Or rather, what inside information do they know?
Gu Ji narrowed his eyes almost imperceptibly. The idea had a hint of "conspiracy theory," but it was not impossible, especially since the second possibility was quite significant.
It’s important to know that the Special Border Force seems to be under the jurisdiction of the Indian Military Region on the surface, but in reality, it has closer ties with intelligence departnts. Apart from serving on the Indian border, it also carries out special infiltration and harassnt missions when necessary. Its establishnt and training were initially handled by the CIA and the Indian Intelligence Bureau, and its operation model has remained secretive, to the extent that even the military staff headquarters is not very aware of its movents.
Based on this, people like Swaraj and Marlo must know a lot about the Himalayas.
Moreover, the flood in Assam seed a bit suspicious compared to West Bengal. The latter was caused by sustained pressure on the dam due to heavy rainfall from a tropical storm, leading to a breach and a major flood. However, the forr happened before the heavy rain arrived.
He had analyzed in front of Disaster Minister Anurag that the cause was "glacial fracture."
But glacier lting usually occurs during the Indian sumr, and now it’s mid to late October, with the weather having cooled. Logically, the probability of a fracture is quite low.
And the last point that raised his suspicion was the content of his conversation with Kiran, the district magistrate of Gauhati.
Gu Ji had indirectly asked Kiran about the specific details of his father’s plane crash. Kiran said that after the aviation authority finished its investigation, the cleanup work was handed over to the military.
Looking back now, the crash site was about 40 kiloters north of Dis布尔, near the southern Himalayas, which makes it difficult not to draw connections between the three.
Swaraj’s eyelids twitched.
Marlo seed to get it, turning his head and saying, "Sorry Vidi, our return route involves military secrets, so we can’t take you near the base."
"Understandable, how about dropping off at Dis布尔?"
"Count in too!"
Unexpectedly, Fatima’s voice ca from behind.
It turned out that after reporting Gu Ji’s matters to Anurag, the minister worried that it might be too difficult for him to investigate alone, so he had Fatima co over to help. As for the task of reporting back to the Pri Minister, the minister and the director-general would handle it, as no one dislikes taking credit.
Marlo glanced at the two of them and nodded, agreeing to land at the capital of Assam.
After the helicopter took off, Gu Ji also saw the panorama of Calcutta from the air. The entire city looked like a sunken giant cruise ship, with most of its body subrged in water, only the upper floors’ decks still struggling to stay afloat. Matan Park had turned into a black spot, without a trace of green, clearly showing how many refugees had gathered there.
Along the way, he asked tentatively about the loud noise in the Himalayas.
Because Anurag had ntioned to him that the Ministry of Agriculture and Disaster Managent had conducted a preliminary investigation. According to local villagers, they heard a loud noise before the flood broke out.
Marlo just brushed it off with a couple of sentences, saying he didn’t know the specific situation either.
This further confird Gu Ji’s suspicions.
As a semi-intelligence military unit, not caring about strange noises in the mountains — weren’t they afraid it might be a plane crash or a missile attack?
The flight from Calcutta to Dis布尔 takes about half an hour.
Four or five days have passed, and the floodwaters in Assam have receded significantly. Many highland areas can already see grass, with most of the houses erging from the water. At the airport, the state fire brigade and construction engineering team are rushing to repair infrastructure, preparing for post-disaster reconstruction.
With Gu Ji deep in thought and Marlo and the others eager to return to base, the helicopter had barely landed when both parties quickly parted ways, so quickly that Fatima didn’t have the chance to invite the soldiers for a al.
"They left really quickly, Vidi. Should we rest for a mont or..."
"Let’s head to the Disaster Relief Center to understand the basic situation, prepare vehicles, personnel, and materials, focusing on the villages at the southern Himalayas. We need to go to the northern border of the state!"
"You sure have a lot of energy!"
Fatima mumbled sothing, but still quickly followed.
For Gu Ji, the investigation needed to be quick. Otherwise, if he waited for the military to seal off all evidence, it would be much harder to uncover the truth about the disaster.
The two borrowed a car and headed to the Disaster Relief Center.
They never expected to beco "big stars" in Assam; as soon as they got out of the car, many governnt officials surrounded them. It seed that Gu Ji and his handling of the West Bengal flood had already been widely circulated.
Ignoring those trying to cozy up, Gu Ji directly found the investigation officers from the Departnt of Agriculture and the Ministry of Disaster Managent to inquire about the personnel who had carried out on-the-ground inspections in the villages at the southern Himalayas.
During the few days he’d been away, it turned out that the state governnt had indeed made a new discovery.
A middle-aged official in a blue vest and white shirt pulled out a docunt; he was the head of the post-flood disaster investigation. "After our multiple investigations, we’ve co to the conclusion that glacier fracture was a secondary cause of this flood. The real main cause was corruption and poor managent of the Brahmaputra River. Over the past five years, hundreds of millions of US Dollars ant for flood prevention and control were embezzled by the Minister of the Water Resources Departnt. The embanknts along the Brahmaputra have been in disrepair for years, and flood managent has been inadequate."
"Before and after the flood, corruption remained rampant. The water resources departnt even hoped the flood would break out because they could rake in huge gains during the repair of embanknts and distribution of relief supplies. Officials from the finance and taxation departnt ntioned that the Chief Minister had discovered discrepancies in the state disaster relief fund accounts and had looked for the Water Resources Minister multiple tis, unfortunately, he’s still missing."
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