Case # 1: The plan
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Ahmed " I think we should talk to Harsha Mehra, the person arrested for dealing drugs."
David " we can, but he won't budge. He has the support of some local political leaders. We need some concrete proof."
Ahmed " How can we do that?"
David "Let me think about a plan."
Somewhere far away, Harsha is snuffing heroin in his den. He had killed someone & got away with it. The police couldn't catch him. Priyanka Singh was the reason that his world had turned upside down. Yes, he was dealing drugs within the office, so what? He tried to bribe her but no use. She had to call the police. She had to fire him away. Due to his arrest, his wife & son had left him. He has no one. No other company will hire him. And Priyanka, everyone loved her, respected her. She had to die. And someone paid him to kill her. Someone else has a vendetta against her. Today he would pay him the last installment of the payment. He will come here, in his den. After getting the money, he would disappear, start a new life. But before that, he had disposed the knife, the bat & the bloody clothes. He couldn't dispose of that yet, because the police would pick up the scent.
He had to kill the guard, or he would tell the police everything. He reminisced what he has done. First, he struck the guard with a cricket bat, which was his son's. Then he lifted the keys from that guard, opened the back door. He & his partner entered through the back door. They left the same way they came. Then he stabbed him & he put the keys back into the guard's pockets & left.
His partner is obsessed with Priyanka, Harsha thought. He stalked her carefully. He knew that the CCTV at the back gate is not working. T hat's why they can carry out their plan. He had stabbed Priyanka once, but his partner stabbed her more than thirty times. He must have been angry with her. Harsha never bothered to ask him why.
But he thought, if he can kill his partner, here tonight, he can disappear with the money. He wouldn't have to fear if his partner would open his mouth to the police. He would never look back again. A new identity, a new life is waiting for him. He could see it. He just has to grab the opportunity.
Suddenly he heard the footsteps which brought him out of his reverie. His partner has come at last. Harsha could see his shadow coming toward the den. Harsha became allergy, pulled the knife, the same knife used to kill Priyanka & the guard. The shadow is carrying the suitcase in one hand, another hand is in the pocket of his coat. When he came up close he said, "Hello Harsha, how are you?"
Harsha "Good. You?"
"Good. Here's your money, the last of it. What will you do with the money?" Harsha "Start a new life. Forget about what happened. What about you? What will you do now?"
"Same here."
Harsha " Hey, if you don't mind, can I ask, why did you pair with me to kill her?"
"Well, I loved her once, but she rejected me. Now I have a business too, we could run that together, I proposed her again, but no, she didn't love me. Instead, she chose that Ritesh Ahuja. So I decided to kill in her sleep."
Harsha " OK, I understand."
"No, you don't. Nobody does. Now that you have known my identity it's time for you to die. As long as you are alive, you are a loose cannon. I appreciate your help, friend I do, but you have to go, I am so sorry. I know you were thinking the same thing."
Then he draws his hand out of the pocket of his coat. Now he has a gun in his hand, aimed straight at Harsha's head. He is going to pull the trigger before Harsha could even react, but then there's another shot is fired, this bullet came from the revolver of a police officer, David Roy. The bullet hit the person in the hand, who was holding the gun in Harsha's direction. That person has dropped his gun, & is screaming in pain, blood is flowing from the wound.
David said " Abhishek Kumar, you are under arrest for the murder of Priyanka Singh. We have your confession on tape. An ambulance is coming, you will be going to a nearby hospital, from there you will be escorted to the jail. The paramedics entered, carried him away in a stretcher. And Harsha Mehra you are arrested for the murder of Priyanka Singh & Tez Bahadur. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used in the court of law. You have a right to an attorney. Now let's go"
Back in the police station, Ahmed said: " I didn't know that keeping tabs on Harsha will yield a positive result so quickly."
David " I didn't either. But keeping tabs on Harsha's den, like a junkie is hard. We all haven't eaten anything all day. Are you hungry? I am going to order a pizza."
Ahmed & Smriti said they are both hungry.
The telecom company said that the phone of Abhishek turned off near Priyanka's mansion on the night of the murder. Its never been on again. But another phone's location was seen last near Priyanka's house which is Harsha's phone. It's been off for two days but became on today morning.
Smriti said that she traced the number from which Abhishek has contacted Harsha a day earlier. So David decided to position himself outside Harsha's den carefully disguised as junkies.
She also said, even if Priyanka didn't have a virtual life, Ritesh had. Abhisekh didn't just stalk her, he stalked all her friends. When Ritesh posted a comment on the social media about the date, Abhishek lost it. David followed Abhishek into the den, taped the conversation. He now has proof. He obtained the murder weapon, the bat, the clothes from Harsha's house. He also obtained bloody clothes from Abhishek's house. He has brought a killer to justice. He is satisfied to do that. But he has a tiny regret, he couldn't save her.
When Mrs. Dsouza came to know about the killers, her eyes are filled with tears. How the only person she's been holding to, is never going to be with her. Nilesh thought how he had lost a sister, a friend to some crazy fantasy.
Priyanka's body & Tez's body being cremated. Mrs. Dsouza decided to visit Gaya with her ashes.
David is looking forward to the next case.
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