WAR IN THE CURSED LAND✔️

7

Dev and amukta got into the jeep and dev drove towards the police station. As he stopped near the police station amukta got down. She walked inside. Dev told Rajat to call the Physical education teacher to the police station.

Dev : come inside amukta !

Dev took amukta to his chamber. He always calls her as amukta when they are working. He will call her ammu only when they are at home.

Amukta : tell me ! What information did you get ?

Dev : see this video first ! 

Dev gave his mobile to amukta. She played the video. 

A person is chopping human bodies into pieces. He is inserting pen-drives into few parts. He is dipping few parts into dangerous acids that are melting them. Later he is packing them in bags. While doing all these he is constantly cursing. He is also keeping a letter in every single bag. At the end he shifted the camera towards a wall on which he sticked dev and his close associates photos. Even amukta's photo is sticked on the wall.

Amukta : who the hell is he ? This is disturbing.

Dev : yes ! It is. He looks like a psychopath.

Amukta : yes ! But we have to find out what made him turn into a psychopath.

Dev : He is thinking that we will get scared by watching this video. He is trying to tell us that he is dangerous. He is willing to make everyone scared of him. His weakness is fear. He will go to any extent for making people scared of him.

Amukta : yes ! 

Rajat : excuse me sir !

Dev : did you call him ?

Rajat : yes sir ! 

Dev : send him inside !

Rajat went outside and called the PT inside. Dev asked him to sit . He sat after hesitating for few seconds.

Dev : so, you are the first person to see that. Am i right ?

PT : yes sir !

Dev : at what time you saw that ?

PT : actually the school ends at 5:30 sir. But i will train few students in kabaddi from 6 :00 - 7:30. I will go home at around 7 : 45 after making sure that I locked the sports room and main gate. But today all teachers stayed back as the exams nearing and they are supposed to prepare the question papers. After students left i went to the sports room and locked it. I was waiting for my friend who works as the computer teacher. Then i saw that bag and i opened it. As the school have very less students every students address is noted in their class teacher's mind.

Dev : ok ! Did you see any new people in the school today ?

PT : no sir ! 

Dev : at what time students left today ?

PT : the practice ends at 7 : 30 sir ! They will go by 7 : 40. 

Dev : So, that bag was throwed into the playground in a timespan of 10-15 minutes. 

PT : yes sir ! 

Dev : are you sure that you didn't see that bag during the practice ?

PT : no sir ! I'm sure.

Dev : thank you for the help. You can go now.

The PT left.

Amukta : he is definitely not lying.

Dev : yes ! 

Amukta : this is getting worse dev !

Dev : I think it is getting better amukta. Did you forget what we experienced 3 years ago ?

Amukta : that was a nightmare for me ! At last you have catched that moron. 

Dev : if I had failed to catch him he would have destroyed the whole city.

Amukta : I sometimes feel that such serial killers need some medical help. If someone turns into a psychopath he must have definitely faced something that is extremely worse. People turned into evil or good based on their circumstances.

Dev : I am agreeing with that. 

Amukta and Dev spoke with Vasudev about the incident and after that they have checked the files related to Jara's crimes. 

Rajat : sir ! Madam ! Everyone left long ago ! 

That is when they checked the time. It is 11 : 30 pm already.

Dev : oh ! Sorry for making you wait for this long.

Rajat : it's ok sir ! We are doing our duty.

Dev and Amukta reached their house in 20 minutes. Amukta went into the house quickly and kept the food that she cooked before in the oven. She changed into some comfy clothes and came back. She brought the food to the dining room and waited for Dev. Within few minutes he came . She served the food to him and started eating her food. 

Dev : did you talk with viha today ?

Amukta : yes !

Dev : I didn't answer her calls today. I guess she felt bad.

Amukta held his hand.

Amukta : it's alright. Talk to her in the morning.

Dev nodded. They had their food in silence. It was already 12 : 20 am. After that amukta and dev washed the utensils together. They settled on the couch embracing each other after cleaning the utensils. Amukta kept her head on his chest. Listening to his heart beat works as a relaxing therapy for her. Her embrace is enough to calm all the inner turmoils running in dev's mind. Amukta drifted into sleep quickly. He carried her into their room and made her to sleep on the bed without disturbing her sleep. She covered her with a duvet and layed down on his side. He kept on staring at her serene face. He recalled the day when he met her for the first time in school. He never thought that his best friend would become his wife in the future. He always thought that he is destined to stay alone till his death. He never thought that he would have a family. He lost his parents when he was 10 years old and that is when he had met amukta. She gave a new life to him. She gave him a purpose to live and a family to love. He too drifted into sleep with a smile.

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How's the chapter ?

Did you guys ever had food at such odd time like dev and amukta ?