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

okay Arjun, but you are unnecessarily worrying about a small injury, which I sustained while discharging my duty”

How courageous she was? She never lost her nerve. She was a very tough lady officer and a brave mother too. Indeed she proved herself an iron lady. Even in that state also she behaved like a professional Police officer. Definitely, she deserved to be complemented both by the home department and also even by the militant groups.

“Don’t worry Arjun. I will not die so early. I have my agenda. The first one of course is to see your engagement” She was trying to bring him to normalcy.

But, Arjun was still out of his moods.

“Pleas call your girlfriend Arju”

“Mum are you crazy?”

“Yes of course, I am crazy about your marriage, please call her”

“Mum it is too much, people will laugh at me mum”

“Let them, but I feel it necessary at this momement. In fact I have badly delayed , Arju call her please”

“Sorry mum she has gone out, she is not here” He spoke a lie.

“Idiot, I know she is here only”

There was no way to avoid her and he was forced to call her. He used his mobile and informed her to come inside.

“How are you feeling aunty?” while coming to I.C.U, Honey asked her.

“I am fine dear. Arjun, I want to talk to her alone, will you please wait outside for some time?”

Whenever she wanted to talk to others, she used to avoid the third one. Now he could understand his mum’s mind, and he left accordingly.

“Please sit down Honey…..”

She pulled a stool near to her cot and sat.

“Are you in love with Arjun?”

Honey just smiled as a positive response.

“Arjun is a very innocent boy, but at the same time he is very short tempered. Even before he attained kindergarten age, he has lost his dad. For him I am his only world. Since you have come into his life, I am happy that I can shift my responsibilities. I have lost my husband even before I hardly attained thirty. There was mounting pressure from my parents to get me married again to someone. So also many officers proposed themselves to marry me. But I politely denied all. In fact, I am living for Arjun only. You only can give such a great love to my son forever Honey, even if I am no more” So saying, she took her hand into her as a token of promise.

“Please, even for God’s sake don’t say that aunty. We cann’t even bear the feeling of being orphan and without you and my mum we both will become orphans. And infact without you we have no family aunty” Honey expressed her emotional feelings.

“Please, let me give her medicines” Meanwhile the head nurse on duty disturbed them.

An injection was given to Mrs. Rebecca Solomon. Within few seconds she went into slumbering sleep.

“Sister, have you given her tranquilizer?” Dr. Honey burst out at her.

The nurse looked at her. She was shocked as she failed to identify her.

“Sorry Doctor.Good morning”The nurse identified her as doctor Honey.

“Morning, I am asking you again whether you have given her a sedative?

“Yes Doctor”

“Who has instructed you?

“The OSD madam”

She slapped her and immediately came out of ICU She found the OSD sitting in the Doctor’s cabin, and seriously planning.

At first, she thought of calling Arjun, who was at the other end of the corridor, smoking cigarette. She tried to control herself. But, she returned to ICU and sat near to Mrs.Rebecca and observing her condition, including blood pressure, pulse and breathing.

Some time later Arjun rushed to ICU and anxiously looking at his mum.

“I think she is little drossy and has become week too, as she has lost lot of blood. I will remain here and attend aunty to-night. You can come in the morning Arjun”

“No, I will stay back, you can go home Honey”

“No Arjun she needs my presence”

“I am telling you again, please go and take rest” He insisted her.

“Arjun you better understand ladies problems”

“It’s okay. I will stay back in Doctor’s rest room and pick you up in the morning. Shall I bring you some food?”

“No thanks, please see that all the cops leave the hospital, except the cops on guard duty and tell them, aunty is fast asleep and she needs absolute rest”

“Okay, I will” He left the ICU.

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It was 22:00 hrs. Everyone including the patients and those who came to assist them settled down. Only duty doctor, nurses, ward boys and security were present and performing their routine duties.

“She is still in deep sleep. I am confident she will not wake up till morning” The O.S.D Mr. Rau answered somebody on the other side through his mobile.

“Are you sure?” The unanimous person asked Mr. Rau again to confirm.

“Yes I am confident …”

“Does anyone suspect you?”

“No one can suspect me, as everything is arranged in apple pie order”

The OSD Mr.Rau didn’t observe, as somebody watched him, from outside the room and heard all his conversation. He was no other than Dr.Arjun.

Colors changed in the face of Arjun. He lost his temper and took out a knife from the table. But, still he tried his best to control his anger, and finally he turned back and walked towards ICU again.

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“Good evening, sir” The sister greeted the OSD, on his entry into her room.

“Very good evening sister, hope everything is okay”

“Okay sir I have done what all you have told me sir”

“I will not forget your timely help.”He tried to give her a cover.

“No sir, thank you” She refused to take.

“Please take this sister” This time he kept the cover on the table. The cover contained Indian currency in thousands.

“Please wait sir, I will get you fresh juice” She went to ante-room where refrigerator and medicines were available.

“Please sir” she offered him a glass of apple juice.

The OSD sat comfortably in the chair and took the juice.

After consuming the drink, the OSD fell unconscious.

The sister rang up to Dr.Honey and informed her, what had happened?

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“You are still here” Dr.Honey was surprised to see Arjun again at I.C.U.

“How is my mum’scondition” His voice was in a little high pitch.

“I have told you Arjun. She is alright”

“I am asking you again whether my mum is alright. Or will be alright?” His eyes turned reddish.

“I am sorry” she was trying to give explanation.

“It seems that bastard might have threatened you too”He never allowed her to complete.

By then she could read him well. She understood that everything was known to Arjun.

“Arjun, I have taken all precautions. I have been continuously checking her pulse, blood pressure and breathe. Her condition is absolutely normal”

“What has happened to mum? What is OSD’s role here?” He put several questions to her.

“Arjun please don’t make mess of things. I don’t understand as whom to trust and whom not to? You please work out coolly and calmly.Please don’t quarrel with the OSD”

“No chance, his chapter is over and he will be finished”

“What”

“Yes Honey.I will go to media”

“No Arjun, please don’t do that”

“He has tried to kill my mum you know, I never leave him.”

“Arjun are you going mad or what? Don’t forget that he is a professional Police officer, with a high rank”

“I am not that fool to succumb to that idiot. I have heard all his conversation and I have also recorded it in my Mobile, do you want to hear?”He switched on the speaker in his mobile phone.

She heard the entire conversation of OSD with some unknown person.

“Arjun, I too have come to know through the head nurse, who is night in charge and about herself giving sedative to aunty at the command of the OSD. But I could not understand what for he has been doing all this. I have used the same nurse against the OSD. Of course, I have also recorded her statement against OSD. And it seems you might have done something serious”

“Nothing serious, I just did tit for a tat. I also engaged the services of the same nurse against that idiot“

“You mean you have poisoned the OSD?”

“Nothing wrong even if he is administered, but it is not poison. It is also a kind of sedative through juice”

In the mean while, Mrs.Rebecca Solomon got conscious. She called both of them.

“What is time now?”

“It is 2‘o’ clock mum”Arjun said.

“I suppose it is late night”

“Yes Mum”

“I am alright.You both can go and take rest”

“Doesn’t matter aunty, I will stay with you” Honey tried to convince her.

“It is a small incident, why are you dam worried about me?”

“Aunty, his worry is about your security. I will stay back and take care of you. Arjun you please go and take rest” Honey took Arjun out of ICU.

“Arju please try to understand the situation. The OSD already doubted our antecedents. Don’t give him further chance. Please do something to come out of the dragnet.Try to find out intelligently the evil designs of the OSD. And I think it is right time for us to take the help of some senior officer. Just find out who can help us and give protection to aunty”

Arjun thought and it clicked something to his mind.

“Then you have to do”Arjun said the rest to her in camera.

Exactly after five minutes, Arjun went to Doctors’ rest room. Honey bolted the doors and locked it from outside and thrown the keys into the lawn.

“Help please, Help”She raised hue and cry.

The security and the duty Doctor rushed to the spot. Honey showed them the Doctors’ room. The cops could break open the doors and found surprisingly Arjun was tied to the chair, and the OSD was found missing.

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It was suspected that the OSD was kidnapped by the militants, to wreck vengeance against the the massive attack on plenary and consequent deaths of important leaders, cadre and their body guards by the grey hounds under leadership of the OSD.

Now the only person who could unearth the kidnap of the OSD was Dr.Arjun. Unfortunately Dr.Arjun was in unconscious state.The duty Doctor was attending him.

The ante room of the doctor had a way out. Nobody knew as what happened? It was shocking news for all that the O.S.D was missing. It was suspected that Arjun while entering the room inhaled chloroform and became unconcios, and the militants tied Arjun and abducted the OSD.

“Though Arjun wanted to trap the O.S.D, but in the meanwhile, he was baby trapped, and the O.S.D was found missing. Whose work is this? Who else could be suspected?” Dr. Honey was confused.

Her mind was puzzling.

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The O.S.D. got conscious. He found hiself tied in the chair. He was trying to recollect what had happened.

“Look Mr.Rau you are in our den as a captive. Perhaps by now you might have understood who abducted you, and what for you are brought here? Your chapter is closed in the counter intelligence, but before doing it I will give you an option to save yourself.You have to fish out who is your informer from among us? Who is the man behind all the encounters? Is the Additional DGP Intelligence? Or The Additional DGP Grey Hounds? And, after revealing the truth, you should be prepared to work for us secretly” The Professor put question after question to him and finally came out frankly with open mind, while interrogating him.

“Sorry Professor, please don’t expect any positive answer from me. I am detremind and I can’t override my professional ethics. And I don’t reveal anything about anybody. You may put me to any level of interrogation or even do away with me, I don’t bother and I am prepared for the worst and …” The OSD was not allowed to complete, he was given a severe blow with the butt of a rifle on his abdomin.

He omitted blood heavely.

“Please, let me handle him Professor” Dr.Glady D’souza took the initiative.

“Okay doctor, it is fine as you have brought him and hence you only find out the truth and finish him” The Professor ordered and left the den.

Dr. Glady D’souza took over the interrogation of the cop from the Professor.

“Mr.Rau,