Manjunath Page #6

Peace be upon you

- Peace be upon you too..

.. please come in.. Come

Do we know anything else?

Yes sir.. I met his landlord, sir..

He had gone to Gola for two days..

Sir, whatever has happened,

has happened in Gola..

Gola?

Sir.. There's not much

work I have here tomorrow..

..and it's the Sunday off as well..

So?

..what can I do sir? Only

you can give the order..

Leave for Gola tomorrow morning..

I'll hold off Sitapur for you..

Thank you sir!

Where are all the hotels here?

A little ahead sir..

There's no number written here?

I'm sorry, but I don't know anything..

Do you know Manjunath?

Who are you?

Your big brother.. that's who..

- Excuse me?

Did he come here?

- He had..

Did anyone come to meet

him here? Any phones? - No..

On what day did he stay here?

This is your register? - Yes.. yes..

Yes sir, he always

stayed over at that hotel..

Did anyone else come there?

No sir.. The boy was a clean chit, sir..

Call me once you reach Agarwal pump

Yes sir.. we're on our way..

What time did he leave from here?

After the match.. around nine'o' clock..

Yes sir.. he had

forgotten his instrument there..

Yes sir.. He went to get it back,

and no one's seen him after that..

We're on our way there..

- Al right..

You also go get dressed..

- Hmm.. hmm..

Sir there were some numbers

to be put under surveillance..

There's a petrol pump in Gola, sir..

I'm sending across the papers..

But please sir, it's a little urgent..

It's a murder case, sir..

Mr. Pandit?

- Yes sir..

Till what time do you

keep your shop open?

Seven o' clock, sir..

Once in a while it gets late..

but I usually shut it at...

Hmm..

And two days back you would have

surely shut it down early? Right?

Sir.. I..

Yeah.. I didn't see anything..

didn't hear anything..

Six bullets were fired..

..and no one heard them?

Did everyone suddenly go deaf?

Otherwise if there is even a cycle

accident, you people will pack the streets..

Let's go Lambu..

These people have no balls here..

Hey, wait!

Hey, wait!

What happened Mr. Sardar?

Not going to invite me in? Huh?

What happened? Tell me.. what happened?

Tell me!

I.. I didn't see anything..

Did I ask you anything?

He was just 27 years old, Mr. Sardar

Sir.. I heard.. b.. b.. bullet shots..

Hmm..

The owner of that pump is

not to be seen.. where is he?

I don't know sir..

Hmm?

I don't know.. really.. but one of his

men.. Lallan.. he stays here.. here..

You bloody..

When your balls are squashed..

they're squashed..

Mr. Big Balls should accept that..

Why strut around like Rambo?

Wait..

- Let go.. let go!

You don't know who I am.. let me go!

You're under arrest!

Hands up!

Why did you murder Manjunath?

Would you like to say

something to the media?

Move, move.

IlM graduate Manjunath Shanmugam,

was killed..

Murdered in broad daylight..

in UP.. by the petrol mafia..

He was a carefree soul who went whistling

around in the corridors of llM Lucknow..

And he's turned into a

whistle-blower in his death..

The students at llM Lucknow..

and the rest of the students at llM

Are putting pressure on the government

to take action against the accused..

Even if some of us can get, even an iota

of what he was, it would be worth it..

The thought process has already

started.. slowly it's catching up..

You said nothing would happen..

so what's all this then?

Oh, this? You were from

a big famous college..

working in a big company..

can expect some noise..

Face it, Golu.. I was right..

Ha! You think there's a shortage of

people fighting corruption in the world?

But they either get suspended, or

transferred or demoted.. or end up dead..

So tell me why no one

is bothered about them?

You know why? Because

you're special now..

Upper caste!

Upper class!

You're getting the special

treatment now.. and you used to tell me..

But you know what?

I have to admire your courage..

Father earns five thousand,

shunned off five million!

I admire you..

Salute!

Vande Mataram!

But my friend..

These guys don't have the eye

to realize your real fight..

You know what these

people think you are? A fool..

And that's why you will lose..

You just wait and watch..

just wait!

Good evening and

welcome to 'We The People'

Ever so often comes along

the extra-ordinary story..

of an ordinary person who

tries to battle the system..

The story of 27 year old Manjunath..

who was killed for taking on the

oil mafia, is one such story..

Coming!

Yes, of course.. What?

- You're back?

I've been ringing the bell for so long..

Was watching this programme..

- No..

..tell them, if it's anything less than

two lakhs, I am totally not interested..

You should watch it.. it's

about this guy who was killed..

Ok fine, call me back

He was from your college..

Let's start with

Manjunath's parents.. who actually..

..join us now from Bangalore..

Do you believe that those who

killed him will be punished?

Or do you feel that

they'll never be caught?

I don't know..

We are poor people..

..middle class family..

And they are, very rich people,

who killed my son..

Some people are saying..

They will get free very soon..

But they should be punished..

Then only people will realize that..

.. it should never

happen in life with anybody..

As parents we believe that you often

told him, that he should leave his job..

..because you felt it was not safe..

In the beginning we were

not happy with.. that..

He was working there in a remote area..

It was very scary..

But last month when we went to

meet him.. he was very happy..

He was saying he

sealed one petrol pump..

Every time he was telling me..

Don't worry mama.. I'm happy..

Everything is fine..

He never told us

There were so many problems with him..

But they should be.. punished..

You know Jai.. we're llM guys.

Supposedly the cream of the country

If one of us gets killed,

and we can't do anything then..

..what about the others?

I mean, look at these parents..

.. it's almost as if they know

that they won't get any justice..

Yeah.. but what can we do?

Someone should do something..

Who?

You've actually been

also a sales officer

You were also Manjunath's friend.

What were some of the

difficulties you've faced?

Well, Barkha.. There were a

couple of threats but not serious..

But first, let's see

why we need to inspect..

Look, if you honestly sell diesel.. the

profit you get is 50.9 paisa per litre

If you have such ridiculous margins..

anybody is going to adulterate..

..and Manju..

- They don't have food to eat..

..what about their kids?

And now that we know, if we

still don't do anything about it..

..we're also thieves!

Namaste.. Namaste..

I'm very sorry to hear about this..

Excuse me.. Please accept the cheque..

Did you ever call him back after that?

I thought of calling him many times..

Then one day I switched on the

TV and saw that he was no more..

Did you call him?

He had called me.. I didn't pick up..

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