Hey... So am back again with another chapter... Won't talk much today as a long chapter awaits you all... So go on and read... And yes, please do go through the information below... 'Why?' Will be answered by the chapter...
The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute based in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and it started functioning from 20 October 1965.
History and establishment
The building that houses the institute was originally built as a home for Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India from 1884–1888 and was called the Viceregal Lodge. It housed all the subsequent viceroys and governors general of India.
Many historic decisions have been taken in the building during the Indian independence movement. The Simla Conference was held here in 1945. The decision to carve out Pakistan and East Pakistan from India was also taken here in 1947.
After India gained independence, the building was renamed Rashtrapati Niwas and was used as a summer retreat for the president of India. However, due to its neglect, Dr. S Radhakrishnan decided to turn it into a centre of higher learning.
Chapter 19
*Motel room (continued from the previous chapter)*
Abhijeet - Net pe picture search karke dekhte hai, kuch pata chalta hai kya
Daya - Hmm... (After searching the picture of the painting on his laptop) Yeh painting shimla ki hai... Matlab iss mai jo jagh paint ki gayi hai woh Shimla hai... Advanced study naam hai iss jagah ka...
Abhijeet - Uss jagh ka number hoga na net pe... Waha call karke dekhte hai woh koi help kar sakte hai kya humari!?
Daya - Haa mai call karta hu (after dialing the number and keeping the phone on speaker) Hello...
Operater - Yes? Advanced study, Shimla!
Daya - Dekhiye mai Sr. Insp Daya bol raha hu CID Mumbai se... Mujhe appki kuch help chahiye...
Operater - CID mumbai! Sir mai appki kya help kar sakta hu!?
Daya - Dekhiye Mr.?
Operater - Sir Mahesh
Daya - Yes toh Mr. Mahesh... Hume yaha Mumbai mai ek painting mili hai... Aur hume shak hai ki yeh koi aam painting nahi hai aur iske piche koi raaz chupa hai... Painting mai jo jagh hai woh appka institution hai... Ab iss painting mai appka institution painted hone ki koi toh wajh hogi!
Mahesh - Sir kya mai woh painting dekh sakta hu?
Daya - Sure... Ek minute rukiye mai appko video call karta hu... Baat samajne mai aasani hogi
(On video call)
Daya - (Showing Mahesh the painting)
Mahesh - Ek... Ek minute sir! (Saying this he quickly ran up to the another huge room... There on a huge wall a big black and white photo was hanging) Sir! Appne jo painting abhi mujhe bejhi hai aur yeh photo bilkul same hai sir!!! Matlab woh painting iss photo ko dekh kar paint ki gayi hai!
Daya - Kya app hume iss photo ke baare mai kuch information de sakte hai?
Mahesh - Sure sir... Sir yeh jo photo hai (indicating to the photo on the wall) woh 1916 mai li gayi thi... Tab India ke British Viceroy Lord Chelmsford the... Sir appke paas jo painting hai woh issi photo ka coloured version hai... Bas kuch alag hai toh woh hai date!
Abhijeet - Lekin iska kya matlab ho sakta hai!? 1916 ki photo aur 2017 ki painting! 100 saal ka difference hai... In dono ka kya connection ho sakta hai? (After thinking a bit) Maheshji kya iss painting ke ass paas koi harkat hui thi? Haal hi mai... Matlab aisa kuch bhi hua ho appke institution mai jo appko ajeeb laga ho?
Mahesh - Nahi sir... Aisa toh kuch nahi hua! (After a while) Sir! Ek ladki hai jo appki help kar sakti hai!
Daya - Kon?
Mahesh - Sir as you know ki ab yeh building students ko di gayi hai for higher studies yaha ek ladki hai Aarti jo paintings aur paintings ki history pe research work kar rahi hai... Shayad woh appki kuch help kar sake... App bole toh mai appki usse baat kara sakta hu
Abhijeet - Please karayiye!
(After getting conformation from Abhijeet Mahesh went to a room on 1st floor and explained the girl, Aarti, about the matter)
Abhijeet - Kya app kuch bata sakti hai iss painting ke baare mai?
Aarti - Sir mere hisab se iss painting ka uss photo ke saath milna koi coincidence nahi ho sakta! Agar app kehte hai ki iss painting ka koi raaz hai toh phir toh gureenty se hai!
Daya - Aartiji painting ke piche koi code zaroor hai lekin mujhe nahi lagta ki uss code ka sau saal purani photo se koi relation hai
Aarti - Bilkul sir! You must be correct! Code ka koi lena dena na ho lekin coding language ka toh ho sakta hai na!? Sir you must be knowing ki koi bhi code crack karne ke liye uske piche use kiya gaya coding pattern samjhna zaruri hota hai... Bas shayad ussi ka koi relation ho!
Abhijeet - Hmm... Lekin kya?
Aarti - The only thing i can think about right now is picture objects!
Daya - Picture objects?
Aarti - Ji haa sir! Sir yeh bohot purani technique hai coding ki... In which a picture depicts some meaning that is understandable only to the person its ment for! Yeh technique raja - maharajao ke zamane mai bhi use hoti thi jab phones aur internet nahi the... Uss time agar koi raja apne kisi khaas admi ko for example, senapati ko koi secret message dena chahta ho, jo kisi admi ke zariye jane se leak ho sakta hai, toh woh iss technique ka use karte the... And as Maheshji said ki woh photo 1916 mai kichi gayi thi it means in the era when European countries were ruling almost the whole world, uss waqt bhi iss technique ka istamal hota tha... Istamal hota tha First World War mai! Sir appko pata hoga ki England and Germany ki traditional dushmani thi... First world war mai bhi woh ek dusre ke against the... Sir history says ki England uss waqt bhi iss technique ka istamal karta tha... For interacting with their informers in Germany... Ek artist ko koi photo di jati thi... Woh uski painting banata tha... Aur woh painting uss country ke secret informers jo enemy nations mai hote the unhe bejh di jati thi... Informers ko pehle hi pata hota tha ki iske piche chupe message tak kaise puchna hai and unka kaam ho jata tha... Is technique ka sabse bada fayeda yeh hai ki if any chance the painting is caught by the police or army of the enemy nation, naa toh unhe shak hota tha aur agar ho bhi jaye toh they couldn't crack the code behind it!
Daya - Yeh technique hai kya?
Aarti - Sir badi simple si technique hai... Painting me visible har ek object... Object matlab... River, mountains, trees, clouds or it can even be the place painted ko list down kiya jata hai... Ab har ek chiz ka ek matlab hota hai... Har group ka ek alag pattern hota hai jise code decryption karne wale ko koi confusion nahi hota... Ab agar appko us code ko crack karna hai without knowing the pattern it will take a lot a time and efforts sir!
Abhijeet - Koi problem nahi hai Miss Aarti... Code toh crack karke hi rahege... Thanks for all the information that you gave us... Isse humari bohot help hogi... And thanks to you too Mr. Mahesh
Mahesh - Koi nahi sir... Our pleasure...
Aarti - Ji sir agar hum bhi apne desh ke kuch kaam aa sakte hai toh kyu nahi sir... Humara bhi toh farz hai app logo ki help karna
Daya - Thanks again and bye!
(After putting down the phone duo once again got busy with the painting)
Abhijeet - Yeh sab kuch itna simple nahi hai jitna dikh raha hai! Koi itni purani technique iss tarah se use karke koi choti moti baat toh nahi code karega na... Aur woh Vikrant waise bhi kuch chota plan kar hi nahi sakta... Yeh kuch bohot katharnak hai
Daya - Hmm... Lekin hum isse iske maqsad mai kamayab hone nahi denge... Chalo start karte hai! Decoding... List banane se start karte hai
Abhijeet - Hmm... Toh sabse pehle toh its Shimla and so mountains! Then yeh kuch trees nazar aa rahe hai...
Daya - Yeh sunrise bhi toh hai!
Abhijeet - Hmm... Mai likh leta hu (saying this he quickly grabbed a paper and started to list down the points)
1) Mountains
2) Trees
3) Sunrise
1) Mountains
2) Trees
3) Sunrise
Daya - Boss mujhe lagta hai ki yeh trees Deodhar ke hai... Shimla mai jungles aur valleys hai puri ki puri Deodhar ki!
Abhijeet - Oh ok... Jhad toh hogaye... Ab yeh sunrise dekhte hai! Iska kya matlab ho sakta hai?
Daya - Wahi toh samjh nahi aa raha!
Abhijeet - Ek... Ek minute! Sunrise time bhi toh indicate karta hai! Jab ghadi nahi hoti thi toh sun ki movement hi toh time batati thi... And animals ke liye toh ajj bhi ghadi sun hi hota hai!
Daya - Great boss! Mai check karta hu ki kal Shimla mai sunrise kitne baje hoga... (After checking) 7:13 it says!
Abhijeet - Ab yeh mountains ka kya matlab ho sakta hai!!!
Daya - Agar usse sirf pahad hi chahiye the toh phir Shimla hi kyu? Koi aur hill station bhi toh choose kar sakta tha na!
Abhijeet - Tum kehna kya chahte ho?
Daya - Boss yeh ki raaz word 'mountains'
mai nahi... Shayad word 'Shivalik' mai chupa hoga... Kyuki Shimla Himalaya ki Shivalik range mai located hai!
Abhijeet - Sahi hai! But Shivalik ka kya meaning ho sakta hai? Shivalik... Shiva... Daya shiva!!!
Daya - Shiva!!! U mean Shivaji marg?
Abhijeet - Haa Daya Shivaji marg!!!
Daya - Oh no! Boss Shivaji marg par toh beauro bhi hai!!! Pata nahi kya plan kar raha hai yeh Vikrant?!
(But after a while Daya noticed that Abhijeet was lost looking at the painting and wasn't listening to him)
Daya - Abhijeet! (Shaking him when he still didn't listen)
Abhijeet - Haa?
Daya - Kya dekh rahe ho?
Abhijeet - Haa... Daya mai yeh soch raha tha ki jaise 'Shivalik range' means 'Shivaji marg' yeh Deodhar trees ka meaning kahi 'deo' matlab 'deodorant' toh nahi hai?
Daya - Lekin deo ka kya lena dena in sab se?
Abhijeet - Pata nahi! Lekin aur ho bhi kya sakta hai?
Daya - Internet zindabad!!! Check karte hai!
After surfing on the net for an hour... Making some assumptions... Finding out some new things Daya finally found out something that shook him to the core!
Daya - Abhijeet!!!
Abhijeet - Kya hua?
Daya - Boss, bohat badi problem hai! Aise toh sabhi deodorants ki chemical composition alag hoti hai lekin kuch deo mai aresole bhi hota hai!!! Abhijeet aresole is a highly inflammable substance... Bas ek chingari and it will catch fire!!! Samjhlo ki deodorant ek tarah a petrol hai agar aag se contact mai aaya toh! Kuch popular deo brands bhi aresole ka use karti hai unke products mai aur uska bohot bulk mai stock milna mushkil nahi hai... Petrol yaa kerosene buy karne par shak hota hai... Deo kharidne par toh woh bhi nahi hoga!
Abhijeet - Kahi Vikrant beauro mai agg toh nahi lagana chahta!!!??? (Uttered Abhijeet in anger) Kal subah 7:13 pe!!!
Daya - Kal subah nahi Abhijeet! Ajj subah!!! Raat ke 1:20 baj rahe hai! Lekin subah 7:13 pe beauro mai toh koi hoga hi nahi! Usse agg laga kar milega kya?
Abhijeet - Hmm... Yeh baat bhi sahi hai! Phir Vikrant yeh sab karna kyu chahta hai?
Daya - Shayad iss jawab bhi painting mai hi ho...
Abhijeet - Ho sakta hai! Dekhte hai...
(After 3 hours)
Abhijeet - Damn it!!! (In anger he banged the pen which he was holding in his hand moments ago)
At the voice of it, Daya looked up from the paper he was staring at but chose to stay quiet as even he was disgusted with uncountable failed attempts that they made in the past few hours... The ticking time making it worse for them as it threatened to strike 7:13... The fear of something bad going to happen in their very own beauro wasn't letting them be at peace even after they had a tiring day and sleepless night! Daya grabbed a glass of water and gulped it down in a single breath... Offered Abhijeet one, who accepted it to calm himself down as he knew it was necessary if he wanted to crack the code...
Daya - Abb kya kare yaar! Kitni time hogaya... 4:35 ho chuke hai!!! Hume ab tak yeh bhi pata nahi chala ki beauro mai agg lagana kyu chahta hai... Hum usse rokege kaise?
Abhijeet - Pata nahi Daya... Mujhe toh kuch samajh nahi aa raha!
Daya - Naa jane kyu mujhe aisa lag raha hai jaise sab kuch humari aakho ke samne hai par hume nazar nahi aa raha... Yeh Shimla ki painting...
Abhijeet - (cutting him in between) Shimla!!! Daya Shimla! Iss painting mai maujood har word ke piche raaz chupa hai toh phir Shimla ke piche kyu nahi!?
Daya - Absolutely correct boss!
After working out for another 45 minutes duo discovered that the word 'Shimla' ment 'S89ML1'... Considering A as 1 and B as 2... Also leaving the letters with value greater than 9 as letters only...
Abhijeet - Yeh toh...
Daya - Haa Abhijeet yeh toh ACP sir ki service revolver ka serial number hai!
Abhijeet - Matlab saaf hai... Vikrant beauro mai 7:13 pe agg lagane wala hai deodorant use karke... Aur uss waqt waha ACP sir bhi honge!!!
Daya - Sir ko itne subah subah beauro mai kya kaam aa gaya yaar! (Running hand in his hair frustration)
Abhijeet - Ajj tak kabhi sir ne ghadi dekhi hai kaam karte waqt?! Kaam aaya nahi ki pauchah jate hai! Ab chalo jaldi! Pure 2 ghante bhi nahi humare pass!
Grabbing their guns, changing their disguise quickly and running to car they started their journey towards CID beauro... Somewhere they went everyday but were never so tensed about reaching there... They cursed their fate! The motel they were living in was in another part of this huge city... It would take them one and a half hour to reach beauro! Thanks to the traffic filled roods of this city of dreams... But there was nothing that could come in between ACP sir and his two bravest cops... They had no plan and no time but who cares! All they could think about at the moment was that their ACP sir was in danger and they had to save him at any cost! Covering the journey in the least time that they could they reached the beauro building... Gaurd at the gate stopped them to ask the reason for their visit
*7:00 am*
Gaurd - Kaha jana hai app logo ko?
Abhijeet (disguised) - Woh ACP sir se milna tha... Ek complain karni hai
Gaurd - Toh phir app 9 baje ke baad aayega... Woh tabhi beauro aate hai... Abhi toh ACP sir beauro mai nahi hai
Looking at each other Abhijeet and Daya exchanged a confused glance... Now what does this mean!?
Daya - Dekhiye humara unse milna bohot zaruri hai... App bata sakte hai kaha honge woh?
Gaurd - Woh 1 ghante pehle beauro aaye the... Aur phir freedy sir ke saath chale gaye... Freedy sir keh rahe the ki woh dono Hotel Grand Palace jaa rahe hai
Now the Duo realized that the Hotel Grand Palace was also present on the same Shivaji marg... They hadn't thought that ACP sir could be going somewhere else on the same road but not beauro... They weren't late in making reflexes and quickly sat in the car and sped away...
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*Hotel Grand Palace (7:00 am)*
Here ACP sir along with Freedy and hotel manager was busy in making some security arrangements... Today at 10 there was going to be a highly confidential, higher officials meeting here in this hotel's conference room... The heads of army, navy and air force were going to attend it... Even the Defense minister and the state Chief minister were going to be present... Present to discuss national security... ACP sir was in charge of the security arrangements
*Hotel conference room*
The room was more like a closed chamber with no windows and only one door present... It was well lighted and had a good air conditioning system to make people feel comfortable in it... There was a huge table in middle of the room with a notepad, pen and a water bottle kept on it for each person... Also a projector with a screen was present... Away in a corner there was a cabinet with other necessary things kept in it... The brick walls had a think sheet of steel behind it for security purposes... The only door present was made up of steel and was a electronic one which opened with a password... The room was sound proof... Leave sound even air couldn't go outside if the door was closed... Makes it obvious that air couldn't even come inside... Arrangements were made through a pipe to provide in air for breathing... Jammers were present which made it impossible to hear the inside talks through a transmitter or something else... Jammer also blocked the mobile networks
Avantika (Hotel manager) - Sir agar app chahe toh mai aisi arrangement kar deti hu jisse door sirf andar se hi khulega... Bahar se usse kholna would not be possible
ACP - Please go ahead
Freedy - (just coming from in) Avantika ji yeh jo niche ek tempo aaya hai, usme kya hai?
Avantika - Kuch nahi sir, woh bas hotel ke rooms mai provide karne ke liye deo ka consignment aaya hai
Freedy - Oh ok... (To ACP) Sir maine niche sab kuch recheck kar liya hai... Kuch gadbad nahi hai... Inspector Rohit niche nigrani rakh rahe hai... Hotel ke saare rooms bhi check kar liye hai... Kuch bhi suspicious nazar nahi aaya
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Aakash - (on bluetooth) Boss sab check kar liya hai... Sab kuch ekdum perfect hai apne plan ke mutabik
Vikrant - Great... Dekho Aakash kuch bhi hojaye... ACP uss conference room se zinda bahar nahi aana chahiye! Understand!?
Aakash - Kaise bachega boss! Conference room mai maine ek lighter rakha hai, cabinet ke paas... Uske paas cigarette bhi hai... Dono ko aise rakha hai ki kisi ko aasani se nazar nahi aayege... Jo hotel ka deo ka consignment aaya hai maine usse pani ki tank mai pani ki jagah daal diya hai... Cabinet ke andar ek timer hai jo exactly 7:13 pe ek awaz karega... Jo sunkar ACP ussi waqt uss cabinet ko kholega... woh lighter girega cigarette ke upar... Room mai dhua hoga... Fire alarm bajega aur water sprinklers automatically start ho jayege... Sprinklers mai pani ki jagh deo hoga jo agg bujhayega nahi... Agg lagayega! As expected ACP ne hotel manager ko keh diya hai ki door ko bahar se kholne ka system band kardo! Woh tadap tadap kar mar jayega aur koi usse bachane andar bhi nahi jaa payega!!!
Vikrant - Plan toh acha hai lekin successful hona hi chahiye!
Aakash - Ho jayega boss... ACP ko koi nahi bacha sakta... Aur woh freedy aur hotel manager avantika uss room mai hote hai yaa nahi yeh unki kismat par depend karta hai boss! Lekin acp ki kismat mere haat mai hai! (Saying this he gave a evil smile and moved ahead to see if his evil plan was going correct)
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Avantika - Sir maine setting kardi hai... Ab yeh darwaza sirf andar se hi khulega... Bahar se nahi!
ACP - Okk... Phir bhi app ek baar check karlijiye
Avantika - Sure sir... Ab password sirf appko pata hai toh appko andar rehna hoga... Mai bahar jati hu
ACP - Hmm... Freedy tum bhi jao Avantika ji ke saath... Aur 2/3 baar check karna ki door bahar se khulta hai yaa nahi
Freedy - Yes sir
Saying this Freedy moved out with Avantika not knowing which danger he was leaving his beloved ACP sir in! Here inside the room ACP sir was waiting near the door when he heard a click sound from near the cabinet... Slowly he moved towards the cabinet and opened its door... There it was a timer kept in it... Smelling something fishy about it ACP sir started looking around... He was quick enough to locate the burning cigarette and the lighter beside it... But even in the few seconds the harm was done... The fire alarm started ringing and water sprinklers strated with it's work... Water sprinklers with highly inflammable deo in it!!! In a fraction of a second the whole room started burning with huge flames of fire rising... ACP sir stood in a corner shocked to see the room set ablaze in a second... He didn't know how!!! He used his coat to protect himself from the flames... But how long would it prove fruitful? He had to get out of here! But it seemed like a task impossible to do... There was fire all around the door and the electronic circuit was already turned to ashes... How on earth to open the door now! He had to find another way! 'What?!' He was quick enough to find out... Fire needs oxygen to burn... The basic that is taught to every child in school... The only way for air to come inside this room was through a pipe... If he could stop the air fire would automatically stop burning... But as fire needed oxygen to burn, he needed oxygen to breathe!
ACP - Oxygen supply toh cut karna hi hoga! Aur koi option nahi hai! (He told himself coughing heavily)
Getting to the pipe he put in his handkerchief in pipe's mouth... Slowly the fire started getting lowered in intensity... The fire had already used all the oxygen present in the room!!! ACP sir had already started struggling to breathe... He fell down in a corner as he couldn't stand anymore... He still couldn't remove the cloth from pipe's mouth or else the fire would once again create the same havoc... ACP sir had already burned his hand... Some light and some severe burns every where on his body... He had heard it somewhere that the deadliest pain that could be given to a man is to be burnt alive... He had almost gone through it today... And over all of it now he was struggling to take even a single breath... His lungs were craving for oxygen, eyes threatening to close any moment... Burns aching so much that couldn't even understand which one was the most painful... Lying with closed eyes he waited... Waited for what? He didn't know... Maybe for the fire to subside or maybe for death! For whatever came first to him... For whatever destiny had chosen for him!
To be continued...
So this was the longest chapter i had ever written... About the last part... I have no words to say but sorry... Had a hard time writing this big chappy... Please don't forget to leave your precious review...
