In front of Bhima Shankar, 5/6 youths of 25/30 years are engrossed in playing cricket in an outdoor courtyard away from all the hustle and bustle of the cities. Where else in Mumbai can you get such a big yard outside a bungalow? The fun of playing cricket in such a yard is different. So Sarvesh, Sachin and their new friend who joined them – the resident Rama all forgot their age and their daily hectic life and enjoyed those moments.
So inside the house in the hall. The owner of the house, Vinayak, who built the house with his retirement pay after 60 years of service, his elder brother Arvind, who is four years younger, is busy in remodeling the house. After a short time, the worship of Vaastushanti was over.
Arvind, “Pooja ended chanting mantras, and aarti, how this retired home of yours has been sanctified by the aroma of prasad but your beloved daughter Shivani has not come today.”
“It will come in a little while, she called me and said it’s on its way.” Vinayak, offering prasad to the guests present in the hall, came out of the door and said, “Until then, your beloved Sachin, Nitin and my baby Sarvesh, Rama, your cricket is over. Come in quickly and take the pooja’s prasad.”
After taking the Prasad, Sachin said, “Uncle has just come from Dubai Shopping Festival yesterday. Nitin and I have brought you a gift. Take this.”
Vinayak, “Oh wow, let’s see what it is.” After opening the box, Vinayak said, “Oh wow, binoculars. Very useful and a good gift. And with this binoculars, I can see the Bhima Shankar waterfall very closely in front of me. And what is this?” So Vinayak opened the second gift and looked. “Vinayak, “Hey, what’s another phone? What is special about this phone?”
Sachin, “Hey uncle, the special thing about this phone is that you can record video calls and save them”.
So Sachin removed the SIM card from Vinayak’s old phone and inserted it into the new phone. And immediately after filling the card, Shivani’s incoming video call comes in it
Sachin, “Look, Shivani’s video call came as soon as the card was inserted. Let’s do this recording now.”
In the video, Shivani is standing with her car on the road outside the village. Shivani says, “Hello, Dad, I think I have lost the road. Look, I have come from this road (showing the back road from the video). Just back and forth straight here. Going straight, there is no house or shops, and there is no use for Google Maps!”
Here in the hall at Vinayaka’s house. Vinayak, Arvind, Sachin, Nitin, Sarvesh and Rama. All talking on video call..
Vinayak, “Yes, then drive straight on the same road.
“But how long, Dad?” Shivani replies through the video call.
At that time, Sarvesh came in the middle of Vinayak’s video call and said,
” Shivani, that’s why I told you to come with us, but your job is important, isn’t it! That’s why you are driving alone on that deserted road with such a big four-wheeler. Did you miss the way? Now enjoy the fruit of your karma. .”
Shivani, “Dada, don’t talk to me now, show me the road. There are cactus trees on both sides of the road and on the other side is a barren forest. There is not a single tree. And here there is dung.”
Sarvesh, “Show me the area on the east side from the video. This boy named Rama is a local living here. He can tell you where you are stuck.”
Saying “ok”, Shivani starts showing the area from the video. Rama, Sarvesh and everyone in the house starts watching the video. But suddenly the sound of Shivani’s screams starts coming in the video.So everyone in the house gets confused. They don’t see Shivani anywhere in the video, only hear her screaming loudly. And in the video, only fields and road were visible in front.
Both Vinayak and Sarvesh shout loudly, “Shivani, Shivaniee what happened?”
Arvind, “Oh God! I don’t know. Where is she? I can hear her screaming. She is nowhere to be seen.”
Then Sarvesh sees something else happening in the video call, he gets shocked and says…,”Dad, look at Shivani being picked up by three goons! Sachin, is this video call recorded?”
Sachin, “Yes, I uploaded the recording only when the video call started.”
Sarvesh immediately hands the phone on which the video call is going on to vinayak and tells him, “Dad, you take uncle to the police station. Me, Sachin, Nitin, and Rama, the caretaker of this farmhouse, go to look for Shivani. Nitin, you Come with the new binoculars you brought and Sachin you go with your stumps and bat.
Vinayak, “Why that?”
Sarvesh, “Dad, Shivani has been kidnapped by three goons. We will have to fight while rescuing her.”
Vinayak,”But you call me first and let me know. And if possible don’t injure anyone.”
Sarvesh, “Okay, but you should go to the police station early and bring the police.”
Sarvesh, Sachin, Rama and Nitin leave in an open jeep and behind them Vinayak leaves with his brothers in another car.
While his jeep was passing through a village road. Sarvesh was driving, Sachin was watching through binoculars. Then he saw 3 men on the ground around a girl at a distance of about 50 feet.
Sachin, “Sarvesh, look there, there are three men. It will be there.”
Sarvesh, “Nitin, make a video call to Baba right now. He must have reached the police station by now. Rama, you also tell us about this area.”
Saying this, Sarvesh increases the speed of his jeep and leaves for that place with even more speed. In the meantime, Sachin looks through the binoculars and gives the detailed information that he sees.
Sachin, “Among the three, one is biting Shivani’s leg. And the other is tearing her saree and the third is holding both her hands. Shivani is shaking a lot. And now the one who tore her saree ties her leg. Now they pick her up. Sarvesh, the car should run quickly. All three of them are putting Shivani in her car. Sarvesh and the three of them are taking the car.”
Rama, “Sir, I will show you another road, if you take that road, you will go in front of that car and block that car.”
Sarvesh then started driving fast as told by Rama. And soon his car stopped in front of Shivani’s car. And the boy sitting on the driver’s seat of Shivani’s car pressed the brake hard and stopped the car.
Sarvesh, Nitin, Sachin, Rama got down with cricket bats and stumps in hand, and dragged the three out of Shivani’s car and started beating them with stumps and bats. All three of them try to tell Sarvesh something but no one listens and they start beating him.
Then the police came there. The police stopped one by one from fighting. Then they looked in the car. There, Shivani was lying unconscious on the back seat. The three were handcuffed and pushed into the car, and Shivani was taken to the hospital by a lady constable, Vinayak, Sachin and Nitin in her car. Rama shot all this in his phone camera and made his video viral.
Media reporter, from news channel, viral video shown on tv and his too the news was telecast on TV from different news channels from different locations.
Media Reporter, “Today, due to the promptness of the Neral Police, a young woman was saved before falling victim to the lust of three goons. A young woman was rescued from the clutches of three goons and handed over to her father and brother. Zee Media salutes the duty of the Neral Police.”
The police started interrogating the three in the police custody.
The police hit one with a bamboo and asked, “What is your name?”
“Shiva”
Then the police hit the other and asked, “And yours?”
“Ganesha”
The police snapped at a third, “Yours?”
“YOGESH”
“Sir, believe me, we did not do anything like that to that woman,” said the three of them in agony.
The police again interrupted the three and said, “Shut up. Now you will be charged with attempt of rape. We have such evidence. Shivani’s father was in our police station when her brother, who came to find her, made a video call to her father. First, you, Yogesh, were biting the woman’s feet. And you, Ganesha, were tying her feet. Is it true that Shiva was holding her?”
The three of them said, “Yes, sir, we did it, but sir, listen to what we did it for.”
The police hit again and said, “Shut up! You will now face a non-bailable charge of attempt of rape. You will have to go to jail for at least three months.
Shiva/Ganesh/Yogesh, “Sir, don’t do this, listen to us. We have got a job in Dubai. Tomorrow we all three are going to Mumbai as we have a flight tomorrow. Don’t mess up our lives like this. You should ask that lady. She will tell you the truth.”
Police said, “The woman is in the hospital unconscious. She is undergoing treatment.” The three of them end up in jail after being beaten like this.The next morning, Vinayak comes to the police station with a lady constable.
Vinayak, “Saheb, I am withdrawing the complaint against these three. Leave them for now. We had a big misunderstanding. Just now my daughter came to her senses. And when she regained consciousness, she gave her testimony to this lady constable. “
Lady Constable, “Yes sir, his daughter has regained consciousness. And she is now out of danger. She will be discharged by this afternoon. She has given her written testimony and also requested that they all be released immediately.”
The police read all the written statements and opened the door of the jail and released the three. All three of them come out of the police station limping injured, holding wounds on their hands and head.
On coming out, they are shocked! There Shivani is in a wheel chair with her leg bandaged, her brothers, Sarvesh, Nitin, Sachin, are standing with their necks down and some reporters, cameramen are also there.
Vinayak, supported to Ganesha, Yogesh and Shiva, stands in front of the press peoples..
After some time, Shivani starts talking to the press, “Yesterday these three saved my life and in return these three suffered a lot of infamy and police beatings. ‘Sorry’ for that, now I am going to present your side to the world from media and press. Yesterday, while going up to father’s farmhouse, I lost my way, so I made a video call to my father and was showing him the area around. there was lot of mud and dirty water on the street so I lifted my saree. Just then a big snake came out of the bush and bit my leg. So I screamed in helpless pain. Just then, my phone, on which a video call was going, slipped out of my hand and fell on a cactus tree and got stuck between its two trunks. At the same time, these three were passing on the road. They saw me writhing in pain. When these three picked me up and took me aside, it was shot on the mobile video camera, and my father and brother were misunderstood.
One of them took out the poison from my foot by biting it with its mouth and teeth. And Ganesha tore off a layer of my sari and tied it tightly to my feet to prevent the poison from spreading. And this third one, namely Yogesh, held the shoulders. Then the three of them picked me up and took me to the hospital in my car.”
Shivani, “I was also unconscious then and could not say anything to anyone and there was a big misunderstanding. I am not blaming anyone for that. There was nothing wrong with the police, they did their duty well.”
Giving packets to Shiva, Ganesh and Yogesh, Vinayak said, “It is known that you have a flight to Dubai tonight. This packet contains your tickets to Dubai and some money. After a while, our car will drop you at Mumbai International Airport. Before that, Dr. will treat your wounds.”
Tears come to the eyes of all three and they all fall at Vinayaka’s feet.
“Sorry for treating you like an animal yesterday by falling prey to a huge misunderstanding,” said Nitin, bowing his head and folding his hands.
Shiv, “No, sir, if we were in your place, we would have had a similar misunderstanding. And we would have had a similar fight. Which brother would remain silent when his sister’s shame is being robbed in front of his eyes?”
So they both hug each other.
THE END
