Part 34

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Armaan was waiting for Riddhima to come out, he got a call from a client... As he was talking, his eyes were focus on the main door of the office...
When she saw Riddhima coming out, smile form in his face...
But he was beyond shocked to see wht happen the very next moment, A black van came from nowhere and stop infront of Riddhima...
Armaan came out from the car only to hear Riddhima shouting... and the van drive off as soon they pull Riddhima inside the van...
Armaan run towards it but he couldn't reach other neither see the number of it...

Guard came running to Armaan...
'Sir yeh...'
but Armaan didn't wait to listen to him and run towards his car...
Sitting he drive off, looking for the van but he couldn't find it anywhere near...

Armaan took out his mobile and call the police and after that he went to Gupta house as he knows he need to inform Shashank uncle and Padma aunty about it...
After informing Police, Armaan call Atul and asked to reach Gupta mansion also ask to inform Rahul,Muskaan and Sapna to reach there...
Then he call his dad and asked to reach with Mom and Nikki...



~ IN GUPTA HOUSE ~


Shashank just came from hospital and he went to freshen up whereas Padma was making tea for Shashank...
Suddenly, land line started to ring and Padma came to answer it knowing Shashank went to fresh up... Before she could answer it got cut...
'Koan ho sakti hai...' Padma thought and she was to go back to kitchen, when door bell rang...
Padma open the door only to see police standing there...
'Aap log...' Padma ask question in her eyes...
'Woh Mr.Armaan Mallik ne humhe yaha bhulaya...' Inspector said...
'Kiya.. Armaan ne... Lekin woh toh yaha hai ki nehi...' Padma says...
'Lekin usne humhe bataya bohot jaruri kaam hai issiliye jaldi yaha pochne koh..' Inspector said...
'Accha... Aap log andar aao main Armaan koh call karke poochti hoon...' Padma said and soon the police move inside and wait for Padma to call...

Before she could again door bell rang and she went to see Armaan standing... He was looking tense...
'Armaan... Kiya huva.. Itna pareshan kyun dikha rahe ho...' Padma asked...
'Ma.. Riddhima ghar aagaye...' Armaan ask moving inside...
'Nehi, abhi tak toh nehi... Hoga Anjali ki saat...' Padma said not knowing wht was happening...
'Nehi Ma... Woh Anjy ki saat nehi hai...' Armaan said and as he moved he was glad the police reach there...

Shashank came outside to see police and Armaan talking and Padma was standing a little away from them...
As Padma saw Shashank coming she run towards him...
'Yeh sab... Kiya huva Padma...' Shashank ask seeing Armaan talking to the police...
'Pata nehi Shashank, pehle yeh police aagaya, phir Armaan...
Armaan aate hi Riddhima ki baare main pooch raha ta... Bohot pareshan hai...
Kahin mere bacche koh...' Padma was having tears and her voice were shaking with fear...
'Humhare bacche koh kuch nehi hoga Padma...
Woh toh office gaye ti na... Anjali ya uski koi aur dost ki saat hoga..' Shashank said moving towards where Armaan was standing...
'Nehi Shashank, woh kissi ki saat nehi hai...
Mujhe bohot tension ho rahi hai Shashank...' Padma says...

Before Shashank could say anything Anjali came running followed by Atul, Rahul, Muskaan and Sapna...
After a while Mallik's also joins them...
'Kiya huva Armaan, tumne achanak sabko kyun bhulaya...' Billi asked seeing the tension and worried lines on Armaan forehead...
'Dad woh, main...' Armaan told them everything he saw... How he try to catch up with them but lost them...
'Armaan hum Ms.Riddhima ki phone trace karne ki koshish kar rahi hoon...
Don't worry jaldi pata chal jaega woh kaha hai... Aur kissi ne kidnapped kiya hai toh kidnapper ki phone jarur aayenge...' Inspector said...
'Kidnapped... Koan kar sakta hai...' Padma asked...
'Siddhant...' Anjali said to which everyone look at her direction...

When every look at them, Anjali thought now she had to break the promise she had given to Riddhima...
'Anjy, Kiya Riddhima ne tumhe kuch batayi...' Armaan asked...
Anjali took a deep breath and let it go before telling them what Riddhima tell her few days before...
'Woh actually, Ridzy ne mujhe bataya kuch din se koi uska peecha kar raha ta...
Use wohi laga issiliye main ya Atul hamesha uski saat rehti ti... Lekin aaj hum dono koh kaam ta issiliyeh woh akele...' Anjali said as she was crying now...
'Aisa hai toh Ma'am aapko pehle humhe batana chahiyeh ta...
Bohot log hai jo Armaan ki dhushman ho sakta hai.. Ms.Riddhima koh aise feel huva toh woh humhe inform karna chahiyeh taaki hum alert rehsakte...' Inspector said...

Padma also by now was crying badly and Ananya was trying to calm her down...
Inspector some police to go and search while he was with Gupta's and others... Armaan, Atul and Rahul went to search while the girls wait there with Padma, Shashank, Billi and Ananya...



- 5HRS LATER -



Still there was no news of Riddhima and Armaan came back with Atul and Rahul...
No one move from their place as now they had to wait for the kidnapper call and then only they will know if she was kidnapped or not...
'Armaan, tumne Siddhant se contact karne ki koshish ki...' It was Sapna who asked...
'Nehi, mere paas number hi nehi hai...' Armaan said...
'Shilpa ki paas hoga... Use phone karne poochti hoon main...' Atul said and she call her number but it was switch off...
'Mujhe ab pakka pata hai yeh in dono koh chaal hai... Nehi toh Shilpa itna badi showstopper kabhi apni mobile switch off nehi rakhte...' Atul said...

They don't have any other choice then waiting... Armaan was trying to call Riddhima's number but it was switch off too...
Everyone was really tense... Everyone was thinking about only one person... 'RIDDHIMA...'



~ SOMEWHERE ELSE ~


Black van stop infront of deep inside the jungle were a old cottage where the only place to see around...
Four man who was wearing black cloths came outside pulling Riddhima along with them whose hands were tied on back... Cloth were on her eyes and mouth too so she can't see and shout...
They took her inside and push her into a room and closing the door they came to the hall...
'Yaar isse toh yaha le aaya... Lekin aage kiya karna hai...' first man asked...
'Boss ne bataya nehi aage kiya karna hai... Kaha use utake laha le aayo, woh baad main call karke bataenge aage kiya karna hai...' second man said...
'Lekin chori toh bohot khubsurat hai...' third man said...
'Kyun na ho... Boss ka choice hai...
Hoga hi... Waise maine is ladki koh kahin dekha hai...' first man said...
'Arey mujhe pata hai yeh koan hai...
Armaan Mallik ki fiance...' fourth man said...
'Woh businessman...' Second person asked...
'Haan wohi... Mujhe lagta hai boss aur uske beech koi panga hoga...
Issiliyeh ladki koh utane koh bola...' third man said...

As they keep talking, inside the room Riddhima was trying to get herself free... But she couldn't as cloth were around her eyes...
She only knows they had take her away in to somewhere that no one would find them...
As she felt the the mud and greenish smelly, she knows they were around trees and somewhere like jungle...
'Yeh log mujhe kaha leaaye ho...
Toh meri shak sahi ta... koi mujhe bohot din se follow kar raha ta...
Nehi toh aaj use nehi pata hoga ki main akele... Mujhe dad koh phone kardena chahiyeh ti... Lekin ab main kiya karun...
Ek toh in logo ne mujhe yaha baad ke rakkha... Upar se mere purse bhi un logo ke paas hai and I m sure yeh log mere phone bhi off kardiya hoga...' Riddhima was struggling to removed the knot which was tied so strong...

Riddhima could here people talking outside where she was... But she couldn't hear clearly...
She was trying to loose the knot. but she was tired of trying now...
She felt silent and try to hear what they were talking... Only she could know it was man's nothing else coud be hear...

While outside, one of the man got a call...
'Shhh...Boss ka hai...' First man said...
Other got quite and he answer he call putting it to speaker...
'Hello...' It was a lady who speak from the other end...
'Yes Boss... Humne Riddhima Gupta koh yaha jucle main jo cottage hai waha par lekhe aaya hoon...' First man said...
'Good Job guys...
Main waha tohdi der main pochti hoon meri saati ki saat...
Jab tak tum log uspe nazar rakho aur acche se baand ke rakho...' She said..
'Ji Boss... Aur humhare paise...' First one ask...
'Abhi toh pura kaam khatam nehi huva, paise miljaenge...
Pehle mujhe dekhna hai tumne sahi ladki koh utaya hai ya nehi... Main paise lekar waha pochti hoon...' She said...
'Ji boss...' First man said and next second the call was disconnected...

The mens sit on the dirty couch as they brough whisky to drink so they could timepass while whoever the boss come there...
They started to play cards and smoke while Riddhima was inside the room left to cough because the smoke where making her feel restless as it was affecting her...
Riddhima didn't know how much time it spend she laying on the floor like that...
She hasn't had anything after breakfast and she was feeling so hungry... She don't know when she sleep like that...


~ GUPTA MANSION ~


Armaan was walking around trying to call Riddhima numbers and trying every possible place where he thinks she could go...
As her phone was off, now everyone knew she had been kidnapped not if she would have inform someone about her whereabouts...
Padma slept crying for her daughter while Anjali sit with her holding her hand... Tears were not stopping and she keeps blaming herself for whtever happen...
'Anjali, tum juice peelo...' Atul forward her juice which servant has bought to everyone for Shashank request...
'Nehi Atul... Main kaise...
Pata nehi Ridzy kis haalat main hogi... Kuch khaya bhi ya nehi...
Main tab tak kuch nhi pee paungi jab tak Ridzy ki koi khabar na mile...' Anjali said looking at her mother who slept few minutes ago...

Padma also had been crying and she fainted before hearing the news of Riddhima was kidnapped...
Her BP went down and she keep calling Riddhima name only... In her face, there was a tear lines which was dry now but showing she had been crying...
'Atul, mujhe Ridzy koh manakar police pe report likhwana chahiyeh ta...
Dekho na Atul, aaj Ridzy.. pata nehi... kaha...' Anjali started to cry hugging Atul as he was standing next to her near the bed...
One hand of Anjali was around Atul waist and other hand was still holding Padma hands...

Outside in the whole, Ananya also was crying silently... Riddhima is like Nikki to her and as she was now going to be their daughter in law soon, she felt really bad for Riddhima...
Billi were trying to calm down Shashank as he was real worried for his family now...
first Riddhima and now suddenly Padma healths goes down...
On the other hand, Muskaan, Sapna and Rahul were calling Riddhima's other friend to check if she reach...
Police were trying to trace Riddhima's number but as her phone was off, they couldn't...

As they had been trying to know about Riddhima, Armaan got angry and left the house...
Seeing Armaan goes in anger, Rahul make his way out behind Armaan who had reach to his car and kick it hard on his tire..
'Armaan...
Shaant raho... Aise hyper hone se jo hogaya woh toh badal nehi sakta na...
Police koshish kar rah hai...' Rahul said...
'Rahul, its been six whole hours...
Pata nehi Riddhima kaha hoga... Kis haal main hoga...
Kuch khaya bhi ya nhi... Main use pehle bata diya hota woh mere liyeh wait karte office pe...
Lekin nehi, main toh hero ki tarah end waqt pe entry maarne ki soch kar use itni...' Armaan stop saying up to this...
'Armaan... Dude, us main tumhare koi galati nehi hai...
Woh koi bhi ho, use toh tujhse ya Shashank sir se problem hoga toh woh yaha hi phone karenge na...
Don't worry, jaldi Riddhima ka pata chal jaenge...' Rahul try to make him understand...
'lekin Rahul, woh koi bhi ho, kyun mere Riddhima koh dukh pocha rahi hai...' Armaan said...
'Kyunki woh jo koi bhi hai, use pata hai tum aur Riddhima ki family Riddhima se kitna pyar karte hai...
Aur hum yeh bhi nehi kehsakte Siddhant ne ya Shilpa ne kiya hai... Kyunki humhare paas koi evidence nehi hai...' Rahul said...
'Lekin I m 100% sure yeh Siddhant ki kaam hoga...' Armaan said...
'Maybe woh ho bhi sakta hai nehi bhi...
Armaan tum bohot bade businessman ho... Aur jaise Inspector ne kaha koi issiliye Riddhima koh kidnapped kar sakte hai money ke liyeh...
Aur Shashank uncle bhi kitna bada aur famous doctor hai... Samajh rahi ho na mere baat Armaan...' Rahul said...
'Haan lekin...' Armaan started but Rahul cut him...
'I know its filmy and all... Lekin trust me Armaan...
Reason yehi hoga... Aur hum kuch nehi kar sakte jab woh kidnapper ki call nehi aate..' Rahul said...

Muskaan came running to them... She was out of breath and she was saying something but Armaan and Rahul didn't get her...
'Muskaan... Pehle saans toh loh... Phir batao kiya baat hai...' Rahul said...
'Woh... Armaan...
Rahul... Woh...' Muskaan again try to say but she couldnt...
'Woh kiya Muskaan...' Rahul asked...
'Call...' Armaan somehow guess wht Muskaan was trying to say...
Muskaan nod and soon three ofthem run inside the house to see Shashank holding the receiver close to his eyes...
Whoever it was, he called to the land line...

Armaan was to ask Shashank who was it, but inspector stop him before he speak...
Everyone was standing around him while other two police was trying to trace the call...



- THE PLACE RIDDHIMA WAS KEPT -


The four guy slept while playing cards and they jerk up when someone through water on their faces...
'Abey koan hai...' One of the man shouted...
'Main hoon...' Girl said...
'Boss aap... ' The man said who shouted...
'Tum log yaha araam se so rahi ho... Riddhima kaha hai...' She shouted and other four bow down their heads as she would kill them any moment...
'Woh Boss us kamre main hai...' One of the man show the room where they lock Riddhima...

The girl ask from her hand to open the door and as one of the man open, she move inside to see Riddhima laying on the floor...
'Usse kuch khilaya..' The girl asked...
The man's exchange look and seeing their expression she understood they haven't...
'Main kaha ta na dhyan rakhne koh iska...
raat ki 1bhaje hai aur tum log pee ke araam se waha baahar so rahe hai...
Tum jaante ho yeh koan hai... Riddhima Gupta...
Country ki sabse famous Sugeoun ka beti hai... Aur uski shaadi sabse bade businessman ki saat hone wala hai...
Maine tum logo usko utane koh bina reason ki nehi kaha...' She shouted...

Hearing noises around Riddhima, she wake up and try to sit...
Seeing Riddhima wake up, the girl ask other to leave as she wanted to talk her alone...
'Mine mine mine...
Riddhima gupta.. What a pleasant surprise to meet u again...' the girl said...
First Riddhima didn't recognized the voice... She was wondering who she must be and why she had kidnapped her...
'Yeh soch rahi ho na main koan hoon aur maine tujhe yaha kyun laaya...
Sab sawal ka jawab miljaenge...
Pehle apne ghar phone karke inform toh karde tum mere saat ho... meri kabze main...' She said and laugh evilly...
As Riddhima mouth were shut with cloth, she could talk and she just was so angry why this girl were harming her like this... What must be the reason...

Riddhima hear she was pressing number in her mobile and soon she hear the ringing...
Her heart stop beating when she hear the teary voice of her father...
'Helo...' Shashank was the one who answer from the other end...
'Dr.Shashank Gupta...' The girl asked...
'Main hoon... Aap koan...' Shashank asked...
'Yeh important nehi hai jaanne ki main koan hoon...
Main bas itna batane ke liyeh phone kiya tere laadli beti mere paas hai...' the girl said laugh again...
'Riddhima...
Ho koan tum... Aur chaahte kiya ho...' Shashank shouted from the other end...
'Tik tik tik...
Itni bhi kiya jaldi hai doctor saahab... Main aapko pehle apni beti ki awaz toh sunaun...' she said and next moment she remove the cloth which was around Riddhima mouth...
'Papa... Papa please mujhe bachalo...' Riddhima shouted and the girl laugh evilly again...

Before Riddhima could say anything more, she again cover her mouth with cloth...
'Sun liya apni beti ki rone ki awaz...
Ab meri baat sunno... Main kal phirse call karungi...
Aur haan, Police koh is maamle se dur hi rakhna... nehi toh tere beti ki laash milenge...' She said and cut the call before Shashank said anything...

Cutting the call the girl look to Riddhima who was trying to free herself from the robe which was tied her hand...
'Tik tik tik...
Riddhima, itna koshish kyun kar rahe ho...
tum tak jaenge... Chalo main tumhe yaha se kahin aur lejati hoon... Is jhaga se toh accha hoja aur mere aankhon ke saamne hogi phir tu... Har waqt...' She said making Riddhima stand...
Before she could move out someone came and stand in front of the door blocking...
'Aagaye tum... Un kamino koh paisa de diya...' the girl asked...
'Haan aur yaha se bhaga bhi diya...
Chale... Riddhima gupta toh ab kuch din humhare saat rahenge...' it was a guy who answer...
'Haan... Isse toh sabak sikhana hi padega...' the girl said holding Riddhima hair in her fist and pulling it...
The girl and guy pull Riddhima out from the cottage and pushing her behind the car seat, they sit in front the guy driving while the girl sitting in the passenger seat in front...


With Love,

Rihoohaws...


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