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the door could not be opened. They tried to break the doors of the room. Then one of them said.
“Please unbind me. I will open the door”.
Virdev, at once, unbound him. He easily opened the door of the room. .
“What is there inside ?” Virdev asked. "Weapons !” “Anything else ?"
“Yes. Some spies of Ayodhya who have been caught and bound.”
“How many are there ?" "About five". “When were they arrested ?" “This afternoon”. "Are they alive? “Yes, sir." "Come on. Let us see them".
It was pitch-dark in the room. Nothing was visible there. Virdev and Anjali entered the room. The soldiers of Magadha went ahead of them carrying the torch. Virdev and Anjali saw there various weapons like daggers, spears, tridents, swords, arrows and maces lying in large heaps. Inside the room, there was another inner room. There, they saw in the light of the torch, five soldiers bound hand and foot, lying there. Their hands were tied behind their backs. Virdev went forward and tried to unbind them. But the soldier of Magadha himself unbound them.
The five soldiers were led out of the room. There was silence everywhere. Turning towards the soldier of Magadha, Virdev said;
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