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Banaras ka Dashashwamedh Ghat shaam ke samay ek alag hi roshni mein jagmaga uthta hai. Ghanti ki dhun, pundit logon ke uchcharan, aur uspar ek YouTube livestream channel — ‘SacredEye Live’ ka drone view. Ek naya trend chalu hua tha: darshako ko Ganga aarti live dikhana. Thousands log har shaam iss spiritual feed ko tune karte the. Organizer ka naam tha Ahaan Tripathi, ek smart aur ambitious techie-turned-dharmic-influencer.
Us shaam bhi sab kuch normal lag raha tha, jab tak drone ne ek ajeeb scene capture nahi kiya. Ek ladka — pehchaan mein Ahaan ka naya assistant Laksh Sharma — tezi se ghat ki seedhiyo par dodta hai, fir achanak ruk kar camera ki taraf dekh kar cheekhta hai… aur Ganga ji mein gir jata hai.
Agli subah Laksh ka shav milta hai, pairon mein ghanti ki dor badi tight badi hoti hai, jaise kisi ne bandhi ho. Log kehne lage — devi ka shraap. But kuch logon ne livestream mein rewind karke kuch aur notice kiya — uske cheekhne se ek second pehle ek ‘blurred hand’ dikh raha tha background mein.
Investigation start hui, lekin officially kuch sabit nahi hua. Media ne spiritual accident keh kar chhoda. Lekin livestream ke obsessed ek viewer Ritu Agrawal — ek plant-science researcher aur content analyst — ne story mein kuch anokha dekha. Usne frame-by-frame footage zoom kiya.
Kuch chhupi baatein dikhi: Laksh ka cheekhna ek name hai — “Ahaan!” Fir frame mein ek halka sa reflection — ghanti ka dor kisi ne advance mein bandha tha; Laksh sirf trip nahi hua, push kiya gaya tha. Lekin Ritu ko sabse badi cheez mili — ek freeze-frame mein ek subtle QR code laksh ke kurta pe, jaise kisi ne chini-paste kiya ho. Curiosity barhti gayi.
QR scan kiya toh mila ek encrypted Google Drive link — password protected. Ritu thodi tech-savvy thi. Ek brute force technique se guess kar liya — “OmNamahShivaya123”. Drive mein sirf ek audio file thi: Laksh aur kisi aur ki gupt baatcheet.
Audio mein, Laksh confess kar raha tha — SacredEye ka crowdfunding paise fake hain, aur Ahaan unhe crypto wallets mein funnel kar raha hai. Laksh ne sab proof ikattha kiya tha, aur threaten kar raha tha Ahaan ko — “Main sab expose kar dunga.” Vo recording se ek chhoti laugh aati hai — Ahaan ki — fir silence.
Ritu ne local cyber cell mein anonymously tip drop ki. Tabhi ek aur twist hua. Ahaan ne naya livestream kiya — public apology aur fir sudden spiritual ‘vanvaas’ ki announcement. Par background mein wohi voice — drone ka operator — kisi ne old mic feed leak kiya tha. Ahaan ke instructions the: “Drone ka angle wide karo, Laksh ko mid-frame mein maintain karo jab woh ghanti tokta hai… timing perfect honi chahiye.”
Cops ne Ahaan ko arrest kiya, lekin uske followers ne protest start kar diya. Ritu ne kuch nahi bola. Usne sirf ek chhoti si anonymous blog daali: “Truth doesn’t need devotion. Just a lens shift.”
Banaras mein aarti ab bhi hoti hai. Par log drone dekhne ke bajaye wide-angle se zyada close-up mein dilchaspi lene lage hain.
