Tuesday, 22 October 2013

3 Laashon Ka Raz

3 Laashon Ka Raaz




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 ****




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