- 182
- 328
- 79
UPDATE-50
Havaam !
jo ek chini thaa ।
vaise bhi chini bhojan pakaane main maahir hote hain ।
alabattaa unke kapede vagairaa abhi bhi jungli aurten dhoti thi ।
☐☐☐
puri basti main raat ki gahri nistabdhtaa faili thi ।
koi ek baje kaa samay thaa ।
apne-apne jhompede main jahaan tamaam jungli gahri nind soye hua the, vahin ‘assault group’ ke sabhi chhah yauddhaaon ki aankhon main us vakt nind nahin thi । vah sardaar ke jhompede me sir-se-sir jode baithe the ।
sardaar jhompede main nahin thaa ।
vah mushkil se aadhaa ghantaa pahle hi ‘grandy-grandy’ karke chikhtaa huaa uthaa thaa aur phir usi prkaar use aavaaj detaa huaa jhompede se baahar nikal gayaa ।
“is bhudhe sardaar ke saath sachamuch bahut buraa huaa hai ।” Abu Nidaal thodaa afsosnaak lahje main bolaa ।
“kuchh bhi buraa nahin huaa ।” Master jhallaayaa- “sab apni-apni kismat ki baat hai ।”
“lekin tum shaayad bhul rahe ho ।” Rony bolaa- “ki iski aisi buri kismat khud tumne likhi hai । agar tum sardaarni ko n marte, to aaj yah is paaglon jaisi haalat main n pahunchtaa ।”
“aur yah kyon nahin kahte ki mainne aisi charitrhin aurat se pichhaa chhutaakar iskaa bhalaa kiyaa hai ।”
“ab en sab baaton ko chhodo ।” Jack Kramer un sabse hi thodi sakht jabaan main bolaa- “jo haadsaa ghat chukaa hai, ab us par jirah karne se koi faaydaa nahin hai । isse ham logon ke bich bematalab talkhaahat hi aur baadegi । Mike !” phir Jack Kramer ne gumasum se baithe Mike ki taraf dekhaa- “tum shaam ke vakt kah rahe the ki tumhen kuchh jaruri baat karni hai ।”
“yes sir !” Mike thodaa sachet hotaa huaa bolaa- “mujhe sachamuch kuchh jaruri baat karni hai । magar main apni baat to tab kahun, jab yah log pahle aapas main jhagadnaa band karen ।”
“enhonne jhagadnaa band kar diyaa । tum jo kahnaa chaahte ho, kaho ।”
“sir !” Mike bolaa- “ham logon ko is basti main rahte hua aaj paanch din gujar chuke hain, paanch din ! main samajhtaa hun, jungle main bhatakte-bhatakte commander Karan Saxena ki filhal kaafi buri haalat ho chuki hogi aur vo samay aa gayaa hai, jab hamain commander ke upar hamlaa karnaa chaahiye । ab yahaan jyaadaa samay gujaarne se koi faaydaa nahin hai ।”
“vaakaayi sir !” Havaam jo abhi tak chup baithaa thaa, vah bhi bolaa- “hmain sachamuch ab commander Karan Saxena par hamlaa kar denaa chaahiye ।”
Jack Kramer ne jaise hi kuchh kahne ke lia munh kholaa, tabhi jhopede main baahar halki aahat ki aavaaj sunakar vo chaunkaa ।
“y... yah kaun hai ?” Jack Kramer phusaphusaayaa ।
“lagtaa hai, sardaar vaapas aa gayaa hai ।”
“lekin sardaar etni jaldi vaapas kaise aa saktaa hai ?” Jack Kramer bolaa ।
“main dekhtaa hun ।”
Abu Nidaal jaldi se apni jagah chhodakar khadaa huaa aur baahar ki taraf bada ।
parde tak jaakar hi vo vaapas laut aayaa । uske chehre par rahasyamyi bhaav faile hua the ।
“kyaa huaa ?”
“sardaar hi hai ।” vo bahut dhimi aavaaj main phusaphusaayaa- “phaavadaa lekar vaapas jaa rahaa hai ।”
“haan ।”
sab yauddhaaon ki nigaahen ek-dusre se takraai ।
“lekin etni raat ko phaavade se vo kyaa karegaa ?” Rony stabdh bhaav se bolaa ।
“chlo !” Jack Kramer turant apne sthaan se khadaa huaa- “sab uskaa pichhaa karte hain ।”
fauran saare yoddhaa khade ho gaye aur baahar ki taraf baade ।
sardaar jhompede se nikal chukaa thaa aur ab pichhe jungle ki taraf baad rahaa thaa ।
“yah kahaan jaa rahaa hai sir ?”
“khaamoshi se dekhte raho ।”
sardaar phaavadaa haath main jhulaataa huaa jhompede ke bilkul pichhe pahunch gayaa aur vahaan jaakar ek jagah khudaai karne lagaa ।
“are !” Abu Nidaal ke netr dahashat se buri tarah phate- “yah to bilkul usi jagah khudaai kar rahaa hai, jahaan hamne sardaarni ki laash ko daphan kiyaa thaa ।”
“haan ।”
sab yauddhaaon ke sharir main jhurajhuri daudi ।
“hmain ise roknaa chaahiye ।” Master ne jhatke ke saath apnaa ‘hansiyaa’ kamar se alag kiyaa ।
“nhin ।” Jack Kramer ne uskaa haath vahin pakadaa- “ab use rokne se koi faaydaa nahin ।”
“lekin... ।”
“use shak ho chukaa hai । jarur gaddhaa bharne main hamse koi chuk hui hai yaa phir mitti hamne dhang se nahin bhari । agar aise main ham use rokenge, to uskaa shak aur bhi baadegaa ।”
“phir ham kyaa karen ?”
yoddhaaon ki aatankit nigaahen punah ek-dusre se takraai ।
“shaanti se dekhte rahen, vo kahaan tak khudaai kartaa hai ।”
“main abhi aayaa ।” ekaaak ab Nidaal vyagrtaapurvak bolaa ।
“tum kahaan jaa rahe ho ।”
“bas aayaa ।”
Abu Nidaal vaapas jhompede ki taraf daud pedaa ।
koi kuchh nahin samajh sakaa । vo kyaa karne gayaa hai ।
sardaar kaafi jaldi-jaldi phaavadaa chalaa rahaa thaa । haalaanki unhonne laash ko bahut niche daphan kiyaa thaa । parantu sardaar ne gaddhe ko vahin tak khod daalaa aur sardaarni ki bilkul nirvastr laash ko usmain se khinchakar baahar nikaal liyaa ।
sardaarni ki laash dekhte hi uske sabr kaa baandh tut gayaa aur vo usse lipatakar bahut jor-jor se hidakiyon ke saath rone lagaa ।
usi kshan usne kuchh kadmon ki aavaajen suni, jo uske karib aa rahi thi ।
sardaar ne rote hua hi apni gardan upar uthaai । vah sabhi chh yoddhaa the, jo uske chaaron taraf aakar khade ho gaye । Abu Nidaal bhi unmain shaamil thaa । vah darasal jhompede main-se apni ‘sniper rifel’ lene gayaa thaa ।
Abu Nidaal ek paakistaani apraadhi thaa aur bahut khatarnaak nishaanebaaj thaa । jyaadaatar vo apni ‘sniper’ rifel se hi goli chalaanaa pasand kartaa thaa aur vo aadmi ki gardan ke ek aise khaas point par goli martaa thaa ki uski gardan dhad se katakar havaa main upar uchhal jaati ।
“Kramer saahab ।” yauddhaaon ko dekhte hi sardaar ki rulaai aur bhi jyaadaa phut pedi- “kisi ne meri grandy ko maar daalaa । yah dekhia, kisi ne meri pyaari grandy kaa kyaa hashr kiyaa hai ।”
sardaar jor-jor se hidakiyon ke saath ro rahaa thaa ।
uski rulaai ki aavaajen tej hone lagi ।
magar yauddhaa chup the ।
khaamosh !
“a... aap log kuchh bolte kyon nahin ?” sardaar ne ekaaak shak bhari nigaahon se un sabki taraf dekhaa- “a... aap khaamosh kyon hain ?”
phir chuppi ।
“l...lagtaa hai ।” sardaar ne ab laash ko apni god main-se niche rakh diyaa- “lagtaa hai, meri grandy kaa yah hashr aapmain se hi kisi yauddhaa ne kiyaa hai ।”
“haan, sardaar !” Jack Kramer do kadam aage bada- “mujhe afsos hai ki yah sab hamaari vajah se huaa hai ।”
“saale haraamjaade ।”
sardaar ekadam jhatke ke saath khadaa ho gayaa aur phaavadaa lekar bade khuni andaaj main Jack Kramer ki taraf jhaptaa ।
magar vo Jack Kramer ke karib bhi pahunch paataa, usse pahle hi Abu Nidaal ne apni ‘sniper’ rifel uski taraf taan di aur trigger dabaa diyaa ।
sardaar ki karunaadaayi chikh nikal gayi ।
sniper rifel ki goli uski gardan ke thik ‘khaas point’ par jaakar lagi ।
goli lagi aur phir gardan main andar-hi-andar ghumti chali gayi ।
aashchary !
sardaar ki gardan sachamuch dhad se alag hokar havaa main uchhalti hui najar aayi, phir vo gaddhe ke paas jaakar giri ।
phir uskaa dhad bhi giraa ।
“kissaa khatm !” Jack Kramer ne gahri saans chhodi- “yah budha bhi pichhle paanch din se bahut parishaan thaa । ab ise bhi sakun mil jaayegaa ।”
“ab to aap samajh hi gaye honge ।” Abu Nidaal apni ‘sniper’ rifel niche kartaa huaa bolaa- “ki main jhompede main kyaa karne gayaa thaa ।”
“samajh gaye ।”
sab prashansniy nigaahon se Abu Nidaal ki taraf dekhne lage ।
din nikal aayaa thaa ।
basti ki vo subah badi duahkh se bhari hui thi ।
saare jungli basti main ek hi jagah jamaa the aur unke bich sardaar kaa gardan kataa shav rakhaa thaa । us samay tamaam jungleiyon ki aankhon main aansu the ।
unmain aisaa koi jungli n thaa, jo n ro rahaa ho ।
“mujhe badaa afsos hai ।” Jack Kramer un sabke bich khadaa ‘burmi’ jabaan main bol rahaa thaa- “ki raat commander Karan Saxena ne yah sab kiyaa । hamain maalum hi n huaa, vo shetaan kab basti ke andar ghus aayaa aur sardaar ko maarakar bhaag khadaa huaa ।”
“agar hamain uske aane ki jaraa bhi bhanak mil jaati ।” Rony aakrosh main bhainse ki tarah dakraayaa- “to yakin maanon, raat hi hamne us haraamjaade ki yahaan laash bichhaa deni thi ।”
jungli rote rahe ।
kuchh nojvaan to laash se lipatakar dahaade maar-maarakar ro rahe the ।
vo sachamuch apne sardaar se beenthaa pyaar karte the ।
“balki mujhe to ek baat kaa aur bhi shak hai ।” Abu Nidaal bolaa- “ho saktaa hai, sardaarni ko bhi usi shetaan ne gaayab kiyaa ho ।”
“haan, yah bhi sambhav hai ।”
“ham us shetaan ko maar daalenge ।” jungli chikh uthe- “ham use nahin chhodenge ।”
“haan-haan । ham usse apne sardaar ki maut kaa badlaa lenge । usse apni sardaarni ko chhudaayenge ।”
vah sab bhadak uthe ।
Jack Kramer ne unhen badi mushkil se shaant kiyaa । uske baad bade hi sanjidaa maahaul main sardaar ke antim sanskaar ki taiyaariyaan shuru huin ।
jab sardaar kaa antim sanskaar kiyaa gayaa, tab vah saare jungli punah bahut bhaavuk ho uthe ।
punah phut-phutakar rone lage ।
☐☐☐
Havaam !
jo ek chini thaa ।
vaise bhi chini bhojan pakaane main maahir hote hain ।
alabattaa unke kapede vagairaa abhi bhi jungli aurten dhoti thi ।
☐☐☐
puri basti main raat ki gahri nistabdhtaa faili thi ।
koi ek baje kaa samay thaa ।
apne-apne jhompede main jahaan tamaam jungli gahri nind soye hua the, vahin ‘assault group’ ke sabhi chhah yauddhaaon ki aankhon main us vakt nind nahin thi । vah sardaar ke jhompede me sir-se-sir jode baithe the ।
sardaar jhompede main nahin thaa ।
vah mushkil se aadhaa ghantaa pahle hi ‘grandy-grandy’ karke chikhtaa huaa uthaa thaa aur phir usi prkaar use aavaaj detaa huaa jhompede se baahar nikal gayaa ।
“is bhudhe sardaar ke saath sachamuch bahut buraa huaa hai ।” Abu Nidaal thodaa afsosnaak lahje main bolaa ।
“kuchh bhi buraa nahin huaa ।” Master jhallaayaa- “sab apni-apni kismat ki baat hai ।”
“lekin tum shaayad bhul rahe ho ।” Rony bolaa- “ki iski aisi buri kismat khud tumne likhi hai । agar tum sardaarni ko n marte, to aaj yah is paaglon jaisi haalat main n pahunchtaa ।”
“aur yah kyon nahin kahte ki mainne aisi charitrhin aurat se pichhaa chhutaakar iskaa bhalaa kiyaa hai ।”
“ab en sab baaton ko chhodo ।” Jack Kramer un sabse hi thodi sakht jabaan main bolaa- “jo haadsaa ghat chukaa hai, ab us par jirah karne se koi faaydaa nahin hai । isse ham logon ke bich bematalab talkhaahat hi aur baadegi । Mike !” phir Jack Kramer ne gumasum se baithe Mike ki taraf dekhaa- “tum shaam ke vakt kah rahe the ki tumhen kuchh jaruri baat karni hai ।”
“yes sir !” Mike thodaa sachet hotaa huaa bolaa- “mujhe sachamuch kuchh jaruri baat karni hai । magar main apni baat to tab kahun, jab yah log pahle aapas main jhagadnaa band karen ।”
“enhonne jhagadnaa band kar diyaa । tum jo kahnaa chaahte ho, kaho ।”
“sir !” Mike bolaa- “ham logon ko is basti main rahte hua aaj paanch din gujar chuke hain, paanch din ! main samajhtaa hun, jungle main bhatakte-bhatakte commander Karan Saxena ki filhal kaafi buri haalat ho chuki hogi aur vo samay aa gayaa hai, jab hamain commander ke upar hamlaa karnaa chaahiye । ab yahaan jyaadaa samay gujaarne se koi faaydaa nahin hai ।”
“vaakaayi sir !” Havaam jo abhi tak chup baithaa thaa, vah bhi bolaa- “hmain sachamuch ab commander Karan Saxena par hamlaa kar denaa chaahiye ।”
Jack Kramer ne jaise hi kuchh kahne ke lia munh kholaa, tabhi jhopede main baahar halki aahat ki aavaaj sunakar vo chaunkaa ।
“y... yah kaun hai ?” Jack Kramer phusaphusaayaa ।
“lagtaa hai, sardaar vaapas aa gayaa hai ।”
“lekin sardaar etni jaldi vaapas kaise aa saktaa hai ?” Jack Kramer bolaa ।
“main dekhtaa hun ।”
Abu Nidaal jaldi se apni jagah chhodakar khadaa huaa aur baahar ki taraf bada ।
parde tak jaakar hi vo vaapas laut aayaa । uske chehre par rahasyamyi bhaav faile hua the ।
“kyaa huaa ?”
“sardaar hi hai ।” vo bahut dhimi aavaaj main phusaphusaayaa- “phaavadaa lekar vaapas jaa rahaa hai ।”
“haan ।”
sab yauddhaaon ki nigaahen ek-dusre se takraai ।
“lekin etni raat ko phaavade se vo kyaa karegaa ?” Rony stabdh bhaav se bolaa ।
“chlo !” Jack Kramer turant apne sthaan se khadaa huaa- “sab uskaa pichhaa karte hain ।”
fauran saare yoddhaa khade ho gaye aur baahar ki taraf baade ।
sardaar jhompede se nikal chukaa thaa aur ab pichhe jungle ki taraf baad rahaa thaa ।
“yah kahaan jaa rahaa hai sir ?”
“khaamoshi se dekhte raho ।”
sardaar phaavadaa haath main jhulaataa huaa jhompede ke bilkul pichhe pahunch gayaa aur vahaan jaakar ek jagah khudaai karne lagaa ।
“are !” Abu Nidaal ke netr dahashat se buri tarah phate- “yah to bilkul usi jagah khudaai kar rahaa hai, jahaan hamne sardaarni ki laash ko daphan kiyaa thaa ।”
“haan ।”
sab yauddhaaon ke sharir main jhurajhuri daudi ।
“hmain ise roknaa chaahiye ।” Master ne jhatke ke saath apnaa ‘hansiyaa’ kamar se alag kiyaa ।
“nhin ।” Jack Kramer ne uskaa haath vahin pakadaa- “ab use rokne se koi faaydaa nahin ।”
“lekin... ।”
“use shak ho chukaa hai । jarur gaddhaa bharne main hamse koi chuk hui hai yaa phir mitti hamne dhang se nahin bhari । agar aise main ham use rokenge, to uskaa shak aur bhi baadegaa ।”
“phir ham kyaa karen ?”
yoddhaaon ki aatankit nigaahen punah ek-dusre se takraai ।
“shaanti se dekhte rahen, vo kahaan tak khudaai kartaa hai ।”
“main abhi aayaa ।” ekaaak ab Nidaal vyagrtaapurvak bolaa ।
“tum kahaan jaa rahe ho ।”
“bas aayaa ।”
Abu Nidaal vaapas jhompede ki taraf daud pedaa ।
koi kuchh nahin samajh sakaa । vo kyaa karne gayaa hai ।
sardaar kaafi jaldi-jaldi phaavadaa chalaa rahaa thaa । haalaanki unhonne laash ko bahut niche daphan kiyaa thaa । parantu sardaar ne gaddhe ko vahin tak khod daalaa aur sardaarni ki bilkul nirvastr laash ko usmain se khinchakar baahar nikaal liyaa ।
sardaarni ki laash dekhte hi uske sabr kaa baandh tut gayaa aur vo usse lipatakar bahut jor-jor se hidakiyon ke saath rone lagaa ।
usi kshan usne kuchh kadmon ki aavaajen suni, jo uske karib aa rahi thi ।
sardaar ne rote hua hi apni gardan upar uthaai । vah sabhi chh yoddhaa the, jo uske chaaron taraf aakar khade ho gaye । Abu Nidaal bhi unmain shaamil thaa । vah darasal jhompede main-se apni ‘sniper rifel’ lene gayaa thaa ।
Abu Nidaal ek paakistaani apraadhi thaa aur bahut khatarnaak nishaanebaaj thaa । jyaadaatar vo apni ‘sniper’ rifel se hi goli chalaanaa pasand kartaa thaa aur vo aadmi ki gardan ke ek aise khaas point par goli martaa thaa ki uski gardan dhad se katakar havaa main upar uchhal jaati ।
“Kramer saahab ।” yauddhaaon ko dekhte hi sardaar ki rulaai aur bhi jyaadaa phut pedi- “kisi ne meri grandy ko maar daalaa । yah dekhia, kisi ne meri pyaari grandy kaa kyaa hashr kiyaa hai ।”
sardaar jor-jor se hidakiyon ke saath ro rahaa thaa ।
uski rulaai ki aavaajen tej hone lagi ।
magar yauddhaa chup the ।
khaamosh !
“a... aap log kuchh bolte kyon nahin ?” sardaar ne ekaaak shak bhari nigaahon se un sabki taraf dekhaa- “a... aap khaamosh kyon hain ?”
phir chuppi ।
“l...lagtaa hai ।” sardaar ne ab laash ko apni god main-se niche rakh diyaa- “lagtaa hai, meri grandy kaa yah hashr aapmain se hi kisi yauddhaa ne kiyaa hai ।”
“haan, sardaar !” Jack Kramer do kadam aage bada- “mujhe afsos hai ki yah sab hamaari vajah se huaa hai ।”
“saale haraamjaade ।”
sardaar ekadam jhatke ke saath khadaa ho gayaa aur phaavadaa lekar bade khuni andaaj main Jack Kramer ki taraf jhaptaa ।
magar vo Jack Kramer ke karib bhi pahunch paataa, usse pahle hi Abu Nidaal ne apni ‘sniper’ rifel uski taraf taan di aur trigger dabaa diyaa ।
sardaar ki karunaadaayi chikh nikal gayi ।
sniper rifel ki goli uski gardan ke thik ‘khaas point’ par jaakar lagi ।
goli lagi aur phir gardan main andar-hi-andar ghumti chali gayi ।
aashchary !
sardaar ki gardan sachamuch dhad se alag hokar havaa main uchhalti hui najar aayi, phir vo gaddhe ke paas jaakar giri ।
phir uskaa dhad bhi giraa ।
“kissaa khatm !” Jack Kramer ne gahri saans chhodi- “yah budha bhi pichhle paanch din se bahut parishaan thaa । ab ise bhi sakun mil jaayegaa ।”
“ab to aap samajh hi gaye honge ।” Abu Nidaal apni ‘sniper’ rifel niche kartaa huaa bolaa- “ki main jhompede main kyaa karne gayaa thaa ।”
“samajh gaye ।”
sab prashansniy nigaahon se Abu Nidaal ki taraf dekhne lage ।
din nikal aayaa thaa ।
basti ki vo subah badi duahkh se bhari hui thi ।
saare jungli basti main ek hi jagah jamaa the aur unke bich sardaar kaa gardan kataa shav rakhaa thaa । us samay tamaam jungleiyon ki aankhon main aansu the ।
unmain aisaa koi jungli n thaa, jo n ro rahaa ho ।
“mujhe badaa afsos hai ।” Jack Kramer un sabke bich khadaa ‘burmi’ jabaan main bol rahaa thaa- “ki raat commander Karan Saxena ne yah sab kiyaa । hamain maalum hi n huaa, vo shetaan kab basti ke andar ghus aayaa aur sardaar ko maarakar bhaag khadaa huaa ।”
“agar hamain uske aane ki jaraa bhi bhanak mil jaati ।” Rony aakrosh main bhainse ki tarah dakraayaa- “to yakin maanon, raat hi hamne us haraamjaade ki yahaan laash bichhaa deni thi ।”
jungli rote rahe ।
kuchh nojvaan to laash se lipatakar dahaade maar-maarakar ro rahe the ।
vo sachamuch apne sardaar se beenthaa pyaar karte the ।
“balki mujhe to ek baat kaa aur bhi shak hai ।” Abu Nidaal bolaa- “ho saktaa hai, sardaarni ko bhi usi shetaan ne gaayab kiyaa ho ।”
“haan, yah bhi sambhav hai ।”
“ham us shetaan ko maar daalenge ।” jungli chikh uthe- “ham use nahin chhodenge ।”
“haan-haan । ham usse apne sardaar ki maut kaa badlaa lenge । usse apni sardaarni ko chhudaayenge ।”
vah sab bhadak uthe ।
Jack Kramer ne unhen badi mushkil se shaant kiyaa । uske baad bade hi sanjidaa maahaul main sardaar ke antim sanskaar ki taiyaariyaan shuru huin ।
jab sardaar kaa antim sanskaar kiyaa gayaa, tab vah saare jungli punah bahut bhaavuk ho uthe ।
punah phut-phutakar rone lage ।
☐☐☐