Investigation

The Sweet voice had a kind of devilish tinge in it. Even shastri felt considerably fearful. Then the owner of the sweet voice came into view.

She was a girl of about 18-20 years of age. She had a beautiful structure and a good looking face. She had worn a salwar kameez with a dupatta which was fitting for her looks. But currently she was coldly looking at Viraj, who for some reason was oddly interested in the architecture of the police station. A muttering could be heard under his breath which oddly resembled Hanuman Chalisa.

The lady came near and near which scared Viraj. But still he said, "Well today there was an emergency in the police Station and I required your scooter urgently. Anyway you have holiday today and I thought to let you sleep. Is there anything wrong in that?"

Still smiling the lady said, "No brother, there is nothing wrong in not waking me up. But taking my scooter – now that is punishable offence in my eyes" then her voice became shriller at the end.

The nagging continued. It brought out Viraj's forefather, his ancestors, his friends and even his crushes. Viraj stood there with his head hung down. His face was beet red and looked like bloated balloon. Shastri suddenly felt pity for the guy who would marry her.

Sighing for his misfortune shastri said, "Madam, he came to pick me up. I can assure that nothing has happened to your scooter. If you don't believe me, you can check in the parking area"

Hearing that the scooter was safe the young girl was relieved. Then she turned around and began staring shastri.

Shastri felt uncomfortable with her staring. After all he did not want to mess up his path. After looking at shastri for some time she suddenly asked, "Are you Mr.Shastri?

At this time Viraj came to rescue, "Yeah. He is Mr.Shastri I was telling you about. Now can you please go to home so that I can focus on the investigation? Or do you need my help in anything else?" his pleading tone was filled with sarcasm.

"No need. Now that I have come here I don't want to go home. I will just check the investigation procedures that Sir Shastri conducts" then her lips curved into a smile, "Or were just blowing your helmet when you were telling about the Legend of Mr. Shastri?"

Hearing his sister abuse his hero viraj was fully enraged, "Well, prepare to be humiliated! You will see the expertise of Shastri Sir in some time?" then he turned to Shastri "Sir, this is my sister Vimala. She would like to see the investigation procedure. Is that okay with you?" he asked, a little embarrassed.

"It is okay with me as long as she does not interfere with my investigating procedure", shastri said, making a mental note to not cross path with this she devil again.

Then without waiting for any interference shastri began to start his investigation.

He called the cops investigating the case and began questioning them, "Can you tell me about the victim?"

"Yes,Sir. His name is Jone sir. He was good at playing piano. He worked at the local Church here."

"Did he do any job other than this?"

"He only did the gardening job, sir. As he had left school there were no suitable job for him in the city."

"Ok. Did he ever get arrested or investigated for other things?"

"Well….he was investigated in relation of drugs. But any conclusive evidence was not established."Viraj said.

"Ok then. What was the drug obtained from the body?" Shastri asked.

"You knew that he was drugged sir!" viraj said in astonishment to which shastri replied" I knew as soon as I saw the body. The eyes drugged over, the smile on the face- it is common sign of candy drug or Ativan"

"Yeah sir. We arrested him because we thought that he was supplying drugs to the teens of the school."

"Whether there were any deaths?"

"No Sir. But the drug addiction had reached a horrifying level. Some students would abuse the parents if they were not given the drugs. Their eyes were listless. Even I felt horrible seeing them. Many had been moved de-addiction center. I heard recently that they were actually getting over the addiction now." Viraj replied.

Suddenly vimala said, "I think it was a murder for revenge, sir. You can also see that he may have died from drug overdose. The parents of the students may have been angered with the person who supplied them drugs. They countered him and gave taste his own medicine. Sounds correct right?"

"No. Because it is wrong."Viraj replied impatiently, "First thing the drugs found in him would just make him delirious, not die. He would be like a drunkard able to perceive the surroundings, but the amount of drug in the body was not enough to knock him to death."

"Interesting ", shastri eyes flashed with the strange light.

"Well, it is somewhat interesting. Do you know that he was about to be married next month?"

"No. But I know now. Did you take statement from the fiancé?"

"Yes sir. Before the death he and his fiancé were partying with some of the friends"

"Who was the last one to see the victim alive?"

"It was the fiancé. He dropped her to her home. Apparently when he was leaving to his house he got call from someone. So he said that some work had come up and went off immediately. That was the last time he was seen alive."

"Did you check out his colleagues and friends? Where were they? Do you have their Statements?"

"Yes Sir" As viraj was about to give the statements vimala interrupted "But this makes the things easier. He went to some place to take the drug. After that while riding home in bike he was in high mood because of the drugs and did not see the bus coming. Because of that there was an accident. Simple, case over, right?"

"No there are many points on which have not been solved yet. Like why did he go over toward the Ghats rather than over to the house?" Seeing that vimala interrupting again shastri hurriedly continued "Even if he was drugged why did he turn to this place rather than going to the house? If his friend had called him here why did he call him to the Ghats in the middle of the night? What was so urgent to talk about that they could not talk in the phone? There are many points unanswered. For one thing I am sure this is a murder."

"Sir, are you sure who the murderer is?"Viraj asked him astonished. He had only consulted him regarding the case regarding the case yesterday and today it was about to be solved.

"Yes, I am sure who the murderer is. But I need to convince my theories with facts to solve the case. Without that I can't spill out the beans" shastri said smiling mysteriously.