69. Judge is harassed

CHAPTER 69

Judge is harassed

Looking at the judge, Bilal said, “Before you die, we will give you your last food like they will give to Afzal. But you should eat the food we give.”

Judge looked at Bilal and tears filled in his eyes.

Looking at him cruelly, Bilal said, “When you gave that judgment to Afzal, you did not have any sense or what? How much you value your life that much we value Afzal’s life. We have kept for you the auspicious time you kept for Afzal. See there.”

Bilal pointed to the loop hanging from a wooden beam.                           Seriously, Bilal said, “HM is in a meeting full of tension. We will raise his BP now. You talk.”

He switched on the phone and called HM.

“You are preparing to hang Afzal, isn’t it? I am also preparing to hang your judge here.”

HM was in meeting. IG said, “Sir, terrorist is talking.”

Bilal said seriously, “I think you have not yet understood the situation. Just like you have made preparations in jail for hanging our Afzal, we have made preparations for the hanging of your judge here.”

Central HM said on phone, “You are talking nonsense.”

Bilal said angrily on phone, “What you are talking is also nonsense. Just watch. This man’s dead body will also hang at the same auspicious time.”

One man lifted one finger of Judge up. Judge shouted with pain. Bilal brought the cell close to Judge’s mouth so that HM could hear the judge scream.

Seriously, Bilal said, “How is it? We will remove his parts one by one before hanging him. The old man has sugar, BP, it seems.”

Hearing the judge shout, all were shocked.

Central HM said, “Demons. They don’t have any heart.”

Requesting Central HM said on phone, “Don’t do anything to him. If you want, we will postpone the hanging.”

Bilal said angrily, “You may postpone if you want but we will not postpone the hanging of your judge. We want the release of Afzal. If you do not release him today, from 5:30 am, the auspicious time, chain bombs will continue to take place whole day. Thousands will die.”

HM’s head started vibrating. He said on phone, “We will talk to our PM in half an hour. We will announce our decision after that. Please don’t harm our judge.”

Bilal said seriously, “If you go against your word, we will take off his parts one by one from this moment itself. Just listen.”        

Bilal gives the cell to judge. One man twisted Judge’s hand. In spite of the pain, Judge said seriously on phone, “Don’t worry about my life. It does not matter if I die. But don’t release that anti-national at any cost.”

Angrily, Bilal hit judge. Blood oozed from his mouth. 

In the meeting hall, everyone shivered as they heard the judge shout with pain.   

Bilal said, “Badmash, I will drink your blood.” 

This too was heard by everyone in the meeting hall.  

Central HM said on phone, “Please, we will talk to our PM and give our decision in half an hour. Don’t do anything to judge till then.”

Public in shock

People sat in front of the TV whole night without sleep anxious to know what was going to happen. The CD is shown again and again on TV.  

TV news “Central cabinet meeting is going on. But the terrorists are warning again and again that if Afzal is not released, they will hang the judge in the same way. But the judge is saying that it does not matter if they torture him or even kill him. We got information that the torture to the judge has gone beyond limit.” 

Everyone was shocked.

One man said, “That Afzal should not have been kept in the jail for so long. He should have been shot dead long back.”

Another man said, “If we allow the judge, who is famous for his daring judgments to be hanged because of Afzal, we will be cheating our nation.”

TV news reporter said, “In the afternoon we lost our most famous tiger commando Ranjit. Should we sacrifice our judge for the sake of Afzal or should we save our judge by releasing Afzal? If you want to save the judge, type A, if you want to sacrifice the judge and get Afzal hanged, type B. Please send your SMS to 9936630099 immediately. After half an hour we will announce the public views.”  

People watched in surprise. Then they took their mobiles and started sending SMS.