YADON KE RANG...
Terrace of a building:
A girl in white kurta and blue jeans walking in unsteady steps. She miss her slips once in a while but hold on to the railing. Her head is heavy. She could feel stinging sensation on her arms and shoulder. She touches it gently and winces in pain. Her eyes are blurry with tears. She walks to the end of the terrace. She looks down, its not at all clear. the tears were flowing nonstop from her eyes.
Same time: below the building:
All are enjoying well. Its holi after all. All are putting colors on each other. Some are throwing colored water and also water balloons at each other. Drinks are served with some amount of bhang also added in some.
The party is interrupted with a loud shriek of a girl. All rush to the area.
The girl who was above the terrace is dead on the floor with blood spattered around her head.
***
Sometime later, an SUV pulls up in front of the building, ie, St. John's college, where a holi party have been changed to a death ground. 2 men and a lady walk in with their majestic stride towards the spot. One among them pulls out his glares and shoves it to his shirt. The other two are pulling in the gloves to their hands. "Sree, ab thak kya khabar hai?" the Chief had his command tone.
Sr: sir, victim ke naam hai, Sanya Gupta. Issi college ke Computer Science department ka first year student thi. Aaj yaha holi celebrations me ayi thi. Lekin beech me ye gayab hui. Sab party me enjoy kar rahe the aur yaha inke mauth hogayi. Lagtha hai, issi terrace ke upar se giri hai. hum waha jane wale hi hai.
Arj: inke kisike saath kuch jhagda ya kuch aur?
Sre: abhi thak kuch patha nahi hai sir. Bas ithna patha hai ke, kafi popular thi. Aur bohot jald ye koi student exchange program me London ke ek bade university me jane wali thi.
Sam: Liza, anything you can add on?
Liza: sir, body me idhar udhar chot hai, jaise koi zor se pakda ho. no external sign of any serious violence. Lekin kafi bhang ke smell hai. looks like she was not in her full conscious. Baki ke reports keliye autopsy karni hogi.
Sam: ok go for it.
Liza arranges to take the body to the lab. A girl is found weeping in a side. Aisha goes to her. "Excuse me. Please control yourself. Can you help us with this case? Kya aap Sanya ko janthi thi?"
She nods yes. Arjun and Sameer moves to her.
Girl: Sanya meri best friend thi.
Ais: aur apke naam?
Girl: Gauri khanna.
Ais: ok Gauri, bolo when did you see her last?
Gau: mam, wo... hum sab neeche enjoy kar rahe the. Beech me usse ek call ayi. Aur fir wo party se thode dur gaye. Gautam bhi uske piche gaye the. Lekin fir wo kuch kaha aur Gautam wapas party me aya aur Sanya building ke aur gaye. She looked a bit upset.
Arj: ye Gautam kaun hai?
Gau: Gautam, Sanya ka BF hai. bohot pyaar karthe hai wo ek dusre se. Sanya ko iss hal me dekhne ke baad wo bilkul tuut gaye hai. pagal hogaye the wo. Chilla rahe the. Sab bohot koshish kiya usse sambhalne me. Patha nahi ab wo sab kaise sehpayega. I'm really worried for him.
Arjun notice a change in her face when she spoke about him.
Arj: tho ab Gautam kaha hai?
Gau: after all those crying and shouting wo behosh hogaya. He is now in hospital. Stable hai, lekin abhi bhi behosh hai.
Sam: ok lets check the tearrace.
They reach the terrace and search. They find an earring that was worn by Sanya. And later Sree calls out. In a corner was a paper. They read it. it was typed and not handwritten.
Sorry, its over. Mien jarahi hu... Sanya
Sam: it's a suicide note.
Arj: ithne jaldi kuch nateeje me math pohoncho Rathod. It can even be planted here. Koi suicide karthe waqt aise print outs rakhna... aur wo bhi bhang ke nashe me... kuch ajeeb tho nahi hai na? aur wo hathapayi ke nishan jo Liza ne mention kiya tha. We cant ignore it.
Sam : (glaring) ok then aur puchthach karthe hai.
They go down and ask again. A name comes forward. Siva. He is a senior who was taunting Sanya form day 1 in the college. And as a coincidence, he was missing from the college now.
Arj: Chotu patha lagao ke ye Siva ahi kaha. Mujhe uske sare details chahiye. Sree, check Sanya calls. Patha lagao ke wo last call kaha se hai. Aisha, try to get more info about Sanya.
Sam: aur hum do, hospital chalthe hai. Gautam se milne.
All nods and try to leave. Arjun walks into the party area again while Sam speaks and accidently knocks a tray of colors that was held on a big stand. It falls with red colored dust filling the air. All look at him in between the colors. He was just looking at the colors when he meets Sam's eye which was on him again. They look at each other sharing many unsaid words. Suddenly Arjun breaks the eyelock and walks away. Sameer follows him to the SUV.
***
Hospital:
Gautam was awake and was feeling terrible. Tears were flowing from his eyes. Arjun and Sameer knocks and get in. they feel bad to see his state. He tries to sit up and Sameer helps him too.
Sam: I know you are not in a state to discuss, but stil we need your help. Do you anyone who could have done this?
Gautham: sab mere galthi hai. she wanted a quite holi with just me and her. Par meine hi zid kiya tha, ke London jane se pehle ye celebration me bhag le. After all it was friends time na? but she needed just to be with me.
He cries out. Arjun feel a lot of pain now. he walks to Gautham. "kabhi kabhi kuch aise bathen hothe hai, jo dil ko bohot hi chu lethe hai. usse yadien banake jeena seekho. Zindagi abhi bohot choti hai tumhare. You will have to live"
Sam looks at Arjun when he said it.
Gaut: ji sir, koshish zaroor karunga.
Sam: do you know if she had any enemies?
Gaut: waise tho koi nahi the sir. She was really sweet. Par wo Siva usse kafi disturb kartha tha. She was really pissed off from him.
Sam: aur wo phone call kiske the?
Gaut: patha nahi. She didn't tell me. Bas ithna kaha tha ke washroom hoke athe hai. but she never came back.
He was crying again. Sam assures him and walks out with Arjun. the ride to the office was a silent one.
ETF discussion room:
Arj: wo phone call ke bare me kya kabar hai?
Sre: sir, call Siva ke number se the, lekin abhi wo switched off hai. usse dead body dekhne ke baad kisine nahi dekha hai.
Sam: Aisha, Sanya ke bare me bathao.
Ais: as we know she was a bright and popular students. Sabke sath ache barthav bhi the. Best friend was Gauri. Sanya ke parents Delhi me hai, aur bade businessmen bhi hai. they are on their way to Mumbai.
Liza walks in. "sir, death se pehle usse zabardasti me bhang wala drinks pilayi hai. wo chot ussi ka hai. no sign of molesting. Bhang ke amount kafi zyada bhi hai. aur death wo girne se hi hue hai.
Chotu comes in now. "Sir, Siva ka location patha chal gaya. Wo R. K housing colony me hai. aur waha ab holi celebrations ho rahi hai!
All reach the colony. Full on celebrations were going on. There was color in the air. They moved in thereby soaking in the colors. At last they spot Siva. Arjun and sam chase him for a while and later catch him up and brings to the interrogation room.
Interrogation room:
Sam slapped Siva hard. "abhi bol raha hu, sach batha. Why did you kill her?
Siv: sir I swear I didn't kill her. Ha ye sach hai, ke meine hi wo message kiya tha. Aur meine hi usse bhang wali drinks pilaya tha. But I didn't kill her. Trust me.
Arj: tho fir ye sab kiya hi kyu? Why where you harassing her?
Siv: sir, jabhi koi fresher athe hai, tho pranks tho hothe hi na? I too did it. but usne mujhe thappad mara. Mien bas usse bhnag wali drinks dekar uske badla lena wala tha. I never thought of doing any harm. Mien tho bas usse nashe ke saath sab ke samne lana chahatha tha. Thaki sab uske mazak uthaye. Nothing more. it was just a prank.
All ask again still his answer was the same.
Discussion room:
Sam: dammit!! Ye kithna jhoot bol raha hai!! he killed her.
Arj: nahi Rathod. He didn't kill her. Ha, maana ke wo drink usne pilaya hai. lekin he didn't kill her.
Sam: kehna kya chahthe ho tum?
Arj: socho, agar wo marne hi wala tha, tho wo suicide note kaha se aye?
All start to think on it. yes they had indeed missed that point.
Cho: patha nahi, ek choti se prank ithna bhi bada asar chodthe hai
Arj: kabhi kuch pranks is kadar girthi hai Chotu, ke wo mehsoos karne walon ko bohot gehra chot lagtha hai.
Arjun shares an eyelock with Sameer. There was an intensity in it. but someone else had similar eyelock too... Sree and Liza.
Sam looked down. Was there a guilt in his eyes?
Arj: Sree, chalo mere saath we need to speak to Gauri again.
Sree was more than willing to leave the room. He sprints behind Arjun. that leaves Liza in thoughts.
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