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for he gone to Airport?” She turned back to clarify her doubt with the cop on duty.

“He is leaving to U.S madam.” One of the cops informed her quietly.

“What? Are you joking?”

“No madam I am not joking. I am a small employee, how can I play jokes with V.I.P’s.I am on duty madam and speaking truth only.”

“Are you speaking about Dr. Arjun or somebody else?”

“I am working here since so many years madam. I know about Dr. Arjun sir and my madam officer.”

“When has he gone to Airport? Do you know the flight timings?” She lost her mental balance and while in anxiety she forgotten the flight timings and enquired with him.

“He has left to Air Port an hour before, and madamofficer hasleft just before you have come here madam. And the flight is around 1215 hrs or so.”He repliedher politely.

She askedthe driver of the call taxi to take her to Airport.

“Sorry madam, I doubt we may not reach.”

“I know the flight timings, still there time, you better drive fast.”

“Sorry madam I have thought you move in the city only. I have to return the vehicle to my owner asmy duty hours are over by 12:00 noon. You may engage another taxi. If you want I will get you madam.”

“Not necessary. Thanks” She paid him the fare.

The call taxi has goneaway. Itwas about the same time one of the copswhohadbeen relieved from his duty, started by his motor cycle. He was going towards airport.

“Madam, my house was situated enroot to airport. I don’t mind to drop you at airport, if youcan adjust with my motor bike.”

As there was no any other conveyance, she readily accepted and sat on the motorbike.

42

“Sorry sir with your permission I am leaving the conference” Mrs. Rebecca Solomon all of a sudden got up from her seat and requested the D.G. for permission to leave the conference hall.

As usual there was no expression on the face of the Police Chief. But all the junior officers who had been attending the conference could sense it may be an important task, as they know about her trade, her sincerity and hard work.

“With pleasure, you carry on Mrs. Rebecca Solomon”The Police Chief gave her permission.

She walked out of the conference hall so stiff and smart, leaving the wheel chair. Everybodywas stunned on seeing her, leaving the wheel chair and walking as usual. The wheel chair was just left at the corner of the conference hall.

By then there had been started whispers and rumors among all officers except the Police chief and the O.S.D.

“Officers, please don’t guess any nonsense, unnecessarily, everything is in my knowledge.Shehas become expressly a hot target for both the left wing extremists and Indian Mujahedeen. In this trade, sometimes we have to act, otherwise, we could not get positive results and to go ahead with our missions. So far nothing has happened to the daring and dashing lady, Mrs. Rebecca Solomon. But still she is not happy because she has lost her most trust worthy sources. Please for get what you have seen, known, and heard here itself, least it would endanger Mrs. Rebecca Solomon in the interest of our organization.” The chief continued the conference as per schedule.

The O.S.D observed Mrs. Rebecca Solomon going alone in a serious mood. He inhibitions about her, and had been anticipating serious life threat to her.

“Sir, if my officer permits me, I will also go.”

“Why do you want to leave us gentleman?I mean how can you abstain from the important meeting? In fact, it is your subject matter only, and somebody should be there from you side to clarify doubts raised by officers here. Further, you have to design your future plans regarding both the left wing extremists and Islamic terrorists. And also how to putdown the insurgency in the selective locations”

“Sir, madam is going alone. I think she is totally disturbed by her troubled son. And out of frustration, she may be exposed to media and then it will be not only a threat to her life, but also all our plans and strategies would be exposed to the insurgency and ultimately our mission will be collapsed. Please sir, somebody should be there to protect her and also to council her to bring harmony between herself and her only son” The O.S.D requested him.

The Police Chief thought for a while.

“Yes, yes that is the team spirit. Okay you can leave Mr.Rau; ofcourse we will have to sit for an in camera meeting shortly. You may Please take care of her and help her in solving her personal problems also, as you know better than us” He gave green signal to him.

The O.S.D came out from the Conference Hall. By then Mrs. Rebecca Solomon left for airport in her car. He tried to contact her through his mobile phone, but her mobile is not reachable.

He opened his note book and found the autograph of Dr. Glady D’souza.

“I am for justice. You can contact me for justice for anytime” Dr. Glady D’souza wrote the autograph, signed and put her personal mobile phone number.

The O.S.D. immediately tried to contact Dr. Glady D’souza through her mobile phone. But it was also found to be out of calling area.

43

“Blood is thicker than water”, it was not only a saying, but it worked out also.

“We all are not above personal attachments. You, you and, of course all of you have proved it. Perhaps you might forget our ideology. We are fighting for Communism and Socialism against Capitalism. We are all against private property.

All human beings are equal by birth in this world. And all people should share equally among themselves what they have, so also and all shall be provided the basic necessities like food, shelter and clothing, and as such we don’t have private property as mine. Hence we all have joined our hands together to wage war against the state to put an end to capitalism.

Now recollect all your failures, follies and then question yourselves as where do you stand?

Am I trust worthy Comrade?

Am I selfish?

Am I working for the poor?

Have I understood the ideology?

Am I working for a common goal?

Am I having any individual agenda?

And finally to whom we shall all be loyal?

I hope that all of you put the same questions among yourselves. Now I put it to you do any of you answer my questions? If not at least do any of you understand the questions?” The Professor put them in quandary by posing a bunch of questions.

There was no response from them. Nor anyone tried to answer him.

“Then, tell me gentlemen. And what shall be my feelings about you all my dear comrades? If am to say honestly, can I call you all as mercenaries?” He stopped for a while.

Any normal person also would be hurt with such a comment, but still all the comrades were all silent.

“Why don’t you answer me? That means you all agree with my remarks.”

There started slowly whispers and discussions among the comrades.

“Come on answer me comrades”

“Professor, we feel sorry to hear such derogative statement about us by a senior comrade like you. Please do remember Professor that we are professionals, well educated, besides there are landlords and rich people among our comrades,but for some of the betrayers, you can’t generalize all professor.You know pretty well that there are so many comrades, who have not only sacrificed their bright careers, left their lucrative professional practices, some of them lost their brothers and sisters, and some even lost their betterhalf's“ One of the senior comrades, and also a well educated and with enriched experience, due to his age wise wisdom, outburst with his views frankly.

“So you are the one and the only comrade to react to my acquisitions means that the remaining has accepted them. Okay, then what shall I call you all except this gentleman?

There was again serenity.

“Shall I call you trustworthy or untrustworthy; Honest or corrupt; Un-selfish or selfish; and Comrades I put it are you infavour of the ideology of the party? Or Coverts to the cops? I think these words may mean nothing for you. Then I will have to search for new substitute words, which will be much more meaningful than mercenary. I never feel it fit to call all of you as betrayers. Then, I need to find a substitute word to name after you, better than betrayers.

Dr.Glady D’Souza, I have many hopes on you and your leadership. But, you too have fallen below my expectations. Time and again you have been thoroughly failed to bump off Mrs. Rebecca Solomon, at Hospital and finally even at her bungalow. You have also miserably failed to eliminate the O.S.D., and further responsible for his miraculous escape.” The Professor was quite unhappy with her callous attitude.

“I am sorry Professor, as a matter of fact, why should I kill her? After all she is not in our hit list. We all know the fact that she is the one and the only cop in the country who will not deviate from humanism. She is very much against fake encounters. All cops are not our class enemies. There shall be sufficient reasons to eliminate any cop you know. And I don’t find any of her actions as illegal. Whatever atrocities, fake encounters, exploitation of innocent people, sexual assaults on innocent girls have taken place only under the leadership and accountability of Mr. Rau, the O.S.D”

“Please stop talking nonsense, doctor. I know you are won over by her, for one and the only reason of your daughter’s marriage proposal with Dr.Arjun I.P.S, the only son of Late Solomon Raj and Mrs.Rebecca Solomon I.P.S”

“Sorry Professor, Please don’t bring innocent people unnecessary into our trade. Miss Honey and Mr.Arjun are classmates and are quite innocent. They don’t know the fact that I have been associated with the left wing extremism. But for the party and for our Ideology, I have unnecessarly involved them indirectly to bring you safely and to facilitate you to bump off the twenty more cops. Please don’t forget that professor. They are lovers since four years. Let them marry and live peacefully. Our fight is not with the lovers. I have joined the organization only to fulfill my husband’s desire of abolition of private property and do social justice throught socialism, and let me confine myself to it only.”

“Dr.Glady D’ Souza don’t forget that you are questioning the decisions taken by the central committee. You know pretty well that when once a decision is taken by the central committee, nobody have a say. Now, you have violated the orders of the central committee. When once you join the movement, you should leave your personal agendaGlady. Don’t you know that? Now, by disobeying my orders,you are declared as a betrayer to the party and it’s ideology. You will have to reap the consequences soon Glady”

“You have thoroughly mistakenme, Professor. I care a little of my personal things. Even I have left my child in the home for the orphanage even before she opened her eyes, giving highest priority to our ideology. But when I look back now, I have found nothing for me and that I have lost everything, including my husband, kith and kin, and finally what I have gained is a big zero. But still you have the edacity to call me betrayer.

I have spent twenty years, in jungle leaving my profession, roaring practice, personal comforts and my personal life too. Goodbye Professor to you and your self centered ideology. I know that I can’t regain what I have lost, but at least let me honor my mother-hood.

“Lal Salam (read salute) my dear comrades”

Dr. Glady D’Souza saluted her colleagues and walked out.

Tears rolled in her eyes, while leaving them, after spending so long years.

“Glady please wait” The Professor called her back.

By then, she had already surrendered her kit and her personal weapon to one of her associates. She turned back and seriously looked at the Professor and moved again.

“Glady, I say stay