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imdad  ali  the  village  head   begins  the  story  carried  forward  by  ishfaq  the  neighbour  of  the  dead  woman   hajra  the  widow  of   nur  muhammed  one  of  the  three zaildars  killed  a  year  ago,  the  woman  lived  with her  twelve  year  old  son, ishfaq"s  wife  early  morning  goes  to  ask  for fire as  a  routine  nobody  opened  the  door, ishfaq  jumped  in  to  find  hajra  dead  and  the  boy  hiding  in the  store  room