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Jaydev glanced at the gun in Aryan's hand and stepped inside followed by Shruti.
" I think I don't need to tell you anything," he said.
" You obviously don't have to. I have to talk to them in my own language-"
" How?"
Jaydev interrupted him and he took a step closer while glaring deep into his eyes,
" by putting this fucking bullet in their skull!"
Jaydev sighed and took the gun from him.
"Do all this later, first listen to me."
" No, you listen to me. Do you know who's the wife of Karan Khanna?"
Jaydev frowned, " he has a wife."
Aryan chuckled sarcastically, " very beautiful. We know her as well?"
" Is it Jivika?"
Shruti asked and Aryan parted his mouth to correct her but just then Jaydev's phone rang. He picked up the call of officer Adnan Khan.
" Yes, Khan?"
" Sir, commissioner sir is attacked!"
Jaydev's eyes widened and three of them frowned seeing sudden change in his behaviour.
" Where is he?"
He started leaving the room and did not even look behind when Shruti tried stopping him. He seemed in a hurry.
" Bhai-"
Shruti sighed heavily when Aryan too ran outside the room.
" Di?"
Shruti looked at Pakhi.
" Who is his wife, by the way?"
Shruti asked, waiting for Pakhi to disclose the truth.
Aryan sat on the passenger seat of Jaydev's car and he began driving.
" Why are you coming with me?"
" Why cannot I?"
" Your gun?" Jaydev asked.
" In my room," Aryan said and Jaydev nodded.
" What about your sir's attack?"
Jaydev sighed, " nothing is known about the attacker. I just found out that someone tried to kill Sir by sneaking into the house. He has been called for investigation and Sir is serious now.
Aryan nodded and none of them talked until they reached the place. The media is standing outside the Commissioner's house and a team of police force is deployed which is not allowing anyone to go inside. Still, they are covering it all in his live broadcast.
When Jaydev arrived, reporters surrounded him.
Sir, what do you think about this attack?"
Was it planned?
Sir talked last time with you. Did he say anything? Did he sound worried?
Will sir be safe?"
Dodging all the questions, Jaydev made his way inside the house with Aryan and officers saluted him. Adnan came and Aryan roamed his eyes around before landing it on Shefali. She is taking statements from the commissioner's servants.
" This way, sir."
Adnan said and Jay- Aryan followed him. Shefali's eyes met them and she felt a strong chill running down her spine. If Jaydev's eyes were cold, Aryan's was blank and heated.
Adnan brought them to the living room. An officer came and showed him a dagger in a wrapper.
" This dagger was found with blood."
" Send this to the forensic lab."
Officer nodded and went away from there.
" Are there any CCTV cameras?"
Aryan asked while roaming his eyes around.
" Yes, there is. Our officer is checking them."
Adnan said and took them to the cctv room in which the officer was checking the footage.
" Anything suspicious?"
Jaydev asked and Aryan narrowed his eyes, staring at the computer screen attentively. The officer sighed,
" Found nothing. The footage of the CCTV after 9 pm has been deleted. The next footage is at 9:31." the officer told them.
" I talked to him..," Jaydev took out his mobile from pocket and checked the call history before adding into his sentence, " at 8:48."
" Meaning, this incident happened after talking to you," Adnan said.
Jaydev looked at him and asked, " who told you about the attack first?"
" The cook," Adnan replied.
" Did you take her statement?"
" Yes, she told us that sir sent everyone to their rooms earlier than usual and when she heard his screaming, she came out of her room and found him unconscious. She called us."
" Which officer picked up the call?"
Jaydev asked and Adnan frowned but instead of him, the other officer replied,
" Shefali."
" Wait-"
Aryan spoke and everyone looked at him.
" Rewind 2 minutes from here."
The officer nodded and rewinded the footage.
" What did you find?"
Jaydev asked, staring at the screen.
" Stop!"
Aryan ordered and the officer stopped the video.
" Look at two glasses of wine on the table."
" What about that?"
" What else? This means that some other person had come here, about whom Sir knew."
" But, the servants didn't tell us," Adnan said.
" Did you ask the guards?"
Jaydev asked and just then Shefali came.
" We did."
Everybody looked at her. She stepped inside and glanced at the footage before replying,
" They gave the same answers as servants. Means, no one came."
" I believe they are lying."
" But-"
Aryan interrupted her and looked at Jaydev, " take their statements again."
Shefali clicked her tongue and Jaydev hummed. All the officers along with Aryan followed him outside.
Servants, guards and drivers were brought in the living room with whom Jaydev chose to speak. Aryan, meanwhile, was exploring the furniture of the commissioner's house.
" We have worked with sir for the past many years, sir. Believe us, nobody came from the main gate," a guard said.
Jaydev looked at the househelps as they gave their statements one by one.
" Sir usually eats at 9 but he sent us home at 7 today. All we know is that he was tired and needed some rest."
" I cook for him and stay in his house only but like she said, he sent me to my room and told me that he'll have dinner by himself-"
She flinched when a sound of something breaking entered her ear along with everyone. Aryan grabbed the attention of everyone and Jaydev frowned because his friend just broke a glass intentionally.
" The sound is quite loud, isn't it?"
He tucked his hands inside his pants pocket. Everyone got confused.
" Where's your room by the way?"
The cook pointed at the room nearby. Aryan nodded and sent an officer to the room then went to the kitchen and came back with one more glass.
Jaydev startled when he broke the glass again.
" Come out!"
Aryan told the officer who came out hurriedly.
" Was the sound audible?"
" Yes, sir."
" What are you doing, Aryan?"
Jaydev asked with a bit of an irritated voice.
" In the footage, The glass had fallen at this very place in the evening. So I was just wondering how Cook did not hear the sound? She must have been either in a deep sleep or using her mobile phone."
The cook shook her head hurriedly, " I swear sir, I heard nothing. I.. was asleep and went..got up when sir screamed."
Jaydev glanced at the each servant and guard one by one,
" I have come face to face with lakhs of thieves and criminals. Eyes can tell the truth or lie and you people don't even seem like such experienced players in telling lies."
Aryan smirked.
" The glass was broken. Two glasses were on the table which meant commissioner sir was expecting a guest and none of you knew about this?"
Jaydev continued and when none of them opened their mouths, his suspension and frustration grew.
" Sir," the youngest servant among them came forward.
" I...heard sir talking very angrily to someone in a call in the evening. He was repeatedly telling the person that he will expose him or her."
Jaydev frowned, " why didn't you tell me before?"
" I told mam," she pointed at Shefali and Jaydev looked at her.
" I..I thought it wasn't very important. I mean, it could be his personal matter-"
" Personal matter? Do you think it's a personal matter anymore? Every single piece of evidence is important for us. I hope you have not forgotten your learnings," Jaydev scolded her.
She looked down, " I am sorry sir."
He dismissed the servants, guards and driver and pinched the bridge of his nose. He walked toward Aryan and asked,
" What do you think?"
Aryan shrugged his shoulders and whispered so that only he could hear,
" I wanna kill that fucking pathetic woman right now!"
Jaydev glanced at Shefali discussing the matter with an officer.
" We cannot yet."
" Oh, we can-"
" Sir wanted to tell me something very important about Eisha."
Aryan stayed silent and Jaydev continued,
" He doesn't know Shefali and Jivika as they claimed and I think he was attacked because of us only."
" Ofcourse," Aryan agreed.
" Sir?"
Both of them look at the constable. He was holding an album.
" What's that?"
The constable forwarded it to him, " I found this in sir's bedroom, on the ground. There are also marks of someone's shoes on it which are stained with blood, which means that the person must have been running away from Sir's room and accidentally climbed on it."
Jaydev tore the cover and gave it to him.
" Tell Khan to send this to the forensic team."
The constable walked away and Jaydev opened the album. Aryan peeked into the photos.
" Who's that?"
Jaydev smiled slightly, " his wife. I have heard a lot about her."
He turned the pages and found pictures of two new born babies in the commissioner's wife's arms.
" Never heard anything about his children."
Aryan said and Jaydev hummed.
" He kept it secret. I don't even know. All I know is that he had twin girls."
Aryan nodded and Jaydev turned the pages. Nothing much was seen in the further photos, just the husband and wife and their few-month-old daughters.
Jaydev's forehead wrinkled slightly and he turned the previous page.
" I think I have seen this picture somewhere," he uttered.
Aryan glanced at the picture. It was of their daughters sleeping soundlessly on the crib.
" But where?"
He was not able to remember it properly.
" Sir?"
They stared at the officer who informed,
" Sir is out of danger. We can meet him tomorrow morning."
Jaydev nodded and handed the album to Aryan then walked away from there to do some formalities like sending a special team to guard the commissioner in the hospital.
Aryan took out his mobile and clicked the picture which Jaydev wasn't able to recognise. He put the album on the nearby table and went where Jaydev was.
He got confused seeing him very furious and confused.
" What happened?"
He asked.
" What else? Karan fucking Khanna escaped!"
...
Jaydev went to his own home but Shruti wasn't in the bedroom, of course for some obvious reasons. He was both mentally and physically tired, so went to sleep.
Meanwhile, Aryan found his family asleep when he reached home. He got on the bed and pulled his wife into his embrace then drifted into his dreamland as well.
As soon as the night passed and the morning came, both of them left the house for their work. Jaydev went to the hospital to meet the commissioner while Aryan had work to extract information about Shefali, Jivika and Eisha.
Jaydev frowned as he reached the corridor of Ravi's room and found officers asking questions from a nurse angrily.
" What is happening?"
The officers turned to him and saluted him before saying,
" Sir, she had come in disguise to cause harm to the Commissioner sir."
Jaydev stared at the young nurse.
" Make sure she tells everything."
" Yes sir!"
Jaydev entered the room of the commissioner and found him eating soup given by the hospital.
" Jai hind, sir!"
He smiled and greeted him in a low voice.
" Oh, Jay? Come."
Jaydev walked forward and sat down beside him on the stool.
" This soup is very awful."
Jaydev chuckled, " are you fine now?"
Ravi hummed, " feeling better now."
When he finished the soup, Jaydev took it and placed the bowl on the stand beside his bed. He helped him lay down. Ravi's doctor came to check him and left as his work was done.
" So, Jay.."
He looked at Jaydev and smiled slightly,
" I think you are here to know much more than just my case."
Jaydev nodded, " pardon me for asking such questions right now but it's really urgent."
" Oh, it's okay, " Ravi reassured him then exhaled heavily.
" Were you expecting someone yesterday?"
Ravi's expression turned blank but eyes reflected a strange kind of sorrow which Jaydev failed to decipher.
" Hmm."
Jaydev nodded, then asked an important question, " so the person was the one to attack you?"
" Unfortunately, yes."
Jaydev knitted his eyebrows and the commissioner continued,
" My daughter. I was expecting my daughter yesterday."
" She attacked you?"
Ravi hummed dryly.
" I had a twin daughter. Both were identical. One's name is Drishti and the other's name is Shrishti a.k.a Eisha."
Jaydev's eyes enlarged slightly and mouth parted a bit. Seeing his face pale, Ravi understood that he was shocked.
" Yes, Eisha who studied with you and Aryan in the university."
" W..what?"
If this is true then he could connect the broken links now.
" I never shared this with anyone because I never found it important but when you mentioned Eisha in yesterday's conversation, I realised you are being fooled."
" By..by whom?"
Ravi stayed silent for 10 seconds which felt heavy to him then said, " Drishti, my other daughter."
Earning silence from Jaydev, he continued,
" They were very young when they were separated. Eisha was kidnapped. We found the culprit but not Eisha. My wife and I searched a lot but could not find our daughter. Time passed and we raised Drishti with love and care. My wife died very early and left Drishti with me.I thought I would never be able to find Eisha, then one day I found her in the police station. She wanted to file a complaint against Rubina and Shekhar Rao. She had evidence and that's what I needed. She grabbed my attention. Because she's the identical twin of my other daughter, I recognised. I found out about her and got to know that the person who kidnapped sold her to NGO women. Eisha was later adopted but her parents died and chacha-chachi were taking care of her."
" Hold on."
Jaydev interrupted him, " is..Eisha your daughter."
He smiled slightly, " she is. Because I sent Drishti to study abroad, Eisha and her could never meet while being in the same state. Eisha was very happy when I told her that she's my daughter and showed her evidence but Drishti wasn't."
" Why?"
" I found out late but my daughter was a part of the Rao gang. She was their special member. Eisha was against the gang and wanted to bring them down, that is why Drishti hated her. You know who got you and Aryan to fight? Drishti. She tricked them both into fainting and tried to create a misunderstanding. I came to know much later that Karan Khanna had raped Eisha. The time had become so bad that I was not able to do anything. Eisha used to tell me everything. She told me a lot about you and Aryan and said that you are capable of joining the police force."
He took a deep breath and a long tear escaped his eyes,
" But my daughter went into depression. She had collected a lot of evidence against the Rao gang but her vision was stolen."
Jaydev recalled those papers Jivika and Shefali presented before them. Means, those were the evidence Eisha gathered.
" Then one day she went on a mission without telling me. She came to know where Shekhar Rao would deal drugs, of which she also made a video. By God's will she was successful in the mission and hid the video in one of her secret places. She was excited. Your exams were about to start so she decided to live with me at my house and went to her hostel to bring her things but that was last night my daughter talked to me. It was shown that my daughter committed suicide but it was murder. And then she left this world, leaving her evidence behind."
It was too much to hear in less time. Everything seemed messed up but one thing was clear, the fake Eisha a.k.a Drishti tried hard to trick them. He suspected her.
He goddamn suspected her.
She had a small star tattoo on her wrist but Eisha hated tattoos.
" Where is the evidence?"
" I know the place but not the password. She once told me that Jay would know the password."
He frowned but couldn't remember much. Another question arose in his mind and he asked,
" What is Drishti to Rao's?"
Anger reflected in the commissioner's eyes hearing the question.
Aryan flipped the pages and threw the file on the couch when he found nothing important.
" This is ridiculous. Nothing is useful. Is that how you extract information?"
His two men glanced at him. One is doing something on the laptop and the other is standing with him.
" But we could find only this."
Aryan sighed heavily and sat on the couch. He ruffled his hair and grabbed the file of Jivika Rao. What a clever girl. She has kept her life very secretive.
" Boss?"
Aryan looked at the other man who came to him with a laptop.
" I found a clear picture of Karan Khanna's wife and one more girl with her. This photo is of some celebration at Rao's house."
He handed the laptop to Aryan which he placed on his lap. His eyebrows narrowed as he stared at the picture which was downloading.
Gradually the blurriness of the photo disappeared and he could see the clear picture of two women laughing with one another.
His men were left confused when Aryan, instead of getting shocked, burst into a mocking laughter.
" Women! Women! Women! They are very cunning."
He chuckled sarcastically while staring at the picture of Eisha and Shefali. Beside Eisha was standing Karan Khanna with his arm wrapped around her waist which clearly depicted that he's her husband.
His phone rang and he picked up the call without even glancing at the contact number as if he was anticipating this call.
" Yes Jay?"
" What did you do to Shefali?"
He smirked, " She was troubling my eyes yesterday, so.."
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