Witness to a Murder....

Hey Sudeep in my first post u had said that the real challenge would be to continue blogging & I feel that u were right.......I have nothing to write about my life because there’s not much special going on in my life....... Life is really going at its slow pace........ But to continue blogging kuch to karna hi hai...... So here’s I am with a new story “Witness to a Murder”, hopes so you all will like & if don’t then don’t curse me.........hahahaha.........

Rajiv had seen this kind of thing happen in movies but he never thought it happened in real life. Rajiv lived with his wife Sneha and her brother Vikram. Vikram had been living with them for about a year. Vikram had moved to Mumbai in search of employment. He found odd jobs but was not successful in finding something good that will enable him to move on his own. Sneha and Rajiv were very understanding and they made Vikram at home.

One night Vikram was returning after watching a late night show and he witnessed something shocking. The ally was deserted and it was dark with the exception of street light. He saw two men holding a man while a third man fired 3-4 shots of bullet. The sound of gun was loud and Vikram expected people to flock the streets to see what had happened but he forgot that he was in Mumbai, things like these were of daily occurance. Vikram did manage to see the guy’s face who fired those shots, the victim fell down and the other two shouted “Munna Bhai yeh to khallas ho gaya hai, aap ghar jao hum body ko thikhane lagate hai”. Munna bhai lit a cigarette as he walked away slowly.

Vikram was shocked, he ran as fast as he could and reached home, he decided not to tell about his incident to anyone. Rajiv noticed that Vikram acted a bit different that day but he soon got busy and forgot about the incident. Vikram read all the newspapers to see if the incident was mentioned but nothing was written about it.

A few days after the incident Vikram overheard two boys talking about the murder, he heard enough to figure out what had happened. Murthy managed Munna’s money and one day Murthy got greedy and started cheating, Munna eventually figured it out and decided to get rid of him. Murthy’s parents knew Murthy was dead but they were too scared to report this to the police.

Vikram decided to tell everything to Sneha and Rajiv. They were both scared, Sneha asked him to return to their village for some time. Rajiv however understood the severity of the situation. He called his inlaws to discuss this matter. Vikram’s mother was scared but his father wanted him to do the right thing and report the incident to the police.

Rajiv and Vikram went to the Police Station and reported the crime. Munna was powerful and he had insiders in the police. It did not take long for Munna to find the whereabouts of Vikram and he started getting threatening letters and phone calls.

In-laws were consulted again and this time the father agreed that the best thing to do was to send Vikram home for good. Doing the right thing is one thing but a son’s life is dearer to parents.
In the middle of night Rajiv made Vikram wear a burkha, they left the house quietly, they took a taxi to the train station and Vikram did not board the train until it was about to leave, everything went as planned and Rajiv breathed a sigh of relief.

No sooner had the train left that Rajiv was surrounded by two goons, they asked him to sit in a taxi and they blindfolded him. Rajiv saw that they were carrying guns and on the bumpy road the gun would touch his hands and his heart would skip a beat.

Finally they reached a deserted place and his blindfold was removed. A man came over and introduced himself, he was Munna. He thanked Rajiv for leaving Vikram at the train station but demanded money. Munna claimed that his reputation was damaged and he wanted to be compensated financially. Rajiv did not carry that much cash with him but he promised to bring the money next day. Munna gave him 12 hours to meet his demands.

Rajiv told Sneha about the whole incident. They had no choice but to pay up, the next morning Rajiv went to the police station. The Police Chowki board was missing and some of Munna’s goons were removing the furniture. Inside Munna was drinking tea, he asked Rajiv “Paise laye kya?” Rajiv handed over the money, at that time Murthy came from another room, he patted Rajiv on his back and said “Kyon sahab kya haal hai?” With a big smile Rajiv replied “Aab to Haal ekdum theek hai…saala jo bhaag gaya”.