One Gram Betrayal

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One Gram Betrayal

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Rajesh Kumar

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One Gram Betrayal

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

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1

The early hour of Sunday morning is waking up in slow motion, as if talking some secret and the ozone filled Bay of Bengal air is washing and cleaning Chennai city. The beet root colour of ten percent tonsure head Sun seems on the surface of Sea, with the help of its light, East side clouds are wearing golden colour crowns on their heads.

Fine says Vivek.

Rupala comes out with fresh fragrance of jasmine and silk saree.

What natural scenery...?

"Yes... Ruby...! Come and see........ every ten second scenes are changing’’

Rupala stares with her two hands on hip.

"What Dear...! Is it the time to enjoy natural scenery?’’ Marriage is at Chengalpattu. Wedding hour is at 6:30. Now the time is five- forty five. Before we reach Chengalpattu, your friend’s sister marriage gets over...’’

"Here I am coming! You have gone for dress changing and I thought you will take at least one hour to come out of the room. Not bad, today you have come out within fifty minutes....’’

"What can I do? To choose and decide a sari has taken half an hour. Then to choose blouse for the sari is a tedious job.’’

"Okay...... move?’’

"I am ready’’ Vivek takes the Maruti Zen key and while walking towards the Portico....

The telephone begins to ring until the moment is quiet. Vivek turns towards telephone and walks, Rupala blocks:

"No dear, don’t attend phone’’

"Why?’’

"If such early-hour call, it would be case. If it is the case, our marriage programme will be cancelled. Its risk to attend the phone, we can proceed as such’’.

"No Ruby! A Crime Branch Officer’s wife should not talk like this. Without any reason there won’t be call from Department. Go and attend yourself. If it is my department people, give me the receiver’’.

Rupala goes and takes the receiver.

"Hallo!’’

"Who is it......Sister Rupala?’’

"Yes’’

"Sister, I am Jegannathan from Chengalpattu’

"Oh! It’s you. Good morning’’

"Good morning! What sister, Vivek and you didn’t move from Chennai’’

"Here, we start’’

"What to start. By this time you had been in Chengalpattu’’

"He went for a case last night and came late’’

"Okay...Sister... come earlier, no more delay’’

"Here we start...’’ Rupala puts the receiver and looks at Vivek.

"Your friend Jegannathan from Chengalpattu’’

"You scared so ...’’ Vivek smiles and comes to portico. Rupala locks house and both depart.

The darkness of dawn is still there, the Sodium Vapour lights of Corporation are doing duty without closing eyes. The big bellies are walking with canvas on the platform. Retired persons are found with milk coupon in hand at milk booth. Chennai is waking up with enthusiasm and the Car takes straight drive to the air and flies.

"Ruby, didn’t you forget gift pocket?’’

"Forget? It came into car while you are bathing’’

Car crossed Guindy and Chormepet.

"Dear, uncle Gokulnath attends the marriage, doesn’t he?’’

"What a hell! He was in the marriage hall yesterday itself. He is the pet of both groom and bridegroom. He will come out from the marriage hall only in the evening’’.

Rupala begins to continue, at that moment;

Suddenly car reduces the speed in Highways...... and becomes snail.

"What... what’s happened?’’

"Look straight’’

Rupala looks. To the left side of road, in the dim hours of early morning, there were an ambulance car and a police jeep with the revolving red light on its head. A team of some khaki uniform is moving.

Rupala touches Vivek shoulder.

"Dear’’

"Yes’’

"There is a problem’’

"Without problem, Police won’t come’’

"Don’t stop car..... proceed please’’

"Just a five minutes, we can check and proceed’’

"No dear, we are going to marriage’’

"You stay in the car. Let me enquire the police and come back’’

Rupala puts her both hands on the head. "That’s all. Today we couldn’t attend the marriage’’

Vivek gets down and walks. It is a highway without a single man. Both sides of the road are seen with flourished Parthinium plant in 40 feet depth.

An Inspector found that Vivek has got down from car and has walked towards them in his eyes; he rushes towards him and puts a salute and relaxes.

Vivek asks:

"You are Inspector Nandhakumar. Am I correct?’’

"Yes sir, Maadampaakam Police Station’’

"What’s the problem here?’’

"An accident Sir, a Maruti car fell into the 60 feet pit’’

"Death role?’’

"Just now we have got the information and come; we don’t know how many people were in the car’’.

Vivek is walking toward the pit and ask.

"Who has informed about the accident?’’

"An old watchman, who is working in Maadampaakam Fertiliser Company, while returning back to home after the night duty and the car had come to hit. The car tried to turn, in order to save the old man and delved into pit. As this is an accident spot, we put the warning board, yet there will be two or three accidents in a year’’.

"Didn’t hurt old man?’’

"No sir... fell down out of shock. Light bruised on the limps only...’’

"At what time this accident occurred?’’

"Early morning 4:30, Sir’’.

Vivek closely goes to the accident spot and looks down. Darkness is everywhere into the pit.

The median wall had been broken..... Car had been delved onto the bushes and tilted on one side. Nothing was visible as the darkness prevails everywhere into the pit.

"Torch available?’’ Vivek stretches hand and the next moment a torch light comes into his hand. The flash from the torch cleans the darkness into the pit. Vivek gradually clears the darkness and put the flash into broken window-glass of the Car....

A lady hand found with blood.... Long nail polished fingers with dull hand. The flash of torch gradually follows the mark of dried blood hand. Silk saree border and the torch light flash closely followed shoulder... ear.... neck.... lip.... nose.... eyes... and shows the face; Vivek turns to Inspector with a shock.

"Mr.Nandhakumar....’’

"Sir...’’

"It seems to be the rich lady found in the car. She may be alive. No more people found in the car. If hospitalise immediately, we can save her...... It is very doubtful that the lady will survive till the arrival of fire service people. We have to get down into pit with the help of rope. Rope available?’’

"Brought, sir’’.

With the help of rope, within