THE WEAPON OF SILENCE PART 2
While Savarkar
carried Tatya in his arms, he reminisced all those struggles which he had
encountered while raising Tatya. While
Tatya was still unconscious, Savarkar was flowing down through his eyes. A single silent evening had turned his life
upside down. In past 12 hours, Savarkar
had once again become Sarkar Savarkar
who used to tame wild Lions and rule the city of Mumbai. His image of white ironed shirt and silky
black pants with a Gandhi cap on head was once again illuminated.
The skies were
pouring down, and the darkness had surrounded every corner of street. Meanwhile, in a place called Dadar, few men
were sitting and having tea in a tin house, more like a good stationary. Among five men who sat there under candle
light and considered each other`s eyes for a victory card in card game, one man
stood near the window looking at the heavy downpour outside. Slowly his eyes got wide and suddenly shouted
“Guns
ready!!”
At this single
command, everybody there took out their guns and aimed at the door, a gradually
progressive sound of rapidly pacing footsteps became evident and after a while,
a man banged the door and came running inside!
In that
absolute silence in hall where everybody looked at each other`s face, one man
came in front and asked in a strong voice.
“who
is it?”
The whole
silent room, echoed and with a thunder outside, this man who came running
inside said
“he
is back!!!”
“who
is back, Shambhu?” enquired a
loud voice
And Shambu knelt,
pointed his finger towards window and said
“SARKAR
SAVARKAR”
Everybody
looked outside the window and then there was lightening for 10 seconds. The eyes went wide, heart beats increased,
and sweat drenched everyone in that freezing weather, chills ran down as they
saw a man standing in the rain wearing kurta and pant, a child on the left
shoulder and revolver in right hand.
Savarkar
started walking towards the house as the others froze at his sight, and like a
lion he entered the flat walked inside, he laid Tatya on the bed near the lamp
and removed his wet cloths and covered him with the blanket, then he turned
towards a rocking chair kept at a distance and slowly walked up till there,
such that only his footsteps were heard.
Graciously the
other members in room were stunned to see Sarkar Savarkar back in his old look,
old den, old chair after an exile of 10 years.
Tatya was
still unconscious, while a lady came from inside with a towel and started
wiping Tatya, massaging his head, toes and arms. While everyone was looking at the motherly
affection, Savarkar attracted their attention with flicks of his thumb and
middle finger.
“Where
is it?” asked Savarkar in a low dusky voice.
What was
Savarkar asking about? And suddenly,
after regaining his position and entering his kingdom again, what was it which
he wanted from the past?
With no answer
being given, all men in the room looked at Savarkar with amaze.
“What
are you guys thinking so much? He is asking for the Diamond” the lady
who completed the dressing of Tatya answered it with a bold tone.
“Lakshmi! I think its time for dinner, set
up the table, after a long time Sarkar and his gang will have dinner together.”
Diverting the topic, Shiva, a Gang member added.
“Shiva!!
I think you dint realise, you are not in command anymore!!” a deep
voice roared and with its impact, everybody`s heart skipped a beat.
“Sarkar
saheb, I think we can discuss the rest with dinner itself” said the
lady.
Sarkar
Savarkar walked towards the dining table and others followed. No body sat down until the eyes of Savarkar
asked them to sit.
After praying
over the food, Savarkar opened his sharp eyes and said
“after
Years, Tatya got targeted! You people think, that if you plot Pradeep before me
and show it as a plan to kidnap him, and in virtue murder me, you guys are
worst conspirators ever. Pradeep and
Amatya both are dead and the next person will be the one who has this plan in
his mind”
“Sarkar
Savarkar! If you want the diamond, you take the diamonds, but please don’t have
this doubt of we are plotting your murder” said Shiva
“You can kill
each one of us still, the diamond will be yours, if you get killed, then also
the diamond will not be in our will, until you decide the heir.”
Savarkar was
considering everyone`s eyes while they were trying to explain, and after
everyone finished, he roared again.
“but
there is someone here who supplied my information to Pradeep and planned this
well.”
“Savarkar
Saheb! We have absolutely no profit with your death! Then why will we kill you?”
asked Shiva
To this Savarkar
lowered his head and gently said: “oh no no…. obviously, you had profit!!”
“I……did
not get you Sarkar” said Shiva.
“let me explain your own plan to you! years
back when I left the gang and turned to civil life I had few diamonds of my
share. I thought I will use them when
the time comes, but one of you was restless, that person did not want to wait
for my return, so that person planned a plot.
I was projected as a lonely scape goat who had no life to resist himself
and then Pradeep was plotted against me.
I understood the same when I met Pradeep at the bus station and then I understood
your game.” Said Savarkar in a dull husky voice.
Others had
started eating but Savarkar still looked at everyone with the same eagle`s
vision.
“game
what game?” shiva had a voice full of cough and surprisingly everyone
were coughing.
“You guys
very well know that I don’t have a marriage certificate, so once if I was dead,
then u people can extract diamonds through the signature of my wife and by jutting
Tatya as my son. For the will says that
apart from me only my wife can get the authority to the diamonds but my
activities had to made me go underground so u guys waited till I was killed but
when that did not happen you tried to plot Pradeep before me by targeting Tatya
but all of you will die in few minutes and one person I will kill, right?
Lakshmi?”
Lakshmi`s eyes
grew wide and then she started to stare at others, white foam oozed of
everybody`s mouth and everyone was getting the epileptic attack appearing as if
the body is turning into a freezing fish.
But before Lakshmi could turn towards Savarkar,
“DISHOOM”
A loud sound
among the stormy thunder was heard and next moment Lakshmi was on ground
bleeding. Sarkar Savarkar had cleared
his dues, he went ahead to the safe and opened it with his special key, his
face had a bright light on it.
He took that
diamond out and kept it before his eyes, it was white and dazzling as the light
from the lantern went through it. He smiled
and said:
“ZOHRAB!!
I don’t know how many more sacrifices will you need?”
IS THIS THE
END?? WHAT WAS THE STORY BEHIND THE DIAMONDS? WHO IS ZOHRAB? IS THERE ANOTHER MYSTRY?
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