How a lover turned to be beggar…

How joyful were the days and how jubilant were the nights. Just two years ago, Amjad used to spend his whole day with his two friends and enjoy the warm company of their sister in the evening. It was the routine of the lover who was known as the happiest
guy of his town. He was totally free from the care of earning as his old father used to fill his pocket at the start of every month. Every youngster of his locality was envious of his status.

Then came an awful day. In the morning of 26 December, 2010, Amjad unexpectedly informed his family that he was going to marry his girlfriend tonight. All were shocked to hear this. However, the loving father and kind mother showed their consent, and some
necessary preparations started. The whole day passed in haste and thrill.

The cold December evening fell. The girl’s family arranged a simple function at their residence. Amjad, along with his father and mother reached the venue. The local Moluvi Shahib was called to perform the ritual of Nikah. Both the boy and the girl were
excited as their unfair relationship was going to be legalised.

All were sitting in the drawing room quietly. Suddenly, the girl’s brothers, Amjad’s close friends, asked the would-be bridegroom and his father to come out of the room as they had to discuss some important thing with them. The duo stood up and walked out.

Both father and his son were standing outside the house near a heap of garbage. Much to the shock of the two, one of the brothers took out a gun from his pocket and pointed it towards Amjad, threatening to kill. As he was going to shoot, the father pushed
his son back and came forward. Within twinkling of an eye, 3 bullets turned the old man into a dead body, lying on the heap. After the gap of two seconds, two more bullets knocked Amjad down too.

The people sitting inside rushed out and got stunned to see the situation. The mother fell down and lost her senses. The two killers had fled away. Some of the relatives took Amjad to a nearby hospital as he was still taking breath because the bullets touched
the lower part of his body.

After a nail-biting operation of at least five hours, the doctors declared that Amjad was alive but both of his legs would never be able to work.

One year later: Now, Amjad spends his whole day standing in a square with the support of clutches and begs one or two coins from everyone who passes by. However, he still spends his night in shedding tears for his lost girlfriend. How sad!

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Posted by Sharjeel Ahmad on Dec 26 2011. Filed under Society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry