"Aaj kitno ko chuna lagaaya bhai. Bag toh badaa bhaari lag raa hai" Chamanlaal exclaimed when they met in their so called office...
"3 laalchi business wale, aur ek churan faayde ka sauda. Fir kya, Loot liya.. Poore 20 lakh.. Haraami kitne laalchi hain re ye sheher wale. Apnon ko bech denge faayde ke liye" Raj exclaimed.
"Toh tu kaunsaa doodh ka dhula hai bey" Chaman added, while they both shared a laugh.
He had been working with Sundaram Chit Funds for the past 1 year. Raj knew that the business was a sheer scam. But he got a big cut, so he enjoyed duping people
Yet, that day was so different. He just entered his cabin when he saw a form on the table.
He just lifted to see the form and froze in horror with what he saw...
Name:Smt.Nirmala Devi. The photo confirmed it all... His mother's form had been filled in... She was just duped by a scamster in his own office. His world fell apart... His conscience pricked...
He could not believe what had happened. Anger steadily started rising within him....
"Aaarrrrrgh' he shouted on top of his voice while throwing the vase kept on the table on the mirror on the wall... His anger was so intense that he wanted to beat up every single person in his office who was a part of the scam...
But somehow his legs just gave up and he sat down in his chair nearby. Tears which had evaded him till date started trickling down his face... He sobbed uncontrollably...
He wanted to talk to her... but what would he say. "Aapka beta chor hai Maa" he spoke to himself..
He lifted his mom's application and the cash and kept it in his bag... He reached home and there she was waiting for him with a smiling face...
He ran and hugged her and started to cry loudly... His mother, though shocked initially at his reaction, calmed him down... She sat down on the floor while Raj rested his head on her lap..
He narrated the entire incident to her while she grew more shocked at the incidents which he narrated. "Main bahut bura insaan hun maa"
"Listen beta", she spoke calmly as though she had everything planned in her mind.
"When u started working for this scamsters, you knew what you were doing.
Being quite well educated,You always had a choice naa.. To choose between what is right and wrong. It is the path which we take which makes us who we are..
Just because your mother got duped today, it pricked ur conscience and hurt you badly. Just imagine what would be going through the people whom you've looted all this while. Unke bhi toh Maa, Pitaji, Biwi bachhe honge naa. Kya pataa ab woh kis haal mein honge."
"Now I'll not say much further, but you know what you should do. I trust you on that". She got up and went into her room...
That moment, Raj got up, and left his house... he reached the street and called out his usual rickshaw wala frnd.. He knew what he had to do...
"Oye Birju, Chal Ramnagar Police Station"...
"Kyu bhai kuch jhol hua kya" asked Birju....
"Haan, Jhol hua...Par ab se nahi hoga.. Aaj surrender karunga khudko... nayi shuruwaat hai ye" Raj said while he climbed into the auto.
He knew he had made the correct choice this time
-Shravii
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