-Chapter 3-
Place: CBI head office, Mumbai
Time: 11:00 hrs
Arushi was called by dhruv; she had to wrap up all her commitments and rush to his office. She reached his cabin, where both had their heads dug in some files. Those files had records of all major-minor theft occurred across the country during last 5 months.
Arushi: "hello, what's going on? You guys had off today right? "
Hari: "off! Ahh what's off? I don't even remember when was the last time I spent Sunday as a proper weekend holiday! And yeh toh hum mid week main off mila cancel toh hona hi tha.
Dhruv: "hari!! Don't start crying now please. Arushi get in, we need to talk some thing really important."
Arushi sat on the chair, hari and Dhruv kept their work aside.
Arushi: "yeah tell me"
Hari: " listen Arushi it's about anshuman, don't panic after we tell you this; see we need your help. I completely understand your problem but see..."
Hari was scaring Arushi even more. Dhruv got pissed with Hari.
Dhruv: "Hari (loudly) chuck it, (Arushi looking at Dhruv with same scared expression) Arushi we met Anshuman today and now we need your help"
Arushi was silent for a while. After staring at floor for 5 secs she said "yeah then, tell me how, can I help?"
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Place: central jail
Time: 11:00 hrs
A visitor came over and said "mujhe Anshuman, I mean qaidi number 142 se milna hai"
"Kaun ho tum, court ka order hai kya and yeh visiting time nahi hai" said the officer on duty.
"Main uska bhai hoon and mujhe usse abhi milna hai" said that boy.
Officer gave that boy a look; he was a teenage looking boy. He was like any other college going boy dressed in black t-shirt and blue jeans with . He had specs.
"Ek minute, tu hai kaun re? Pehele toh kabhi nahi dekha tujhe?" enquired the officer.
"Din main itne log aate hoge sabko yaad rakhte ho kya?"
"Tu jyaada zabaan mat chala, chal bhag yaha se"
"Oye dekho main apne bhai se Milne aaya hoon"
"Pehele kabhi yaad nahi aayi apni bhai ki tujhe?"
"Kya matlab hai, main aaya hoon iss se pehle"
"Oye kya chuna lagata hai tu kabhi nahi aaya"
"Main apne bhai se kyun Milne nahi aaoonga? Shayad aapko yaad nahi ke Anshuman bhai se kaun kaun Milne aata hai"
"Oye main yaha 22 saal se kam kar raha hoon..."
"Toh aapke retirement ke din aa Gaye"
"Abe teri toh..."
"Haath mat lagana mujhe! Pata hai ke agar koi on duty officer innocent admi ke haath nahi utha sakta and uthaya toh uss pe karawai hoti hai"
"Tera naam kya hai re?"
"Woh important nahi hai, main apne bhai se milna chahta hoon and main pehele bhi aa chukka hoon mujhe unn se abhi milna hai"
"Tu sirf visiting hours main mil sakta hai, aur haan tu Anshuman se kabhi Milne nahi aaya usse Milne sirf k ladki aati thi Jo pichale do mahino se aana band hogayi hai, waise gayab hone se pehele lagbhag 3 weeks se who pareshaan lagti thi, usske pass week main dou dou baar milne ke court orders thay. Dekh sab pata hai mujhe ab tu cut le"
"Aapko itna yaakeen kaise?"
"Oye humare yaha records hote hai samjha"
"Haan aadhe phati purani files main"
"Oye hum koi pichade huye police waale nahi hai, computer ke software main sab stored hota hai, (pointing towards the computer kept at desk) yeh isshi computer main sab stored hai and dekh waaha CCTV ki footage bhi hoti hai, monitor room main Jo wohaan hai. Ab tu jaa"
"Dekho, tumhare records and stupid footage se mujhe koi vasta nahi. I want to meet him bas aur jab tak visiting hours nahi shru hota, main yehi bethuga, ek toh Mumbai main naya hoon koi thikana nahi mera and bhai ko miley bina mahi jaavuga main"
He sat on the wooden sitting, placed outside the office, beside the wall which had monitor room on the other side.
"Haan haan, baithe raho, waise bhi 5 baje hota hai visiting period" officer screamed form inside and he ordered two constables to stand besides the boy.
He removed his cubic puzzle and started playing with it. He solved it within no time.
"Aae police uncle zara yeh cube puzzle karke do" he asked one of the constables. Constable agreed after buying some pleases from him. He again solved within no time. Both constables were amazed as they never held such thing in their hand and the boy was solving it within a blink of eyes. He repeatedly gave them the puzzle and they tried hard to make it difficult but he was solving it all.
"Aree yaar boring hai yeh bhi, aapke pass news paper hai?" he asked those constables. One of them brought a newspaper for him. He started solving the puzzles. He got stuck over some puzzle so asked them again for help, they were really amazed by his fast solving capacity. Within no time, he got those officers involved in those freaky puzzles, those constables had never in their life tried to solve a puzzle were now using their brains and solving them. He got friendly with them by serving them with food he had and having discussions with them.
"hey mujhe washroom jana hai, kaha hoga"
"ek kam kar, tu andar ja seedha jake left maar, waaha se right humare liye jo restroom hai wohi use kar and wohaan mera tiffin hai who bhi leke aa"
" Are u sure? Agar main ne kuch churaya toh?"
" Yaha har jagah cctv hai aur monitor room se sab monitor hota hai, tu kuch nahi kar payega"
"ohh smart!!"
He returned after 20 minutes and those two officers were soo busy with eatables and puzzles that they dint even realize it.
"hi, sorry who "
" Aree tum jaldi aa gaye and andar sab duty par hai na?"
"Haan sab aagae. Woh monitor room waale uncle, thoda tiffin khaney aur andar ke premises main kuch gabad huyi thi woh dekhne gaye thay, fir entry pe baithe huye uncle ko unki wife milne aayi thi, but ab sab aa gaye"
"aacha, theek hai "
His phone started ringing, the ringtone was loud enough to disturb whole of the jail quarters.
"haan hello kaun hai" he answered the phone.
"kya yeh kaise hua, maa theek toh hai na? main abhi aata hoon" he replied the phone, his voice visibly stressed.
He looked at constables "mujhe jaana hoga", both constables nodded as mom was serious topic for them as well.
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At, CBI head office Mumbai, arushi was standing near window, she stood relaxing her back over window frame hari was stand with on ooposite of same window and dhruv was sitting on the table.
Dhruv and Hari narrated the whole tale of their appointment with Anshuman to arushi.
Arushi: "so basically Anshuman wants to get out of that jail and help Riya, who according to him is stuck with some larceny criminals?"
Dhruv: "yes, but the confusion is who are those criminals and when the hell did they rob those antiques worth 7.8 million dollars "
Hari: " we dint get any clue about those numbers and murders, well if we believe his words and expression"
Arushi: (interrupting) "which one can never do! "
Hari: " right, but if we do, then he isn't really aware about any possible attack on him and everything over the premises seemed sound "
Dhruv: " we had a walk around whole area and tried to question every one indirectly before we met anshuman, nothing suspicious "
Arushi: "yeah everything is fine there, Anshuman does have some injury but that is all because of his own deeds"
Hari: " ya right.."
Dhruv: "but tumhe kaise pata ?? " (suspiciously staring at arushi)
Hari: " exactly?? "
Arushi: " woh Dr.Chetan ki absence mein mujhe hi unke kam karne padte hai , toh kal gayi thi main jail. He was drunk, I am actually grateful to God to spare this guy's brain, for not indulging in drugs, snuffing habits, or else I would have to visit rehab center of prisoners to treat him"
Hari and Dhruv really got shocked, their heart skipped a beat to here such a thing. For Arushi, it was nothing great to discuss or even talk about such things, her job at rehab center made her immune to such things.
Dhruv: " are you serious? "
Arushi: " what? (noticing their expressions) I said he would have indulged and turned into an addict, he isn't any kind of addict yet, rather he doesn't even touch drugs as of now, but he has bad drinking and smoking habits. I had examined him yesterday and even have his reports in my bag, chill guys, why are you soo petrified? "
Dhruv: " but what's wrong with this guy? What exactly so painful in his past? "
Hari: " something very painful, something injured his heart very deeply ? "
After thinking for 3 seconds over this topic, both of them stared at Arushi, before Arushi could notice this, they stared looking else were pretending that they were still thinking on this issue. Somewhere deep within their mind they both were guilty, they knew that all the chaos in Anshuman's and Arushi's life was outcome of their actions, though nothing was intentional. The thing which bothered Hari and Dhruv the most was that Anshuman didn't establish a relation of rivalry with either of them, rather he had made their relation a professional one where Anshuman at least claimed to understand that it was all part of their duty but he was cold and still is cold to Arushi. Why didn't he forgive her? Even this was a part of her job, why did he fail to understand this? Or he did understand ?or there a very different reason behind this?
Arushi: "when I.. (giving a break Dhruv and Hari's thought process) was on the mission of tracing the un- traceable , even then he was very freaky kind of guy. He used to wake up during mid night screaming and shivering. He used to even have medications for depression, but very occasionally. I wonder what is hidden behind his face?"
Arushi was still thinking. Dhruv and Hari were relieved to hear this, they earned little calm for a moment as Arushi wasn't the reason behind the present situation, so indirectly even they were not aware of the reason for his post trauma depression.
Arushi: " hey don't you guys think we left our main topic in between?" (trying to regain her mind from Anshuman to case)
Hari: " ya so where were we? "
Arushi did remind everyone that they need to get out of their Anshuman's past discussion but she herself was still lost in his thoughts, it was difficult for her extract herself from his thoughts. She confidently said that she never loved him nor did she hate him, but still he was always there in deepest corner of her heart, why did he exist there? It was something that she never dared to answer even to her own conscience.
Dhruv: " that we didn't find anything suspicious around that jail campus , right Arushi, hello Arushi? "
Arushi: " ya..? (trying to bring herself back to senses) ya nothing suspicious, hey do you think anything was wrong with Anshuman's child hood ?( again sliding back to anshuman)
Dhruv: " I dont know (he finally got the address of the place where Arushi is stuck, place was Anshuman) may be yes, or may be no. well we were taking about the case! (reminding her)
Arushi: " right!, haan soo Anshuman wishes to be freed as Riya is stuck in some problem, but how can we trust him? "
Hari: " that's very big question "
Arushi: "but what about Riya, what if she really needs help? And what about 7.8 miilon dollar antiques ? "
Dhruv: " we were going through all these files to find out about any such robbery, but with no success .,
Arushi: "why didn't you guys straight away interrogated all officers and Anshuman? "
Hari: " we can't, because if he really has a threat to his life then such acts by us can risk his life more, criminals will be warned about the fact that we are aware about his intentions and he can come up with any plan to accomplish his task, this can risk Anshuman's life and we loose that criminal yet again "
Dhruv: "hum nahi jaante kaun involved kaun kya kar sakta hai, we cant give criminals any such chance.
Hari: " sir yeh ek set up ho sakta hai . May be criminal want us to get Anshuman out of the prison, that will make their way free to accomplish his task.
Dhruv: " it would mean involvement of Riya with them, quite possible or else aisa bhi ho sakta hai that may be Anshuman isn't in danger zone, may be its someone else or may be its something else, or the things are not the way we look at them"
Arushi: " we aren't sure that those numbers just mean Anshuman's birthdate, kuch aur bhi meaning ho sakta hai "
Dhruv: "I don't know why, but I strongly feel that those 7.8 million dollars waale antiques have something to with this case and even those numbers are related to anshuman
(Most of the time in investigation cops have nothing to move ahead wth, during such situatins they follow their intuitions with an expectation that they will get some break through.)
Arushi: "as Hari said, may this all is a set up"
Dhruv: " itna khokla set up? Koi Anshuman ko ullu banata hai aur Anshuman ko pata nahi lagta? Infact Anshuman ko pata lag hi jata yeh cheez uss setup waale ko pata nahi chalti? It is a set up but the purpose is very different, we don't know that purpose.
Arushi: " we don't know about those numbers very surely, we don't know about motive of crime, we don't know about this Riya chick,we aren't even sure of existence a that theft. So we are left with only one option''.
Dhruv: " and that is to free Anshuman, to trust him once "
Hari: " we will tell CBI that he is working as a "yet another" CI, well Arjun is trying to gather as much information as he can, he just messaged me "
Arushi: but this would increase chance of attacks on him na?
Hari: don't worry, we all are there right? And if the murderer really intends to kill anshuman then he will come out and try and attack him, we can get closer to him through anshuman.
Dhruv: "soo all decided, we will free Anshuman and start with this case all over again, Hari you will explain him the whole case, rather you brief the case to all of us, all over again, will that be fine??
Hari: " right sir! "
Dhruv looked at Arushi, who seemed quite stressed. She was under great pressure as she has to face Anshuman all over again , rather from now onwards she will have to face him daily, now they have to work the way she works with Dhruv, Hari and Arjun. She was breathing heavily, trying to absorb this truth. At this point, where nothing has actually started, she still was quite scared,
Dhruv: "Arushi you okay??"
Arushi: (nervousness was clear on her face and her voice shuddered) " yeah " (She closed her eyes, mustered up all her strength and confidence "I wont fall weak, its my job " she decided to herself. Then she opend her eyes, they were wet, but an unusal mixture of confidence and fear was shinning in them) " YEAH, I am ready "(she said again in same volume but with a little confidence) " I am ready " (reassuring herself)
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