The harrowing experience of that day was still fresh in his mind. Sipping the evening tea he started recollecting all the events that occurred on that fateful day.
“Rajesh you have a meeting at 8:30pm at the Taj with Sana Khan” Manish said. He continued “Its already 8pm”. “Yeah man, Iam leaving” rajesh replied and he began to pack his bag for the meeting.
Rajesh worked for JM financial and was a investment banker and Sana Khan was his client.
At 8:40pm Rajesh reached Taj, and proceeded towards the main hall. On the second table from left, Sana was sitting. “Iam sorry Sana, was held up in traffic”. “No issues, I understand” Sana replied.
Sana had a beauty only few could match. Her skin colour was fair and she had blue eyes and her hair was silky and soft.
Midway through their conversation, firing took place. Sana looked at her watch and it was 9pm. “What the hell is going on here? sana asked in a choked voice . Then one of the guards announced “ We request all of you to please vacate the building. Terrorists have attacked. We will help you in all the ways possible but please cooperate with us. The police is on its way”
The scene became chaotic and everybody started running to the nearest safe place, be it bathrooms, the kitchen or the hotel rooms. Sana and rajesh ran to the first floor to room number 105, as terrorists had gained control of the ground and slowly were gaining control of entire Taj.
“I don’t know how we will get out of here” Rajesh remarked. “Dont worry man, keep the faith” Sana assured, with fear gripping her entire body.
Just then somebody started knocking the door hard. A chill ran through both Sana’s and Rajesh’s body. “Open the door now or we will fire from outside and barge in” one of the terrorist said. “No don’t open” Rajesh ordered as Sana started to walk towards the door. The terrorist shouted “Open now or you will repent for your actions. Iam counting till 3 and then even Allah cannot save you”. “Now I said”. With that Sana opened the door. There was this terrorist standing standing right in front of her with a AK-47.
What do you want? Sana asked the terrorist with fear in her voice. “We are here for revenge” the terrorist replied with blood and revenge written all over his face. “We will kill all you Indians and make you realize the importance of Muslims in this country, that Muslims cannot be taken for a ride or you cant merely subdued them”
“What is your name? terrorist asked sana. “Sana khan” was her reply. “Oh so you are a Muslim” the terrorist said with a smile. He continued “Dont worry we wont kill you. We are not here to kill any Muslims. By the way who is that man with you? Terrorist questioned Sana again. “He is my husband". Sana continued “His name is Sajid Khan” . At that moment Rajesh could not believe what he was hearing. “Salam Sajid bhai, we are not here to kill any of our Muslim brothers. You guys can leave”
Sana took Rajesh’s hand and they both started to go downstairs towards the exit. On their way down they saw 3 dead bodies, all of the Taj staff and suddenly they heard the firing upstairs. They ran outside the Taj to the main road.
“Thanks Sana, I owe my life to you” Rajesh said in a relieved voice. “Its ok Rajesh, Iam sorry I did not take your real name, if I had they would have probably killed you” Sana remarked. “I understand, its ok” Rajesh replied with his eyes becoming moist. Sana continued “These people are killing in the name of Allah, without understanding that Islam never preaches violence. They are all brainwashed”
Sana then shook hands with Rajesh and just when she took back her hand, a jeep containing 5-6 terrorist were firing aimlessly towards the people, and as she turned around to see what was happening, 1 of the bullet hit her right on the chest and she fell down. Rajesh could not believe what he saw. The blood started coming out profusely from her chest and Rajesh’s body frozed as people started running helter skelter. Sana was lying down on the road unconscious.
(to be contd)
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