Chapter 22

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                         Chapter 22

             Dr. Avinash came out of the operation theatre after operating ACP sir... Worried team approached him with their questions...

Salunkhe - Prayduman kaisa hai ab? Operation successful tha na?

Avinash - Ji haa sir operation successful tha aur ACP sir ab out of danger hai... Unko 3 ghanto mai hosh bhi aa jayega...

Freedy - Thank you doctor... Waise hume appse kuch aur sawal bhi puchne hai!

Avinash - Janta hu sir... Appke sare sawalo ke jawab mai appko dunga... Bas ek baar ACP sir ko hosh aa jane dijiye...

Freedy - Hmm... Lekin tab tak app par humari nazar rahegi... Hospital se bahar nikalne ki koshish bhi mat kijiyega!

Avinash - Ji sir... Mai yahi hu aur kahi nahi jaa raha! Mai apne patients ko dekh leta hu tab tak app appki duty kar lijiye.__________________________________________

*After 3 hours*

       ACP sir gained consciousness and after doctor Avinash checked him... Team went inside to meet him when he was in complete consciousness... He was sitting in a half lying posture when team entered inside...

Salunkhe - Aur Prayduman! Hum sab ko dara ke aaram se lete hue ho... Yeh toh galat hai yaar!!!

ACP - Kyu darta hai Salunkhe... Abhi toh mere din shuru hue hai... Itne jaldi tujhe chod ke nahi jaa raha mai

Salunkhe - Haa haa pata hai... Meri jaan khane mai maza jo aata hai tumhe!

Purvi - Sir ab kaise hai app?

ACP - Bilkul fit and fine! (Looking at freedy who was silently standing in a corner) Kya hua freedy? Udhar kyu khade ho? Idhar aao na!

              Hearing him Freedy walked to him but still didn't utter a word... Seeing this they all got confused...

Pankaj - Kya baat hai sir? App kuch pareshan lag rahe hai!

Freedy - Nahi kuch bhi toh nahi!

ACP - Freedy tumahare chehre se yeh toh saaf nazar aa raha hai ki 'kuch nahi' toh bilkul nahi hua! Batao kya baat hai?

Freedy - Hua hai na sir... Itna kuch toh ho gaya appke saath... Woh bhi meri wajh se! (In a teary voice) Wahi tha, phir bhi appko nahi bacha paya...

ACP - Freedy isme tumahari koi galti thi hi nahi! Situation aisi thi ki na tum kuch kar sakte the na mai... Aur bahar bhi toh tum logo ne hi nikala hai na mujhe!

Freedy - Lekin sir mai apne app ko iss hatse ke liye kabhi maaf nahi kar pauga! (After a while) aur waise bhi sir appko waha se nikalne mai un dono ka bohot bada haat hai!

Purvi - Haa... Woh dono... Kya naam tha unka? Unhone kitni help ki humari... Abhi tak thanks bhi nahi kaha humne unhe!

Tarika - Prakash aur Anand!!!

Pankaj - Haa sir un logo ne bohot help ki humari

Salunkhe - Lekin gaye kaha woh dono?

Freedy - Pata nahi sir... Pehle toh to yahi the... Lekin jab se sir ka operation shuru hua tha tab se nahi dikhe!

ACP - Chalo koi nahi... Rehne do... Koi kaam aa gaya hoga isliye chale gaye honge!

Freedy - Hmm...

Salunkhe - Lekin boss tumhe ek bata na toh reh hi gayi!!!

ACP - Kya?

Salunkhe - Dr. Avinash mil gaye hai... Infact unhone ne hi tumahara operation kiya hai!

ACP - Toh itni der se yeh baat batai kyu nahi mujhe!!! (Glaring at them all) Jaldi bulao unhe yaha! Bohot kuch puchna hai unse!

Pankaj - Mai abhi lekar aata hu sir unhe yaha par!

             In sometime Pankaj came back with Dr. Avinash while ACP sir told him to sit on the chair present beside his bed... He silently sat there and the hospital room was now looking like a interrogation room of CID beauro! Dr. Avinash being a bit nervous but not at all looking scared...

ACP - Toh Dr. Avinash... Bohot dino baad mulakat hui appse... Waise thank you for saving my life... Pata nahi baad mai mauka mile yaa na mile app ko thanks bolne ka!

Avinash - Thanks ki koi zarurat nahi hai sir... Maine bas apna farz nibhaya hai (he said meaningfully)

ACP - Ok then... Ab mai apna farz nibahata hu... Ton batayiye phir... Ki kya rahe the app uss din forest road pe jab Abhijeet ka so called accident hua tha?

Avinash - Mai ek party se ghar laut raha tha sir... Aane mai late hogaya tha!

Freedy - Aur appne kya dekha waha par?

Avinash - Maine dekha ki Abhijeet sir ki gadi kafi speed se aa rahi thi... Phir kuch der baad unhone gadi reverse li aur ek ped se thok li... Kuch seconds baad kuch aur gadiya aur haa ek truck bhi waha aaya... Unn gadiyo mai se kuch log niche utre... Check kiya ki Abhijeet sir zinda hai ki nahi aur chale gaye...

ACP - Hmm... Aur iske baad appne kya kiya?

Avinash - Wahi jo kisi bhi insan ko karna chahiye! Mai Abhijeet sir ko apni gadi mai apne ghar le gaya... Uss din hospitals ki strike thi toh mai unhe hospital nahi leja saka aur maine unhe ghar par hi treat kiya!

ACP - Do mahine! Do mahine Avinash Daya hospital mai admit tha! Hum sab roz yaha par aate the... Appne ek baar bhi hume yeh sab batana zaruri nahi samjha?

Avinash - Sir mujhe Abhijeet ne mana kiya tha!

ACP - (in anger) Abhijeet!!! Akhir kar kyu raha woh yeh sab!!! (To Avinash) Daya ko goli kyu mari usne?

Avinash - What??!! Sir Abhijeet kyu Daya ko goli marega?

ACP - Yehi baat mai appse puch raha hu!

Avinash - Nahi sir... Mujhe iss bare mai kuch nahi pata! Aur toh aur pata hota toh bhi mai iss baat par vishwas nahi karta ki Abhijeet Daya ko goli maar sakta hai!

ACP - Lekin yehi sach hai!

Avinash - Ji nahi sir... Aisa ho hi nahi sakta... Mujhe unn dono se mile hue sirf kuch hi mahine hue hai sir lekin mai unhe itna toh pehchan hi chuka hu... Ek dusre mai jaan basti un dono ki... This is just not possible!

Pankaj - Sir ho sakta hai na ki Dr. Avinash sahi keh rahe ho! (With hopeful eyes)

ACP - Sachayi kitni hi kaufnak kyu na ho usse accept na karne se woh jhoot nahi ban jati!

Avinash - Sahi kaha sir appne... Lekin ek sach mujhe bhi pata hai jo appko nahi pata!

ACP - Aisa tog bohot kuch hai Avinash jo appko pata hai aur mujhe nahi pata... Batayiye!!!

Avinash - Sir uss din...

                           *Flaskback*              After firing on Daya, Abhijeet was completely broken... But having no other option he sat in the car with the goons and left for their hideout... He was sitting on the back seat of SUV and was looking out of the window... The world around him seemed to rotate... He was lost in his own world and forgot everything else that was going around him... The cheers of those goons who were celebrating death of Sr. Insp Daya... Who were planning how to party tonight to celebrate this victory of theirs... Who were talking all sorts of bad things about his brother and were abusing him like anything... But Abhijeet didn't seem to register anything and all that he could think about was Daya... His brother who would be lying unconscious only a few kilometers away from him... In the hot weather under the open sky... On the ground full of stones and thorns... With a bleeding body and painful soul...