The Inexistent Highway..(Ep-23)

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Shivani Dixit
Jun 24, 2019   •  31 views

As Reeha read the name of Garang and his praises that the dead man’s letter contained she was quite shocked. Without wasting much time, she continued the message. 'Mr. Garang Khanak as the officials said was one of the most influential lawyers in the city. Moreover, we knew he was a lovely person. He took every detail with the utmost care, anybody on earth would be pleased to spend time talking to him. He told us not to disclose any information to the court without his consent.

We were told to be careful because the 'Sarkar' was very cunning; it could take advantage of our innocence at any time. We did as we were told. In the first day at court, Garang fought with the opponent bravely. We presented all that Garang told us.

At the court, the other party (the state) asked us questions furiously, but we knew it was their trick to discourage us, all of us stood united and answered with full confidence. However, it wasn't enough to proof us right, although we did our best in front of the judge, we had no tests that the farms were burnt in our absence. All that we had was mere theory. The opposition took advantage of this and threw questions on us one after the other. We almost lost, but Garang didn't lose hope. He begged the supreme to grant us a few days so that we could collect enough proofs. After many discussions, we were finally allowed to extend the case.

After returning to the village, the head called for a meeting.

We all gathered, Garang was also present. Usually, in the meetings, the Sarpanch directed us, but this time it was Garang who led. He told us to be very attentive. Since we were against the government, anything at any time could happen. Also, we needed proofs which would state our innocence. The idea was simple, we would demand all the money that the Sarkar earlier promised to pay, and besides, we would also require some extra amount in charge of burning our farms.So, all that we had to do was to collect proofs, but it wasn't simple. The other day we were prepared, the first target was to collect ashes from the farms since it was rabi season the crops were immature and no farmer on earth would wish his farms to burn before harvest. Garang told us that he would take ashes of partially cooked plants to the laboratory where it would be easily proved that they were consumed in an immature state. The rest the court would deal itself. All the villagers enthusiastically went to the farms and did what was told. The ashes were collected and given to Mr. Garang, who in turn submitted it in the laboratory.

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