumhe iske baare mein kuch kehna hai?

Daya : Tum meri poori baat sunoge ya arrest warrant bhi lekar aaye ho?

Abhijeet : Pehle sach kya hai ' yeh bataao. HM kahan hai?

Daya : Pata nahin.

Abhijeet : Kya????? Tumne unhe kidnap karvaya aur bol rahe ho ki 'pata nahin'.

Daya : Boss, maine unhe kidnap nahin karvaya. Yeh un terrorists ka back-up plan tha. Jab unhe pata chala ki assassination ke baare mein humein pata chal gaya hai, to unhone yeh kidnap ka plan banaaya ' taaki unke kuch aur saathiyon ko chodne ka demand kar sake. Yeh baat HM ko pata chal gaya .

Jab us din hum unke ghar se laut rahe the, tab unhone mujhe phone kiya. Actually main tumhe bataana bhool gaya...woh college mein meri senior thi.

Main unke ghar gaya toh unhone bataaya ki terrorists ne unhe kidnap karne ka bhi plan banaya hai. Maine unse kaha ki hum is function ko hi rok denge. Tab unhone kaha ki ek baar function ko rok diya toh terrorists kisi aur din try karenge. Aise kitne  baar terrorists se darkar functions rok sakte hain?

Aur kidnap karne wale ek ya do terrorists ko pakadne se kya faayda? Unke baaki saathi aazad ghoom rahe honge na?

Isliye unhone kaha ki unhe kidnap hone dein. Aur maine Fredricks ko un terrorists aur HM ko follow karne ke liye bheja hai. Sahi waqt par Fredricks mujhe phone karega. Tab hum un sab logon ko ek saath pakdenge.

Abhijeet : Phir woh dais par bomb? Woh kyon lagaya?

Daya : Terrorist ka plan tha ki agar kisi wajah se T1 HM ko shoot nahin kiya toh unhe kidnap kiya jaaye. Agar woh function mein pohonchthi, toh unhe shaayad goli lag jaati. Isliye maine bomb blast karvake function ko rok diya.

Abhijeet remembers the phone call from Daya exactly 5 minutes before the bomb blast and making sure that no one was on the dais. Also Daya pretending as if his voice was not heard and making Abhijeet come out of the hall just before the blast.

(Silence)

Abhijeet : Lekin tumne humein kyon nahi bataaya?

Daya : Sab logon ko pata chal gaya toh media walon ko bhi kisi tarah pata chal jaayega. Aur phir ACP sir officially HM ko kidnap hone nahin de sakte. Yeh 'official protocols' ke khilaf hai. Unhe yeh baat CM ko batana padta.

Abhijeet : Tum mujhe toh bata sakte the...

Daya : Jab ACP sir ko pata chalega ki maine jaan boojhkar HM ko kidnap hone diya toh woh mujhe suspend kar denge. Agar tumhe bhi pehle se pata hota toh tum bhi suspend ho jaate. Aur main tumhara career kaise barbaad hone deta? Mujhe pata tha ki tum kisi tarah 'officially' pata kar loge.

Abhijeet : Aur ACP sir ko is case se baahar kaise rakha?

Daya : Woh...HM ne unhe CM ke saath kuch compulsory meetings attend karne bhej diya...taaki ACP sir ko kuch pata na chale.

Abhijeet : Daya, ab main is baat ko ACP sir se nahin chupa sakta. Mujhe officially tumhare khilaf saboot mili hai.

Scene 13: CID team in bureau.

ACP (sarcastically) : Wah, kya plan banaaya. HM ko kidnap hone diya...aur terrorists ke peeche kise laga diya? FREDRICKS ko!!!

Abhijeet : Sir, aisa mat kahiye. Fredricks ek achcha officer hai.

ACP : Toh abhi tak uska phone kyon nahin aaya?

Daya : Woh keh raha tha ki terrorists HM ko kisi truck mein bithaakar kahin le jaa rahe hain. Jab woh kahin ruk jaayenge toh woh humein phone karega.

ACP : Daya...HM ko kuch ho gaya toh tumhe CID humesha ke liye chodna padega.

Daya : Koi baat nahin sir. Terrorists ko pakadne ke liye main apna career daanv par laga sakta hoon.

Late in the evening Fredricks calls.

Daya : Haan Fredricks.

Fredricks : Sir, woh log Lonavla ke paas ek under-construction building mein there hue hain. Ek aadmi  yahan k eek dhaabe se roz khaana lekar jaata hai. Wahin unka adda hai sir. Kuch 10-12 terrorists hain. Aur Vandana ji bhi shaayad unhi ke saath hain.

Scene 14: The CID team goes towards the hideout. They surround the building from all sides. They look for Fredricks, but Fredricks was not to be seen.

Abhijeet tries Fredrick's number. A rough voice answers ' CID walon...kya socha tha? Humein pata nahin chalega ki tumhara aadmi humare peeche hai? Ab sab log waapas jaao warna HM aur tumhare officer ke saath tum log bhi mare jaaoge.

ACP indicates  to Tasha, Sachin and Kajal to go in front of the building and start shooting. Meanwhile he signals to Daya, Abhijeet and Vivek to try and get into the building  from behind. The shooting starts, all terrorists focus on the 5 people in the front. Slowly Abhijeet, Daya and Vivek manage to enter without attracting attention.

In a dirty room, they find 2 terrorists guarding HM  who is tied to a chair at gun-point  and Freddie who is tied to a pillar. If the terrorists saw anyone, the HM would be dead.  Freddie suddenly sees Vivek  peeping in.

Freddie (to terrorist) : Dekho wahan firing ho rahi hai...tum log apne saathiyon ki madad nahi karoge?

Ter1:  Woh 8 log hain aur tumhare CID officers 5. Unhe humaari zarrorat nahin hai.

Freddie : Mujhe paani chahiye.

Ter1 : kuch nahin milega. Chup chaap khade raho.

Freddie : tum paani laakar nahi doge toh main phir se shaayari shuroo kar doonga. 

Ter2 : Yaar, please isko paani laakar de do, nahin toh dimag kharab kar deha.

Ter1  finally goes out to get water.  The moment he comes out of the room Daya catches him by the neck and puts his other hand over his mouth till the guy becomes unconscious.

Freddie then starts pestering Ter2. Ter2 takes his eye off the HM's head and looks at Freddie, when Abhijeet shoots at the guy right on the chest and the guy dies on the spot. HM and Freddie are freed.

Meanwhile the terrorists on the front side were all injured or dead. The CID members too had some minor injuries, but everyone was safe.

A couple of terrorists were alive and were taken into custody.

Most importantly the HM was rescued unhurt and her mission was successful. The CID team found a large collection of weapons and explosives at the site.

Scene 15: Bureau

ACP : Daya, HM sahi salaamat waapas aa gayi, lekin CM ne enquiry shuroo ki hai. Iska report aane tak tumhe suspend kiya jaata hai.

Daya : Mujhe is baar suspend hone mein koi afsos nahin hai sir.

Abhijeet walks in with a letter. Smiles and gives it to ACP, who reads it and smiles.

ACP : Daya, tumhare khilaf koi enquiry nahin hogi. HM ne enquiry rok diya hai. Welcome back.

Daya : Thank you sir.

****************THE END *************

3 Laashon Ka Raaz (Contest story - 2012)

Scene: An office late in the evening.3 young software engineers are in the cafeteria having coffee

Naresh: Madan, mera dum ghut raha hai yahan...na kahin baahar jaa sakte hain, na kisi se baat kar sakte hain.

Madan: Haan lekin hum kya kar sakte hain...project ke rules aise hain...

Hiten: Mujhe yeh sab theek nahin lag raha hai...itne saare logon ka confidential information, credit card details...yeh sab lekar yeh log kya kar rahe hai...mujhe lagta hai koi bada scam hai jiske liye hum teeno ko liya gaya hai.. Hume police ko bata dena chahiye.

Madan: Arey paagal ho gaya kya...police ko bataayenge, toh hum bhi phas jaayenge...humara career barbaad ho jaayega.

Naresh: Hiten, is waqt kuch mat karna...kisi tarah 3 mahine ka contract poora karenge...phir humesha ke liya sheher chodkar bhaag jaate hain.

2 months later in the same office, Hiten knocked the door of the boss Anjani Kumar.

Anjani: Hiten, kya kar rahe the apne computer par?

Hiten : Kya hua sir?

Anjani: Main dekh raha tha tumhe. Tum Facebook kholkar baithe the.

Hiten: Sir...bohot din ho gaye doston se baat nahin hui...isliye socha ki ek status message post kar deta hoon taaki unhe pata chale ki main theek hoon.

Anjani: Tumhe is project ke rules yaad nahin hai? 3 mahine tak kisi se koi contacts nahin rakh sakte ho tum log. Yeh ek secret project hai.

Hiten : Sorry sir.

Anjani: Aage se koi galti nahin honi chahiye.

Hiten: Yes sir.

Anjani: You can go now.

Anjani opened his laptop, remotely logged into Hiten's computer and started checking the browsing history. He could clearly see what Hiten was trying to do. He called his assistant Shankar and showed it to him.

Shankar: Ab kya hoga? Aapko lagta hai isne is CID officer ko kuch bataya hoga? 

Anjani: Pata nahi.

Pehle Hiten ko raste se nikaal do. Us  CID officer par nazar rakho. Kuch gadbad kiya toh use bhi dekh lenge.

Late at night Hiten returned to his room - which was in the same building as the office. It was a very comfortable room. The 3 engineers were provided with every comfort - except that they were cut off from the rest of the world. They couldn't use mobiles or the internet or TV or communicate with anyone. For this reason, the 3 guys chosen for this job had to inform their families that they would be out of touch for the entire duration of the secret project.

They were paid well. The company - MK Technologies was well-known and there were 500 employees in the company. But the people working on the 'secret' project were not allowed to meet anyone. They had to work in a high security area and their every move was constantly tracked. After a week or two of isolation, it became tiring.

Hiten, Naresh and Madan who were certified ethical hackers were asked to hack the websites of shopping sites. They were told that the project was to reveal vulnerabilities in shopping sites, but Anjani asked them to go a step further and get the credit card details of every online shopper and store them in a database, which the 3 of them felt  didn't  seem right.

Hiten wondered how he would expose this without he himself landing in soup when the doorbell rang. It was Shankar.

Shankar: Anjani sir ne tumhe bulaya hai.

Hiten: Is waqt?

Shankar: Haan...

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Scene : Bureau

Work was on as usual when the phone rang.

ACP: Hello? ACP Pradyuman here.

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Theek hai, hum log aate hain.

Daya: Kya hua sir?

ACP: Juhu beach mein ek laash mili hai.

Scene : Juhu beach.

People were standing around the body. Vivek checked the body.

Vivek: Sir, ise goli mari gayi hai.

Daya: Body ko palto...

Vivek turned the body and found the face badly mutilated.

Daya: Vivek, dekho iske jeb mein koi id proof ya kuch hai kya.

Vivek: Nahi sir.

Abhijeet: Lagta hai maarne wala nahin chahta tha ki koi ise pehchaan sake. Salunkhe hi kuch bata sakte hain iske baare mein.

Scene : Lab

Salunkhe: Yeh ladka 20 se 25 saal ka tha aur iska haath dekhkar pata chalta hai ki yeh computer ka bohot zyada istemaal karta tha. Iski maut 2 din pehle goli lagne se hui thi. Aur iski laash ko samundar mein fenk diya gaya tha.

ACP: Iska chehra bana sakte ho Salunkhe?

Salunkhe: Nahin...iske chehre ke saare haddiyan toot chuke hain...main iss baar kuch nahi kar sakta.

ACP: Koi baat nahi...Abhijeet, tum log missing persons list dekho...2 din se yeh ghar nahi lauta hai toh iske ghar walon ne report likhwayi hogi.

Scene : Bureau, late evening.

Abhijeet walks in.

ACP: Kya hua, missing report mein kuch mila?

Abhijeet: Ji sir...pichle 3 dino mein sirf 2 ladke lapata hue the jo 20-25 saal ke beech mein hain, un dono ke maa-baap ko bulaya tha...lekin unhone body dekhkar bataya ki yeh unka beta nahi hai.

ACP: Theek hai...news channels mein dikhao. Shaayad koi ise pehchan le...

Scene: M K Technologies

Naresh: Manoj, 2 din se Hiten dikhayi nahi de raha hai.

Manoj: Shankar ne mujhe bataaya ki use kisi doosre office mein transfer kar diya gaya hai.

Naresh : Ajeeb baat hai...hume bina bataye chala gaya?

Manoj: Main use Facebook par contact karta hoon.

Naresh : Facebook! Tumhe yaad nahi...Hiten ko Anjani ne Facebook access karte hua pakda tha. Uske baad uska transfer ho gaya.

Manoj: Relax...main Hiten se zyada hoshiyar hoon. Is waqt Anjani office mein nahi hai...main Facebook bhi kholoonga aur live TV bhi.

Naresh : Live Tv?

Manoj: Haan...Euro football ka final chal raha hai.. Yeh dekho...is website par saare channels aate hain.

Naresh: Match abhi tak shuroo nahi hua hai...tum zara news channel kholo...pata toh chale ki baahar ki duniya mein kya chal raha hai.

Naresh played the news channel and saw the news about an unknown body found on Juhu beach. The body was not shown very clearly and the resolution of the screen was poor, but they both could make out the green T-shirt and black jeans which Hiten had worn the previous day.

Manoj(shocked): Naresh, kahin yeh...

Naresh(almost in tears): Mujhe bhi wohi lagta hai.

They heard the door opening and quickly closed the windows. It was Anjani Kumar.

Anjani: Manoj, Naresh, kya kar rahe ho tum? kaam poora hua? Report kahan hai?

Manoj: Sir...bas 10 minute mein denge.

Anjani: Kya hua tumhe? Tumhari tabeeyat theek hai?

Naresh: Sir, Hiten kahan hai?

Anjani: Hiten ko humne transfer kar diya hai.

Naresh: Lekin...

He was about to say something when Manoj nudged him from behind, indicating not to talk.

Manoj: Sir, woh bina bataaye chala gaya isliye hum pareshaan the. Hum 10 minute mein report complete karenge.

Anjani gave a long look at them and left.

He then phones Shankar and says 'in dono ko Hiten ke baare mein pata chal gaya hai...inhe bhi khatm kar do..lekim alag alaga jagahon par. Kisi ko pata nahin chalna chahiye ki yeh dono ek doosre ko jaante the'.

Scene : Road

It was almost midnight when Abhijeet was returning home in his Qualis. The traffic was less and he was in a hurry to reach home and hit the sack. He pressed the accelerator and decided to turn on the music. The road ahead was empty and there was nothing ahead for the next 50 metres. He took his eyes off the road for a second to reach for the music system controls.

Suddenly he saw someone fall off a foot over bridge (FOB) right above him. Something like this.

He braked hard but it was too late. Abhijeet turned the Qualis sharply to the right to prevent it from running over the fallen man. The Qualis hit the road divider and missed the fallen man by a hair's breadth.

Abhijeet got off the car and went towards the guy who seemed alive. He wondered how the guy had fallen off from the FOB. He heard someone running down the staircase on the other end of the FOB which opened into a railway station. Abhijeet climbed over the high road divider and ran after the guys who were trying to escape.

Guy 1: Yeh toh CID ka aadmi hai.. Pakde gaye toh museebat mein pad jaayenge.

Guy 2: Ise main dekhta hoon.

Guy 1 pulled out his gun and fired at Abhijeet who was running towards them.

Abhijeet had reached  the barricades which separated the main road from  the footpath when Guy 1 aimed at his chest. But Abhijeet had just then hauled himself over the barricades. Instead of the chest, the bullet hit his leg, just below the knee. He crashed to the ground and couldn't chase them any more. He tried  to get up and shoot at the escaping guys but they were too quick for him. The guys escaped and Abhijeet sank to the ground unable to take the pain any more. He pulled out his mobile and dialled Daya's number.

Daya: Haan Abhijeet...bolo.

Abhijeet: Daya...mere pair mein goli lagi hai...

Daya(shocked): Kya??? Kahan ho tum???

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Scene : Hospital

The bullet had been removed from Abhijeet's leg. ACP and Freddie entered his room.

ACP: Kaise ho Abhijeet?

Abhijeet: Theek hoon sir. Doctor ne kaha hai ki kal discharge kar denge.

Daya kahan hai sir?

ACP: Highway ke paas ek laash mili hai...Daya dekhne gaya hai.

Abhijeet: Ek aur laash? Kya sir...ek ke baad ek khoon ho rahe hain. Itne sare cases...main kal hi duty join karta hoon sir.

ACP: Duty ko rehne do...lekin jinhone tumpar goli maari thi un dono ke sketch banane ke liye bureau mein aana padega tumhe.

Abhijeet: Sir, wahan andhera tha aur main theek se unke chehre dekh nahin paya...koshish karta hoon. Lekin woh aadmi kaisa hai jo mere gaadi ke saamne aakar gira tha?

ACP: Woh nahi bacha...uske body ko forensic lab bhej diya hai.

Abhijeet: Yeh toh bohot bura hua.

ACP: Ek baat bataao Abhijeet...tahin umhari gaadi us aadmi se takrayi to nahi?

Abhijeet: Nahi sir...maine sudden break lagaya tha aur gaadi ko right side ghuma diya taaki gaadi use na lage.

Lekin aap yeh kyon pooch rahe hain?

ACP: Kuch nahi...eyewitneses ne dekha hi tumhare gaadi ke saamne woh aadmi khoon se lathpath pada hai. Tumhare gaadi mein zor se music chal rahi thi. Un logo ne FIR mein likha hai ki yeh road accident ka case hai.

Abhijeet: Sir...woh aadmi toh FOB se achanak gira tha!

ACP: Mujhe tumpar vishwaas hai...lekin jab tak Salunkhe ka report nahin aayega, tab tak ise accident ka case mana jaayega.

Abhijeet looked worried.

Scene : Bureau.

CID team had gathered around ACP's table.

ACP: Sheher mein ek ke baad ek khoon ho rahe hain...aur humare paas koi suraag nahi...in teeno ke baare mein koi missing report nahi...inke paas koi ID nahi. Kaise solve honge aise cases?

The bureau's landline phone rang.

Freddie: Hello! Theek hai. Hum log aate hain.

ACP: Kya Freddie? Ek aur laash mili hai kya?

Freddie: Nahi sir. Is baar laash nahi hai. Salunkhe saab ka phone tha...hume bula rahe hain.

ACP: chalo achcha hua. Maine socha ek-do khoon aur hue hain.

Scene : Lab

ACP: Kya Salunkhe, kuch pata chala?

Salunkhe: Is doosre aadmi ki maut FOB se girne se hi hui hai. Oopar se girne ki wajah se sir par chot lag gayi...aur brain haemorrhage se iski maut hui. Abhijeet ki gaadi use nahi lagi..

Daya: Yeh toh achcha hua sir...yeh saabit ho gaya ki Abhijeet ke haathon iski maut nahi hui.hai...kal se bohot pareshaan tha. Main use phone karke bata deta hoon.

...and moved aside to call  Abhijeet. Abhijeet was obviously relieved to hear that he was not responsible for the death of the guy.

Salunkhe : Is teesre aadmi ki maut goli lagne se hui hai. goli seedhe dil par lagi hai.

ACP: Pehle aadmi ko jo goli lagi aur teesre aadmi ko jo goli lagi - kya woh match hote hain?

Salunkhe: Maine check kiya hai. Woh dono goliyan match nahi hoti.

ACP: Aur kuch Salunkhe?

Salunkhe: Kuch khaas nahi...lekin in teeno laashon mein 2 baatein common hai.

ACP: Woh kya?

Salunkhe: Teeno bohot zyada computer ka istemaal karte the. Aur teeno 20-25 saal ke hain...

Daya: Sir. aur sir...in teeno ke paas koi ids nahi...koi missing reports nahi...kahin yeh teeno khoon ek doosre se jude hue toh nahin?

ACP: Daya, in teeno ke photos phir se newschannels mein dikhao...national channels par bhi. shaayad yeh log Mumbai se nahi balki kisi aur sheher se ho.

Scene : Bureau.

Daya and ACP were looking at the evidences so far, but were unable to make a connection. No one had given a missing report, no one had responded to the TV announcement and they had no idea about who the 3 dead guys were.

Abhijeet walked in, helped by Vivek in T-shirt and track pants. It was evident that he was not there on duty, but as a witness - to make sketches of the men who shot him.

Abhijeet: Good morning sir.

ACP: Aao Abhijeet, baitho

Daya: Kaise ho boss?

Abhijeet: Theek hoon...kuch pata chala khooniyon ke baare mein?

Daya: Nahi...

...and explains what they knew so far.

Phone rings.

ACP: Hello? Salunkhe? Kya hua? Theek hai hum log aate hain. Abhijeet, tum yahin raho aur sketch artist ka intezaar karo. Woh aata hi hoga.

Scene : Lab

Salunkhe: Aao Pradyuman...

ACP: Kya baat hai Salunkhe, aaj bohot khush lag rahe ho...

Salunkhe: Mujhe ek bohot chaunkane waali baat pata chali hai.

ACP: Kya?

Salunkhe: Jo goli Abhijeet ko lagi thi,  woh goli match ho gayi hai!

ACP: Match ho gayi???? Kisse?

Salunkhe: Us goli se jisse is teesre aadmi ki maut hui hai.

ACP: Achcha? Iska matlab...jin dono ne is doosre aadmi ko FOB se neeche fenk diya aur Abhijeet par goli chalaya...unhone is teesre aadmi ko bhi maara hai?

Salunkhe: Haan boss.

ACP: Daya, in dono khoon mein zaroor koi connection hai.

Scene : Bureau

Abhijeet was still there with the sketch artist. He had tried to explain whatever he had seen but it was dark and he had not seen the shooters clearly.

Abhijeet: Kya bataya Salunkhe saab ne?

Daya: Bas itna pata chala hai ki jinhone tumpar goli chalayi thi, unhone hi teesre aadmi ka khoon kiya hai.

Abhijeet: Achcha?

ACP: Haan...ab dimaag par zor lagaao aur sketch banvao unka. Do do khoon kiye hain inhone...aur ek CID officer par goli bhi chalayi hai...phaansi to zaroor hogi inhe.

ACP thinks for some time.

Abhijeet: Kya soch rahe hain sir?

ACP: Unke baare mein information mil sakti hai. Freddie, Vivek, tum dono us FOB mein jaao aur wahan se saare fingerprints uthao...aur dekho ki humare records mein kisi se match hote hain kya.

Freddie: Sir FOB ke oopar toh har din hazaron log chalte hain.

ACP: Haan Freddie, lekin zyadatar log FOB par bina railings pakde hi chalte hain...kuch log staircase par chadhte samay pakadte hain, lekin bridge ke oopar chadhne ke baad chod dete hain.

Khooniyon ne us aadmi ko FOB ke railings ke neeche fenk diya tha...toh us waqt unka haath railings ko chua hoga.  Jaao aur wahan ke saare fingerprints uthao.

Freddie and Vivek left. A couple entered the bureau.

ACP: Batayiye hum aapki kya madad kar sakte hain.

Man: Sir , main Gangadhar hoon, aur yeh meri patni Lalita hai. Hum Bhopal se aaye hain. TV channels par jo laash aapne dikhaya tha...woh shaayad...(tearfully) humare bete  ka hai.

ACP: Aap pehle body ko dekhiye aur pehchaniye...uske baad hum aapse baat karte hain. Daya, inhe morgue mein le jaao.

Daya took them to the morgue and they recognised one of the bodies - the second dead guy. Daya brought them back to the bureau. After some time, the parents of the dead man were in a position to speak to the CID team.

They explained that their son Naresh had got an offer from MK Technologies and signed a contract for a top secret intelligence project which required them to be isolated and not communicate with the outside world for 3 months.

ACP: Yeh kaunsa intelligence project hai jiske liye apne ghar walon se bhi baat karna mana hai?

Daya: Achcha, kya Naresh ne kabhi aapse apne doston ke baare mein bataaya tha?

Gangadhar: Nahin sir, jab usne MK Technologies mein join hua tha, tab ek baar phone kiya...yeh bataane ke liye ki woh agle  3 mahine phone nahin kar sakta. Tab usne kisi dost ke baare mein nahi bataaya.

Daya: Aapke paas Naresh ka phone number hai?

Gangadhar: Haan sir, uska number hai - 93470084213.

ACP: Theek hai...aap log jaa sakte hain. Agar zaroorat padi toh hum aapko contact karenge.

Daya dropped the couple at a hotel and returned..

Daya: Sir, itna pata chala hai ki ek aadmi ka naam Naresh hai.

Abhijeet: Sir shaayad baaki dono ke baare mein iske call records se pata chalega.

ACP: Haan koshish kar sakte hain...Abhijeet, tum yahan baithkar Naresh ke call records check karo. Main aur Daya is MK Technologies mein jaakar dekhte hain ki wahan kya intelligence project chal rahi hai.

Scene : MK Technologies

ACP and Daya entered the office of the manager

Manager: Aayiye sir...main aapki kya madad kar sakta hoon?

Daya(shows Naresh's photo): Yeh dekhiye...is aadmi ko aap jaante hain?

Manager: Nahi sir...kaun hai yeh?

ACP: Iska naam Naresh hai. Yeh aapke company mein kaam karta tha. Aur iska khoon hua hai.

Manager: Sir humare office mein 500 employees hain...mujhe har ek ka naam aur chehra yaad nahi hai. Main company ke employees list mein dekhkar batata hoon.

He called the HR manager and asked for details of any Naresh. The HR manager replied that there is no Naresh in the company.

Manager: Sir, humare office mein koi Naresh nahi hai. Hum is aadmi ko nahi jaante.

Daya: Yeh kaise ho sakta hai? Naresh ke parents ne hume appointment letter ka copy diya hai...yeh dekhiye.

Manager(looks at the letter): Sir...yeh koi fraud hai sir...yeh letterhead humare official letter head jaisa hai lekin is letter par koi serial number nahi hai.

Humare har official letter par ek code hota hai...jaise (shows another letter from his table) FA/231212/00043. Isme FA ka matlab Finance and Accounting dept, uske baad date aur uske baad document ka serial number. Iske bina hum koi bhi official communication nahin bhejte hain sir.

ACP: Daya, iska matlab kisi ne Naresh ko dhokha diya hai.

Daya: Sir, yahan ke employees se ek baar pooch lete hain ki kisi ne inme se kisi ko dekha hai kya.

Daya went  around the office  interrogating the employees, showing them Naresh's photo.

Scene : Bureau

Abhijeet had made 2 very vague sketches, but was not happy with it. It was impossible to recognise the guys with this sketch.

He had also checked Naresh's call records, but there was no incoming or outgoing call since 2 months.

Vivek and Freddie had returned with the fingerprints from the railings of the FOB and were busy checking the records.

Freddie: Mil gaya sir!!!

Abhijeet: Achcha? Fingerprint mil gaya? Kisse?

Freddie:  Ek fingerprint Shambhu naam ke ek aadmi ka hai...2-3 cases mein pehle bhi pakda jaa chuka hai, lekin saboot na milne ki wajah se use koi saza nahi hui,. iski photo bhi hai sir...dekhiye kahin yeh wohi toh nahi jisne aap par goli chalayi thi.

Abhijeet(looks at the screen): Yes!! Ek toh yehi hai...lekin jisne mujhpar goli chalayi thi...woh yeh nahin hai.

Freddie looked at Vivek. Vivek was smiling into his computer.

Freddie: Vivek, kyon has raha hai...bureau mein hasna mana hai.

Vivek: Sorry sir.

Freddie: Kya kar rahe ho?  (And walks to Vivek's computer..) Facebook!!! Bureau mein Facebook check kar raha hai? ACP sir ko pata chal gaya toh...

Vivek: Air aaj kal Daya sir aur Abhijeet sir bhi Facebook access karte hain...kabhi kabhi khabriyon se Facebook par hi contacts hote hain.

Abhijeet who was thinking of the murderers suddenly came back to the real world.

Abhijeet: Facebook?

Vivek: Sorry sir...

Abhijeet: Nahi Vivek...woh baat nahi...shaayad yeh teeno- jinki maut hui thi...ek doosre ko Facebook par jaante ho...Zara dekho Vivek...Naresh ka profile hai kya.

Vivek searched for some time through the hundreds of Nareshs and finally found the correct Naresh.

Abhijeet: Ab dekho ki iske friends list par baaki dono mare hue log hain kya...

Freddie: Woh kaise pata chalega sir...hum unka naam nahin jaante...aur ek laash ka chehra hum pehchaan bhi nahi sakte.

Vivek: Aur sir...sab log apna photo upload nahin karte hain...

Abhijeet: Phir bhi...koshish karo.

Vivek: Sir, iske toh 300 + friends hain sir aur kuch logon ke photos hum dekh nahin sakte kyonki hum Naresh ke friends list mein nahi hai.

Abhijeet: Hacker ko bulao Vivek.

After some time the hacker arrived and got to work. Within minutes he hacked the Facebook account of Naresh. Vivek started  looking at all the friends of Naresh.

Hacker(to Abhijeet): Sir aap password change kar lijiye...agar zaroorat pade toh phir se phone kijiye.

Abhijeet: Theek hai.

Meanwhile ACP and Daya returned to the bureau, unsuccessful.

ACP: Kya hua Abhijeet, kuch pata chala?

Abhijeet: Sir, itna pata chala hai ki FOB par do fingerprints hain, unme se ek Shambhu naam ke ek gunde ka hai. Uska record hai humare paas.

AC: Aur kya pata chala?

Aur doosri baat yeh hai ki humne Naresh ke Facebook account ko hack kiya hai...yeh dekhne ke liye ki baaki do mare hue log iske friends list mein hai kya. Shaayad inke naam aur families ke baare mein kuch pata chale...

ACP: Yeh bohot achcha kiya tumne.

After checking each and every friend of Naresh for over 2 hours...

Vivek: Sir...mil gaya sir!!!

ACP: Kaun mil gaya?

Vivek: Sir yeh dekhiye...iska naam Manoj hai. Iski shakal us teesre mare hue aadmi se milti hai.

ACP: Fantastic work Vivek. Iske family walon ya doston ko contact karo.

Vivek: Yes sir.

ACP: Ab sirf pehla aadmi bacha hai...hume ab tak yeh pata nahi hai ki  iske khoon se Naresh aur Manoj ke khoon ka koi connection hai bhi ya nahi.

Daya: Vivek, is Naresh aur Manoj ke common friends ko check karo. Shaayad yeh teesra aadmi inme se koi hoga.

Vivek: Sir inke 25 common friends hain sir.

Everyone looked at the computer.

ACP: 25 common friends?

Daya: Haan sir...Facebook mein ek aadmi friend ho gaya toh automatic suggestions deta hai...bina jaan pehchaan ke log friends ban jaate hain.

ACP: Vivek, yeh list tum kal dekh lena. Bohot der ho gayi hai.. Kal subah tak shayad Manoj ke kisi rishtedaar ya dost ka reply aayega.

Scene : Qualis - late evening.

Daya had dropped off Freddie at his house and had almost reached Abhijeet's house.

Abhijeet: Daya,  khabri Chandu ke paas chalte hain...woh usi area se hai jahan yeh Shambhu arrest hua tha. Use pata hoga Shambhu kahan milega.

Daya: Abhijeet, tumhara pair iss halat mein nahi hai ki aadhi raat ko gunde badmaashon ko dhoondne ke liye chal sake. Tum ghar jaao...main aur Vivek chale jaate hain Chandu ke paas.

Abhijeet: Theek hai...kuch pata chala toh mujhe phone karo.

The Qualis reached Abhijeet's gate. He got off.

Abhijeet(thinks for a few seconds): Vivek..Us Manoj aur Naresh ke common friends ka list tumhare paas hai?

Vivek: Haan sir...yeh lijiye...

Abhijeet: Main kuch check karna chahta hoon...yeh list main rakh leta hoon.

Vivek: Theek hai sir.

Daya: Darwaze tak chal sakte ho na??

Abhijeet: Haan...no problem Good night.

Daya: Good night

...and drives off.

Scene : Abhijeet's house

Abhijeet settled on his sofa and had a look at the list. He had seen a familiar name there - Hiten.

Abhijeet had an informer who was a cybercafe owner Sandeep who was maintaining a Facebook page for whistle blowers. Through this, he would get useful tips for solving crimes. A week back  Sandeep had told him that there was a person by name Hiten who had information about a big credit card fraud which was happening in the city. But Hiten had refused to tell Sandeep anything and wanted to directly contact the CID team. Sandeep had given Hiten the Facebook id of Abhijeet. After that Abhijeet had  not got an opportunity to check his Facebook account due to his injury.

Abhijeet now opened his Facebook account and saw that there was a friend request from Hiten. There were some photos of Hiten and Abhijeet found that the T-shirt which Hiten had worn in the photo was the same same as the one which the first body had worn, which meant that the first dead person was Hiten. This was enough proof that the 3 murders were linked and it had something to do with a big credit card fraud racket. He saw the message sent by Hiten which had information about the secret hacking project happening somewhere, but the message was incomplete...as if Hiten had been forced to suddenly stop and had pressed 'send' before he could complete.

He also saw another request from someone named Kumar with a message saying 'I am Hiten's friend. Please contact me asap'. Abhijeet accepted the friend request and found that Kumar was online.

Abhijeet started chatting with Kumar and asked him as to what he knew about Hiten. Kumar told Abhijeet that he was working with Hiten in the same company and they were in deep trouble. Abhijeet asked Kumar to explain what it was about. Kumar said that he couldn't explain it through Facebook but would like to meet Abhijeet in person at Sunshine Dhaba within 2 hours. Abhijeet found this a bit suspicious.  Either this was a trap or he was about to get some valuable information. Either way,  he couldn't avoid going. He picked up his phone and dialled Daya's number.

Meanwhile...

Scene : A busy street

Daya and Vivek had got in touch with the informer Chandu who was going to meet them soon. Chandu arrived as a mango seller.

Daya: Shambhu ko jaante ho? (shows the photo)

Chandu: Haan saab..yeh logon ko gharon se khaali karvana, paisa vasool karna - aise kaam karta hai saab.

Daya: Kahan milega yeh?

Chandu gave the address.

Daya(showed the sketch of the unknown guy which Abhijeet had made): Ise jaante ho?

Chandu : Nahin saab.

Daya: Achcha theek hai...

...and hands over a 1000Rs note to him.

Scene : A crowded slum area filled with drunkards and rough looking guys.

Daya and Vivek walked around and asked for Shambhu. Someone showed the house.

Daya knocked at the door. A guy opened.

Guy: Kaun hai?

Daya: Shambhu yahin rehta hai?

Guy; Haan kya kaam hai?

Daya: Kaam kuch aisa hai...main andar aakar hi bata sakta hoon.

Shambhu: Abey kaun hai?

Daya barged in and grabbed Shambhu by the neck. Vivek pointed his gun at Shambhu's 2 accomplices.

Daya: Khoon karta hai??? Ek CID officer par goli chalata hai!!!! (SLAAAPPP)

Bataao...yeh doosra aadmi kaun hai? Tumhara saathi hai? Kahan hai woh?

Shambhu winced in pain as Daya twisted Shambhu's arm and held it from behind. but didn't say anything.

Exactly at that moment Shambhu's phone gave an sms alert. Daya grabbed the mobile from his hand and read it.

It said 'change in plan, will finish him on the way to Sunshine Dhaba'

Daya: Yeh 'Finish him' ka kya matlab hai? Aur ek khoon karne wale ho? Kiska? (and twisted his arm)

Shambhu didn't say anything.

Daya: Batata hai ya khopdi uda doon?

Shambhu : Hahaha...Sirf ek ghante ki baat hai officer...main nahi bataaonga ki kiska khoon hone wala hai. Tum yahan mujhse poochtaach karte rahoge aur wahan mera aadmi kaam poora kar dega. Hahaha!!!!

Daya: Vivek, sab ko arrest karo.

Daya didn't know yet as to who was going to Sunshine Dhaba yet. He picked up the mobile and called up the mobile company to send  the location of the sender of the sms so that he could stop another murder from happening.

The mobile company responded and started sending the GPS data. Daya and Vivek rushed to the Qualis...the murderer was 10 kms away from them.

Daya started the engine when his  phone rang.

Daya(in an agitated voice): Haan Abhijeet... bolo...

Abhijeet: Kya hua Daya, kuch tension mein ho?

Daya: Haan Abhijeet. humne Shambhu  ko pakad liya hai...lekin woh doosra aadmi - jisne tumpar goli chalayi thi - woh nahi mila. Lekin kuch hi der mein yeh Shambhu ka koi saathi ek khoon karne wala hai...lagta hai yeh koi supari killer hai. Main aur Vivek use rokne ke liye jaa rahe hain. Tumhe kuch kaam hai?

Abhijeet: Actually haan...isi case ke baare mein hai..main baad mein batata hoon. Tumhara kaam zyada zaroori hai...main Freddie ko lekar jaata hoon.

Daya: Theek hai...take care.

Scene : Abhijeet's house

Abhijeet called up  Freddie and asked him to go to Sunshine Dhaba alone in disguise and wait there, so that Kumar thinks that Abhijeet was coming alone.   He also informed ACP about his midnight adventure and also the details about the limited information he had received from Hiten's message. If something happened to him...which seemed quite likely...he didn't want the information to be lost.

Abhijeet picked up his loaded gun, also carried some extra bullets...he felt strangely uneasy. With his injured leg, his mobility was reduced and he couldn't drive, that was a big irritant.

He came out of his house. He looked around to see if there was anyone watching him. He walked out, reached the street and looked for a taxi. After a few minutes, he managed to get one.

Scene : Road

Daya was driving as fast as he could towards the location of the man who had sent the sms. Vivek was constantly tracking his location. The killer seemed to be moving farther and farther away. Daya wondered if he had already committed the murder or whether he would be able to save someone's life. It was a Friday evening and the traffic was heavy. He zoomed left and right, honking non-stop. At one traffic junction, he jumped a red signal which was noticed by DCP Shamsher Chitroley who was waiting at the signal. He knew the CID Qualis well enough to know who was driving it. He immediately called ACP.

ACP was at home. He knew that Abhijeet was going on a possibly dangerous mission. He didn't tell Abhijeet, but he was planning to check out what was happening in Sunshine Dhaba. He was in casual clothes and was about to get into his Innova when his phone rang.

ACP: Hello sir!

DCP: Yeh kya ho raha hai? Aaj kal CID ke senior inspectors bhi traffic rules thod rahe hain?

ACP: Kya keh rahe hain sir? Humare CID team mein se kisi ne traffic rules thoda?

DCP: Haan...abhi abhi tumhara Daya mere samne red signal jump kiya aur 100 kmph par gaadi chala raha tha.

ACP: Daya ne aisa kiya? Toh zaroor koi emergency hogi sir. Main pata karta hoon sir.

ACP called Daya. Daya was driving, so he asked Vivek to speak.

Vivek: Hello sir.

ACP: Kahan jaa rahe ho tum log? Aur gaadi itni tez kyon chala rahe ho?

Vivek: Sir, ek khoon hone wala hai sir...hum khooni ko rokne jaa rahe hain.

ACP: Khoon? Kiska khoon hone wala hai?

Vivek: Woh pata nahi sir..lekin woh jisko maare wala hai, woh Sunshine Dhabe ke taraf jaa raha hai...aur khooni use raaste mein hi khatm karne wala hai.

ACP: Sunshine Dhaba? Abhijeet bhi toh wahin jaa raha hai!!!!

Vivek: Kya sir!!!! Abhijeet sir Sunshine Dhaba jaa rahe hain????

Daya: KYA! Kahin woh...Abhijeet ka khoon toh nahi karne wala hai?

ACP: Yeh bohot bada credit card hacking case hai iske baare mein Abhijeet ko information mili hai...pehle tum us khooni ko roko.

Daya(shouts): Sir hum Abhijeet  ko contact karte hain...hume mobile tracker par dikhayi de raha hai ki khooni is waqt kahan hai.

Vivek called Abhijeet.

Abhijeet: Haan Vivek, kya hua? Khoon hone se rok liya tum logo ne?

Vivek: Nahi sir...woh aadmi aapko maarne ke liye aa raha hai.

Abhijeet had expected this.

Vivek: Sir, aap is waqt kahan hai?

Abhijeet: Main Central mall se highway ke taraf jaa raha hoon...

.

Vivek: Sir...khooni aapse aadhe kilometre ki doori par Albert towers ke paas khada hai. Hum log 5 minute mein pohonch jaayenge. Aap aage mat badhiye.

Abhijeet: Driver saab, aap 5 minute ke liye gaadi rokiye. Main zara medical shop jaakar aata hoon.

Driver: Kya saab...der ho rahi hai.. aapko chodne ke baad mujhe ghar pohonchna hai.

Abhijeet: Aapko dikhayi de raha hai na...pair mein chot lagi hai...pain killer lena hai.

The driver reluctantly stopped and then called up his wife to inform her that he would be late as the passenger had stopped the taxi to buy medicines.  Abhijeet got off the taxi and went towards the medical shop, pretending to buy something

In the Qualis, Vivek suddenly noticed that the mobile which was stationary all this while suddenly started moving towards the direction in which Abhijeet had stopped his taxi.

Daya: Is khooni ko kaise pata chala ki Abhijeet ne gaadi rok di hai.  Zaroor us taxi driver ne bataaya hoga

Daya (calls Abhijeet) Abhijeet kya taxi driver ne abhi kisi ko phone kiya tha?

Abhijeet: Haan apni biwi ko phone kiya tha usne.

Daya: Abhijeet, usne apni biwi ko nahi, balki use phone kiya jo tumhe maarne ke liye aa raha hai. Woh  tumhari taraf hi aa raha hai...hoshiyar rehna.

Abhijeet kept his hand on his gun and tried to look relaxed.

The Qualis was 250 metres away from the murderer. Daya drove as fast as he could...till Vivek finally found that the car was just 50 metres away from them. There were 3 cars at that distance. On observing carefully, Daya could find the end of a rifle peeping out of the rear window of one of the cars. He knew that the guy was planning to shoot Abhijeet in the medical store.

The assassin's car came to a halt in front of the medical store. He could see Abhijeet waiting at the counter. The assassin took aim from the back seat window and pulled the trigger.

Daya kicked the accelerator as hard as he could and shot ahead...and braked hard just in time on the right side of the assassin's car. The bullet hit the left side rear door of the Qualis,  went through it and got stuck to the other door. Abhijeet was safe!

Vivek pulled out his gun and shot at the assassin from his window.

The taxi driver, the driver of the assassin's car and the injured assassin were all arrested.

Abhijeet, Daya and Vivek exchanged relieved smiles.

Daya: Kya tension dete ho boss...hume bata diya hota ki tum Sunshine dhaba jaa rahe ho...

Abhijeet: Mujhe laga ki tum kisi  ki jaan bachane ke liye jaa rahe the...tumhe kaise rokta?

*******

Epilogue:

The assassin confessed at the bureau that he and Shambhu were behind the killing of Manoj and Naresh. They had to kill them by different methods to avoid suspicion, therefore they shot Manoj and were planning to throw Naresh in front of a train. Naresh had tried to escape through the FOB but the killers caught up with him. They tried throwing him down the FOB but Abhijeet had seen them, so they were forced to shoot at him and this led to similar bullets being found in Manoj's body and Abhijeet's leg and this helped CID get a connection.

Freddie was whiling away time when ACP called him to the bureau, telling him that the situation had changed. ACP and Freddie got a networking expert to trace the IP address of Facebook user 'Kumar' who had called Abhijeet on this dangerous mission. The IP address was located at MK Technologies.

The CID team raided MK Technologies office and found that the hacking project was located on another floor of the building, unknown to the rest of the employees.

The CEO Anjani and his right-hand Shankar were arrested. Their arrest opened another can of worms involving many other international agencies.

The CID team won appreciation from everyone for cracking a major international credit card hacking case.

**** THE END ****

Abhijeet ke ateet ka (asli) Raaz

Like many other episodes, the series promised a lot but in the end I am really dissatisfied with how they ended it. There was no real raaz there and the whole build-up given ended in one 2 minute scene with one Dilip who was Abhijeet's ex-colleague who appears and tells Abhijeet that he's alive. Plus we had a whole load of nonsense with Maya and the hostage crisis and some unwanted crap like the electric shock. I may change a few things here. 😛

December 2010

Scene : Abhijeet's house

Daya accompanies Abhijeet to his house.

Abhijeet: Pichli baar jab chot lagi toh yaaddasth chali gayi. Iss bar chot lagi toh lagta hai sab kuch yaad aa jaayega.

Daya(smiles): Tumhe yeh sab mazaak lag raha hai? Yeh sab sirf filmon mein hota hai. Tum aaraam karo. Main chalta hoon.

Daya leaves.

Abhijeet dozes off on his sofa when he has a weird dream where he sees himself dressed as a goon. A man is sitting tied to a chair.

Abhijeet: CID ka aadmi hai tu? BOL!

Man: Main tumhari dhamikiyon se nahi darta.

Abhijeet: Sach bataya toh aur kuch din zinda rehne ka mauka milega.

Man : Nahi chayiye mujhe tumhara mauka.

Abhijeet: Toh ye le!!

..Abhijeet shoots several bullets into the man's body. The bullets go thru the body and shatter a mirror located behind him. The mirror is splattered with blood. Abhijeet wipes the blood with his sleeve and orders the guy standing nearby... Uthake phenk de ise'.

Abhijeet woke up with a start, sweating. He wondered if it was a dream or had it really happened. He tried to tell himself that it was a dream, but something told him it was real and that he knew the person sitting in the chair. He couldn't get proper sleep that night and by morning his injured head was throbbing even more.

Within a week his wound had healed externally but the dream kept playing on his mind all the time. If it were a dream it would be different each time, but here it was the same. And whenever he tried to strain his mind and remember who the dead man was, his head would ache badly and he would feel dizzy. He visited a doctor, who scanned his brain, found nothing seriously wrong with it, just a few remnants  of the old head injury which had destroyed his memory 13 years back. The doctor told him not to stress himself out, get some proper sleep and prescribed some high dose sedatives along with the regular medicines.

Inspector Dave opened the door of the police vehicle. A constable was sitting beside the murder suspect.  The suspect looked around to see if any of his colleagues were around and as expected there were none. As he walked towards the court room, he saw the prosecutor Jaiswal standing with some others Jaiswal gave a triumphant smile as the murder suspect walked past him. The suspect knew this might be Jaiswals day in court.

He knew he was deep in trouble. Though he had not intended to kill Mangu, Mangu was dead. His colleagues would somehow try and pull him out of this mess and prevent him from getting  phaansi'...maybe a life term, maybe just 10 years if he could get KD Pathak to fight his case.

As if God had answered his prayers, he saw K D Pathak rushing towards him.

KD: Hi Abhijeet.

Abhijeet: Hi KD.  (with an expression showing hopelessness)

KD: Yeh sab aise hua? mujhe aaj subah ACP saab ne phone karke bataya ki tum ek hatya ke case mein phas gaye ho. Toh main apne saare kaam chodkar yahan chala aya.

Abhijeet: Apna waqt barbaad mat karo KD. Is baar shaayad main hi khooni hoon.

KD: Mujhe vishwaas nahi ki tum kisi ki nirdosh hatya kar sakte ho.

Abhijeet: Mangu nirdosh nahi tha. Woh black...

The bailiff called out Abhijeet's name.

KD: Tum baad mein vistaar se bataana ki kya hua tha.

Abhijeet: Lekin kuch jaane bina tum mera case kaise ladoge? Jaiswal ko dekho kaise josh me khada hai...lagta hai mujhe aaj hi phaasi dilva dega.

KD: Aisa kuch nahi hoga. Tum chinta mat karo.

Abhijeet entered the accused box. KD took his place as defence lawyer.

Judge: Case ki karyavahi shuru kijiye.

Jaiswal: Your honour, aaj ka case ek seedha saadha murder case hai. Main aapka waqt barbaad nahi karoonga, bas 5 minute mein saabit kar doonga ki Mangu naam ke aadmi ko CID ke senior inspector Abhijeet ne apne ghar mein berehmi se maar diya.

Jan 16 ko Abhijeet ke ghar se ek laptop chori ho gayi...thodi investigation ke baad pata chala ki us laptop ko churane mein Mangu ka haath hai. Toh Abhijeet ne Mangu ko jaan se maa diya...sirf ek laptop ke liye. .

KD: Objection your honour, bina koi saboot ya witness hum is nirnay par nahi pohonch sakte.

Jaiswal: mere paas saboot bhi hai aur witnesses bhi. Sabse pehle main pizza delivery boy Shiva ko bulana chahta hoon.

Shiva arrives.

Jaiswal: Jan 16 ki raat ko tumne Mangu ke ghar mein kya dekha?

Shiva: Abhijeet sir ko shaq tha ki Mangu ne unke laptop ko chura liya tha...gusse mein Abhijeet saab Mangu ko thapaad mara.  Mangu ke table par sharaab ka bottle tha. Mangu ka sar us bottle se takraya aur khoon nikalne laga.

Jaiswal: Phir kya hua?

Shiva: Phir Abhijeet saab ne Mangu ko collar se pakadkar  kahin le gaye.

Jaiswal: Kya us waqt Mangu ke sar se khoon nikal raha tha?

Shiva: Haan saab...bohot khoon nikal raha tha.

Jaiswal: that's all your honour.

Judge: Defence lawyer kuch sawaal karna chahte hain?

KD: no your honour.

Jaiswal: Your honour, mera agla gawah hai Inspector Dave.

Dave enters the witness box

Jaiswal: Jan 16 ki raat ko kya hua tha?

Dave: Your honour mujhe ek phone aaya ki Ajanta Cinema ke saamne ek gaadi khadi hai aur usme ek aadmi ki laash hai. Main 10 minute mein wahan pohoncha toh dekha ki woh Sr Insp Abhijeet ki gaadi hai aur usme Mangu ki laash hai.

Jaiswal: Us waqt Abhijeet kahan the?

Dave: Woh building ke andar gaye the - kisi se milne.

Jaiswal: Your honour forensic report ke mutabik Mangu ki maut excess bleeding ki wajah se hui hai. Manju ke sar pe jo ghaav tha usme usi sharaab ke bottle ke kaanch ke tukde paaye gaye hain jo mangu ke ghar mein tha. Isse saaf pata chalta hai ki Abhijeet ke hi haathon Mangu ki maut hui hai.

KD: Objection your honour...Abhijeet Mangu ko lekar uske ghar se nikal gaya ...uske baad inspector Dave ne Abhijeet ko building se baahar nikalte hue dekha. In do ghatnaon ke beech mein kya hua tha, iska koi saakshi nahi hai.

Judge: Sustained.

KD: Inspector Dave, aap is nirnay par kaise pohonch gaye ki Mangu ki hatya Abhijeet ne hi ki hai?

Dave: Main gaadi kholkar laash ko dekh hi raha tha ki Abhijeet sir building se baahar aaye. Mangu ki laash ko dekhar unhone kaha ki oh no...yeh mar gaya?'  Maine unse poocha ki Mangu ke sar par chot kaise lagi...toh unhone khud kubool kiya ki unhone hi Mangu ko maara tha - koi sach ugalvane ke liye.

KD: Kya aisa ho sakta hai ki jab Abhijeet building ke andar gaye, tab kisi aur ne Mangu ki hatya ki ho?

Dave: Haan ho sakta hai.

Jaiswal: Objection your honour, forensic reports mein likha hai ki Mangu ki maut sar par chot lagne se hui hai. Uske shareer mein aur koi chot ke nishaan nahi hai, na koi zeher, na koi goli, na koi chaku ka ghaav.

KD: Your honour Abhijeet ke building ke andar jaane aur Dave ke wahan pohonchne ke beech mein Mangu ke saath kya hua tha - iska koi saakshi nahi hai. Is case ki tehkikat poorn roop se karne ke liye samay di jaay, your honour.

Judge; Is case ki agli sunvayi Jan 21 ko hogi.

The court dispersed.

As Abhijeet walked with Dave to the police vehicle, KD approached him.

Abhijeet: Thank you KD, lekin 5 din aur tension badhane se kya milega? Phaasi ya umr qaid...jitna jaldi pata chalega, unta achcha hai.

KD: Main tumse baad mein aakar milta hoon. Tab vistaar se bataao ki kya hua tha.

Scene : Lock up - 5PM

KD walked into Abhijeet's lock up and sat down on the bench.

KD: Ab batao, kaise phas gaye tum is case mein.

Abhijeet: Isme 2  alag cases hain. Kahan se shuru karoon?

KD: Tum poori kahaani bataao.

Flashback: (CID)

Scene : Bureau

Everyone was celebrating. CID team had succeeded in arresting a well-known underworld guy - Goran.

ACP: Abhijeet, is case ko tumne bohot achi tarah se handle kiya. main tumhara naam medal ke liye recommend karoonga.

Abhijeet: Sir isme maine akele kya kiya ? Yeh toh poori team ki jeet hai.

ACP: Haan par saare saboot jal jaane se pehle tumne akele us godown ke andar ghuskar un logon ka ek laptop hasil kiya...yeh medal uske liye hai. Is laptop se hume bohot fayda hoga.

Abhijeet gives an embarrassed smile.

ACP: Ab chalo sab log kaam par lag jaao. Goran ko kal court mein pesh karne wale hain...reports tayyar karo. Abhijeet, Salunkhe ka forensic report aaya?

Abhijeet: Nahi sir

ACP: Pata karo itni der kyon ho rahi hai.

ACP goes into his cabin.

Daya, Abhijeet and Freddie were left in the bureau.

Freddie(was waiting for ACP to leave): Abhijeet sir, aapko medal milne ki khushi mein party ho jaye?

Abhijeet: Pehle medal toh aane do.

Daya who was busy going through the confiscated laptop looked up and said boss, Tumne mujhe bataya nahi ki tum us jalti hui godown ke andar jaane wale the. Mujhe pata hota toh main bhi aata''.

Abhijeet(gives a naughty smile): Kyon? Tumhe bhi medal chahiye?

Daya: Medal ke liye nahi Abhijeet...wahan kuch bhi ho sakta tha. Acha hua tum zinda waapas aa gaye. 

Abhijeet: Theek hai, agli baar tum chale jaana. Ab chodo...laptop mein kuch mila?

Daya: Is laptop mein bohot information hai boss...Goran ke partners ke contact informations hain. Yahan likha hai ki unke meetings kahan aur kab hone wali hai. Ek encrypter aur decrypter hai jisse hum unke saare messages ko decode kar sakte hain. Ek special chat software hai jo open market mein available nahi hai. Aur bohot saare files hain, lekin yeh sab encrypted hain.

As he browsed through the files, the laptop suddenly froze and gave a blue screen.

Daya shouted Oh no!!!'

Abhijeet: Restart karke dekho Daya!!!

Daya pressed the on/off button hard and the laptop started rebooting. Everything seemed fine, but it was clear that the laptop was highly unstable.

Abhijeet: Daya, is data ko mere pen drive mein copy karo...main dekhta hoon ki woh mere laptop mein khulta hai kya.

Daya : Ek minute...

Daya copies all the files, the encrypter and the chat software onto a pen drive and hands it over to Abhijeet. (the pen drive was 64GB , so most of the data could be copied)

Abhijeet: Nahi Daya. yeh mere laptop mein nahi khul raha hai. Back up lene se koi fayda nahi.Yeh hard disk encrypted hai. Achcha hua kisi bewakoof ne password ko paper mein likhkar rakha tha. Hume is laptop ko sambhalkar rakhna hoga. Chori hone se, aur crash hone se bhi.

Daya: hmmm. Salunkhe saab ne ek data forensic expert ko bulaya hai. Amit naam hai uska. Woh aata hi hoga.

Abhijeet's phone rang.

Abhijeet: Hello?

The guy on the other end: Main Pandu bol raha hoon sir. (Pandu was an informer)

Abhijeet: Haan Pandu, kya hua?

Pandu: Sir, aapko ek information deni hai.

Abhijeet : kya hai?

Pandu: Main yahan nahi bata sakta sir. Aap mujhe Apsara mall ke 3rd floor par aakar miliye.

Abhijeet: Mall mein? Kyon?

Pandu: Mere jaan ko khatra hai sir, bheed wali jagah mein thoda safe lagta hai.

Abhijeet: Theek hai main aata hoon.

Pandu: Lekin...akele aana sir.

Abhijeet: Theek hai. (to Daya) Daya, mera informer Pandu hai. Kehta hai koi information deni hai. Main Apsara mall jaa raha hoon.

Daya: Theek hai.

Scene:  Apsara Mall.

Abhijeet parked his vehicle in the parking lot and went to the third floor. There was a sale going on and the place was crowded.

Abhijeet waited for about half an hour and then saw his informer Pandu.

Pandu: Namaste sir.

Abhijeet: itni der kyon ho gayi aane mein?

Pandu: bohot khatra hai sir.

Abhijeet: Kya hua, batao jaldi.

Pandu: Sir, main Panvel ke paas ek dhabe mein chai pee raha tha...toh 2 aadmi wahan kisi school bus ko hijack karne ki baat kar rahe the.

Abhijeet: School bus? Aur kya suna tumne?

Pandu: Maine unka peecha kiya. Woh dono ek sunsaan building ke andar chale gaye...building ke baahar bus toh khadi thi lekin usme koi bahche dikhayi nahi diye.

Abhijeet: Tumne theek se suna tha??? hijack' hi keh rahe the ya kuch aur?

Pandu: Shaayad hijack' hi keh rahe the...(scratches his head)

Abhijeet: Tum chalo mere saath...kahan dekha tumne bus ko? Mujhe woh jagah bataao.

Pandu: Nahi sir...mujhe darr lag raha hai...woh log gunde lag rahe the.

Abhijeet: Achcha theek hai, mujhe us dhabe ka address do aur wahan se us building tak pohonchne ka rasta batao.

Pandu gives the information. Abhijeet leaves for Panvel.

He decides to inform his team and dials Daya's number.

Daya(Before abhijeet could say anything): Abhijeet, humare data forensic expert Amit ka accident ho gaya.

Abhijeet: Kya?? woh theek toh hai?

Daya: Pata nahi. hospital mein hai.  Hum log us truck ko dhoondne ki koshish kar rahe hain jisse accident hua.

Abhijeet: Theek hai...main tumhe baad mein phone karta hoon.

(Author's note: Abhijeet didn't want to bother the others with a case which he was not sure about, especially when they were busy investigating an accident case.  Sometimes it happens)

Scene : Deserted under-construction building.

Abhijeet saw a school van standing outside. It said St Andrews school Ghatkopar. Abhijeet wondered why this school van had come so far. He went into the building. There was no one inside.

Suddenly Abhijeet heard a phone ringing in one of the upper floors. Thinking that someone might be there, Abhijeet went up the building. He followed the ring tone and found the phone lying in a bin. Along with it there was a bluetooth headset, a charger and a spy pen. The caller's number was not displayed. Abhijeet answered the call with a hello?'.

Voice: Sr Inspector Abhijeet!!! Aapka swagat hai.

Abhijeet: Kaun ho tum, kya chahte ho?

Voice: Main Boris bol raha hoon.

Abhijeet: Mashoor gangster Boris? humne Goran ko pakad kiya hai. Agla number tumhara hai..

Boris: Hahaha...mera number nahi ayega.

Abhijeet: Humare paas tum sab logon ke khilaf saboot hai.

Boris: Usi saboot ko mitane ke liye maine tumhe yahan bulaya hai.

Abhijeet: Kya matlab hai tumhara?

Boris: Tum ab waapas bureau jaaoge, aur us laptop mein se saara data erase karoge.

Abhijeet: Acha? Tumhara khayal hai ki tum kahoge aur main kar doonga?

Boris: Haan...kyonki neeche jo bus khadi hai...usme 20 bachche the...bechare Lonavla mein picnic manane jaa rahe the. maine un sab ko kidnap kar liya hai. is phone ke gallery mein unka photo hai. Dekho lo...

Abhijeet checks the pics gallery and finds the photo of 20 school kids in a tiny room surrounded by men holding guns.

Boris continues: Unki salamati chahte ho, toh achche bachche ke tarah bureau jaao. us computer mein  dban.exe naam ka ek program hai. Use execute karo aur hard disk ko poori tarah se erase karo. Jab yeh kaam karoge toh is spy camera ko on karke rakhna...taki mujhe saaf dikhai de ki tum kya kar rahe ho.

(dban.exe ensures complete erasure. Simple deleting doesn't permanently delete data. An expert hardware engineer can still recover it)

Abhijeet tries to dial Daya's number on his own phone.

Boris: Kisi ko phone karne ki galti mat karna. Koi hoshiyari ki toh bachon ko goli maa doonga.

Abhijeet(boiling with anger): Dekho...un bachchon ko kuch mat karo.

Boris: Very good. Ab tum yeh spy camera on karke apne coat ke pocket mein laga lo. Is phone ko apne jeb mein daal lo aur bluetooth on karo. 24 x 7 mujhe tumhare aas paas ki baatein sunayi deni chahiye aur dikhayi bhi deni chayiye. Koi gadbad ki toh...

Aur haan...woh tumhara computer forensic expert...uska accident bhi humne karvaya hai. Is baat ka bhi zikr kisi se mat karna. hehehe!!!

Abhijeet felt he was trapped. He decided to do as said by Boris...at least till the kidnapped children were found. His brain was racing trying to think of a way out of this.

He walked to the CID vehicle and started it.

Boris(on the phone): Is phone ko fully charge karke rakhna. iski battery down ho gayi aur call cut ho gayi toh bachchon ki jaan khatre mein padegi. Samajh gaye?

Abhijeet(angry and helpless): Haan samajh gaya.