protector full 1234....cdr - The Protector

Interview
head constable as a guard on the metal pieces. Before going on to the were watching the staircase, we saw
exit of the multi-storey building. terrace, I wanted to test the place. So one person coming down and some
I asked him to watch for movements
and we decided to go to the fifth floor
and come down by one floor and see
what was happening. As we were
fortunately some construction activity
was going on the sixth floor. And we
got metal clips which are used for
fixing electrical wires and pipes.
suspicious activity behind him.
I challenged him. I asked him to stop
where he was. He was in the landing
area between the terrace area and
entering the lift, one more person We got a bunch of those clips and the sixth floor. He started talking in
came running into the passage and again we got back to the terrace Marathi and said that he is a hospital
said actually some suspicious activity floor. And the door was ajar and employee. The watchman who took
was noticed on the terrace. That threw the metal clips. As soon as I us there confirmed that he was a
made me land up on the top floor. I threw the metal clips, we received a hospital employee. He was waving
landed on the sixth floor, I had burst of fire from the terrace. So we his hands showing someone was
briefed my people when we were realized that the danger ws on the behind him. I told him to duck and
about to enter the lift and said that we terrace. So, we got down to the sixth he ducked. I opened one warning
are walking into an undefined area. floor and in front of the lift there was shot above his head. Then we
There has to be absolute fire control. a wall and we used that wall as our heard some one running upwards
Be cause we are in a hospital, we cover and fired back.
onto the terrace. And this man came
don't want to kill an innocent person.
And without my order, nobody will
open fire.
Or we we will open fire after we
faced fire on us. I had a bullet-fproof
vest, one more bullet-proof vest was
with us, rest of them have did not
have vests. So I sid to them that I will
walk in front. So, I made two troups.
Three of us have decided to go to
terrace to check what is happening. It
is luck, on the spur instinct, I don't
know what to call it, I was about to
enter the terrace by the stairs, three
or four steps behind, I thought, it was
As we fired back, we informed the
control room that automatic weapon
firing had taken place on the sixth
floor, we are on the sixth floor, so rush
help for us on the sixth floor. My
understanding of such challenging
situations was that there are criminal
people carrying automatic weapons
on the sixth floor and we had enough
weapons with us and our job was to
hold them till we get reinforcements.
Or we get sufficient way to forcibly
enter the terrace. That was what my
understanding was. We also
checked up that there was no exit
running towards us. We checked
him. With preliminary questioning,
like who are you. Hw was showing
his I-card. While this was going on, I
saw the first grenade coming
towards us. It ricocheted. It was
thrown from above and it landed in
front of the lift. I distinctly remember
that it was the first grenade to get
blasted, a green ball getting blasted
at a distance of six to eight feet. It's a
very small place. Then I realized that
it was not a gang war, a fight
between two groups. This is
terrorism.
not the right way to go to the terrace. from the terrace to any other Because hand grenades are with
So I told them, let us get back to the building. So, they have to use the only a certain class of people. And
sixth floor. And please search for same staircase to come down. As we that this was not an ordinary gun
fight which was going on. I received
an injury in the eye, from the
splinters. There was a momentary
dizziness. I ordered my men to fire
back. We fired back. We kept on
watching the movements. Then there
was a second blast. The first grenade
had already hit a few amongst us. In
the second grenade, almost
everyone was floored. All of them
sustained serious injuries. They were
not able to fire back, they were not
able to use the wireless.
THE PROTECTOR
To be continued...
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