|Thread 2| Ariya ff- THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE [PART 40: page 52] - Page 37

"Ofcourse, by the same way which local police did earlier. Haina Arjun!?" Riya exclaimed excitedly.

Arjun raised his eyebrows amusedly while others chuckled.

"Seriously Riya, you are proving Sam's predictions true." Arjun said before adding on a serious note. "And yes, Chotu go and arrest Ritwik in morning."

"This way Ritwik will again try to prove himself non-guilty, by show casing another murder of a family in the same pattern." Riya explained.

Now everyone said "Ri/ Riya!?" And look at her with weird look as if asking 'What has gotten into her that she is completing every sentence and orders of Arjun?'

"What!? Woh pehli baar mujhe unke bina bataye sab samajh aa raha hai, so I got excited. That's it." Riya replied with a pout innocently, causing everyone to chuckle at her craziness.

"Oh God! Nooo!! Chotu, how we wished to have little Riya but here it's proved we will have bear another SYS." Shree cried dramatically.

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Next day, Chotu along with few constables went to arrest Ritwik in the name of him being main suspect. Ritwik was stunned to the core and create a huge scene at the door of his house, infront of his neighbours.

"Look at them, they are arresting me without any reason as they couldn't find my family's murderer." He added in crying voice "Can you believe this? Ek beta, ek bhai apne.. apne bhagwan samaan mata pita ko aur apni jaan se zyada pyari behen ko chot pohunchane ki bhi sochega? Aur ye log mujh par... Mujh par mere hi ghar walon ke khoon ka ilzaam laga rahe hain."

Shutting up his non-sense, Chotu dragged Ritwik to police station and locked him inside the lock up. Everyone saw this and then gaze back at Arjun with questioning eyes. Arjun put his shades on and left the police station with Chotu following behind him.

"Ye kya bakwas hai? Maine kaha mujhe saboot dikhaiye? Kya proof hai apke pas ke mere client ne khoon kiye hai? Sirf shak ki buniyad par ap log kisi ko bhi arrest nahi kar sakte? Agar ap ne mere client ko abhi isi waqt nahi jaane diya tou ye police station kya Mai tou iss poore police department ke khilaaf jaaounga aur iss system ki saari kali kartutein poore desh ke samne laounga samjhe ap log."

Shouted a man in his black coat and white pant.

"Dekhiye wakeel sahab, yahan par..." Constable Ramakant was cut off in mid as Lawyer Kedar Das spoke up again.

"Hume kuch na dekhna hai aur naa hi sunna, jab tak hamare client ko ap lock up se bahar nahi laate. Aur jaldi kariye warna hume court se aaj hi hearing nikalwani bhi aati hai... aur ap logon ka kaccha chittha kholna bhi."

Finally getting orders from SP, Ramakant opened the lock-up door and let Ritwik out. Soon Ritwik was back in his house.

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He is sitting on his kitchen table with a bottle of whiskey in his hands while his eyes are full of rage and fire. Pouring a glass full of whiskey, he exclaimed with a loud laugh.

"Wrong move. A very wrong move ETF walon. Kya socha tha tum logon ne, mujhe... Mujhe jail bhejoge. Huh! Dream on. Jab sirf apne maa baap aur behen ka khoon karke mujhe ek kutta smell tak nahi kar paya tou mere haathon ke do families ke murder ko kya samajh paaoge. I didn't leave any small tiny finger print, let alone I would leave any clue for you people. Aur Bina saboot tum mera kuch nahi bigaad sakte. Jab ek baap apne bete se zyada society aur apni izzat se pyar kare tou phir uska tadapna laazim hojata hai. Sorry guriya, nahi maarna chahta tujhe lekin maarna padha kyunki tujhe woh sab kuch mila jo mujhe nahi mila. Maa Papa ka pyar, school mei kayi dost aur izzat aur society mei pyari bacchi ka khitaab lekin mujhe kya mila Papa ki belt se maar, unki gaaliyan, maa ka phera hua disappointed chehra, na koi dost naa hi koi khas izzat. Mai tujhe aur zinda nahi dekh sakta tha isliye maar diya tujhe bhi." He slurred before laughing at his words as if he said a joke.

Soon his laugh interrupted by a shrill sound of his mobile and he saw the caller ID of his colleague.

He took the call and said in controlled voice "Hello!"

"Hey, Ritwik! Man, what's the plan for tomorrow?" Came an excited voice of his colleague.

"Plan? Tomorrow? What?" Ritwik replied uninterested.

"Arre! Don't you know it's pre-Holi party tomorrow. Boss ne company ki taraf se ye party organise ki hai hotel Milaan mei, night stay ka bhi intezam hai.. matlab samjha na tu. Tou tu aarha hai na?" Exclaimed his colleague.

His words made Ritwik smirk sickly and asked "Kisi Ko bhi invite kar sakte hai na?"

"Haan boss ne kaha hai hum jise chahe laa sakte hai bas out of party na dikhe woh, jise tu apne saath lana chahta hai."

"Theek hai phir, kal party mei milte hai." Keeping the cellphone down, Ritwik laughed evilly before murmuring "Now it's time to take revenge from you, my friends. Let's get ready for a very colourful Pre-Holi party with a tinch of special colour-filled twist and pain added by me. This time ETF team is my special guests and they are gonna pay for my insult, especially you my sweetheart." Thinking this, he send a message to his boss asking him to invite ETF as the guest of honour in the party, this way their visits at office will be cleared as just a friendly visit and prove it to be of no suspecious visit which will help their insurance company from downfall.

Soon he fell on the sofa in his living room with a whiskey bottle in hand and fell in slumber with a evil smile playing on his lips.

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"So, everything is going according to our plan. Now we have to wait for Ritwik's next plan to prove his innocence." Exclaimed Arjun.

"Iss tarah tou hume uss par poore waqt nazar rakhni padegi." Said Shree with a deep sigh.

"No, we wouldn't have to. We just have to wait for next nearest festival." Riya replied with a glint in her eyes.

"But that is holi." Sakshi told in low voice.

"Exactly. Hume bas ek family arrange karni padhegi aur use Ritwik ke samne laane ki zarurat hogi as his next easily approachable and suitable target before Holi." Riya exclaimed excitedly.

Her words brought, the fun-loving and not being bored of chatting nineteen to dosen, team out of their stupor and all started having gala time. But they got interrupted by a loud sound of message ringtone of Arjun's cellphone.

Reading the message, Arjun put forward his mobile and said little bit unconvinced "Looks like our prey is very eager to fell in trap by himself or we are getting open chances to trap him." 'Or it's a trap for us?' He muttered the last sentence to himself.

"What happened Arjun? Ap kya keh rahe hain?" Riya asked softly.

"Ritwik ke boss ka message tha. He is throwing a Pre-Holi party, tomorrow at Hotel Milaan on behalf of his company and is asking us to be their guest of honour."

"Woah! That's pretty soon. Ab hum usse holi tak arrest kar hi lenge." Shree said excitedly.

"Haan. Waise bhi holi Ko abhi teen din hai which means he will attack his prey after two days where we will caught him red-handed.." Riya added.

All of them start chattering happily to know that this complicated case is finally going to end within three days. While Arjun was uncertain about the turn of event and little bit worried as his instincts is warning him about something bad. He sat their silently trying to decode what could go wrong here.

"So It's decided. Mehra family will be introduce tonight. And Sakshi you are Mrs Leena Mehra and Rahul (Shree's assistant of technical expert) will be Mr Adarsh Mehra, you guys are going along with Liza, she will be Mehra's elder daughter Rupali Mehra and your younger son who is 12 years old is at his friend's place." Shree elaborated the characters and their background to everyone as they are preparing them to meet Ritwik in tonight's party.

Though everyone is well prepared and very confident of catching the culprit red handed, Arjun was somewhere still unconvinced and worried which is visible to his team as again and again he is rechecking so nothing leads to failure of their plan and if they are well prepared or not. As he is having a sort of negative feeling - something bad is going to happen.

Soon evening came and everybody dressed up as per the plan. Arjun, Shree, Chotu and Riya are going to the party as the guest of honour, so Arjun has wear a simple white shirt and light brown jacket and pants, Chotu wore cream kurta and blue jeans while Shree wore a brown T-Shirt covering up with white loose shirt and grey jeans. Where as our Riya was dressed up according to the occasion that is pastel coloured anarkali suit and her brown patched dupatta is lying elegantly on her left shoulder, heels in her feet along with matching earrings and thin bracelet which Arjun has gifted to her. Today she had put a little vermilion which can be seen to the person standing close to her while her sacred chain was lying slightly hidden under her colar.

Where as Sakshi and Rahul dressed up as a couple in their early 40s, with the help of make up and dressing that is shaded blue saree, brown three piece suit and Liza has wore knee length white and yellow dress and did a makeover of herself as a girl in her early early 20s.

Mehra family has arrived in the party with the pretext of knowing more about the insurance policies which one agent of the company had introduced to them.

Therefore, Sakshi, Rahul and Liza reached party early while rest of the team took time to reach there being guest of honour.

"Where are the rest of them?" Rahul whispered in Sakshi's ears.

"Must be arriving." She replied looking towards the entrance.

And true to her words, within the next moment the guests of honour entered the party hall.

Entering in the hall, Riya and Shree recieved the bouquets and gifts before dumping them in the hands of a man arranged by the manager of the company to assist them.

The  founder of Nurture Insurance Company, introduced the ETF as the guest of honour and praised their work before asking Arjun to give a speech to which he just wished 'happy holi' and thanked for inviting them. He was already in no mood of saying anything as he never like this much gathering and publicity.

After few greetings, they made themselves comfortable having soft drinks and starters.

Arjun picked up a glass of juice, still worried about his instincts and start drinking a few sip but he still engrossed in thinking to deduce - 'what danger can be fell on them? Why is he having negative vibes as if something is gonna happen?'

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And were his instincts proved right? Yes he was absolutely 100% right, as the very next day Sameer Rathod entered inside the City hospital alongside his wife rushing in with him. Both had this worried expression while tears were filled in their eyes and their forehead were stretched with tensed lines.

"What happened? How is she now? Tum log tou Ritwik ko pakad ne Gye the na, Tou fir ye sab kaise? Hua kya tha, Shree? Just tell me already!" Asked Sameer in highly irritated voice while Ayesha kept a hand on his shoulder to calm him on seeing people around them giving them weird glances where as some hospital staff indicates to be quiet.