Thriller गुनाहों का देवता

[Jay Thakur]

4. Riyadh Aur Amarjeet

Bhavik ne agla note khola.

Ismein Jay ne apne do doston ka zikr kiya tha—Riyadh aur Amarjeet.

Dono Jay ke kareebi dost the. Jay ko umeed thi ki kam se kam woh use kuch samay ke liye apne paas rakh lenge.

Lekin dono ke gharwaalon ne Mahendra ke darr se use apne ghar mein panaah dene se mana kar diya.

Bhavik ne unke messages dobara padhe.

Unke shabdon mein maafi thi. Unki majboori bhi nazar aati thi.

Lekin Jay ke liye nateeja ek hi tha.

Uske paas rehne ki koi jagah nahi thi.

Bhavik ne socha—

“Agar main us raat Jay ki jagah hota, toh kya karta? Mere paas bhi koi aisa nahi tha jo har mushkil mein mera saath deta. Lekin kam se kam main apni zindagi ka faisla khud kar sakta tha. Jay toh us waqt buri tarah zakhmi tha.”

Usne phone ko kuch pal tak dekha.

Phir agla note khola.

 5. Jamil Chacha — Aakhri Umeed

Is note ki heading dekhte hi Bhavik ka dhyaan aur gehra ho gaya.

“Jamil Chacha Ka Pata.”

Jay ne likha tha ki Jamil Chacha uske Papa ke puraane aur bharosemand sevak the. Unke Papa ne unke naam par ek gaon mein das acre zameen karwaayi thi.

Woh gaon shehar se lagbhag 150 kilometre door tha.

Mahendra ko is zameen ke baare mein pata nahi tha. Jay ko umeed thi ki Jamil Chacha ke paas jaakar use kuch samay ke liye panaah mil sakti hai.

Jay us jagah par apne Papa ke saath ek-do baar picnic ke liye gaya tha. Use raasta poori tarah yaad nahi tha, aur uske paas Jamil Chacha ka phone number bhi nahi tha.

Phir bhi us raat usne wahin jaane ka faisla kiya tha.

Bhavik ne note dobara padha.

“Tum itni buri haalat mein bhi 150 kilometre chalne nikal pade the…”

Uske dimaag mein baarish wali sadak ka dhundhla-sa ehsaas ubharne laga.

Use apni aakhri yaad ke kuch tukde yaad aaye—raat, andhera, sadak par chalte rehna.

Lekin woh poori ghatna yaad nahi kar paaya.

Usne sir jhatka aur apna dhyaan wapas mobile par laga diya.

Jamil Chacha ka zikr uske liye bahut mahatvapoorna tha. Agar woh Jay ke bharosemand insaan the, toh unke paas pahunchkar Bhavik ko Jay ki zindagi ke baare mein aur jaankaari mil sakti thi.

Lekin ek aur baat thi.

Jay ne jis gaon ka zikr kiya tha, uska raasta use bhi abhi pata nahi tha.



 6. Aakhri Note

Bhavik ne Notepad ke andar aur neeche scroll kiya.

Kai notes ke baad use ek aur note dikha, jis par koi khaas heading nahi thi.

Usne use khola.

Ismein Jay ne apne mann ki baatein likhi thin.

“Mujhe nahi pata ki aage kya hoga. Papa aur Maa ke jaane ke baad sab kuch badal gaya hai. Main bas itna chahta hoon ki ek baar sach saamne aa jaaye. Agar Tau ne galat kiya hai, toh uska sach sabke saamne aana chahiye.

Main kisi se bheekh nahi maangna chahta. Main sirf apna haq aur apne Papa ki sachchai jaanana chahta hoon.

Aaj agar koi mera saath nahi de raha, toh bhi mujhe koshish karni hogi.”

Bhavik ki ungli screen par ruk gayi.

Usne note ko dobara padha.

Phir phone ko apne seene ke paas rakh liya.

Kamre mein kuch der tak bilkul khamoshi rahi.

Bhavik ne apni aankhein band kar li.

Woh Jay ko jaanta nahi tha. Usne kabhi usse mulaakaat nahi ki thi. Lekin ab uske paas Jay ki awaazein, tasveerein, messages aur uske apne likhe hue shabd the.

Aur in sabne Bhavik ko ek baat samjha di thi—

Jay ki zindagi ka sach sirf uske saath hue accident mein nahi chhupa tha.

Uske saath hue dhokhe, uske rishton aur uske Papa ki chhodi hui viraasat mein bhi kuch aisa tha, jise samajhna zaroori tha.

Bhavik ne mobile dobara uthaya.

“Jay Singh Rathore,” usne dheere se kaha, “main abhi tumhari poori kahaani nahi jaanta. 

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