On the foothills of Nainital in Grand Majestic hotel a cabaret night was in full swing. Cabret dancer Naina was swinging on the popular dance number of Helen. A real beauty and a fabulous dancer, her dance nights were always sold out in advance. Outside the hotel a heavy downpour was falling, lightning was shining in the sky. A man clads in a raincoat and top hat entered the hotel walked towards the reception gave his name and receptionist welcome him and gave him keys to his room. He enquired about dancer Naina and receptionist told him her dance performance was going on if you want to join, please walk towards the bar area. No, I am just an admirer of her dance. After her dance performance Naina went back to her room, she was cleaning her makeup when her phone buzzed. On seeing the number on the screen her expression changed, she opened her cigarette case and lit a cigarette. Then she answered the phone, "I am there in your hotel room 203 reach whenever you are free, eagerly waiting for you my darling and line got disconnected.”The doorbell of room 203 buzzed waiter entered with dinner and a bottle of scotch, the man thanked the waiter and tipped him handsomely. Around midnight there was a knock on the door of room 203 the man opened the door and cabaret dancer Naina walked in he took her in his arms and started kissing her I missed you my darling your warmth, softness and started removing her clothes, they both were hungry for each other after a night of passion in the early morning Naina came out of room no 203 and headed towards her room. Waiter Varun was watching this whole scenario from the corridor. On day 2 around 10:30 PM a man walking with a stick walked up to the receptionist and inquired about Mr. Singhania and his room no. The receptionist told him he was staying in room no 203 but sir you can wait in the lobby. He is not in his room currently. Around 11:30 PM the man entered the hotel and hurriedly entered the elevator and pressed the floor of his room. The minute he opened his room his room line buzzed. Hello sir, a gentleman is waiting in the lobby to meet you, his name is Rakesh Sippy. Should I send him to your room, send him up in 15 minutes?The man ordered dinner and a bottle of scotch and martini from the room service. After 15 minutes his room bell buzzed and the man with a stick entered room 203 a huge scar was running from his right forehead towards his right cheek. The next moment there was a knock-on room 203 and room service entered with his dinner, the man asked the waiter what his name is, the waiter said Varun. Varun, please make two drinks, one large whisky neat and one glass of martini then he tipped him handsomely, and Varun retired from the room.Around 2:00 AM the man with the scar hurriedly exits from room 203 and walked out of the hotel and vanished into the night. Around 2:30 AM Naina knocked on the door of room 203, the door was ajar she opened the door, the room was in total darkness. She switched on the light, and she saw the body of the man lying in the pool of blood on the bed. She screamed and fell unconscious on the floor, a huge blood-soaked knife in her hand. Hearing her loud screams waiter Varun came running towards the room. He lost his courage seeing the scene in the room he called his manager and manager informed the police and hotel doctor simultaneously. The police came with detective Sasha to investigate the crime scene.The police sealed the whole floor. A murder weapon was seized from Naina's hands and sent for examination and hotel doctors were keeping her under observation and police guards had kept a surveillance of that room. The victim's body was sent for autopsy and detective Sasha and police team were examining the room fingerprint expert collected samples and sent them to the lab for testing.
Detective Sasha called Varun for his statement.
She asked him how he reached the crime scene.
He told her he heard a loud scream from a lady. He was coming out of room no 206 and rushed towards room no 203. He says dancer Naina was lying on the floor unconscious and the murder weapon was in her hand. Mr. Singhania's body was lying on the bed in the pool of blood.
When did this gentleman check into your hotel? and
Last night madam. I served him dinner along with a bottle of scotch.
Did somebody come to visit him, or did he go out of the hotel?
Yes, madam, he had not been in his room since afternoon he returned around 10:30 pm and a gentleman came to visit him he had dinner with him and ordered a whisky martini from the bar.
Did you see that gentleman's face?
Yes, madam he had an ugly looking scar right from his forehead to his right cheek.
If you see him again, can you recognize him?
Sure madam, one thing more madam, last night I saw Naina madam coming out of this gentleman's room around 4:30 AM.
"Ok you can go but whenever we call you back be there," said Sasha.
Sasha said to the constable keep an eye on him something is fishy about him, do a background check of this man. He is too sugar coated for his own good.
What about suspect no 2 did she regain consciousness?
No, madam.
We received the autopsy report that the weapon recovered from the crime scene was the murder weapon and it contains two sets of fingerprints one matches suspect no 2 and the other one matches our database and belongs to a criminal named Ghanshyam Shinde.
Find this Ghanshyam Shinde and investigate his involvement in this murder. I want him within 24 hours. Ok madam.What about suspect 2 did she regain consciousness? Yes, madam doctor allowed us to take her statement. Send her to my chamber.Miss Naina, please sit, I am detective Sasha ‘How are you feeling’?Fine, officer! You know you are the prime suspect in this murder, we recovered the murder weapon from your hand, what were you doing in his room, Naina.Your fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, and from various places in the room.Can I have a cigarette officer, sure, Naina lit a cigarette, officer noticed she was extremely nervous she took one and two high puffs from her cigarette and started speaking “Officer I am innocent I did not commit this murder when I reach his room, I knocked on the door, but I did not receive any response. I tried the door of the handle. The door was ajar. I walked inside the room it was in total darkness. I switched on the light and was shocked to see him lying in a pool of blood on the bed, a knife was inserted in his heart, I walked towards him checked his pulse he was alive officer, I removed the knife from his heart, and he died within seconds. I screamed for help and fell unconscious. Please believe me officer I did not kill him. Though I wished for his death many times, and I am incredibly happy that he was no more, but I am innocent officer, I did not kill him” and Naina started sobbing uncontrollably. Naina, when that man checked in this hotel the first phone call he made was to your room, and you spend the night with him am I right?Yes, officer that monster of a man was my husband.What? I was nineteen when my parents fixed my match with him, he pretended to be a well settled businessperson, with his own house. He acted as a cultured, educated, kind person in front of my parents. They fell for his fake persona and married me with him. At first everything was going well but slowly his true colors became known. He does not have a dime in his pocket, his house was mortgaged to the hilt. He sold my jewelry, spent cash that my parents fixed me in my name. He was an alcoholic, the day I came to know about his true colors I decided to leave him, he caught me and beat me mercilessly and locked me in my room. I was pregnant by that time. After the birth of my baby, he forced me into prostitution. He did not let me meet my baby and blackmailed me in his name. One night I ran away from home to save my life. He found me working in this hotel and whenever he wanted pleasure or money, he blackmailed me into doing what he pleases with me and I was compelled to do his bidding, as I still do not know where my son was.Believe me officer, what I am telling you was the absolute truth. I had proof of my wedding and some pictures, my baby’s birth certificate. I am not the killer officer. Man like my husband had many enemies there are many people out their ready for his blood.Calm down, Naina has this glass of water.You can go now but you are under arrest till our investigation is under process.After her exit detective Sasha lit a cigarette and her mind was examining the case and suspects from all angles. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and suddenly she reached for her phone and dialed a number. She dialed her subordinate Robin and told him about this recent case. She sent him the photographs and details of all the suspects and told him to do a background check on them. She sends him details about the criminal.After one month of investigationGhanshyam Shinde was arrested at a casino, he was presented before Detective Sasha for further investigation.Ghanshyam Shinde where were you on the night of 8th August, do you know anybody with a name Rishab Singhania?Officer Why am I investigated and arrested?Oh! You poor innocent person, stop this melodrama and just answer my questions.I was at the Grand Majestic Hotel waiting in the lobby for this person you just mentioned. I had dinner with him and enjoyed a bottle of martini.How do you know this Rishab Singhania, and what were you doing in his hotel on the night of his murder?He owed me 20 lakh rupees officer, he lost a bet while gambling, he made a deal with me on that night I can have his wife in lieu of 20 lakh rupees. Now everybody is crazy about that beauty Naina, I am no exception officer I agreed, and we celebrated our deal with drinks. Around 1:15 or 20 I left his hotel room.Do you own a weapon, Shinde?Officer, I always kept a knife with me but after that night I could not find my knife. Shinde, do you know the weapon which was used for Rishab Singhania’s murder had your fingerprints on it?Holy shit! Officer, I had nothing to do with his murder.Shinde, do you recognize this knife? Yes, officer, this is my knife, it has my initials also. But I swear officer I did not kill that bastard.Shinde you will remain in our custody till the investigation is completed.Robin entered Sasha’s chamber and showed him proofs of Naina’s innocence, I checked her background officer she was telling the truth that swine was her husband, and I also found her child, he was in a bad state he sold him to a beggar gang, he was not well. I admitted him to a hospital.As you told me I was keeping an eye on this waiter Varun, that is not his real identity and he spent around a year in jail but due to lack of evidence he was released. And he has a sister who is in a mental asylum. Summon him Robin time to put final closure to this case.Varun was ushered in Sasha’s chamber; how can I help you officer?You know your extra sweetness and eagerness to help me was troubling me from the start Mr. Dilip Awasthi alias Varun, whatever is your name? Why you killed Rishab Singhania and what happened that night, Dilip?Yes, I killed him officer that swine does not have a right to live, after what he did to my family?Officer, two years ago my sister went to his office for an interview. She got the job on some work pretext he took her with him for a business dinner, there he and his friends raped my sister. She lost her mental balance after that incidence, my mother died seeing her in this state. Within a short span of time, I lost my family members all because of that swine. When I confronted him, he laughed in my face and got me arrested. I spent a year in jail officer.How did you know about his association with Naina?After getting out of jail I searched for this swine’s background and saw him very frequently coming and going in The Grand Majestic Hotel. I applied for a job in the hotel to keep close tabs on both. That night when she spent the night with him, I was keeping a tab outside their room. How did you get hold of that knife with which you killed him?When I went to his room to serve dinner and drinks, I saw the knife in the scar-faced man’s pocket. I placed his drink on the side table the minute he turned to pick up his glass. I stole the knife from his pocket. Why did you lie about the time of his leaving the hotel? He exits from the room around 1:20 Am I waited for 15 minutes and then entered his room he was dead drunk by that time. I stabbed him 2-3 times in the chest and left the knife in his wound to frame the man in his murder. After that I left the room in a hurry. Around 2:30 AM Naina entered the room I was watching from the corridor. I heard her screams but waited for 10 minutes before going inside the room. She was lying unconscious on the floor with a murder weapon in her hand. I was happy that now no one would suspect me. But officer you uncovered my cover. But I am not ashamed of what I did that swine deserves to die, he does not have a right to live. Dilip Awasthi you are under arrest for the murder of Rishab Singhania, what he did to your sister and family was wrong, but two wrongs cannot make a right. Congratulations Sasha on your new victory, Naina now you are free, and we found your son he was not well, and we admitted him to the hospital, you are free to live your life on your own terms, best of luck.Sasha, the media is waiting for your interview, let us go.
