The Return of Vaman by Jayant V. Narlikar

Author:Jayant V. Narlikar [Narlikar, Jayant V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783319164298
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Published: 2022-06-15T11:45:14+00:00

The Wire tapper

‘Good morning PL! Karl here. Don’t you Indians get up early in the morning? Get up, man! It’s bright and sunny over here.’

‘Surely you are not calling with the intention of providing a weather bulletin?’ Pyarelal’s voice was quite friendly now.

‘No. Just to report. Number One is interested. The Jap will pay the first installment.’

‘Good! Well done! How much did you ask?’

‘That is none of your business, old man. They will pay more for further information, of course. I will pay you what we agreed upon. But please arrange for more details on the computer.’

‘Will do. Bye.’

As Pyarelal replaced the receiver, a click could be heard somewhere down the line and a tape recorder was automatica’ly turned off.

4 The Wiretapper

‘Go on, Mr Singh. You must have something really important to have called me here all the way from Gauribidnur.’ Major Samant eased himself on to the sofa as he spoke.

Kamala Prasad Singh had a first class M.Sc with statistics, but had somehow got diverted to the police department. As a police officer he was something of a misfit, being too urbane to lead riot squads against unruly mobs. So he was diverted again, via the C.I.D. to the Intelligence Bureau, where he had found his niche.

‘Take it easy, Samantji! Here, I will play a tape for you’, Singh said in his polite Hindi.

Singh was a lover of music and was known for his stock of tapes and LPs of classical Indian music. But the tape he played on this occasion was somewhat different. Still, Major 79

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