Superwoman
Prithvi called for Arjun who came to him and informed
" Boss Mr. Chatrivedi couldn't come to today's meeting. His mother suddenly sucked and they had to hospitalise her …he is on the call for an apology..
Prithvi heard Arjun he felt bad. He talked with Mr . Chaturvedi and knew the importance of family. Especially the absence of his mother's love, and affection twisted his heart several times. He didn't mind and assured Chaturvedi to take care of his mother and she would soon come to see his mother.
He checked his wall clock which showed " 7:10"..
He ordered Arjun to cancel the meeting and thought to meet Sanyogita instead.
Arjun agreed to him.
He came out of the office and ignited the engine. On the way in, an ice cream parlour snatched his attention. He smiled remembering Sanyogita's stubbornness. How much she gets offended by him when he stops keeping a distance from her favourite foods
He stopped the car in front of a famous restaurant and parked it near the side of the footpath. And climb down from his car .
He ordered all the different flavoured momos of Sanyogita.
The worker packed the dishes in the container.
He gave the money and showed gratitude in formality.
He stepped towards his black Mercedes-Benz S-Class, unlocked it, and got into it. Keeping the food in the back seat . Adjusting the seat belt he ignited the engine once again.
After 5 minutes of driving, he had to stop the car. He thought to give Sanyogita an amazing surprise. He felt itchiness to see her face filled with childhood amusement . Suddenly in the rearview mirror, a face flickering out.
Prithvi's restless smile faded away all in a flash. His forehead scrunched with a storm of queries. His heart commenced to revolt against his brain. He couldn't believe his eyes. He grabbed the mobile and dialled her number.
" Where are you ?"”
" What ?? Radhika's place.. I told you na Babbba!!! “
Prithvi heard her chuckle
" Acha!! When you reach there? ""
" 5.30 in the evening!"
" you said you reached there at 4:55 "
She didn't respond. then he listened to
" Ohh yeah .. not a big deal .. , I forgot.."
" What are you doing now??"
" I'm helping Radhika in the kitchen.. okay I'll talk to you later… "
After a moment the call was disconnected.
Prithvi saw Radhika holding up her fifteenth months baby boy Rahul in her arms closer to her chest, in the rear mirror. They were walking over the footpath.
He grasped the steering. Anger started stemming in his head .
In a blink, he made a phone call to Arjun.
" Yes Boss"
"Send me Sanyogita's location ASAP … " Prithvi sounded heated
" What ??" "Arjun was surprised
" I wantttttttt ittttttt nowwwww!!!!!!! '' Prithvi barked on the mobile.
" Okk Boss" Arjun sounded worried
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"Yeah, I'm okay.?" " Sanyogita was relieved to meet him
"I was following you. Don't worry I'll catch the man before midnight"
" You are following me, but why?" " Sanyogita Sounded more surprised than before
" I'll tell you everything but I think this area isn't good for staying longer !" " Zunaid cautioned, peeking here and there.
Sanyogita shot a sharp glance at Zunaid .
They were sitting in a coffee shop. The waiter came and kept two coffees on the table
" I couldn't understand, officer. You said you were following me but why ?" "
Zunaid rubbed his hands and hunched on the chair. He took the cup and sipped first then paused before answering
" Your sister-in-law told me to follow you!"
Sanyogita looked at him with another shocking gesture
" Officer, I couldn't get you. Please don't reply in monosyllabic sentences. Why did my sister-in-law tell you to follow me? ""
" Mrs. Malhotra, your coffee is getting cold. Drink it. It's nice to taste "
Sanyogita irked.
" Okay let me tell you step by step … have you remembered last night's conversation with your sister-in-law…Anushka?""
Sanyogita glared at Zunaid without a word. She couldn't understand what was
happening to her. Would the officer play a chor police game with her? "" She thought.
Suddenly Sanyogita's mobile started ringing. She landed from her deep thoughts. She searched in her bag, and he saw the caller's name Zunaid said with anticipation " Anushka, I knew it!" "
Sanyogita was getting more confused and suspicious at the same place.
"Just received the call "
Without much delay, she Swift the green button and spoke on the call
" Bhabhi… Zunaid will meet you. You can trust him. I was worried for you that's why I told Yusuf to follow you. Are you alright Bhavi ?? Abhi said that you beat a man who had come to threaten you. ""
A soft smile crept on Sanyogita's lips " I'm okay"
" Thank God… Bhabhi please do share whatever you said to me the previous night. You can trust Yusuf. He will definitely help you. He is an honest officer and a good person from the inside out. Bhabhi… " Anushka slowed down…
Sanyogita felt emotional this time
" Bhabhi I love Abhi..I trust him . Please don't hesitate"..
Sanyogita looked at Zunaid who finished the last sip of coffee and kept the cup back on the table. She kept oscillating her eyes over Zunaid .
" Anu disappointed me … you wooed a man and didn't give any hint about it to you Bhabhi.. It really breaks my heart. "
" Bhabhi I'm sorry I thought to tell you but I was scared of Bhaiya and how he reacted to the last meeting with Zunaid"
Sanyogita chuckled, " Your Bhaiya will not eat you . "
" No bhavi, it's a long story. I'll tell you someday. Now please tell Zunaid whatever doubt you have in your mind .. bye-bye Bhabhi and love you take care .."
Anushka sounded childish.
" Love you too ,Bye .. "
The call was disconnected.
Her eyes stretched out in fear when she saw Prithvi's name start flashing out on the screen.
.......
Sanyogita stared at the caller ID name. The call was disconnected
Sanyogita sighed in relief. She shifted her gaze back to Zunaid. Her lips parted then her mobile started vibrating.
Prithvi's name flashes out.
Sanyogita slid down the media output and pressed the silent button. She was feeling bad about what she did. But she didn't have other options either.
Prithvi was sitting in his car, getting frustrated. Agitated with passion for minutes. Umpteen questions started gathering in his mind.
" Why did you lie to me ?? "Where are you Jaan?" "" Why didn't you answer my calls? "" "
Prithvi was taking deep breaths to control the sudden arisen of his temper.
Amongst flooded with doubting his inkling poked him " Perhaps she was… .
" No… no.. no"" " Prithvi clenched and unclenched his fist.
" I trust you Jaan… you can break Prithvi's faith. But where are you???" He was naturally looking tensed
Here in the coffee restaurant,
Sanyogita glared at ACP Zunaid Yusuf Imam Mallick. She observed him.
Reading the detective gesture of Sanyogita, Zunaid's remark which sounded more like joking "
Mrs Malhotra neither I'm a smuggler nor your co-wife so you don't need to squint at me like that" he chuckled
Sanyogita averted her gaze from Zunaid to the other side. She could laugh at this joke if he had known her for so long.
Zunaid anticipated " after talking to Anushka I think your all doubts are crystal clear now ?" "
Sanyogita turned her arrow back to ACP and she didn't show any sign of acknowledgment rather she asked him
" How did you know about Anusha??
" Well, we meet at a club at night. When I visited because of one of my friend's birthday parties. Anushka was there with her college group of friends. A few boys were teasing and throwing bad comments at them. I beat them and later arrested them. That's how we meet. I thought about asking her to come out on a coffee date but she surprised me by asking me about it! " Zunaid grinned
" How long do you know each other and she didn't tell me about it ?? Sanyogita felt a pinch in her stomach
"2 years ago. Neither Anu nor I was serious about it. Gradually we realised it. She didn't tell me because of the different religions. We both belong from different communities. Also I couldn't give her that luxury with which has grown up. More than that we both belong to busy professionals. She will soon become a doctor and here I have 24 & 7 services. Nobody can give proper time. Yet we are trying our best to give
effort into this relationship. Anyway, you can hear our prem Katha in detail from Anushka. I think we should proceed on
to the main matter ." Zunaid was looking genuine, practical, and punctual in his work.
Sanyogita heard everything without losing concentration. In the end, she assured " In life, only love couldn't ever hold two people's lives long. If your two friendships are good enough to understand each other, things will settle down in their place. And talking about religion I don't think so it is that important for relationship unless you people think it is.“
Zunaid nodded his head in agreement. " Okay now please elaborate to me what inkling you have and What clue did you get last night?
Sanyogita took a deep breath before starting. " Yesterday when I returned home from the office I made a phone call to one of my friends, Sakshi whom I met in my MBA college. Her father is a retired IPS officer. So it will be easier for her to give me the CCTV footage of the road where I and my husband find Riddhima.
Indeed Sakshi agreed with me on the same day and at night she sent me that footage. In the footage it showed before our arrival, only two cars had crossed that area. The first one was at 12.32 after midnight and another one at around 1.25 in the morning.
Our car stopped around 1.48 in the morning near that spot. The road went straight for 5.7 km near that forest where we saw her there wasn't any CCTV camera, unfortunately. It would take around 9 -11 minutes in the car. And our car stopped at the location where we found Riddhima that night. I don't know who those were the culprits. But I am curious to know more. So I went through the footage of both the previous and after of this area. There I got a glimpse of all these cars. The car which reached spot 1.25 at night was shown to stop 20 km before that location. And it stayed there for 7 minutes. There is footage that caught the glimpse of two men coming out of the car and taking the front seat. Again two men come down from the and get into the passenger seat. After that, the car started. 20 mins later it was again caught in the footage. The road was one way. Okay If I ignored that it was after midnight nobody cares about one way or byway. I followed this car in the footage, it didn't take the same route, rather it had taken the path which leads to the highway.
Zunaid didn't interrupt, he was hearing everything without taking a break from his concentration. He kept his vision straight to Sanyogita who continued..
"I was curious to know more. Suddenly I got another idea to check out Riddhima's social media accounts. Because most of the case culprits are always closer to the victim or perhaps she has known them superficially. But alas! Both Instagram, as well as the Facebook account were locked . But I was more surprised to find Anushka's name in her mutual friend status. At the same time, I called her and told her Everything . Many more questions were gathering in my mind. At first, I made myself relax .., carefully I talked to her..Anu was looking Genuinely shocked after hearing Riddhima's name and why I was so much curious to know about an unknown girl..Then she told me Riddhima was her coaching institute friend.Today I met her at her college before going to Riddhima's house. Anushka helped me to show Riddhima's Facebook.
As I was scrolling down through her profile and checking out the photo section one by one I found an old 2 year back video clip. There I noticed the same car model with the same car number which I got in the CCTV footage."
Sanyogita took a deep breath. Then proceed " Today my friend give me the details of that two cars
The first one was a college professor and the second one which I found in Riddhima's profile.. belonged to Narayan Rao, owner of the five-star hotel " I thought perhaps it was Riddhima's boyfriend's car but Anushka told me that the car couldn't be her boyfriend's as he belonged to a middle-class family. And it was an SUV, Toyota Fortuner, having a starting price of 33 - 50 lakh in India. Sanyogita finished off her words.
Zunaid wondered about hearing everything from Sanyogita. He admired her dedication, and how much she put herself only to gather this piece of information. He was amazed to
see her focus, enthusiasm, and sense of humour.
" Um.. hu!" " Zunaid exhale a sigh and come forward, keeping his clasping hands on the table
" So, Mrs. Malhotra you mean that her boyfriend wasn't involved in this crime?? Narayan
Rao himself or maybe his son and his friends are. Involved in it! ""
"Only because he is Riddhima's boyfriend doesn't mean he isn't among those criminals.
Maybe he was there too in the same car that night "
Zunaid looked at Sanyogita. He didn't comment on her last remark.
Sanyogita corrected her words " I'm trying to say that perhaps he is involved. But before proper investigation, we couldn't reach any conclusions. But I'm damn sure Narayan Rao's son or his people can be involved in it. Unless he would never send his man to threaten me "
Zunaid tried to connect all the dots in his mind." Mrs. Malhotra, do you want me to start the investigation? ""
" Yes officer, if you go to that spot where I and my husband found Riddhima, perhaps you can get a clue. Already 5 days have passed, and those criminals have already removed much more evidence. Father's delay will be left us to chewed nails only"
" Mrs. Malhotra, I can understand. Being a police officer I have to deal with these sorts of sensitive cases every day. But here her mother isn't ready for the FIR.. so how could I …
Sanyogita caught him on the way and said with eagerness " Officer, her younger sister asked me to help her sister. She said to me she knew those boys. So I gave my mobile number to her . "
Zunaid shot an unbelievable glance at her.
Sanyogita elaborated on everything that happened tonight at Riddhima's house.
Zunaid couldn't help but be amazed and admired Sanyogita's aura.
Suddenly his lips stretched out in an " it's unbelievable" words escaped out from Zunaid's mouth in amazement.
" Mrs. Malhotra, Anu told me her elder brother Mr. Prithviraj Malhotra is deadly in love with his wife. Now I understand what makes him so insane for you ."
Sanyogita's eyes grew extra wide hearing a man saying her husband was mad at her.
Zunaid slows down with politeness " Aap Ka yun istarha logo ko bina kisi swarth ke bina kisi sajish ki help karne junoon jo hai woh Aaj kal bhauthi kam dekhne ko milta hai. Being an ordinary woman you beat that goon… .
Sanyogita interrupted him in the middle " Ordinary woman???? She made a shocking gesture as if she heard something serious which poked her pride.
Zunaid becomes startled by Sanyogita let out of pride " an ordinary woman oftentimes can be very very dangerous…
they can be as powerful as Superman and Batman "
Zunaid is a gap in the comments of Sanyogita. He noticed her gravity-cautioned expression changes into a beautiful grin.
Zunaid smiles back too.
" Okay, Mrs. Malhotra, I'll do it. I have to hide many more things from the department for the sake of the case to reach the mastermind. "
Sanyogita looked at Zunaid with a soft gaze. And she was glad to hear, Riddhima's culprits will get their Punishment very soon. Sanyogita turned back her mobile and clicked on her thumbprint to unlock the screen. There
were 11 missed calls from Prithvi. She felt a knot in her chest.
" Now I have to go, It's 8.15," she said shifting back her arrow from the mobile screen to ACP
" Okay, Mrs Malhotra I'll drop you.."
" Don't worry it isn't that late .. I can go "
He agreed and added with politeness " Okay, then let me get you into a cab .you take my mobile number, please call me in need not hesitate "
Sanyogita noodles her head in an affirmation " sure "
They came out of the cafeteria. She was waiting for a cab but suddenly an auto grabbed her attention. She was surprised to see the driver.
" Arrey Kaka Aap??”
"Sanyo, beta??" The man stopped the vehicle and gave an astonishing smile.
" What are you doing here ?? And how are you??"
" I'm fine. I came here to drop passengers "
Sanyogita didn't need to worry, as the driver is known to her.
Zunaid was relieved. He didn't interrupt her. But later something forced him nowhere and she decided to follow her on his bike for her safety.
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Sanyogita climbed the auto. They talked about many more things. She checked her mobile.
It was 8:35, she had to be at Radhika's place earlier before the arrival of Prithvi unless he would have doubted her if he reached there before she did.
In the middle rain had started from nowhere. Sanyogita was surprised to see rain in winter. Perhaps this change in weather is because of global warming. Nature has changed a lot, she thought.
Sanyogita peeked through the window and suggested to Zunaid to take shelter somewhere unless he falls into a fever. Zunaid didn't deny it.
He agreed. But he told her to call him urgently.
15 minutes later they came across a road where there was thick traffic. She heard there was a bike accident with a bus. Local people broke the glasses and damaged the seats of the bus. The driver had run away.
She checked through the mobile screen repeatedly. She was already late. She was far.away from the main city.
She asked the driver to take another route. The driver said there was a lonely area that went straight in through the forest side. But that wasn't safe at all, especially at night.
Sanyogita didn't listen; she requested the driver to take her through that route. She had to.reach Radhika's place before 9.30.
Sanyogita checked on her mobile screen which was showing 8.55.
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Prithvi on the other side asked Arjun to share with him the live location of Sanyogita at 8:05 in the night in the Last calling . He traced it into his laptop screen.
He was confused, seeing her mobile location continually fluctuating. Her first location showed she was out of the main city till 8.18 at night.
Rainwater was thrusting against the window glass of his Mercedes.
He looked at his screen where it was showing her location was going towards the forest side. His heart was pumping faster. He couldn't understand why her mobile location showed that side.
Did she lose her mobile???
Again he thought how could that be possible after snatching accessories the thief would obviously switch off the mobile .
The mobile screen clock was showing, it was 8:45 . She was still 11 km away from his exact location.
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