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THE BELT
BY
Anand Rainman

"The inner lining of the belt is coated with RDX. You strap it around your hips, walk towards the President and when you are near him, press the remote, the bomb goes off, tearing you and the president into pieces."

But their first two attempts ended up in failure.

First it was Rani.

The President was giving a lecture in a huge crowded hall. After the lecture, when he was stepping down from the stage, the press people ran forward and surrounded him. Rani moved along with the press people. She had the forged ID card of a famous weekly. While all the press people were trying to interview him, Rani inched forward, moved closer and pressed the remote. But at the last moment, the crowd broke free of the police chain, surged forward and enveloped the press, crowd and the President. The bomb went off in the melee, killing 20 innocent people in the crowd, 8 press people and three body guards. But the President escaped with minor injuries.

Second it was Rita.

She had to wear the belt, ride the bike at high speed and crash into the President's car when it came out of the President's bungalow. The impact would make the bomb explode.

But the bomb did not go off when it hit the President's car. The impact made the bike fly high in the air and in midair it exploded with a bang. The pieces and the fragments fell on the trailing pilot car and the President escaped without a single injury.

Now it was Anita's turn.

She took the belt coated with RDX, and tightened it around her jeans pant. She stood before the photo of the High Command.

"Please give me courage to finish this task." She prayed for a minute. Then she took her hand bag and came out of the small hut. A young man was waiting outside on a bike. All the other huts were silent. All had gone to the riverside to do the morning exercises.

The young man would take her through the dense forest and drop her at the city limits. From there she would take a bus and go to the auditorium where a function was arranged to celebrate the President's 60th birthday.

***

The Captain was expecting the human bomb. It is definite they send one to the function. He should be more careful.

The whole auditorium was checked for bombs by the sniffer dogs. Each person entering the hall was allowed to pass through a metal detector. People without the V.I.P passes were stripped naked and thoroughly checked, especially their belts. Those with V.I.P passes were sniffed by the sniffer dogs.

The auditorium was slowly getting filled up. So far no untoward incident. Anita was in the V.I.P line. She was allowed to pass through the screen which would detect guns and knifes hidden on the body. She came out the screen. The dog was made to sniff her body. The dog became restless and let out a uneasy howl. If it spotted a bomb, it would let out a high-pitched bark. The captain, who was looking through the camera of the T.V. crew and studying the faces of the people present inside the auditorium to find out any suspicious character, turned sharply and looked in the direction of the howling dog.

He jumped from his seat and walked briskly to the agitated woman dog trainer, holding the sniffer dog.

"What's the matter?" He enquired.

"This girl wore a heavy perfume..."

"Show your ID."

Anita showed him the ID card she kept ready in her hands. The ID indicated that she was a fashion designer in a reputable fashion designing concern.

"I came here to study the dresses the V.I.P's wear. It's useful for my profession. I can explain about this perfume. It's a sort of eve teasing. Some teenagers threw this perfume while I came to this place..."

"We want to check your ID..."

"O.K.. I am ready..."