Prafulla:- Now, we have got enough arms and ammunitions with us. Tomorrow, we are going to loot the ‘Imperial Bank’ branch of Ahiritola. We have got information that the branch is having around 3 lakhs rupees in their safety vault. After looting the money, we will distribute it among the poor people of Sutanuti. We will start getting support from all these poor villagers and even they will join our ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ group thereafter. Gopal will enter inside the bank and start talking with any one of the clerks about how to open a savings account. Dhananjay will enter inside the bank as a customer to stand in any of the queues in front of the cash withdrawal counter. Vikash, Kaushik, Rakhal and Badal will be roaming outside the bank. The moment they will hear the firing inside the bank from Gopal and Dhananjay, they will kill the security guards and enter inside the bank to start the looting. The Bank Manager Paritosh Babu is a nice person, so, you people don’t need to fire at him but you must tie him tightly on a chair with a rope. Dinesh and I will be ready with a stolen 4-wheeler outside the bank.
Rakhal:- What about Sujoy and Arindam? Are they not included in this mission?
Badal:- Both of them are somewhat shaky in these things. We have kept them in our group because they are directly connected with a Bengali daily newspaper. Moreover, they are busy in practicing football. Tomorrow, they have a football match.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Good afternoon to all our listeners. This is Chinmoy from ‘Akash –Baani’ radio center of Kolkata. At present, you are hearing the live relay of the football match between the ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ i.e. RBTC and the ‘Mysore Masters’ i.e. MM. Gosthopal, the captain of ‘RBTC’ and Marcos, the captain of ‘MM’ have shaken hands together. The ‘MM’ team will take the first kick. The match has started. Oh! Straight away, the ‘MM’ players have started fouling the ‘RBTC’ players. Iliyas has been fouled. But, the referee has neither shown any card to the ‘MM’ player nor has he offered a free kick in favor of ‘RBTC’. Gosthopal has got the ball. He is sprinting with the ball in his legs from the right flank. He has crossed two defenders of ‘MM’ and now he has entered the penalty area of ‘MM’. He gave the pass to Manna. Manna passed to Habib. Habib is dribbling and is able to beat the left back defender of ‘MM’. Habib chipped the ball towards the central area of the penalty box. Chuni gave the header. Oh! My goodness, that’s a goal. Chuni has scored a goal with his fabulous header to completely stun Lancer, the goalkeeper of ‘MM’.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Already 25 minutes has passed in this match. The ‘MM’ team is trying their best to score the equalizer. Marcos got the ball. He has beaten the three defenders of ‘RBTC’. Marcos has taken his dangerous left –footed shot. The lanky Haradhan dived to his left side. Wow! What a save it is, indeed! Marcos is stunned to see that kind of a save from an Indian goalkeeper. The ball went out for a corner. Brett has taken the corner kick. Larry has received the ball and gave the pass to Marcos. Marcos is about to take the kick. Oh! He failed to do that because Sujoy made a sliding tackle and Manohar cleared the ball. Krishnendu received the ball. He is keeping the ball in possession. Now, the three midfielders of the ‘RBTC’ are passing the ball among them and trying to make a game out of it. Thapa gave a fantastic pass to Habib. Habib has taken his left-footed shot. Baah! Fantastic! His long shot has entered inside the goal post of ‘MM’.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Only 5 minutes left to end the 1st half of this match. ‘RBTC’ has got their first corner kick. Manna is going to take the corner kick. He has taken a swinging kick with his right foot. Gosthopal received the ball with his chest and has taken a shot towards the goal post. That’s a goal! Lancer hardly got any clue. The ball went inside the goal post like a bullet. After the 1st half of this match, ‘RBTC’ team is leading by 3 goals.
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Roland:- Hi, I am Roland, the lieutenant of Sutanuti. You are really doing a great job, but you need further appreciation in your job in monetary terms. Just keep these 100 bucks from me.
The Referee of the match:- What for are you giving me this money?
Roland:- In the 2nd half, you have to control this football match. Do whatever you feel like, but at the end of the day, this Indian team should lose this match. Just keep this money with you. No one will come to know about this financial transaction.
The Referee of the match:- Then there is no problem to accept this small token of appreciation from your side. Don’t worry; the Indian team will not win this football match at any cost.
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Houghton:- Hey, Roland, where were you for a while? You were not at your seat.
Roland:- Oh! I just went to freshen up myself a little bit. It was an emergency ‘nature-call’.
Houghton:- Oh! I see. Now watch the 2nd half of this match. This Indian football team is really playing classic football. I am impressed with the way they are playing. They will surely increase the lead against the Mysore team in this half.
Roland:- Sir, the game is not over yet. You cannot underestimate the Mysore team. They can bounce back in this match at anytime. You never know! The match is not over yet.
Houghton:- Ok, let us see, which team plays better football in this half.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Already 10 minutes of the 2nd half has passed. Oh! Someone has fouled a striker of ‘MM’ team near the penalty box area of ‘RBTC’ team. The referee has given free-kick in favor of the ‘MM’ team. Brett is going to take the free-kick. Oops! It was deadly shot for Haradhan. The ball swung to its right direction and the ‘MM’ scored their first goal.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- 65 minutes have passed in this match. The score is 3-1 now. Oh! No, the ‘MM’ team footballers are appealing that Iliyas has touched the ball with his hand. The referee has given another free-kick in favor of ‘MM’. Now, Marcos is going to take the free-kick with his left foot. Haradhan is beaten again. This time, the ball went inside the top-left corner of the goal post. The ‘MM’ footballers are expert in converting their free kicks into goals.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- 76 minutes have passed in this match. ‘MM’ team is playing counterattacking football now. Denzil is now sprinting with the ball. It is one-to-one for him now. Iliyas failed to tackle Denzil. Haradhan gave a charge to Denzil. Denzil fell down and the ball went out for a corner. Oh! No, the drama is on. The referee has shown a red card to Haradhan for illegally charging Denzil. ‘MM’ has been gifted a penalty. Lancer, the goalkeeper of ‘MM’ is going to take the penalty. Santosh, the coach of ‘RBTC’ is now going for a substitution. He is taking off Iliyas and sending in Bhunia, the substitute goalkeeper of ‘RBTC’. Can Bhunia save the penalty? No, Bhunia failed. Lancer has scored the goal and the score is now 3-3.
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Gosthopal:- Guys, what is the problem in our defense line-up? Why you people are fouling too much? Look at our condition now. We are down with 10 men and the score is now 3-3.
Manohar:- We are not fouling anyone. These players of ‘MM’ are falling down on the ground on their own and appealing to the referee. Also, there was no ‘hand-ball’ at all. Iliyas received the ball with his chest only. Haradhan has not touched the legs of Denzil. He just grabbed the ball by coming out of the goal post. Denzil fell inside the penalty box by himself. Either the referee is a fool or a very smart person to play fool with us.
Gosthopal:- Ok, ok, now, we cannot play football against the referee. Just do the defense well. Pradip and Thapa, you people play in defense line now. But, during counterattack, both of you have to sprint well to act as a back-up to Habib, Manna, Chuni and me.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Only 3 minutes left in this match. Both the teams are trying to get their winning goal. Gosthopal has got the ball. He is sprinting with the ball. What a dribbling! He has great skills; there is no doubt about that. He has taken a shot at the goal. Wow! The ball has entered the goal post. ‘RBTC’ has got a goal. No, no, there is a slight mistake in my commentary. The referee has given offside signal and the goal has been cancelled. The score remains 3-3 now. Lancer has taken the goal kick. Marcos received the ball and gave the pass to Brett. Brett passed it to Denzil. Pradip and Sujoy tried to tackle him but failed. Denzil passed the ball to Brett now. Brett has entered the penalty box of ‘RBTC’, but, Thapa cleared the ball with a sliding tackle. Brett is lying down inside the penalty box. The referee has gifted a penalty in favor of ‘MM’ team. Thapa has been shown the yellow card.
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Thapa:- For what? For what reason have I been booked, Sir? I have not pushed Brett. I just cleared the ball with a sliding tackle. Brett fell down by himself.
The Referee of the match:- Don’t argue with me, otherwise, I will show you the second yellow card and you will be out of this match.
Manna:- Calm down, Thapa, calm down. Concentrate on the match.
Thapa:- What is the point in concentrating on football. This is not a game of football. This is a mockery in the name of football. This referee has given 4 bad decisions against us and you are telling me to concentrate on football.
Gosthopal:- Ei, Thapa, we are no one to talk about the referee’s decision. Calm down.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Lancer is going to take the penalty shot. Bhunia has been beaten again. The ‘Mysore Masters’ team has won this match against the ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ by 4-3. They came back from behind to get a spectacular victory.
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Roland:- Sir, I told you earlier that you cannot rule out the ‘Mysore Masters’ Team.
Houghton:- This Indian team lacks discipline. They were fouling their opponents too much.
Roland:- Just excuse me, Sir. I need to talk to someone in the reserve bench of ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ team.
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Roland:- Hi, Arindam. Your name is Arindam, right. I saw you sitting in this reserve bench. I was sitting in that right portion of the gallery only. I saw your name printed at the back of your jersey. So, I decided to shake hands with you. On the hearing day at Calcutta High Court, I got no chance to communicate with you. So, your team has lost the match. It is so sad. Had you not been sitting in this reserve bench, your team would have won the match, he he he…isn’t it so, Mr. Arindam? Indian street dogs should never dream of living inside a palace. Indian street dogs like you should remain on the Indian streets only.
Arindam:- Mr. Roland, every dog has its day. I am waiting for that special day only.
Roland:- That’s the problem with you such Indian street dogs. You people dream too much. But, the irony is that you such dogs can only bark rather than biting anyone.
Arindam:- Then you are talking about a British Bull dog like you. British Bull dogs bark more and never bite. The more the Indian street dogs bark, the more they bite. Just wait and watch, Mr. Roland. It’s a challenge to you from my side.
Roland:- Oh! Really! Then I accept your challenge and congrats to your team for losing the first match. If you lose in the next match, then you all have to wait for another one year to get qualified for the ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Cup’ tournament of next year. Take care of yourself, Arindam. See you again.
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Durga:- What happened to you? Your mood is totally off today. You are talking less and thinking more. What’s the matter, dear? Do you know something? I have passed the final exam of my graduation. The result got declared today only. I have completed my graduation. Now, we should think about our marriage. Almost all the girls in our college have either got married or planning to get married within this year.
Arindam:- Uff….just leave me alone at this moment. Marriage, marriage and marriage; don’t you have any other topic now. We have lost the football match today after doing so much hard work and that bloody Roland is telling me that a street dog should remain as a street dog. You just get lost from here. I don’t want to talk with you now.
Durga:- Baah…you are angry on Roland and you are scolding me. Roland is himself a bloody British Bull dog, that’s why; he regards everyone as a dog like him. Just forget about him.
Arindam:- No, no, I don’t forget my enemies so easily unless I teach them a lesson. We need to win the next match at any cost.
Durga:- Hmm…that’s a problem with you such guys. If you cannot accept defeat in a football match then there is no point in playing football. Try to accept a defeat sportingly and then only you will get the courage to come back and win the next matches.
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Bhaduri Babu:- I am not at all happy with that referee. He was taking biased decisions. A player is falling down on the ground on his own and the referee was regarding it as a foul. What kind of nonsense is this?
Rischards:- Yeah, yeah, I have also noticed that. I will suspend that referee from this tournament. Don’t worry; I will make sure that these things don’t get repeated in future. It’s an assurance from my side.
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Beadon:- Hello! Bhaduri Babu, I have read in the newspaper that you have formed a football team of your own and they have lost a match yesterday against the Mysore team.
Bhaduri Babu:- Yeah, yeah, it is true. But, at present, my team players are still in the trauma of that defeat. They still cannot believe that they have lost that match. The confidence levels of my boys are down and out now. I don’t know whether they will be able to win the next match or not.
Beadon:- I will be visiting a wedding ceremony of one of my friends in the St. Cathedral Church of Calcutta on this Sunday. Can I come down to your place and have a talk with your team players?
Bhaduri Babu:- Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, anytime. You are one of my good friends. You can come down here at anytime.
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Beadon:- There is no point in getting disappointed. Just regard it as a bad luck. Come back in the next match like royal Bengal tigers. Do you people know where you went wrong? In the 2nd half of that match, you were defending your 3-0 lead and that proved suicidal. No matter, whether you are trailing or leading in a football match, never play defensive football. I don’t care what your team coach, Santosh has told to you people. I believe in one thing and that is, ‘Offence is the best defense’. I have no sympathy for you people or Indians because I am a British person. But when someone tries to learn football, I am always there to help them. In my college days, I used to play football. I have never got that ultimate success as a football captain of my college team. In every tournament, we played well, but always ended as a runner-up. That’s why; when any team loses any football match after playing better football, it stings within my heart. I always ask the question to me, ‘What really went wrong that despite a good performance, they are not the champions? What extra thing is required for them to make them champion?’
Pradip:- Then tell us, what extra thing is required within us?
Beadon:- You people require to create the hunger for goals under your belly. No matter; how much goal you concede, don’t care about that. Keep on attacking your opponent for 90 minutes. Football is not all about body strength, skills and kicking power but also about mind game. The more you attack them, the more they crumble under psychological pressure. I want to see you people in the final of the tournament. Best of luck to you people. If you reach the final, then I will visit Calcutta again to watch that final match.
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Houghton:- Hello! Roland, what the hell is going on now, just under your nose? Today, those Indian rebels have looted around 3 lakhs rupees from the ‘Imperial Bank’ branch of Ahiritola. What are you doing, boss? What happened to that Kepler’s murder case? Have you found out the hide-outs of Prafulla, Badal and Dinesh or not?
Roland:- Yeah, I am trying my level best, Sir. The biggest problem is that we are not getting any evidence or eye-witness in this case?
Houghton:- I think that somehow, you are scared of these bloody Indians. Come on; Roland; you are a lieutenant. Just regard yourself standing in a war front. If you are not getting any evidences or eye-witnesses, then do some expenses from our department. Declare a reward of 5000 bucks to that person who will be able to tell about the murderer of Kepler. Start the ‘third-degree’ interrogation on Shyamal, who has been kept inside the Barrackpore jail. His mother is seriously ill now. Tell Shyamal that if he can provide us the information about the hide-outs of Prafulla, Badal and Dinesh, then we will provide all the expenses for his mother’s treatment.
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Dave:- Sir, we have got an eye-witness for the Kepler’s murder case. He is demanding his reward now.
Roland:- Ok, request him to tell the description of those murderers in front of Mr. Andrew. Mr. Andrew will make the rough sketches of those culprits. If the culprits get arrested, then we will give him the reward of 5000 bucks.
Dave:- Ok, Sir. Another thing, Sir! Shyamal has told us everything. Prafulla, Dinesh and Badal have two secret hide-outs. One is at the back-side of the Kali Temple of Simulganj village and another one is just behind the back-walls of ‘Bhaduri Bungalow’. We have also got the information that sometimes those three rebels visit the Bhaduri Babu’s house also.
Roland:- Install some policemen in civil dress outside the main entrance of ‘Bhaduri Estate’. I always had a doubt that Bhaduri Babu knew all those rebels very well. But, we cannot touch Bhaduri Babu, as he is a reputed person and has lots of British friends also. Do one thing. I think that they have kept their looted properties somewhere behind the Kali temple of Simulganj. There is a small forest behind that desolate Kali temple. Basically, that place was once a haven of dacoits. Maybe, they all are hiding there only. Tonight, take around 50 policemen with you and enter inside that forest. If they don’t surrender, then just gun them down.
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Houghton:- Bravo, well done, Roland.
Roland:- Thank you, Sir. Actually, all the information that we received were authentic ones. Prafulla, Badal, Dinesh, Rakhal, Gopal, Vikash and Kaushik have been gunned down in that haunted forest of Simulganj village. But, one culprit is missing. His name is Dhananjay. We have lost our 34 constables. The encounter was on for 5 hours. Those culprits had a huge stock of arms and ammunitions. Dave is critically injured and is fighting for his life at the St. Mary hospital. On the other hand, we have arrested Durga, the murderer of Kepler. She is the younger sister of Shivani. Her maternal uncle, Jagdish filed a criminal case against Kepler. Mr. Beadon is helping Jagdish now. Last week, Mr. Beadon came here in my office with an ‘order-letter’ from the Calcutta High Court to collect the original post-mortem report of Shivani.
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Judge Johnson:- Taking all the points into consideration, the Calcutta High Court hereby comes to the conclusion that Shivani was brutally raped and murdered by Kepler. That’s why; Durga has taken the revenge by killing Kepler. But, as per the law, no one has the right to take the law in his or her hand. Therefore, the Calcutta High Court declares Durga as a criminal and as per the Criminal Act; she will be jailed for 12 years instead of lifetime imprisonment.
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Radhanath:- Console yourself, Arindam. Everyone has tried their level best to save Durga, but this British government is too cruel for us.
Arindam:- I never expected that Durga will commit suicide inside the Calcutta Jail by taking a rat poison. I met her last week and told her that I am ready to wait for her for another 12 years, but, somehow, she was totally looking depressed. All is going wrong for us now.
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Richards:- Congratulations! Your team has qualified for the tournament. Last week, your team defeated the ‘Himachal Hulks’ by 1 goal. Prabir scored the winning goal in that match. After that victory also, you were keeping your fingers crossed. But, the good news is that the ‘Mysore Masters’ team has also defeated the ‘Himachal Hulks’ by 2 goals. So, both ‘Mysore Masters’ and your club is going to play the tournament. Now, let me give you the fixture of the tournament. There are 8 teams in this tournament. The first four matches of the 1st rounds are: - A1) ‘Liverpool Lions’ Vs ‘British Bulldogs’; B1) ‘Yorkshire Youngsters’ Vs ‘London Lads’; A2) ‘Manchester Monsters’ Vs ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’; B2) ‘Mysore Masters’ Vs ‘UK Underdogs’. The winner of A1 will clash with the winner of A2 and the winner of B1 will clash with the winner of B2 in the Semi-finals. The two winning teams will clash in the final match of the tournament. Your club has the first match on 12th July against ‘Manchester Monsters’.
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Houghton:- Hello! Roland, what am I reading the ‘The Statesman’ newspaper today? Dave has been killed, is it true?
Roland:- Yeah, it is true. Yesterday at around 11.30 PM, Dhananjay entered inside the St. Mary hospital in the disguise of a male compounder and fired 6 bullets on the forehead of Dave who was fighting for his life while resting on bed No. 23. Dhananjay has been gunned down within the next 5 minutes by the policemen who were installed in that hospital.
Houghton:- Hmm…Prafulla and his men have been gunned down. The news have spread everywhere in Bengal. Roland, please tighten the security in and around Sutanuti and be careful. These Bengali people are expert in counterattacks. Take care.
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Bhaduri Babu:- All our Indian freedom fighters are getting gunned down by the British policemen. I don’t know when we will get freedom. Prafulla and his friends have helped me a lot, but, I have been able to do almost nothing for them.
Radhanath:- Don’t worry, Dad. Our Prafulla daa, Badal daa, Dinesh daa and all their friends have died like martyrs. We will not let their sacrifice go in vain. We will wipe out the British from India very soon. Our win against the British footballers will act as a fuel for our swadeshi movement.
Bhaduri Babu:- Radhanath, if the ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ team wins this tournament, then I will accept your girlfriend Lily as my future daughter-in-law.
Radhanath:- Thank you, Dad. I promise you that I will not let your prestige down. I came to know that Roland humiliated you and that’s why; to show him what Indians can do, you opened this club. Dad, don’t worry, I am just waiting for that day, when we will play against the football team of Roland.
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Kamini:- For how many days, will you remain in a depressed mood like that? You have grown your beards by so much. You are not talking with anyone. Your smile has disappeared. If you keep on living like this, will Durga come back to this earth from heaven? Try to forget the past and concentrate on your present life.
Arindam:- I am trying my level best to forget about Durga.
Kamini:- Ok, then don’t try to forget her. Just keep her memories within you and focus on the football tournament. If you can win this tournament, then it will surely let her soul remain in peace. You loved Durga too much. That’s why; the more you try to forget her, the more you will remember her.
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