CID-Khotey Sikkey Crossover Story: The Body Pieces

The Body Pieces

Disclaimer: This story takes inspiration from a real-life story that has been in the news here for almost a year now. However, nothing written here follows that real-life story, it's just the idea. All characters, places, and events are fictitious and any resemblance to any person, place, or thing is purely the figment of your imagination, so wack your brain, clear it, and move on.

Government building, 12PM

Dr. Salunkhe was examining the arm, while Abhijeet and Daya were questioning the employees who worked in the tax department. An employee, Ankit Mehra, had found the arm while checking the morning mail. It had been mailed with no return address to the tax department and the police had immediately called CID to the case because it involved the government, and it involved the tax department, which was a private department of the government.

Dr. Salunkhe called out, "Abhijeet, Daya, yeh dekho zara."

Abhijeet and Daa went over to Dr. Salunkhe. "Haan sir. Dekhayi."

Dr. Salunkhe motioned them to come closer so that no one heard their conversation. He said, "Yeh haath zada purana nahi hai. Yeh dekh rahe ho," he pointed to the place where the arm had been cut, "Yeh kisi aise hatyar se kata gaya hai jo zada tezz nahi tha. Ab woh kya hai woh toh lab jaa kar hi bata paonga. Lekin sabse zaroori yeh tattoo hai. Yeh dekho kitna kam kiya hai ispe. Isse shayad iss haath ke malak ka pata lag sakta hai."

"Sir kya yeh aadmi hai yah aurat?" Daya asked.

"Abhi kuch keh nahi sakta hoon. DNA test karonga tab pata lagega."

"Aur yeh insaan zinda hai yah maar gaya hai?" Abhijeet asked.

"Maar chukka hai. Aur uske baad yeh haath kata gaya hai. Yeh haath ki jo naase hain inhe main koi clots nahi hain. Jab kisi insaan ko chot lagti hai toh jahan pe chot lagi hai wahan pe white blood cells jaate hain taki khoon naa bahe aur koi virus sharer ke undar naa aaye. Yahan aisa kuch nahi huya hai. Aur yeh tabhi hota hai jab insaan maar jata hai. Isli main keh raha hoon key eh maar chuka hai," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

"Aur kuch abhi bata sakte hain?"

"Abhijeet ab toh jo bataonga woh sab lab main jaane ke baad."

Dr. Salunkhe packed the arm in a freezer, which he had brought when Abhijeet had called and explained the situation. But for investigation purposes, Daya took a photo of the tattoo before that. Now they would go to each tattoo parlour until they found an artist who recognized the design.

*****

Trailwood Park, 2PM

Inspector Deshmukh bent over the head swatting the flies away absentmindedly. He said, "Patil yeh saar mila kisse?"

"Sir koi Vikas Singh hai. Yeh trailer uski ka hai," Sub-Inspector Patil replied.

"Usne kya bataya?"

"Zada kuch nahi. Woh yahan pe mahine main ek baar aata hai. Aur iska lock zada masboot nahi hai. Koi bhi khol sakta hai. Aur yahan ke kuch chori karne layak cheez nahi hai isli usne kabhi lock badla nahi."

"Patil mujhe aisa kyun lagta hai ke yeh chehra maine pehle bhi dekha huya hai?" Deshmukh asked, examining the face.

Patil took a look at the face as well. "Sir yeh toh Amit Tena hai. Woh Tena hotel chain iske baap ka hai."

Deshmukh stood up. "Thik hai. Paancho ko bulayo."

*****

CID bureau, 2PM

Abhijeet and Daya were just updating ACP Pradyuman and Freddy on the case. Like always, the other officers were out on a conference along with Dr. Tarika. ACP Pradyuman asked, "Toh ab kya karoge?"

"Hum tattoo parlous visit karenge aur dekhte hain ke koi milta hai jo iss tattoo ko pehchanta hai aur uss haath ko ek naam de sakta hai," Daya said.

"Iske baki ke sharer ke hisse bhi dhoondne hain," Abhijeet added.

"Iska information system main jald se jald dalo. Agar koi aur ko sharer ke hisse milenge kum se kum unhe pata hoga ke unhe hamare paas aana chahiye," ACP Pradyuman said.

"Sir main pichle kuch dino ke records dekhta hoon. Shayed koi missing persons report mil jaaye," Freddy said.

"Haan aisa hi karo. Mujhe iss insaan ka naam chahiye agle kuch ghanton main," ACP Pradyuman said.

*****

Khotey Sikkey headquarters, 4PM

Hameer said, "Hey Mohit woh kal raat kya huya tha?"

Mohit replied, "Kuch nahi yaar. Wohi roz roz ki bakwas. Maine toh ab suna hi band kar diya hai."

Ayush came in all excited. "Dudes I found something like super cool!"

Uttara asked, lazily, "What yaar?"

"Desi sir hume usually mahine main 2 baar bulate hain lekin iss baar yeh teesri baar ho gaya hai!" Ayush replied.

The 4 rolled their eyes and Dilnaaz asked, "So, what's the big deal?"

"Delu iska matlab hai ke hum khotey sikkon ki market value bhad rahi hai," Ayush replied.

"Ignore Dilnaaz. Yeh aisa hi hai," Uttara said, hiding a laugh.

"Kya matlab hai tumhara?" Ayush asked, indignantly.

"Ayush beta iska matlab hai ke tum thode se pagal ho," Mohit replied.

"Thoda sa nahi, pura," Hameer corrected.

Ayush made a face and the 4 burst out laughing. Deshmukh came in at this moment and said, "Zara kam ki baat kar len ab?"

"Sir aap jab bhi aate ho toh kam ke liye hi aate hain kya?" Ayush asked. "Kabhi bhet kar baat kar liya kar lo."

"Kya hai naa Ayush mere paas hazar aur kam hain," Deshmukh replied. Then he dropped the photo of the head. "Yeh Amit Tena hai. Iske baare main saari information chahiye mujhe."

"Amit Tena. Iske baare maine main thoda bahut jaanta hoon. Iska baap mere baap ka dost hai. Yeh ek model bana chahta tha lekin iske father ko woh manzoor nahi tha. Woh kabhi kabhi club main dikhta hai aur isse tattoos ka kafi shok hai," Mohit said.

"He's a gay," Hameer added. "Sab jaante hain yeh baat."

"Aur kuch bata sakte ho jo iske khooni ko pakdene main madat karega?" Deshmukh asked. "Jaise ke woh kahan gaya tha yah kis ke saath gaya tha?"

"Hum pata karte hain," Uttara said.

Deshmukh left and Dilnaaz asked, "So what's the plan guys?"

*****

Joe's Tattoo Parlour, 4:30PM

Abhijeet and Daya had already visited 5 tattoo parlours and now they were on the 6^th. A man came over to them and asked, "Yes dudes. What can I do for you?"

"Hum log CID se hain," Daya said, by way of introduction.

"Dudes, CID ko kab se tattoos ka shok ho gaya?"

"Jab se ek kaate huye haath pe yeh tattoo mila hai," Abhijet replied, showing a photo of the tattoo.

The guy said, "Man that is one cool tattoo!"

"Kis ne banaya hai?" Abhijeet asked.

"Boss yeh work sirf ek ka ho sakta hai. Michael Dada. Bole toh woh yahan ki inspiration hai. Arre itni detailing ek tattoo main asaan nahi hai. And dudes jisne bhi yeh banwaye hai, he must love pain. Kyun ki itni detailing main time lagta hai."

"Kahan milega yeh Michael Dada?" Daya asked.

"Idhar se do gali chor kar tessri dukhaan unh ki hai. Badi si jagah hai, Michael's Tattoo Parlour. Wahani milega."

Abhijeet and Daya left and went straight to Michael's Tattoo Parlour. There a heavily tattooed young man greeted them. "Hey there! Who do you want: Jasmine, Shreeman, Jack, yah Arjun?"

Abhijeet said, "Michael Dada."

"Ab matlab detailed tattoo. Design laaye ho?"

Daya showed the photo and said, "Hum CID se hain."

The man's smile faded. "Come with me."

He led them upstairs to a private area and called out, "Michael Dada. Aap se CID milne aayi hai."

Then he left them there. A few moments later a middle-aged man came out from behind a curtain and said, "CID yahan?"

"Ji. Aap yeh tattoo pehchante hain?" Daya asked.

Michael Dada took a long look at the tattoo and said, "Haan. Yeh maine hi banaya hai."

"Kis ke liye?" Abhijeet asked.

"Maine aapne clients ka naam nahi batata hoon."

"Aapka yeh client maar chuka hai aur iske tukde bhi ho gaye hain. Ab batao kis ke liye banaya tha?" Daya asked.

Daya and Abhijeet were alternating to keep Michael on his toes so that he wouldn't have time to lie and if he did it would be caught. Michael said, "Dead? God rest his soul. Amit Tena. Woh aata tha mere paas bahut se tattoos banwanaye. I made this one for him."

"Uska pata?" Abhijeet asked.

"Mujhe kya pata? Main yahan tattoos banata hoon, licenses nahi. Aapne yahan naam se kam ho jata hai. Aur kuch?"

"Abhi ke liye nahi. Lekin agar kuch hoga toh poochne aa jayenge," Daya said.

Then the two left.

*****

Tena Apartments, 6PM

Mohit walked calmly past the security guard into the building and no one stopped him. This was the benefit of being Kishenchandani's son. He could go anywhere he wanted without being questioned. And that worked for him. It worked really well. Now to meet some people and get them talking about Amit. He saw a guy he recognized waiting for the elevator and went up to him. "Deepak?"

Deepak turned and smiled. "Mohit."

The two hugged like boys do and Mohit said, "Kaisa hai yaar?"

"First class. Waise yahan kaise aana huya?"

"Arre yaar mera ek dost hai jo mujhe owe karta hai. Aur dosti main no udhari. Toh bas usse collect karne jaa raha hoon."

"Kaun? Woh 6^th floor pe Sameer?"

"No. Amit, man."

"You mean Amit Tena?"

"Haan. Kyun kuch problem hai?"

"Dude haven't you heard? The guy disappeared last week!"

The elevator finally came at this point and both got on. Deepak pressed 20. Mohit said, "No way. Kaise huya yeh?"

"Arre woh gay tha aur kuch logon ka kehna hai ke uska ek boyfriend tha aur woh bas uske saath bhag gaya."

"I don't believe that. Aisa nahi tha woh, man."

"Aise hi tha woh. Waise auron ka yeh bhi kehna hai ke woh kidnap ho gaya hai. Lekin dude there's been no ransom call!"

Deepak was the Gossip King. There was nothing that he missed. That's why Mohit chose to talk to him. He said, "Arre toh phir woh kidnap kaise ho sakta hai? Ransom call toh aa jaani chahiye thi naa."

"Kya pata."

By this time the elevator had reached the 20^th floor so Mohit quickly said bye and went back downstairs.

*****

Forensic lab, 6PM

Dr. Salunkhe had called them to the lab. Now the 4 were waiting for him as he finished something on the computer. He looked up and said, "Saar mil gaya hai."

"Kya? Kahan? Kaise?" Abhijeet asked.

"4 baje entry huyi hai system main. Abhi bas DNA aur investigating officer ka naam hai. Ek Damador Deshmukh hai," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

"Toh Salunkhe request daalo aur case ko yahan transfer karo," ACP Pradyuman said.

"Pradyuman main wohi karni ki koshish kar raha hoon. Do baar request ko decline kar diya gaya hai aur balki mere paas return request aaya hai hamare case ke liye," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

ACP Pradyuman asked, "Chowki kahan hai? Lagta hai in-person hi kuch hoga."

"Sir hum teeno jaante hain," Daya said.

"Nahi Daya. Main bhi chalonga. ACP ke orders ko woh jhutla nahi paayega," ACP Pradyuman said.

*****

Police station, 7PM

Deshmukh walked into his cabin to see ACP Pradyuman, Freddy, Daya, and Abhijeet sitting there. He said, "Haan main aap logon ke liye kya kar sakta hoon?"

ACP Pradyuman replied, Hum log CID se hain."

Deshmukh was unperturbed. "Woh saar ke liye aaye honge? Request do baar maine decline kar diya hai. Aap haath balki mujhe de diye je. Case hum solve kar lenge."

"Hum kaun?" Daya asked.

"Main, Patil, aur khotey sikkey," Deshmukh replied.

"Hum zada jaldi khooni tak paunch jayenge agar hum saath kam karen," Abhijeet suggested.

But Deshmukh was not bending. He had seen this happen before as well. The 5 kept going back and forth and Deshmukh finally said, "Agar hum saath main kam karenge toh phir mere khotey sikkey bhi honge case main."

Here ACP Pradyuman refused. "Woh log police officers nahi hain. Involve nahi honge."

"Aisa karo aap log unhe ke bina kisi se information nikal kar dikhao. Woh information iss file main hai. Baad main wapas aana aur main poochonga phir se," Deshmukh challenged.

"Kahan jana hai?" Daya asked, accepting the challenge.

"Tena Apartments. Wahan jaa kar dekho kya pata lagta hai phir main bataonga ke Mohit ko kya mila," Deshmukh answered.

The 4 left.

Author's Note: I know that people will think that this isn't right and CID doesn't act like this, but all I'm trying to show here is how important a case is for CID and Inspector Deshmukh. They're fighting to get the case. And the only reason ACP Pradyuman refuses the 5 khotey sikkey is because he doesn't want to put them in danger. Anyways, I hope this helps clarify the above scene. Now back to the story.

*****

Tena Apartments, 8:15PM

As soon as CID entered the building, the security guard stopped them. "Ek minute. Kisse milna hai?"

"Hum CID se hain. Amit Tena ke baare main pooch tach karni hai," Abhijeet answered.

"Lekin koi toh naam hoga? Mujhe entry karni paregi," the security guard answered.

"Humne kaha naa hum CID se hain. Entry karne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai," Daya said, almost angrily.

"Sir meri naukri ka sawal hai. Har bahar se aane wale insaan ki entry karni hoti hai," the security guard explained.

"Acha toh yeh batao ke Amit ke dost kaun kaun hain?" Freddy said. He was careful to use the present tense to avoid causing any problems.

"Ab yeh main kaise bata sakta hoon. Woh mujhe se pooch kar dosti nahi karte hain," the guard replied.

"Lekin yeh toh bata sakte ho ke woh sab se zada baat kisse karta hai," ACP Pradyuman said.

"Haan. Woh main unhe kafi baat Deepak sir ke saath karte huye dekha hai," the guard replied.

"Toh bas hum Deepak se milne jaa rahe hain," ACP Pradyuman said. "Kaunse flat main rehta hai woh?"

"Sir yahan pe apartments hote hain, flats nahi. Aur woh 20^th floor pe apartment A main rehta hai," the guard answered.

As the 4 were heading to the elevator they saw the security guard wave through a couple of boys after they asked for the apartment number. It was quite obvious that they were outsiders. They took the elevator to the 20^th floor and went to apartment A. They knocked on the door and asked to meet Deepak. They were brought in and a few minutes later Deepak came out. He said, "Yes? Aap log kaun hai aur mujhse milna kyun chahte the?"

Freddy said, "Hum log CID se hain."

Abhijeet asked, "Tum Amit Tena ko jaante ho?"

Deepak replied, Haan jaanta hoon."

"Kya tumhe pata hai ke woh kahan hai?" Daya replied.

"Nahi."

"Uske baare main kya jaante ho tum?" Abhijeet aksed.

"Woh iss building main rehta hai. Woh meri umar ka hai. Aisa hi kuch baatein jaanta hoon."

"Tumhari usse baat kitni hoti thi?" ACP Pradyuman asked.

"Agar hum kabhi elevator main mil jaate the toh baat ho jaati thi. Iske eliva zada nahi."

"Kya iss building main aisa koi hai jo uske bahut kareeb hai?" Daya asked.

"Nahi...mera matlab hai meri nazar main nahi. Woh zada kisise baat nahi karta tha jahan tak maine dekha hai. Ab main pooch sakta hoon ke aap yeh sab kyun pooch rahe hain?"

"Hai ek wajah," Daya replied.

Then the 4 left. As they were waiting for the elevator, Freddy asked, "Sir kya lagta hai? Woh logon ke paas isse zada information hogi?"

"Woh toh wahani jaa kar pata lagea," ACP Pradyuman replied.

*****

Police station, 9:30PM

The 4 went over Mohit's report and realized that he had gotten everything out of Deepak that they couldn't. They hadn't even started going over any of the other 4 reports. ACP Pradyuman made a decision. "Thik hai. Woh bas iss case ka hissa hain. Lekin hum sab kahan milenge?"

Deshmukh answered, "Patil aapko pata de dega. Kaal thik 9 baje wahan milenge."

The 4 agreed.

Author's Note: In the above 2 scenes all I tried to show was the reality. A police officer doesn't always get what they want or get the same respect in a group where they are outsiders. For example, in this case the group is of the high-class society and they are outsiders there. That's why police officers have informers. In this case, the khotey sikkey are their informers. Now back to the story.

*****

Khotey Sikkey headquarters, Next day, 8:45AM

Ayush said, "Main tum logon ko ek cool cheez dekhaon?"

"No Ayush. I don't want to go crazy in the morning," Uttara said sleepily.

"Honey tumne toh meri moun ki baat cheen li," Hameer said flirtingly, trying to hug Uttara.

Uttara pushed him away, "Hameer don't even get started."

Hameer made a pouty face. Mohit said, "Idhar aa jaa Hameer."

He got up and the two hugged flirtingly, laughing. Ayush asked, "Tum sab itne pagal kyun ho rahe ho?"

Dilnaaz replied, "It's all because of you darling."

"Well I love you too, darling," Ayush replied, stressing darling'.

"Oye break it up you two lovebirds," Hameer interjected.

At this time the CID team arrived at the location. The two groups started appraising each other. Ayush whispered to Mohit, "Kya sab policewale ek hi model se baante hain? Inke chehre pe bhi wohi expression hai jo Desi sir ke chehre pe hota hai."

"Nahi Ayush. Yeh expression tumhe dekh kar aata hai," Mohit replied in a low voice.

"Ha. Ha. Very funny."

On the other side, Freddy asked Abhijeet in a low tone, "Yeh log hamari madat kar sakte hain?"

"Inspector Deshmukh ko toh lagta hai," Abhijeet replied in a low voice.

Hameer broke the awkward silence by introducing himself setting off the process of introductions. "Hi. I'm Hameer Rizvi."

"Mohit Kishenchandani."

"Ayush Khetarpal."

"Uttara Bakshi."

"Dilnaaz Shroff."

"ACP Pradyuman."

"Senior Inspector Daya."

"Senior Inspector Abhijeet."

"Inspector Fredericks."

"Dr. Salunkhe."

"Aur mujhe sab jaante hain," Deshmukh said, coming in with Patil. "Aaj se hum sab saath main kam karenge Amit Tena ke qatil ko pakdene ke liye."

The 10 seemed to be okay with it. "Acha chalo phir sab ko ek hi page pe laate hain," Hameer suggested.

Abhijeet started, "Kale k government building main kisi ko ek haath mila jis ke upar yeh tattoo tha," he dropped the photo on the table.

Daya continued, "Hum log tattoo parlours gaye aur pata chala ke yeh Michael Dada baanta hai aur wahan se iska naam Amit Tena pata chala."

"Haath ko thik se dekha toh pata chala ke Amit ko pehle maara gaya aur phir uske tukde kiye. Isse saat din pehle maara gaya. Aur jab maine iska DNA system main dala tha toh match aaya tha tumhare uss saar ke saath," Dr. Salunkhe said.

"Hume woh saar kaal mila tha Trailwood Park main," Deshmukh supplied. "Usse dekhte hi Patil ne usse pehchan liya aur maine inhe paachon ko kam pe laga diya."

Mohit took that as his cue to speak. He said, "Main Tena Apartments gaya aur wahan aapne ek dost se baat ki. Dost kum ek jaan pehchaan zada hai. Deepak ne bataya ke Amit ko gayab huye ek hafta ho gaya hai aur woh aapne boyfriend ke saath bhag gaya hai yah phir kidnap ho gaya hai. Lekin uske ghar koi ransom call nahi aaya hai abhi tak."

Hammer took over, "Aur main Tena uncle se milne gaya tha. Unka kehna hai ke Amit ko gayab huye ab pure 8 days hone wale hain lekin he doesn't care."

"Yeh kaisa baap hai jo aapne bete ke gayab hone pe parva nahi karta hai?" Freddy asked.

"Welcome to our world," Uttara said bitterly. "Yahan pe koi ek doosre ke liye care nahi karta hai. Khas kar woh jo aapne hote hain."

"Lekin we care baby. So don't worry," Hameer said. Then he continued, "Amit ek closet gay hai toh isli uncle usse hamasa naraz rehte the. Aur jab woh gayab huya toh yehi rumour phelne laga ke woh aapne kisi boyfriend ke saath bhag gaya hai."

"You know the guy had it hard in school as well. Main kaal aapne school gayi thi for some reunion party and all aur wahan pata chala ke he had the hots for one of our teachers aur jab uss teacher ko pata chala he failed Amit again and again," Dilnaaz said.

Then for a few moments no one said anything. The CID officers were reassessing their opinion of the khotey sikkey and the khotey sikkey were thinking about what Hameer and Uttara had said. Daya asked, "Amit ka number kya hai? Uske records se yeh pata lag sakta hai ke uska boyfriend kaun tha."

Ayush said, "Main do minute main pata kar sakta hoon."

He booted up his computer and logged onto Facebook. He started explaining, "Jab koi Facebook pe aapne phone se jaata hai toh woh ek history create karta hai""

Deshmukh cut him off. "Ayush tu bas number de. Aapni jaankari aapne paas rakh."

"Sache genius ki toh koi kadar hi nahi karta hai," Ayush said, pretending to be hurt. "Number likho. 0224436144."

Daya said, "Hum yeh phone records nikalwate hain aur phir aage ka dekhenge."

*****

CID bureau, 12PM

Dr. Salunkhe was examining the head and the arm in the lab to see if he could determine a cause of death. Even though they were calling it murder they had to be sure. Sometimes it was a natural death, but people thought of it as murder and to hide it they cut up the body. They also needed to know the instrument that had been used to cut up the body.

Meanwhile, Abhijeet, Daya, and Freddy were going through Amit's phone records. It was over 20 pages long and had been cut down to just the past month. Abhijeet said, "Isme pata nahi kitne private numbers hain."

Daya was on a different tangent all together. "Waise Abhijeet mana parega. Woh paanchon kafi kuch jaante hain."

"Haan woh toh hai. Main yeh phone company se yeh details leta hoon," Abhijeet said.

"Sir yeh Amit SMSing main zada manta tha. Yeh dekhiye. 30 pages already aa chuke hain aur abhi paata nahi aur kitne aane hain," Freddy said.

The phone company was sending the message details through and though they didn't come with the message, it still took up a lot of space to just get the time, date, and number info. The pages finally came through and Freddy brought them over. "Sir yeh saare SMS aur MMS details hain."

"Aisa karo tum isme saare private numbers nikalo. Pehle hume woh details chahiye hongi phir hi hum aage bhar payenge," Daya said.

The phone rang and Abhijeet picked up. He had asked the phone company to give him the last location of the phone and it seemed they had gotten back. "Haan...acha...ek minute...lekin records ke hisaab se uska phone do din tak on tha...acha thik hai."

He hung up and said, "Phone saath din pehle tak uske ghar kea as paas hi tha phir achanak se band ho gaya. Tab se le kar ab tak woh band hi hai."

Freddy showed a sheet to Daya and Abhijeet. "Sir yeh dekhiye. Yahan pe yeh pure char ghanton tak Amit aur yeh private number ek SMS conversation main lage huye the."

"Ek minute main yeh private numbers ke bare main pata lagta hoon," Abhijeet said.

He stepped off to a side and then a few minutes later came back and said, "Unhe warrant chahiye."

"Kyun boss? Hume bas thodi si information hi toh chahiye," Daya replied.

"Unke hisaab se yeh numbers kafi bade bade logon ke hain isli," Abhijeet said.

"Toh ab? Wohi tareka?"

"Karna hi parega. Deshmukh sahi tha."

"Toh phir chalo."

But before they could leave, the phone rang again. It was Deshmukh on the line informing them that another body part had been found. And this time it was at a news channel. Up until now they had managed to keep everything quiet, but not this time. Now this would be on the news for sure.

*****

Top News headquarters, 1:15PM

Deshmukh and Patil were already examining the torso when the 5 officers go there. Dr. Salunkhe bent over the torso. Surprisingly it was still clothed, but the clothes were cut where the limbs had been cut. Deshmukh got up and said, "Subah 11 baje yeh mila aur inhe logon ne police ko phone karne ke bajaye isse news pe dikha diya. Patil ko ek havaldar ne bataya aur hum yahan paunch gaye."

"Lekin yeh toh abhi bhi news pe aa raha hoga," Freddy said.

"Ayush ne inke system hack kar ke yeh khabar pehla di ke abhi abhi ek khoon huya hai Bandra main. Unhone yeh news uttar kar woh loaga diya," Deshmukh explained. "Aur saath hi saath usne ek nakli stop order laga diya hai."

"Ek baat batao, kya Ayush private numbers ki details dhoond sakta hai?" Daya asked.

"Haan dhoond sakta hoon."

ACP Pradyuman said, "Amit ke woh dost ke bare main kuch pata laga?"

While CID had been working on the phone records, the 5 sikkey had been out trying to see if he could learn anything about Amit's supposed boyfriend. Deshmukh had been working on getting them clearance to work together. Deshmukh answered, "Humne do baje milne ka rakha hai. Jaise hi yahan se khatam hota hai siddha wahani jaate hain."

Dr. Salunkhe got up and came over. He said, "Lagane main toh wohi sharer hai. Ab yeh mil gaya hai toh maut ka karan zada asaani se pata lag sakta hai. Saath hi saath main tum logon ko yeh bhi bata doonga ke hatyar kaunsa istamal kiya gaya isse yun kaatne ke liye. Yeh main lab le kar jaa raha hoon."

Abhijeet asked, "Yeh aaya kisme tha?"

Patil replied, "Woh TV ke box main aaya tha."

"Woh bhi main aapne saath lekar jaonga," Dr. Salunkhe said.

"Salunkhe hume kitni deer main sab kuch batayega?" ACP Pradyuman asked.

"Boss time toh lagta hai. Waise abhi 1:30 ho rahe hain toh 5 baje tak bata doonga. Lekin main bulaonga," he replied.

"Thik hai. Jaldi kar. Deshmukh chalen wahan?" ACP Pradyuman asked.

Deshmukh nodded and the 7 left.

*****

Khotey Sikkey headquarters, 2:05PM

The CID team, Deshmukh, and Patil walked into the place to find it empty. They sat down to wait and a few minutes later the 5 strolled in talking and laughing. Deshmukh said, "2 baje ka time diya tha. Ab 2:10 ho rahe hain. Kahan the tum log?"

"Sir hum zara ek doosre ki madat kar rahe the. Mohit aapni gadi main Dilnaaz aur Ayush ko le kar aa raha tha aur main Uttara ko aapni bike pe," Hameer replied.

"Acha yeh batao kya pata chala?" Abhijeet asked.

"Ayush computer pe dikhao," Mohit said.

As Ayush booted up the computer, Uttara said, "Amit ko koi boyfriend nahi tha. Woh ek galat kam main lag gaya tha. He had become a male prostitute."

"Online uski ek profile hai aur use profile pe requests aate hain logon se ke...you know...toh Ayush ne uske account ko hack kar ke yeh dekha ke last request kisse aaya tha. Saath hi saath woh yeh bhi dekhega ke sab se zada requests kisse aaye the," Mohit continued.

"Aur haan Amit ko iss kam pe lagane wala Lala tha," Dilnaaz said.

Lala was an international criminal based out of Kanpur who ran a wide network of drugs, women, children, and now even men. But because there was never any proof against him he always got away. He hooked people onto his seemingly innocent gambling and other websites, and when they got too deeply involved they would become his prey. Ayush said, "Yeh raha uska website."

He moved the website onto the projector making it easier for everyone to see. The projector had been a new addition to Ayush's equipment. He then opened and ran a hacking program. Freddy asked, "Yeh hacking software kam kaise karta hai?"

"See"" Ayush started.

Mohit quickly cut him off. "Ayush normal language main batana."

"Okay, okay. See most people kya karte hain, ek bahut hi asaan sa password rakhte hain, jaise unka birthday, yah kisi aapne ka naam, or things like 1234, qwerty, and so on. Yeh software wohi sab kuch istamal karta hai. It pulls information from this public profile and feeds it through to gain access. Agar woh kam nahi karega, it basically breaks the lock. Jaise chor karte hain."

The screen changed and the private profile popped up. Ayush said, "Aha! We're in!"

He clicked on Requests on the side where a list popped up. On the top it read: You have 101 requests. Uttara said, "That is so disgusting. Iss Lala ka kuch kar bhi nahi sakte hain."

Ayush then sorted and found that two requestors had come back multiple times. Abhijeet read, "Zingbang aur Avaya. Yeh kaise naam huye?"

"Yeh naam nahi, usernames hain. Naam toh yeh hain," Ayush said, clicking on each profile.

Zingbang popped up as Akshay Sethi and Avaya as Dilip Bannerjee. Daya said, "Inke addresses dhoond kar dono ke ghar paunchte hain."

Ayush said, "Zaroorat nahi hai sir. Main abhi unke addresses de doonga. Waise last request yeh koi PH se aaya hai aur uska naam hai Prashant Hadula. Uska bhi pata de doonga."

ACP Pradyuman said, "Hume Amit ke phone records mile hain. Unhe main kafi private numbers hain, lekin jaise hi kuch pata lagta hai hum batayenge."

Hameer said, "Sir, private numbers ke details dhoondte dhoondte aap log pagal ho jayenge. Kyun naa hum uspe kam Karen aur aap yeh teen suspects aur Amit ke body pe kam karo?"

ACP Pradyuman nodded. "Thik hai. Aisa hi karte hain. Hum thodi deer main phone records bhejwate hain. Deshmukh tum hamare saath chal rahe ho?"

Deshmukh nodded and as they go up, Ayush said, "Waise phone records bhejne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Mere paas hain."

The CID team agreed. They left and Dilnaaz asked, "So what's the plan?"

"Plan yeh hai ke hum sab iss list pe likhe huye logon se milne jayenge," Hameer replied. "Aur inhe dekha denge ke khotey sikkey bhi khaare ho sakte hain."

The 5 had noticed that the CID team had a questioning look in their eyes whenever they saw the khotey sikkey.

*****

Tena Apartments, 3:15PM

In the end, Ayush had decided to stay back at their warehouse/headquarters, while the other 4 would head out and talk to people on the phone records. Mohit and Hameer had teamed up, and Uttara and Dilnaaz had made the other team. Mohit and Hammer were now in Tena Apartments. Deepak and Sameer had both been on Amit's call list. Sameer had shown up several times each day. So now they were going to talk to him first, and then they would talk to Deepak. Mohit knocked on Sameer's door. Since Hameer and Sameer were members of the same club, Hameer would do the talking to get them in.

Luckily, it was Sameer who opened the door. "Hey Hameer. Hey...Mohit, right?"

The benefits of being part of the high class society was contacts. Even if you didn't know someone personally, you knew their name and their face. Mohit nodded, "Yep."

"Come in. Come in," Sameer stepped aside.

Hameer and Mohit came in and sat down. "What's up?" Sameer asked.

Hameer said, "Yaar hum Amit ko dhoond rahe hain. Woh Mohit ko paise owe karta hai. Socha tum se bhi pooch len ke tumhe pata hai woh kahan hai."

The 5 were sticking to the same story Mohit had first told Deepak. That way at least no one would suspect them and spreading the word would be easier. Sameer said, "Tumhe aise kyun lagta hai?"

Mohit replied, "Amit ne bataya tha ke woh tumse kafi baat karta hai aur maine uske phone pe tumhara naam dekha tha ek baar. Isli socha tumse bhi pooch lete hain."

This was another story planned by them if they were asked. Sameer seemed to accept that. He said, "Haan hum kafi baat karte the. Actually woh mera ek dost ho sakta hai. How much does he owe you?"

"30K."

"No way. Itna kyun liya usne tumse? Woh toh acha khasa kama raha tha," Sameer said.

"Wohi toh. Usne mujhe kaha ke paison ki sakht zaroorat hai aur ek hafte main paise wapas de dega. Naa toh paise aaye aur naa hi woh mil raha hai. Waise tumhe pata hai use itne paise kyun chahiye the?"

"Nope. I'm surprised myself.

"Arre Sameer woh kam kahan karta hai? Shayad wahan se kuch pata chal jaaye," Hameer asked.

"No idea. Yeh baat toh usne mujhe kabhi nahi batayi," Sameer replied.

From the way Sameer was answering it was obvious he didn't know anything. Hameer and Mohit chose not to waste anymore of their time. They got up and Mohit said, "Okay thanks dude. Kahin aur try karte hain."

*****

Forensic lab, 4:40PM

Dr. Salunkhe looked up as Abhijeet, Daya, Freddy, Deshmukh, and ACP Pradyuman came in. ACP Pradyuman asked, "Haan Salunkhe. Kya mila hai?"

"Yaar zara si shanti rakh le. Abhi batata hoon," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

"Dekh Salunkhe mere paas kuch bhi rakhne ka time nahi hai. Toh tu jaldi bata."

"Acha yeh dekho," Dr. Salunkhe pointed to something that looked like a butcher's knife except it was blunt, but it was still a butcher's knife. "Yeh tumhara auzaar hai. Ek blunt butcher's knife."

"Aur yeh maara kaise?" Deshmukh asked.

"Zeher. Isse cyanide diye gaya tha. Aur iske maarne ke takreebein ek ghante baad hi isse kaat diya gaya. Aur haan ek aur baat."

Dr. Salunkhe went over to a side table. He picked up a beaker filled with something and brought it over. Freddy asked, "Yeh kya hai sir?"

"Iske pet main jot ha. Iske pet main cyanide ke eliva mujhe yeh kuch tukde jaale huye chicken ke mile hain aur yeh ek cape gooseberry hai," Dr. Salunkhe said.

"Yeh gooseberry kya hoti hai?" Abhijeet asked.

"Yeh ek bahut rare berry hai. Mumbai main bahut kum milta hai. Shayad teen char hi jaagayen hai jo isse bechti hain. Aur yeh khana isne marne se do ghante pehle khaya tha," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

"Aur yeh gayab huya tha aght din pehle," Deshmukh said.

"Aur maara woh saat din pehle," Daya said, understanding.

"Yani yeh iske gayab hone ke baad ka khana hai. Toh shayad yeh pata chal sakta hai ke yeh kisne liye aur kya woh Amit tha yah koi aur bhi iske saath tha," ACP Pradyuman concluded.

Freddy asked, "Wase sir aap iss gooseberry ke baare main kaise jaante hain?"

"Main nahi jaanta hoon. Lekin Google toh jaanta hai," Dr. Salunkhe replied.

Daya said, "Hum iss gooseberry ke baare main pata lagte hain."

*****

Moxie's Superstore, 7PM

Daya and Abhijeet had visited 2 other stores where cape gooseberry was sold, but no one remembered seeing Amit buying them. In fact, they hadn't sold any for the past 2 weeks, and were thinking of removing them from the store. This was the last place where those cape gooseberries were sold. They were sure this was where they had been sold from. The place was called a superstore, but it wasn't any bgger than the forensic lab and there were just 2 people working there. The lady stepped forward, "Kya main aapki madat kar sakti hoon?"

"Haan hum CID se hain. Kuch sawal karne the," Daya said.

"Ji. Kaise sawal?"

"Kya aapke yahan cape gooseberries milte hain?" Daya asked.

"Haan milte hain."

"Kya yahan se koi regularly lekar jata hai?" Abhijeet asked.

Since cape gooseberries were so rare, the team had felt that Amit must eat them a lot that he ate them even after leaving his home. "Haan. Kuch log hain jo isse lene almost har haft eek baar aate hain."

"Kya unhe main se ek yeh hai?" Daya asked, showing Amit's photo.

"Arre haan. Yeh toh har hafte aate hain. Zada tar toh yeh aapne aap aate hain lekin pichli baar koi aur aaya tha."

"Aapko itni achi taran se yaad hai?" Daya asked.

"Sir jab koi do saal tak har hafte aata hai aur phir ek din nahi aata hai toh yaad toh rahega. Aur waise bhi usne khud kaha tha ke Amit ne usse bheja hai."

"Kya aapko yaad hai key eh doosra aadmi kaise dikhta tha?" Abhijeet asked.

"Haan kuch kuch yaad hai."

"Toh hamare saath chaliye aur uska sketch banwayo," Daya said.

*****

Khotey Sikkey headquarters, 9PM

Ayush covered a yawn. Uttara stretched and said, "Yaar yeh Amit ka khooni araam se sone ki tyari main hoga aur hum abhi bhi kam kar rahe hain."

Mohit replied, "Dude iss khooni ko jail main hona chahiye. Isli hum yeh kar rahe hain."

"Mohit's right," Hameer agreed.

"Waise yeh CID team hai kahan?" Dilnaaz asked.

"Desi sir ke saath aa rahe honge," Hameer replied.

And as if on cue, the CID team and Deshmukh came in at that point. They got straight to the point. Abhijeet asked, "Phoe se kya pata chala hai?"

The 5 gave triumphant looks. Ayush put a list that had 5 names on it on the table. "Yeh paanch hain jo Amit se kafi baat karte the, galat naam uar address de rakhe the SIM cards ke liye, aur jo aap logon ke suspects ho sakte hain."

Mohit said, "Pehla Akshay Sethi, doosra Dilip Bannerjee, aur teesra Prashant Hadula. Lekin hume yeh bhi pata chala hai ke Amit Prashant ke ghar se zinda nikla tha toh shayad woh suspect nahi hai."

Dilnaaz continued, "Chohti ek akeli ladki hai Amit ke phone records main. Uska naam Hema Desai hai. Aur paanchwa Ankit Chopra hai."

Ayush said, "Kaal hum main se ek ek inhe main se ek se milne jayega aur phir hum bata sakte hain ke Amit ka qatil kaun ho sakta hai."

"Nahi. Tum log aise kuch nahi karoge. Agar unhe main se ek bhi khooni huya toh tum logon ki jaan ko khatra hai," ACP Pradyuman said. "Yeh list abh hamari hai aur hum inhe ke peeche lagenge."

"Sir shayad aap jaante nahi hain lekin ek Ankit ko chor ke baki sab Marine Drive pe rehte hain. Aap inhe se kuch bulwa nahi payenge," Uttara said.

"Lekin jo pehle teen hain unhe ke saamne hum ek aur Amit toh khada kar sakte hain," Mohit said, suddenly.

Everyone looked at Mohit in confusion. Deshmukh asked, "Mohit tumhara matlab kya hai?"

"Sir itna toh hai ke Amit ko shayad uske clients main se kisi ne maara hai," Mohit started.

Everyone nodded. Mohit continued, "Yani kea b usse koi aur chahiye hoga."

Daya caught on. "Aur agar usse koi aur chahiye hoga toh woh wahani jayega jahan Amit ki profile hai."

"Baki sab toh abhi Amit ko hi contact karenge kyun ki unhe nahi pata hai ke Amit maar gaya hai," Abhijeet said, also catching on.

"Lekin khooni ek naaye aadmi ko dhoondega," Deshmukh said. Everyone had understood by this point.

"Toh agar hum ek naayi profile daalen toh shayad khooni phas sakta hai," Mohit concluded.

"Lekin hum profile dalengi kiski aur usse khooni tak paunchayenge kaise?" Dilnaaz asked.

"Woh sab tum mujhpe chor do. Main ek private profile bana kar chaaron ko bhej doonga," Ayush said.

Dr. Salunkhe asked, "Charon kaun?"

Ayush said, "Ankit bhi Amit ka ek client hai. Bas abhi abhi wapas aaya hai uska username HotDude hai."

"Lekin Hema ka kya karenge?" Uttara asked.

"Pehle toh yeh dekhna chahiye ke khoon ke din yeh paanchon kahan the. Phir hi koi aakhri conclusion pe paunchna chahiye," Abhijeet said.

"Boss woh sketch maat bhulo," Daya reminded. "Woh ek bahut bada suraag hai kyun ki uss aadmi ne khoon ke din hi woh berries kharedi thi Amit ki jagah."

"Waise sir koi yeh kyun kahega ke usse Amit ne bheja hai agar woh Amit ka khoon karne wala tha?" Freddy asked.

"Aur koi laash ke tukde karke jagah jagah kyun bhejega? Tukde toh laash ko chupane ke liye kiye jaate hain," Patil said.

Patil had come in after the khotey sikkey had started talking about the suspects and he had listened quietly.

Now that everyone had started talking, everything was slowly coming out or was being covered to understand. Deshmukh answered Freddy's question, "Fredericks woh aadmi chahta hain hum uske paas aayen."

Hameer answered Patil's question. "Aur khooni ne tukde isli nahi kiye kyun ki woh laash ko chupana chahta tha, balki isli kiya taki sab uske kam ko dekh sakhen."

"Waise agar khooni ka sketch hai toh phir yeh profile banane ki zaroorat nahi hai. Bas khooni ko aise phasao ke woh khud bol de ke usne khoon kiya hai," Mohit said.

"Aur baki ke laash ke tukde bhi kahan hain," Dr. Salunkhe put in.

Ayush asked, "Sketch kahan hain? Shayad hum main se koi usse jaanta hoga."

Abhijeet pulled out the sketch and put it on the table. Everyone looked at it carefully and Dilnaaz said, "Yeh toh woh Dilip Bannerjee hai!"

ACP Pradyuman said, "Tumhe pura yakeen hai?"

"Haan sir. Maine isse bahut baar dekha hai club main. Ek baar toh yeh mere saath cute hone ki koshish kar raha tha," Dilnaaz replied.

"And I bet you gave it back to him," Hameer said.

Dilnaaz nodded. Deshmukh said, "Toh chalo isse pakdte hain."

Hameer said, "Main bhi aana chahta hoon."

Mohit chimed in, "Aur main bhi."

The 6 police officers refused simultaneously, but Hameer and Mohit were adamant. Finally they gave in.

*****

Dilip's house, 11PM

Thanks to Ayush's list they already had the address and all they had to do was prepare to attack. The plan was quite simple. Hameer and Mohit were going to act like Amit's concerned friends and get into the house. Once Dilip started speaking, the 6 would enter and arrest Dilip. The 6 being ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet, Daya, Freddy, Deshmukh, and Patil.

Hameer rang the bell and Dilip opened the door after a few seconds. "Yes?"

"Dilip? Hum Amit ke dost hain," Mohit said.

"Kya hum undar aa sakte hain?" Hameer asked.

Dilip nodded and stepped aside to let them in. Hameer went first and knocked over the flower pot he saw. This gave Mohit the distraction he needed to put honey on the lock. Now the lock would stick and it would give the officers an easy way in. While Hameer kept apologizing, the 2 picked up the flower pot and then all 3 went in. As expected the lock didn't turn, but Dilip didn't bother forcing it, which was an added bonus. Once they were in the sitting room, Dilip asked, "Okay so what's this about Amit and why are you here so late?"

"Hum Amit Tena ke dost hain. Woh pichle hafte se pata nahi kahan hain. Kya aap jaante hain?" Hameer asked.

"Aur main Amit ko kyun jaane laga?" Dilip asked.

"Woh phone records se pata chala hai ke aap usse jaante hain," Hameer replied.

"Tum uske phone records bhi dekh chuke ho?" Dilip asked.

"Woh hamara dost hai. Ek hafte se gayab hai. Itna toh karna hi parega," Mohit said.

"Lekin phir bhi. Phone records?" Dilip was starting to look worried.

"Ab hum doston main se koi nahi jaanta tha ke woh kahan hai isli humne socha ke uske contacts se hi mil lete hain," Hameer said.

"Oh acha," Dilip relaxed visibly. "Haan main Amit ko jaanta hoon."

"Woh toh hum bhi samjh gaye hain. Sawal hai kaise?" Mohit asked.

"Woh mujhe ek baar kam ke silsile main mila tha," Dilip replied.

"Yani tum uske client ho," Mohit said.

Now Dilip was truly surprised. He hadn't realized that Amit's friends had known about his business. He should have said something else. Hameer was saying something. Dilip forced himself to concentrate, "...agar yeh uska client hai toh phir yeh uska business bhi jaanta hoga. Kyun Dilip?"

Dilip took a calming breath. He was getting worked up for no reason. They didn't know Amit's business. He replied, "Haan."

Hameer and Mohit smiled. Now they had him. They had purposefully trapped him by pretending to know everything and then not know anything. It was to make him feel in control and feel as if was telling them everything. Hameer asked, "Kya?"

Dilip replied, "Accountant tha woh."

"Tha?" Mohit asked. "Kya matlab? Is he dead?"

"Aur agar woh maar gaya hai then how do you know?" Hameer asked.

"Tha waise nahi. Tha matlab he that left business aur ab woh ek contract work karta hai," Dilip quickly corrected.

"Oh acha. Aur yahan hum soch rahe the ke isne Amit ko maar diya," Mohit said to Hameer.

"Arre maara bhi hoga toh kya yeh itna bhudu hai uski laash ko yunhi phenk dega," Hameer replied back.

"Nope. Never. Yeh uske laash ke tudke kar ke chupa dega. Haina Dilip?" Mohit said.

Dilip had become increasingly agitated as Hameer and Mohit spoke, until all of a sudden he just calmed down. Cocking his head to one side, his eyes seemed to change moods from being worried to being cocksure. He said, in a confident voice, "Kaun Dilip? Apun Munna hai. Bole toh Dilip ka guardian. Kya?"

Now it was Mohit and Hameer's turn to become shocked. Outside, the 6 officers also became shocked as they watched this unfold. Mohit and Hameer both had small cameras and microphones to record everything. Dilip continued as Munna, "Jab dekho woh saala mere paas bhaga chala aata hai jab bhi use ko bhi problem hoti hai."

Munna hot up, went over to the side drawers, and pulled out a gun as he spoke. Mocking Dilip, "Munna bhai, Munna bhai woh mujhe chor kejaana chahta hai. Main use pyar karta hoon. Usse jaane maat dena," Munna cocked the gun and in a normal voice said, "Woh bole toh Amit. Saala Dilip Amit se pyar karne laga tha. Usse wapas dhande pe nahi lagene dena chahta tha. Maine Amit ko bahut samjhaya lekin woh samjha nahi. Phir saat din pehle Dilip usse yahan laaya, khilaya, pilaya, aur phir se samjhane ki koshish ki. Nahi maana toh Dilip me mujhe bulaya. Mujhe dekhte hi woh Amit pagal ho gaya toh usse maar diya. Woh cyanide ki bottle use pila di. Woh tapak gaya. Phir uske tukde kiye aur jagah jagah bhej diya taki logon ke seene main apun ka darr bhet jaaye," Munna turned and pointed the gun at Mohit, "Aur ab tum dono ko apun ke bare main pata chal gaya. Dilip ko bachane ke liye yeh Munna Bhai do aur khoon kar dega."

Munna fired at Mohit who dived to one side. While Munna had been talking, Mohit and Hameer had stood up. And the 6 officers had rushed towards the house. Now as Munna fired at Mohit, the 6 officers broke into the house.

Munna fired at Hameer who also dived out of the way. He turned back to Mohit. When Mohit had dived he had gotten himself stuck in a corner making himself an easy target. Munna fired and Mohit ducked. Deshmukh came rushing into the room with Daya and Abhijeet hot on his heels. ACP Pradyuman, Freddy, and Patil were quickly checking the other rooms. Deshmukh said, "Dilip banduk phek do!"

"Main Munna hoon! Aur main nahi phenkonga," Munna challenged.

He aimed at Mohit again, but before he could fire, 3 shots rang out. Daya, Abhijeet, and Deshmukh had fired at the same time, hitting Dilip in the arm, shoulder, and trigger hand respectively. Dilip yelled out in pain and said, "Aap log hain kaun aur mujhe kyun maara?"

Dilip was back. As Freddy and Patil took him away, Hameer went over and helped Mohit to his feet. The two dusted themselves off and got ready to be told off by Deshmukh, but he simply asked, "Tum log thik ho?"

*****

Khotey Sikkey headquarters, Next day, 12PM

The CID team, the khotey sikkey, Deshmukh, and Patil were meeting one last time to go over the remaining parts of the case. Abhijeet said, "Dilip ko split personality ki bimari hai. Jab usse zada tension hoti hai woh Munna Bhai ban jaata hai. Woh Amit se pyaar karne laga tha lekin Amit ko aapne naaye dhande main maza aane laga tha aur woh chorne ko tyar nahi tha isli Dilip Munna ban gaya aur Munna ban kar Amit ko maar diya aur aapne kam ko dekhne ke liye woh laash ke tukde jagah jagah bhejne laga."

Mohit asked, "Lekin jab uske paas gun thi toh Amit ko cyanide kyun diya?"

"Uska jawab toh hume bhi nahi pata. Kabhi Munna wapas aayega toh woh batayega," Daya replied.

"Aur baki ka sharer kahan hai?" Ayush asked.

"Woh uske ghar main hi mila. Ghar main ek khufiya raasta hai jo Munna ka area lagta hai. Wahan pe freezer main tha baki ka hissa," Deshmukh replied.

"Ab Dilip ka kya hoga?" Hameer asked.

"Pehle toh uska ilaaj hoga aur phir adaalat faisla karegi," Dr. Salunkhe said.

There was silence for a few moments and then ACP Pradyuman said, "Tum logon ne bahut acha kam kiya. Dilip tak kabhi hum itni asaani se nahi paunchte."

The 5 smiled as the CID team got up to leave. Before leaving, they said, "Bye sirs."

The 5 CID members smiled this time and then left. The 5 khotey sikkey got up and high-fived each other. Ayush said, "Man aren't we cool?"

The other 4 said, "Tum nahi ho," and then burst out laughing.

Outside as the CID team was leaving, Dr. Salunkhe commented, "Yeh khotey sikkey itne bhi khotey nahi hain."

Inside, Deshmukh said, "Inhone ek baar phir sabat kar diya ke yeh sach main sudar gaye hain aur jurm ke khilaaf hain."

CID and KS crossover?! I LOVE YOU SRI!!🤗🤗🤗 You are a darling, sweetheart. LUB YA!! ❤️ This is absolutely fantastic, loved it! LOVED IT!!👏👏👏👏
Towards the end, it reminded me of Ajay Devgan from Deewangee (my favorite movie). Awesome hun!!👍🏼

Too busy with studies . Will try to read it soon Shreya di 👍🏼 .

Ohh Wow CID Khotey Sikkey crossover story I always wanted to see it on TV... No issues ab yahin sahi... Will read soon Shreya 😃 And thanks for incorporating this concept 😃

gosh itna lamba sri 🤔

So, KS secret revealed...!! I was not aware of that..!

Actually I never watched KS, will read this story and see if I can make out anything of the KS part. But...is Rajat there in the story too? How am I going to imagine 2 Vikases? 🤣

Ohhk I am reading the story in breaks... Its a great stress booster for me... Khas kar the convo b/w Khottey Sikkeys... I could actually hear the dailogues in their voice... So far I am liking it... 😃 Complete review when I am done with the whole story...