The announcement from the temple loudspeaker had filled the entire village with rage.
At first, a few people moved toward Salim bhai's shop.
Someone brought petrol… and within moments, the shop he had run for 25 years was engulfed in flames.
In the glow of the fire, the faces of the people looked even more terrifying. The anger of the crowd was slowly spiraling out of control.
Within moments, the mob turned and began moving toward Salim bhai's house.
People were shouting —
"Break the door!"
"Don't spare him today!"
A few men forced the door open, and it finally gave way.
The crowd stormed inside.
As soon as they entered, they grabbed Salim bhai and his son, Faizan, and dragged them outside.
Both of them folded their hands, pleading again and again —
Salim: "We haven't done anything… for God's sake, please listen to us…"
Faizan: "Please… don't hurt my father… we are innocent…"
But the mob, blinded by anger, was not ready to listen.
Some pushed them, others hit them mercilessly. Among the crowd were unfamiliar faces—people who didn't seem to belong to the village—and slowly, the situation became even more dangerous.
Faizan tried his best to protect his father, but he too became a victim of the violence.
There was chaos everywhere… panic…
and it felt as if humanity itself had disappeared.
Inside the house, Salma was shattered seeing all this.
She immediately gathered her two daughters and, without thinking twice, ran toward the haveli.
There was only one hope in her heart —
"Vivek bhaiya ji will save us…"
Crying, she reached the gates of the haveli and shouted —
"Vivek bhaiya ji… please help… save my husband…"
But the servants standing there stopped her and said —
"The master is not here. He has gone with his wife to Shekhar Verma ji's house."
Hearing this, the ground seemed to slip beneath Salma's feet.
For a moment, she stood frozen… as if everything was over.
Then suddenly, she turned and ran back toward her home.
When she reached back, the sight in front of her took her breath away.
Salim bhai was lying on the ground.
Blood was flowing from his head… and he wasn't moving at all.
Seeing this, Salma let out a scream —
"Saliiiim…!"
She couldn't believe that the very people with whom they had lived for years with love and trust… had now become enemies of her family.
The next moment, darkness filled her vision… and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
That night, it wasn't just a house that burned.
It wasn't just two lives that were shattered.
It was the humanity of an entire village that was lost somewhere in the darkness.
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