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Writer: Shikha Tailang (Bhopal)

“Deals of accidents are also made in the city night”.

Summary :

“In this gripping true story by Shikha Tailang (Bhopal), Rajiv becomes a victim of a drunk driving accident and soon finds himself trapped in the web of blackmailers. A dark tale of city nights that reveals the harsh truth of accidents, deceit, and the struggle between cunningness and humanity.”

Let’s know a dark truth from this story based on drunk and drive accident –

Rajiv was late in returning home from the press that night. He was moving ahead on his two-wheeler with the help of lights struggling with the darkness of the night. When he reached R-Mega Mart, a pack of dogs attacked to get their share of the meat lying on the road, and they started fighting among themselves. They started barking terrifyingly and pounced on each other with their teeth out. When Rajiv saw this scene, he thought it better to turn the vehicle. He was trying to turn his scooter by turning on the indicator when a drunkard on a bike came and due to being intoxicated, he could not see Rajiv and collided with his scooter. Both the drunkard and Rajiv fell on the road along with their vehicles.

The biker got more injuries because he was driving at a very high speed and was not wearing a helmet. Rajiv’s vehicle was light. So, it fell on one side but nothing broke except the indicator. The scooter got a little scratched. Soon, on hearing the sound of the collision, people living nearby gathered at the accident site. The biker was lying on the road, some blood was coming from the back of his head. He was also moaning. Seeing this scene, the people present at the accident site caught Rajiv snatched his mobile phone and started threatening to hand him over to the police. Rajiv tried to explain to them that he was turning his scooty to avoid the dogs by giving the indicator. But people were not ready to listen to anything. Now a heated argument started between Rajiv and him. Meanwhile, the biker who had fallen on the road also got drunk. And in a hoarse voice, he started asking where his mobile phone had gone. On the other hand, Rajiv’s condition was bad. He tried to calm the drunkard down and started looking for his mobile phone. Seeing all this, people felt that the prey might slip out of their hands. One of those leader-type boys said to Rajiv – ‘Give us one thousand rupees. We will not say anything. We will not call the police either. We are five. We should get two hundred each. Leave the rest to us. We will handle the drunkard.’

As soon as Rajiv gave the thousand rupees to the leader of the people, he distributed it among the others. They took their share and fled away as vultures. Rajiv also got his snatched mobile phone back. Not only this, the leader also helped him to lift his scooter.

Another one pressed the drunkard’s mobile phone switched it off and moved ahead. Now there were only three people on the road – Rajiv, the drunkard and the leader.

The leader-type boy picked up the motorcyclist and gave him water to drink. He said a few words of sympathy to him and said – ‘Brother, one should not drive after drinking alcohol without a helmet. This uncle is not at fault. Now lift your bike and go home. The family must be waiting for him at home.

Rajiv also thought that it was good that the danger was averted and he too put a five hundred rupee note in the pocket of his biker for bandaging and moved ahead.

(Fictional story)