Twist-story Investigation CBI

They all had assembled in the scene at one in the afternoon. The place was creepy even in broad day light. Vaibhav was already there when these two arrived. He was going through the place inch by inch. He saw the two coming and just nodded at them to take a seat.

“Ragavan just fill me in on all the things you have gathered till now. Let’s not waste time you know.”    he smiled encouragingly at him and continued his examination of the house.
Ragavan gave a fake laugh and opened his file “At may 23^rd of the year 2011 ……. “

He stopped and looked at Ragavan “no no no ….. He he”, he laughed like a hyena; “This is not a court trial Ragavan, just the facts, Just a gist. I already went through your report, so just touch on the latest developments. ”

Ragavan got seriously irritated this time and he gave a “you are not my boss “kind of look at him. He spoke between clenched teeth

“The Body that was missing from GH mortuary was identified by the doctors, as the same one we found in the closet. According to the hospital records the victim was admitted in the hospital at 19^th afternoon. The reason for admission was suicidal hanging. The victim was declared dead and sent to the mortuary that very same day. No one came to claim the body. Usually in mortuaries they preserve unclaimed bodies in cold storage, so that they don’t get decomposed until, it’s owner comes to procure the body or in case it is an unclaimed body, until the death certificate is produced. On 23^rd morning when the mortuary people came to place another body in the storage, they saw the cold storage door was broken and this particular body was missing.
The person, who admitted the case, has given his name as ramesh and a fake address. There were no further records. A doctor claimed he faintly remembers the person who admitted the body. Computer experts are trying to construct his face using computer graphics.
We have also asked the flat watchman rangaswamy, to describe the face of meenakshi’s secret boyfriend to the graphics team. That’s all, as of now. In all the check posts and railway stations we have stationed people and have provided them with the suspect’s photo.

On one side the minister is pressurizing the police to solve the case soon, so that he can cremate her daughter properly. Another side, IG is urging us to find his son, before the minister’s side finds him. “

Vaibhav was listening to this very patiently and didn’t comment on any of the findings but asked “I asked for a team of ten people. Is the team ready?”
“Yes sir, let me introduce you to……..”

“There is no time for formalities; I want you people to divide yourself into five groups. And until the investigation is over you should never leave your partners. I want all of you to execute all my commands without any question. You must be ready at any time of the day. You report to me or the DCP and no one else. Is that understood?”

“Yes sir! “ all the ten saluted in unison and were ready to take on the challenge.

Now Vaibhav became very energetic and started issuing commands in rapid succession

“Good, now I want the following things to be done. I want a team to draft a report on Meenakshi’s life history, right from her childhood, her college life, her boyfriends, her hip size …. Everything. If the minister is not willing to cooperate, report to me immediately, I know what to do.
Next, I want a full report on this minister, what he was before he became a minister, his assets, his murders, complaints filed against him, his assistants, very importantly his enemies in politics.

Same goes for this IG. Separate teams for these two. I also want to know specifically about his encounters. The persons arrested by him.

One team for Ravi, particularly, where he went these five days instead of going to office. His life history, his drinking habits, the pubs and bars he usually drinks.

The last team, trace all the incoming and outgoing calls made on both IG and ministers house for the past ten days. Trace landline, cell phone, pager, internet calls …. All the communication devices known to human. Trace emails they sent and received. Ill fetch you proper permission in an hour.

Gentlemen!  You are free to use anything under the sky. Don’t be afraid of the consequences. If my instincts are correct, many big fishes are involved in the murders. So be prepared for anything. I want status report every day evening ready at my table.

GOOD LUCK. Let’s not rest until justice is served. “
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Vaibhav was in the CBI press room. Various news papers and TV news channels were present. The conference went well.  



By this time Ragavan and Rajendar had developed some sort of respect towards Vaibhav. The pace with which he thinks was extraordinary. He also handled the press very well. When the conference ended ,

Ragavan came running to Vaibhav “Sir they called from the forensics lab, the finger prints from the can is matching with that of Ravi’s.”.

“Good, what about the test I ordered”

Rajendar answered this “they called just now, their DNA’s match. It is Meenakshi, daughter of Minister Shankar, doubtless. And the results on the poison test are going to be a little late, as most of the body fluids got evaporated due to excessive heat.”

Rajendar’s phone again vibrated, he listened intently for some time, and his face became chalk white……..
“Vaibhav, I think we better go to minister’s home immediately”

Vaibhav’s BMW rushed to minister’s home in less than twenty minutes ……………. Minister was sitting in his sofa as if the world has fallen apart.

“Sir, what happened?”
“I got a call some time back …………..  They claim that they have kidnapped Meenakshi!!............... they forced her to talk … I swear on god, it is meenakshi’s voice“ Minister broke down and started crying .
Vaibhav and Rajendar looked at each other.
 

TWISTS AND TURNS
PART VI

 
Year 2011 may 30^th evening 3:30, minister’s residence
When they were travelling towards the minister’s home, Vaibhav called the team which was tracing the calls
“I want the last incoming call to the minister’s home to be traced immediately. Contact the phone company, record any future calls “.
They entered his residence……. There was dead silence…. Many party members were present in the place.
“What is happening, is my daughter dead or alive?”
“We are doing our best sir; it may be a prank call. Before that, there is no chance for the tests to go wrong ….. Unless ……..  Is Meenakshi your only child?”
“Yes”
“I mean, any illegitimate children?”
“No, absolutely no” he saw his party members looking at him……
“Possibility of any children you may not even know of?”
The minister’s eyes widened, a lot of party members around him got shocked at this question…. “You are crossing the limits …. Ill ….. “
Vaibhav slowly increased his tone “If you are not answering the questions ill quit working in the case. For another officer to take over and for the knowledge transfer, it will at least take another week, by that time…….. Don’t make this any harder minister. Already I don’t follow any of the clues.”
Minister also shouted back “I don’t have any bloody keep “
“Okay fine, If you get another call, ask him specifically what he wants. And tell him you want to talk with your daughter and ask something which only your daughter knows. Don’t ask birthdays or something that is very much known to others ……………”
The phone rang…… Vaibhav took the phone and they entered a separate room.
“Attend … ask for your daughter and do as I said.”
Minister attended the call
“Hello … hello … who is this? “
“Listen very carefully; your daughter is with me. They are widely speculating in the papers, that your daughter is dead…… no she is not. Now talk to her, and for the police dogs who are listening. You can’t catch us. If you get anywhere near us, she will be a dead body.  Here …. Talk…… “
A shrill girl voice was heard at the other end ………………
“Daddy, Daddy …….. Who are these people …? Daddy this Varu…………………………. “
They heard a loud slap and the girl squealed in pain……………..
“Yes who, who is it baby … who is it ….. Hello hello………. You bloody rascals don’t you dare touch my daughter……………….. Money……You want money I’ll give in laks …. Crores…. Please leave her... Please”
“It’s not money ….. You will know….. When you are supposed to know”… the call got disconnected.
Rajendar whispered something in Vaibhav’s ears……. Vaibhav nodded ….. He leaned and looked the minister directly in his eyes …. The minister was shaking top to bottom…..
“Mr. minister, the party members are not around now, if there is anything you want to tell, now is the right time”
Shankar looked back and forth, confirmed no one is there…….. And nodded.
Shit. Vaibhav let out a loud sigh. This case is ……… taking another turn ……………
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Year 2011 may 30^th night 9:00, in an unknown place two people
“Whose is the other body they are talking about in the news?
Varun was sitting nervously watching the TV….. “I have no idea……. I think they are going to find out. It’s only a matter of time now. “
The other guy completely ignored what Varun told right now, “Where is she?”
“The place, where she is supposed to be. She is not eating anything…… always crying …… when are we gonna release her .We already tortured her and asked her to talk with her father. Is she needed anymore? At least tell me the whole plan … is it only the elections??  Or personal vengeance?”
The other person laughed mysteriously “So sweet, seems our little boy here has really got feelings for her, I asked you to act not really love“
Varun felt ashamed …. “Feelings, no. Fear, yes. The sooner we release her the sooner the investigation will end. I want it to end. I have done all you asked for. It’s more than a year now. Yes, the pay is good. But slowly the work is getting harder and dangerous. You asked me to love, I did. You asked me to set fire to someone I have never ever seen in my life, I did. You asked me to kidnap I did. WHY? WHY? I wanted the money… I wanted a life …. I can’t go to jail….. I want to know what’s going on … I deserve to know….” Varun went out of breath
“Relax, by the time they find out, the scenario will be different. The ball is in our court.”He came out and made a call ….
“Is everything arranged? “
“All set waiting for your go ahead”.
He laughed hardly for this also …….. His golden tooth sparkled.
“Understood”, said the other end.
“Another thing … “he again laughed “Varun”
“Understood” ….. The call got disconnected…….
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TIMES NOW …. May 31^st morning. 9.10 ..special bulletin… 
The news reader saw the news rolling before her and looked at the camera, she pinched herself once. This is real. The camera started rolling……… The camera man slowly moved his hand upwards …. Signaling her to start …. She started with the usual fake smile…….
“Good morning, we are interrupting the 9.00 o clock news to bring to you, what may be the greatest financial scam of all time. Yesterday we received a lot of legal documents, video tapes and lot of audio evidences mailed to our office from an unknown source. The documents and audio evidences are directly linking the Chief Minister of the state Mr.Karunakarn, to almost half of the unsolved financial crimes of last year. The hawala scam, the telecommunication frequency allocation case and the housing society scam. A copy of the evidences is also sent to MR.S.Swamy.
When we contacted him regarding this he told……………
“We are talking about money, not in lakhs, not in crores … we are talking about lakhs of crores …. The evidences are directly linking karunakaran to the scams … Not one or two ….. But almost all the financial scams are linked to an investment company. I have been warning the central government, but they turned deaf ears. But they can’t do that anymore“
“sir can you tell us about the investment company which is involved in these scams ?”
“Now, my party members are collecting evidence regarding the authenticity of the information we received. But one thing is clear. The home minster is the middleman as I have always suspected. He somehow made the police and the income tax department not to notice any of these. How he managed this, i don’t know. But that is not possible without powerful people in the police force and the income tax departments.
 “Can you please specify the name of the company?”
“Again, we are still not sure of the authenticity of the information. But now that you ask, the company name, again and again indicated in the evidences is, S & S investment group. Regarding the owners and the investors list, we are still not ready with all the names. In the evidences we got, there were copies of lot of bank statements stating large amounts of money being deposited in the name of the company during the scam period. ”
“Sir the home minister’s daughter is feared to have died in a freakish way, killed by his own son in law, is it in some way linked to this scam”
“That is a question I can’t answer. I’m going to concentrate on what I have got. I leave that to the police.”
“Will the chief minister and others involved in the scam will be brought to lime light?? “
“Justice will be served, now if you please excuse me ….. “
“Sir sir ……….” The reporters started chasing him.

Rajendar’s hand was shaking …….. He called Vaibhav ….. Both told at the same time “ S&S ……  Shankar & Shankar……….. “

TO BE CONTINUED …..

                                                                                                              Thanks-Siva

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