Shriramnagar Episode 4

#Nameofstory: #Shriramnagar

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#Episode4

#Author: #RhituparnaChakraborty

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Everyone rushed to Priyamvada’s room. Seeing the room everyone froze. There was a pool of blood on the floor of the room. Priyamvada was nowhere. Everyone gasped. Mushtaque tried to understand what was going on. Priyanjali stared with wide eyes. Nirmala gasped. Jagat Mohan stared at the room. Trembling with fear Nirmala said, ‘I knew it. I knew something was wrong. She is back. She took my husband away. Now she took our Priyambada.’ Saying that Nirmala sat down on the floor shivering. Priyanjali stood there like a statue. Jagat Mohan said at the top of his voice, ‘WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING? FIND PRIYAMVADA.’ Jayawati came near Jagat Mohan and said, ‘You know what is happening. At this point, we can only do what we should do.’ Mushtaque looked at Priyanjali and said, ‘This is a police case. We must inform the police.’ Priyanjali, still in shock, looked at Mushtaque palely and said, ‘No, this is not a police case. I request you to please go away from here now. My brothers will not spare you. Now they are busy and hence they are allowing your presence.’ Joining her hands, Priyanjali said, ‘Please go away from here.’

Mushtaque knew that he could take action only if he stepped out of this place. He quietly left the place and went straight to the police station. The Police station was almost empty. There was one officer sitting comfortably and listening to music. Mushtaque went to him and said, ‘There is a huge chaos in Jagat Nivaas. Their daughter Priyamvada is missing and there is a pool of blood in the room. I was there some time ago. You should go there with your team.’ The police officer looked at Mushtaque with a haughty rude air and said, ‘Wait wait. Why are you in such a hurry and who are you? If there is an incident at Jagat Nivaas, someone from that family will inform us. Who are you?’ Mushtaque tried to keep his cool. Abhay and Sofia were not there. He stepped out and called up Parvati. Once Parvati heard what Mushtaque had to say, Parvati said, ‘Take your call. You can disclose your identity to this officer and send his details to me.’ Mushtaque hung up and went straight to the police officer and said, ‘Come with me. I will call the rest of my team.’ The police officer smirked and said, ‘Whoa….. I will follow your orders now? I will put you behind the bars right now. You will teach me what to do?’ Mushtaque took out his id card first and then pulled out his gun from the holster. He flashed the ID card in front of the police officer and said, ‘ACP Mushtaque Khan, crime branch. You know me now. However, no one here should know my identity. Come with me right away.’ The police officer stood up from his chair and said, ‘ S…s…sorry sir.’ Mushtaque said sternly, ‘Wear your cap properly.’ The police officer wore his cap and clumsily followed Mushtaque. Abhay and Sofia arrived in no time. Abhay drove the car. Mushtaque sat in the front passenger seat. Sofia sat in the rear seat beside the police inspector. The name of the inspector was Madhur Sharma. Without looking back Mushtaque said, ‘ Inspector Sharma, at Jagat Nivaas no one should know that I am a cop. Abhay will lead the team. You will adhere to what Abhay says. However, the people over there should feel that it’s you who is leading the team and not Abhay. Am I clear?’ Madhur said, ‘Y….y…yes sir. But Sir, Jagat Mohan is a powerful man. How can I go against him. Y…you guys will leave this village soon. How am I supposed to handle all of them right from Jagat Mohan to Suryaveer, Chandraveer and not to mention their body guards.’ Mushtaque looked back and said, ‘You call yourself a cop?’ Madhur Sharma kept quiet. Mushtaque then asked Sofia, ‘Did you get the search warrant?’ Sofia said, ‘Yes.’

They reached Jagat Nivaas. Mushtaque instructed Abhay, Sofia and Madhur Sharma about the steps that should be followed for the investigation. Abhay nodded. Madhur Sharma went ahead. Abhay and Sofia followed him. Seeing Madhur Sharma, Jagat Mohan was surprised. He asked curtly, ‘Why are you here?’ Madhur Sharma hesitated a bit and said, ‘I g…got information that something happened here.’ Suryaveer charged ahead and said insolently, ‘Nothing happened here. Go away.’ Mushtaque stepped ahead and looked at Suryaveer with rigid eyes and said, ‘I informed the police. Let them go inside and check.’ Suryaveer was about to hit Mushtaque when Madhur Sharma stopped him and said, ‘Sir, let us go inside and check. We assure you no one in the village will know about it.’ Sofia then came up and said, ‘We have a search warrant.’ Jagat Mohan looked at Suryaveer and said, ‘Ask Chandraveer to take them inside.’ Suryaveer and Jagat Mohan looked at Mushtaque with hatred. Suryaveer came near Mushtaque and whispered in his ears, ‘Start counting your days teacher.’ Mushtaque smiled at him and said, ‘We will see about it.’

Abhay, Sofia, Madhur Sharma and Mushtaque followed Chandraveer . Priyamvada’s room was closed. Chandraveer opened the door. There was no blood on the floor. Mushtaque looked at the floor surprised and told Chandraveer, ‘Who cleaned the pool of blood?’. Chandraveer looked at Mushtaque and said bitterly, ‘Blood? There was no blood.’ Mushtaque looked at Sofia. Sofia knew what she had to do. All the officers were wearing gloves. Sofia walked around the room looking for clue.

Suryaveer, Chandraveer and Jagat Mohan kept on looking at Mushtaque with wrath of vengeance in their eyes. Mushtaque was least bothered. Fixing his glasses like a nerd, he kept on looking at the police proceedings. Satyawati sat in one corner like a statue. Nirmala was still in fear. Mushtaque went near Satyawati and said, ‘We will find your daughter.’ Satyawati said nothing. Priyanjali came near Mushtaque and said softly, ‘You did not do the right thing by informing the police.’ Mushtaque looked back at Priyanjali in sheer surprise and said, ‘Your sister is missing! There was a pool of blood! And you don’t want the police to know?’ Priyanjali said nonchalantly, ‘The police can’t do anything. No one can do anything here. She is gone for good. This had to happen.’ Mushtaque asked with a note of surprise, ‘I don’t understand.’ Priyanjali said looking at a blank spot, ‘My brothers and father will be after your life now. They will leave no stone unturned to hurt you or maybe even kill you. Why did you even get into this mess?’ Mushtaque said sternly, ‘Being a responsible citizen, I had to do this.’ Priyanjali looked at Mushtaque. She had never heard anyone standing up for the right things. In this village, no one had the courage to go against her father. This guy ‘Mohan Awasthi’ was an entirely different person. With oiled hair, thick glasses, simple attire, he had the valor of a lion. Priyanjali could not take her eyes of ‘Mohan Awasthi’ aka Mushtaque. Abhay, Sofia and Madhur Sharma came out of the room. Madhur Sharma wanted to flee from this place. But, in between Parvati had called him and asked him to do something. This was hard but for the sake of his job he had to do it. He went to Jagat Mohan and said, ‘Sir, this…..this is a serious issue.’ Jagat Mohan’s eyes went cold. Madhur Sharma never had the guts to talk like this. Madhur Sharma said, ‘My colleague Mr. Abhay will have to stay here tonight. It’s for the safety of the family.’ Jagat Mohan’s eyes widened. Suryaveer, Chandraveer, Manohar Singh, Jayawati, they all looked at each other with utter shock in their eyes. Jagat Mohan said, ‘No, this is not possible. We cannot let a stranger stay in this house.’ Abhay then looked at Jagat Mohan and said in a tone which meant no further discussion, ‘Sofia will also stay back and since Mr. Mohan Awasthi had informed us, we are somewhat worried about his safety. So, he will also stay back with us tonight.’ Mushtaque smiled to himself. Abhay was good at obeying orders and perfect in implementing them. The entire household of Jagat Nivaas went quiet. Madhur Sharma had to abide by what his seniors ‘Parvati Maám’ and ‘Mushtaque Sir’ had said.

Mushtaque and Abhay were given a room in the corner of the mansion while Sofia stayed in Priyanjali’s room. Mushtaque and Abhay had no intention to get any sleep. All they wanted was to know what was happening and who is behind all these.

It was 3:00 a.m. There was a blood curdling shriek. The entire household woke up. Everyone ran upstairs. Mushtaque and Abhay followed them. The scream was that of a girl. Jayawati was aghast. Everyone in Jagat Nivaas stood in front of a locked room. Nirmala said, her voice quivering, ‘I had told you all. She is back.’ Satyawati held Nirmala’s hand as if gesturing her to keep quiet. Jagat Mohan and his family did not want the outsiders to know what was happening. Jayawati looked at Nirmala and said, ‘Open the door.’ With trembling hands Nirmala opened the door. It was Jayawati’s daughter Nandini’s room. The moment the door opened, everyone froze. Nandini sat there with disheveled hair, blood shot red eyes . She sat in one corner laughing hysterically. She then yelled in a hoarse voice, ‘I will kill all of you.’ Mushtaque, Abhay and Sofia stared at the girl. Mushtaque looked at Priyanjali with questions in his eyes. Priyanjali said with fear and pain, ‘Nirmala Chachi is right. She is back. Nandini is possessed.’……………….