I am not Mahatma by Harshavardhan C (i am reading a book TXT) 📕

in practice their ideology is greater than the morals and ethics, in the man created society. But in reality, no one is above human passions, emotions, greed and lust.

And they walked painfully towards her.

22

It was an hour passed after sunset. It was a dense forest with deep vegetation, and there were few huts here and there, constituting a small village. As there was no electricity, the few people, who were there used to finish their dinner as early as possible and go to bed to start the next day early.

There was a lonely hut erected on one side of a hillock, abetting the forest. There washunter’s silence all around the forest, as if a lioness was getting ready to hunt its prey. One cop stealthily came to the hut. He peeped through the door where there was some gape.

There was a couple of his age fast asleep in one corner of the hut, while their only daughter aged 15yrs.was laying disturbed on a mat, turning this side and that side in another corner. She could not get sleep as she had been already hoodwinked by the cop, for whom she had been waiting since sunset. She was in teen age, having sexual desire, with mounting up heat from within her, as she could not enjoy sex physically so far, except in her dreams.

On seeingNayak, she came out anxiously and hugged him. He taken her into nearby bushes and shown her the taste of the first cohabitation.Nayak offered her halfsari,a blouse, a petty coat, bangles, one mirror, one comb,eyetex,and a lipstick, and her joy knows no bounds, perhaps she understood that their marriage was solemnized. In her jubilant mood, this time she voluntarily undressed herself and offered everysquare inch of her beauty to him quite emotionally.

The cop taken all precautions instead of revealing his real identity and also his original name, he called himself as Nayak and his livelihood was hunting, and was aged twenty five, and had been in deep love with her.His original name was Reddy Naidu,and he was a cop and he was forty plus. He never wanted to miss the bumper offer and with his all enriched experience he taken her to peak in sexual play.

She was tired not because of the first experience of having intercourse with him, but because of his bull shots and also she was un able to bear his wait as he was a cop ,whose personality seems to be mountain like. After the giant was relaxed, she got up and dressed herself and she asked his permission to leave. But the cop never allowed the poor girl.

“Wait, wait,” so saying he held her back.

“It is quite dangerous to you, because I know that you are a cop, and if it is known to the annalu (P.W.G, Maoists called in regional language as brothers), they will definitely abduct you. Leave me please, if anybody notices you will be landing in trouble” The innocent girl was not thinking about herself, but tried to save him by cautioning.

“Nothing will happen, even otherwise also keep this amount with you, if any thing goes wrong, tell your parents to pay the fine to the caste elders, as per your customs and traditions” So saying he gave her thousand bugs. She took the amount for his safety, and as a matter of precaution.

“Keep the cash and the items in your hut and come back immediately dear”

“Why again are you not satisfied”

“I said come back immediately, don’t ask me anything now and I don’t have much time, go go and come back immediately” It was an order rather an effectionate call by him.

She believed him as he was her husband, ever since she had a go with him as her first night. Hence she carried out his instructions and blindly followed him in the dark towards the dense forest.

23

It was exactly at 02:01hrs, there was a sudden attack on the C.P.I.M.L P.W.G, arms squad, in the thick forest from all the four corners by the grey hounds under the lead of the OSD, Mr. Rau.

As the arms squad was relaxing, leaving the arms set aside, the Grey Hounds took it as an additional advantage and simply gun down them. The Deputy Lady Commander and the four members of the arms squad had been killed on the spot.

“Total five bodies sir, one female and four males sir”, one senior cop among the Grey Hounds informed the OSD.

The Grey Hounds, after their successful operation, brought all the dead bodies and kept them in a row.

“Sorry sir, one more dead body is here sir” one of the Grey Hounds, Nayak alias Reddy Naidu jubilantly said.

“Is it that of the squad commander?”

“No sir, it is a female dead body, one of the hard core militants and an expert in handling A.K.47, and Rocket Launcher sir. I have taken life risk to encounter her sir. I may be awarded gallantry, besides accelerated promotion sir” ReddyNaidu proudly projected himself, who was one of the personal body guards of Mr. Rau.

“Okay, Naidu congratulations and I will diffenitely recommend your case for both gallantry and also promotion”

There was a point blank bullet injury into her vigina, which the so called cop chewed prior to three to four hours before she dead.The only mistake, the victim girl committed was that she blindly believed him as her husband and shown him the den of the CPIML, P.W.G, Armed Squad, to whom she handed over one bamboo chicken parcel.

The commander who was on the other side carrying an automatic weapon and guarding the arms squad miserably failed, because all the comrades are in high temptation of enjoying his newly wedded wife repeatedly, without caring for their safety and security, paying deaf ear to his instructions.

He also never expected the special operation by the Grey Hounds in the dense forest at those odd hours. He understood that as there was no retaliation from his wife and the four comrades, either they had been shot dead or they had been fled away to a safer place. He could not perfectly visualize what happened? Now he was alone, and what else could he do now?

It was not a small but a grave mistake committed by him and by his comrades for blindly following his instructions.

He seriously thought for a while and escaped unhurt in dark.

24

The D.G. of the state had a very tough time to face the press and the electronic media, besides the Judiciary. The print and electronic media were ready with a basket full of questions, not of multiple choicebut itsees there was only one option for himeither tosay yesor no.

Normally, it was very irksome position for cops to answer questions pertaining to their encounters, either true or fake. The common public was only viewers for news. But, it definitely a much more serious matter for the media, the Judiciary and of course the Human Rights Commission too.

“D.G. sir, how many are encountered last night?” One of the journalists posed a question.

“Six” the D.G answered.

“It is an armed squad sir?” Another journalist put an ancillary question immediately.

“Yes, yes”

“How many are there in the squad?

“How can we say that? “The D.G became serious.

“What we mean is generally how many constitute an arms squad sir? Who will head it sir?” We are just asking you out of academic interest sir.

“One can’t say exactly. As of now we know the least is, one plus four, and the biggest is one plus twenty four. Each armed squad will be generally headed by one commander and one deputy commander”

“D.G. sir, do all are equal in ranks? Or is there any hierarchy?”

“Okay, I will answer all your questions. But, please let me first speak in brief about the encounter. The squad commander is absconding from the scene soon after the incident. The deputy commander and five comrades are killed, when they have exchanged fire with the combing party.

And for your question, I am sure there is also hierarchy among the militants. In the present context, this squad is headed by one commander, assisted by one deputy commander and the rest are members as per their seniority as one to five”

“Sir, how many senior Officers, and Grey Hounds have participated in the combing operation?” A media person asked him politely.

“I am Sorry; I don’t expect such questions from elite people like you. Anyway, for security reasons, I can’t disclose it”

“Excuse me sir, we are not asking you who are they? It is enough if you can give us the totals” One of the media persons requested him.

The D.G seriously looked at him.

“Sorry sir doesn’t matter, if you feel to reveal this also.” He spontaneously reacted and said.

“It’sOkay; I can give you some abstracts” The DG could understand their irritation and tried to cool them.

“Thank you sir”

“I think two to three sections, i.e., 24 to 36 Grey Hounds and two to four officers have participated in this operation”He tried to secret the accountability of the officers responsible for the encounter and also tried to shield the supporting staff for security reasons.

“Sir, here is one more question please” One lady journalist raised her hand.

“Yes, please”

“The armed squad has equally shared the food, and so also sex with the lady commander, Isn’t it sir?”

“You all know pretty well than me”

“Sir you are not only intelligent, but also a smart cop. It is not that easy to put you in troubled waters.”

“Well ladies and gentlemen, you have asked about the comrades sharing food and enjoying women. It may be true andalso it may be their ideology, if not their weakness” The DG answered them.

“Sir, do you think that both the girls are enjoyed by the comrades?”

“I think so”

“Sir, I have a question”

“Please”

“Sir, from what distancedid the Grey Hounds exchange fire?”

He couldn’t replay him at once.

“Sir, you aresilent means, is it a fake encounter sir?”

“No, no, not at all. No one can exactly scale and take positions you know! It only depends upon the area; weather condition;time; availability of cam- fledge;concealment; the number of the militants; the weapons they carry with them; and finally the response from the armed squad; that means whether they are willing to surrender to cops or challenge, in spite of warning by the combing party.” The D.G briefed them.

“Sir, have you received the Post Mortem reports of the dead from the Medical Officers? Have you examined the Medical Officers sir?” One of the senior journalists very shrewdly posed few questions.

The D.G.didn’tanswer him.

“Sorry gentleman, I am not the investigating officer in this case. I have nominated a senior Additional Superintendent of police to investigate the case. He has been already on the job. I have neither received the autopsy reports nor examined the doctors.”He was very firmin his stand.

“But, we have received the copies of the autopsy reports of the dead sir. We havealso interacted with the Medical Officers, who have conducted post mortem of the dead bodies of the deceased sir”The same media person informed the D.G.

The D.G was little embarrassed on knowing their information.

“Are you alright sir? Hope we haven’t put you in troubled waters sir? But we are helpless; our duty is to probe in sir.”

“It’s Okay. We havebeen hardened, by experiencingboth the complements and comments by public and media, especially with the advent of Right to Information Act gentleman”

“Please go through these medical reports, before answering our next questions sir” He tried to hand over the copies of the reports to the D.G.

But, the D.G rejected to take them.

“Well ladies and gentlemen, it seems still you are having truck load of questions. I hope we will meet again in another occasion”

“Sir, in this competitive world one has to survive means; we have to struggle like this only, and we expect you to clarify our doubts sir”

“Okay gentlemen; I could understand your anxiety to know more as per your profession is concerned. But I am sorry, and I am helpless, I certainly follow processors. As I have entrusted the job to somebody, I will not pock in, till he completes his investigation”

“Sir,