"I am asking you once again, my friend. Are you definitely sure about taking up this case🤔?", was asked by the Editor in chief of 'Double Check' newspaper, Mr. Swarnabho Ghosh.
The person sitting on the opposite chair smiles gently and gives a quick small reply, "Yes Sir, it's my case😎."
Now Mr. Ghosh just laughed out loudly and asked a genuine question, 'Tell me Dhurandhar, you already found any lead about that. 😂Right?"
The smile of that person became larger. "Yeah, you are right. I found one, but as you know me. I don't reveal my clues until I want, just as magicians don't speak about their tricks! So, now it's upto you. Am I going to get support from you or not 😃?"
Swarnabho Ghosh nodded his head positively. The meeting had reached it's end.
Dhurandhar Dhar, the crime reporter of 'Double Check' newspaper leaves the room with the solid approval from his boss. He is now ready to hunt down his new opponent. But, there is a little difference between earlier cases and this one. Normally, Swarnabho gives new case to him, but this time Dhurandhar took it on his own.
But why?
"At the end, it's a female! Hahahaha 🤣!!!", Dhurandhar laughs out maniacally in his head. He can't forget the quick experience of that rainy night at all.
That night was really a splendid one. The time was around 10pm. Dhurandhar Dhar was returning from office and the so called cat's & dog's rain was happening all around the world. Luckily, Dhurandhar's home is not far away from the newspaper office. Usually it's just 15minites a walk and that's the sole reason that the young crime reporter walks down the road everyday with a relaxing mind.
Though the atmosphere was quite different on that particular day but Dhar was returning in his usual style with humming a song and holding an umbrella. But, he had no idea about what's going to happen.
So, when the man with a hoody approached him with a knife, he was shocked at first. Really, who will think that this type of attack will come at a rainy night on a way, through which he goes regularly?
But, that person seemed determined of taking the golden chain from Dhar's neck. But, Dhurandhar is also a tough nut to crack. He was slowly moving his body posture to hit out the street thug at one go.
Suddenly, yeah as a quick turnaround of event, that goon was captured with a solid string on his neck from his back and after one extreme shake he banged on the ground, with all his life. Yes, he was dead.
Dhurandhar Dhar wasn't expecting that at all. With all his surprise, through the blurry street light, he saw someone on the street with a stylized rope in one hand. Other than the eyes, whole face of that person was covered with a charismatic mask. But, Dhurandhar can't forget those eyes at all. Because, though just one glance, but that was enough for him to know if it was a woman's sharp stare or not.
Dhurandhar couldn't imagine that before. Actually he heard stories about midnight killings of street thugs for somedays in the city. But, he thought maybe it is an undercover police operation or some random revenge story of any team of goons. But, that was not the case. There were several reports about what's going on the streets at night, but none of them had mentioned that it was a lone female warrior out there. Maybe there weren't enough eyewitnesses to confirm that. But, Dhurandhar knows it by heart now.
Thinking about that night, Dhurandhar was standing still in the front of Mr. Ghosh's room. From an 'excuse me', he came back to the real world. A support staff was trying to go in the chief cabin. Dhurandhar smiles apologetically and returns to his desk. He was thinking hard.
The young reporter scratched his head to control his mind in a certain way and hissed in his head, "This is my chance, Rita. You said that I am a male chauvinist, right? Ok then. It's my case. I, Dhurandhar Dhar, will hunt down that night bitch and will show you and your total woman empowerment movement, that a man still hold his own place of superiority, when he stands on his own."
Yeah, that was the starting point for all of this. Starting point for a battle, for a tactical fight, theoretical clash between right or wrong, or maybe between two different right or maybe between two different wrong or maybe something else 🤔? Well, only time will mark a confirmation on that.
Enakshi was on her bed, sitting still for atleast half an hour. She is like this in every morning. For 30 minutes or more, she can't think properly about anything.
But, today she is actually thinking hard about something. She is finding logic in something very precious to her.
"What can I do? What should I do? No one cares about me any more. My mother, my sister, my colleague, even Devarshi also threw me away😑! Even Devarshi 😔! My friends used to call us 'Devsena' for our mutual understanding. We never proposed each other, but still we were more than just friends. At least I thought so. But, now it's obvious that only I thought in that way", Enakshi was talking to her mind.
She wasn't like this forever. But, her father's death actually took a toll on her mindset. For many months, she was in depression.
Two lines of tears are coming across her cheeks. Enakshi desperately shakes her head. No, she will not be like this. She is a strong girl, at least she wants to be.
The problem is actually different here. There is a difference between being sweet and being weak. Everyone admits that Enakshi is a sweet girl, but most of them also consider that she doesn't have a strong will which can be respected. In return, they actually don't consider her views as very important ones.
Enakshi also knows that and is absolutely ok with that. But, how Devarshi can also become like them?
She was staring at the mirror, thinking just one thing. "What can I do, Devarshi? I can't propose you for sure. I am not like Deepti. But, is that all you want? Devarshi, I can't simply believe! Even now I can't even think bad about you. More than that, I actually congratulated Deepti yesterday for getting your love. I can't also think against Deepti too! Really I can't do anything now with my life", she was crying silently.
And the one from the mirror, is laughing at her. The real Enakshi also breaks out a little smile now. If she herself is smiling on her, then why not the whole world?
She actually doesn't recall from when her life went down like this. Maybe it all started after her father's untimely death at a rainy night on a street of the city. From that terrible incident, Enakshi is like this, utterly confusing within her own self. Though she can't be blamed for being like this. Any daughter who watched her father being killed with her bare eyes, can't forget that scene for her entire life for sure.
Though she still loves the world around her. She cares about the people she met in her life. But, it seems people don't actually care about her.
"Maybe I should visit my consulting doctor again? Though he said that I am actually doing fine in my life, but stll I have to ask him about losing night memories for sure", Enakshi now tries to make one decision.
Losing night memories. Yes, that's what Enakshi thinks about that. But, it is actually a more serious matter in real.
Everyday Enakshi returns home from her school before sunset. She is not going out on evening deliberately since her father's demise as per the doctor's suggestion. So, Enakshi normally use all the evening by researching on her own thesis and also checks her students' assignments.
But, for somedays, there is something going on at that time. Enakshi starts her work of checking assignment normally but after sometime she just falls asleep. When she wakes up its exactly the midnight ticking on the clock. And it's happening everyday for last one month approximately. That's obviously surprising to be happened on daily basis.
"No, I have to ask my doctor about this. I can't ignore it further. Life is really not that fantastic for me anymore, but I will not allow it to go worsen", Enakshi decides something for the first time at this morning.
She feels a little relax now. She jumps from her bed. She have to be ready for her school.
But, Before entering the bathroom, again her mood swings by hearing the news coming from the television of her sister's room.
'Again a person was killed at midnight in the city. This time it's 44, Nomoskar Lane street. And as far we came to know that person was a notorious criminal of that area. But, again the question is who is cleaning the society at nights? Is it some undercover police operation or any superhero came to life straight from the fictions?', the voice of the news anchor was humming around the room.
Is it really right to kill criminals or is it also a terrible crime itself? A very popular question with may be no correct answer. Enakshi smiles while thinking about that and got into the bathroom.
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A person is watching the goggle maps projected on a big screen. Who is that person?
It's Dhurandhar Dhar, the finest reporter of a daily newspaper the 'Double Check'. He is in his lab. It's obviously a laboratory, where he stores every bit of information of past crimes happening overall the world. He is really good at it.
Dhurandhar Dhar made this in his own house. And now he is projecting the Google maps on a giant screen. But, what was he watching over there?
Some marked out points and their exact locations on the map. Actually there are 14 specific dots. These dots have special significance for sure.
There are so far 14 incidents has been reported as the night mishaps in the city. Those dots indicate the exact locations of those incidents.
Local police station gave this information to Dhurandhar only in one condition. If any progress happens then he has to inform the police first. For obvious reasons, police will solve the case or atleast take the credit and then reporter can interview them. Dhurandhar smiled then and took the information about ongoing murders. He doesn't want fame, his only interest is in solving the case. He likes to utilise his brain.
Now after watching, these dots closely for sometime he is sure about one thing. There are some dots which are connected in a certain way.
Whenever this type of continuous murder happens, the most significant points come in two aspects. First where that whole thing started and secondly in which area it's happening the most.
'Police were saying that the 'Bidrohi Lane' case was the first of this chain. But, you can't be sure about that. Because, maybe the first case is not reported at all. And if that is what happened, then the Bidrohi Lane murder is not the first case and for that sole reason I can't look over it for now at least. Though I have another aspect to investigate', Mr. Dhar kept thinking hard.
And now as he decided to jump on the 2nd aspect, he zooms on the points which are very close in the maps or atleast showing a pattern. Yes, Dhurandhar has found a specific shape there. 8 out of the 14 points are there in a circular way standing on the map, while the other 6 points are just randomly spreaded throughout a large area. Mr. Dhar connects those dots to draw the specific circle. And now, it's time for the obvious work.
Dhurandhar Dhar further zooms the area to clearly visualise the centre of that circle and finally marks one specific building as the central point of those 8 murders. A peculiar smile was there on his face. That's natural as he has found a proper point from where he can actually start his journey. But, What is that place? The reader obviously has the right to know.
It is just an ordinary school. Malini Girls' High School.
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