-Before a few seconds I have received the call from patrolling constable.
I have came here before a one month when I was cleared the training of I.P.S. A few seconds ago, whatever I listened from the accidental place, I couldn’t believe it .How can a person do like this immoral behavior with a nine-year old girl.
The paper and news t.v. channels were filled up with the incident of raps. The news which were written in news paper and telecasted in t.v., was just like a routain. I shocked to see people, who are reading raped cases, though they did not reacted and throb. The point is that, when it happened with their sisters, daughters or relatives then they can sit as they , when it happened with the other one else.
When the patrolling inspector called me and informed about this incident, I could not believe on my ears. I was so shocked that I stood like a mad. How can a man be so cruel with a little girl, I could not understand all this stuff. My one month of duty passed on, to understand the work properly or set up on my post .This was my first case since I joined the duty.
I knew very well this case was affected on my future career that depend on it how I will deal with it. So I was not tray to take steps in hastily. I sent a constable to say Kasam that I called him into my office.
“jai Hind, sir” Sub Inspector Kasam said from the door of my office. I told him to come in and took seat in front of me. He took seat with feeling of hesitation because it was first time for him . I saw his behavior and observe it, I thought, never before a upgrade officer told a ground level officer to seat in front of.
Kasam is 20 year elder than me, Since a first day, I examined Kasam. In spite of other, he was definite in his duty. He was not type of shirker person. Kasam was humble man.
I told Kasam what I had heard on the phone, from A to z. Kasam knew that why I called him. He heard the whole thing calmly. During that time I could see that his fist was stuck and eyes were burning. But I was his superriour so he was waiting for my words to fulfilled. In my closing words I want to know his opinion.
“ sir, this is very serious matter. Rape of girl is the first incident in our area. I can see your concern. But don’t worry . It will be the first and last incident .” Kasam made his point.
“During the patrolling, our constable was found girl in a painful state. They tied the girl up in car and connected me call for further steps. I told them to take the girl to the hospital.”
“She has been in the hospital for the last one hour. The girl has not been indetified yet. If there is any progress news, I have asked them to let me know first.” I said.
“There is one way to find out the girl’s identity.” Kasam said.
“which way?”
“If any police stations in our district have been failed a complaint against a child lost in last few days- knowing that may be help us” Kasam suggested.
“Yes, you’re. But I think we should go to the hospital first.”
Kasam increased my speech. Because at before nobody officer seemed to have decide to go to the venue ever.
The hospital was twelve k.m. away from the police station. Kasam took the charge of the car. I set in next to him. It was taken time to get to the hospital so I called all the police station in the district and asked to let me know if any girl had gone missing in last few days, “ There was no such complaint reported.” Replied from all the police stations.
“Sir, by going to the hospital, we will put photo of girl on social media. I am sure it will provide some infoqtion.”Kasam said.
“I thought the same thing . But I think the girl and her incident story go online, the t.v. news channel will be announced and these people will be swoop, before we take proper any action." Isaid.
Kasam shook his head in belief.
“I don’t mean to say that the matter should not telecasted on paper or on t.v. It should have been on the channel and on paper but if we went out a few steps before, things would have gotten worse.” I added.
“Sir, you are right. But we will not mention the incident on social media. If we find the identity of the parents of the girl online, we will tell them to come at the hospital. We will tell the entire matter only after they have arrived at the hospital. In the meantime, we would find out the evil who did such this with a nine year old girl.” Ksam suggested while driving and avoiding the potholes on the road.
“If the girl is healed during that, sir, then we would have been helped to find the identity of the narcissist.” Sometime after Kasam added.
My phone’s bell rang. Call was from an inspector who was standing at the hospital.. He told me, the doctor told him that the girl would be sensed in an hour.
Within a few minutes. We both arrived at the hospital. There were two patrolling constables outside the room where the girl had kept. They were standing there, though their duty had been finished. So I told them to go to home. Both of them called “Jai Hind.” And left for home.
At that moment the door of the room where the girl was admitted, opened by doctor. He came and looked at my uniform. “you don’t need to worry about the condition of the girl , Mr.”
Reading my distress on my face he added , “ At present you can not talk to him . But yes I can allow you to go to the room, If you do not disturb her.”
“My constable even said that the girl had come to the senses.” I said.
“I told him. You are right, Mr. But I do not think it is worth it to inquire right now.”
“So when will we communicate with her.?”
“Anything can not be said properly. Now , it is as if she has come to the senses. Yet she can only open her eyes but not be able to speak or think anything. Now, there is no danger on his head. That’s why I thought it is fair to say she is the senses.”
Seeing the way I talk to him despite being on a big post, he took us to the room where the girl had admitted.
The scene was terrific. A nine year old girl was in bed. There were bruises on her face. Her body was full of sore throats. Seeing all this, My feet felt as if the ground had moved bottom of my feet.
As soon as I saw the girl, I realized the pain. She had suffered from. The girl’s bed had an age-appropriate nurse. The doctor left us and went to look for another patient.
While I was about to share the girl’s photo on social media, kasam took photo. The photo is click in such a way so that it didn’t look as sharp as it was. He shared the photo on whatsapp ,facebook and other social platforms he turned to shay, writing that a nine year old girl had been found.
I called for a chair and set down next to the girl’s bed. I laid my hand on his fluttering. His hand was seeking shelter for someone. I let my hands rest in the girl’s arms . I didn’t know when I was slept off on the chair.
The rays of the sun shone on my face .someone in the room was talking softly. it was kasam’s voice. He was talking to someone on the phone .I released my hand slowly from the sleeping girl’s hand. I reached where kasam was stood up.
He finished his talk on the phone. He said, “The girl’s parents have been identified. I have spoken them to come at the hospital .I could not tell them truth. They will be here shortly.”
“well done.” I said.
Kasam’s eyes were showing that he did not sleep at night.
I went to the wash room. I washed my face. When I returned, the girl’s parents and some of her relatives had arrived.
I took the girl’s father to the room where the girl had admitted .I told the girl’s father, whole truth. The poor father put his hand on his head and started crying .I put my hand on his back. Kasam handled the girl’s mother and relative.
The girl’s father tried to speak, but he could barely get the sound out of his throat.
“Do not leave person who has done such a bad thing to my girl.”The girl’s father said., filling the bushes. The girl’s father went out with tears. He told the girl’s mother and relatives the entire matter.
Two days after.
I was sitting in my office, file of the case fell in front of me .A local paper was placed on the table. A third of the news was full of how failing to stop crime in the city.
I am saddened to see the impression that the news paper are trying to inflict on the people in the society.
I remember the two day before. After resting the whole morning, the girl came to speak. I approached her and spoke with love.
In the conversation, the girl told me that there was no one else, but her brother done that. My head started to rotate as if I had tasted poison. I couldn’t believe what the girl was talking about right now.
I didn’t really know how a brother could do that. It was not possible that the girl was lying because the wounds of the victim such a situation are 100% true like dying men.
The mother started hitting her head with the wall. Her husband was tried to keep her calm.
I put a lady constable near the girl’s bed and went to the girl’s parents where they seated. I comforted them. Kasam was taken to the the corner of the room by me. I told him to catch up girl’s brother. Kasam immediately got on work. I had been sitting with girl’s parents all day. During that time the lady constable gave me a report.
The parents of the girl and I had not eaten since morning, I went out to arrange a meal. I packed meal for everyone from the nearest hotel.
During that time I read report, how badly his brother had done this to the girl before often. Every time a girl’s brother threatened to kill her so the girl kept quite. The last time a vicious girl tried go to her mother for complain of her brother. But, her broher beat. Though after many effort done by her brother, she would not accept. Then, she was thrown on the road.
Why did my eyes fail when to read this? Kasam’s call came up, “ Sir, the boy has been found. But the boy can’t do anything for us.”
“why?.”
“Because he died in a road accident.”
I arrived at the hospital with a pack of food. The news of the boy’s death told to his father. His face was happy instead of sore.
“God did justice. God has done justice to my daughter.”
I told lady constable to serve everyone a meal. The girl’s father said, “sir, I have I request for you.”
“Slow down without worrying, tell me”
“God has done justice to my girl, now sir you have to do a favor. Boy was punished for what he did. If what happened to the girl goes out, then my family and I will be disgraced. What is going to happen is done but if the talk spreads my girl will have a hard time staying in this society.”
He further said, “Please finish this thing right here.’
I liked his suggestion too. If things go ahead, the girl has to run even though she was not guilty. I talked to my superior. He also agreed with terms, not to tell anyone that they were allowed me to do this.
Now, two days after that, I am trying to find whose fault in this.
-Whether the crime was of an innocent girl who was coerced or whether the crime was of her brother who came under the influence of youth and took such action and did the same whatever he saw, to her sister. In fact, I don’t even think of a boy as a whole criminalist, because there is so much rubbish on the internet that there is no doubt that boy will be overwhelmed. The boy’s age was Fifteen year , my appetite for this kind of lust was shaken.
Dev patel
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