"Tu aidi hai kya tujeh sachme lagtha hai ki their breakup karne ki vajah se voh suicide kar lega? (Are you crazy do you really think that he will commit suicide because you broke up with him?)"

I asked a weeping Shalini sitting in front of me.

"Voh mujse bohot pyaar kartha tha bachpaan se..........lekin main ne achanak hi uska saat chod diya (He really loved me since childhood but I suddenly left his side)"

"Par tumne breakup kiya kyu? (But why did you breakup?)"

"Agar ethne saal saat rehene ki baat bhi use mujpe yakeen hi nehi hai toh breakup karne ki alawa kya option thi meri paas.......par mujeh nehi patha tha ki voh apna jaan de dega(Even after being together for all these years if he don't trust me then except breakup what option did I have.......but I didn't know that he will kill himself)"

"Tum jaao yaha se agar zaroorat hogi toh tume bulwaa lungi (You can go from here I will summon you if needed)"

@Home

I was sitting and staring at the pictures of all the people who have died. Karan came from behind and held me.

"Tum teek ho? You look stressed (Are you ok? You look stressed)"

"Teen log Karan......teen log jo ek hi school main hone ki baat bhi dost nehi the achanak suicide kar lethe hai......aur vajah sirf ek tutta hua dil (Three people Karan....... three people who were not even friends even after being in the same school even after being in the same school commits suicide suddenly........ With only one reason for it a broken heart)"

"Jab dil toot jatha hai na toh jeena ka hosla bhi choot jatha hai (When heart breaks the courage to live also get lost)"

"Par inn theenon ki beech koi connection hi nehi hai kaun hurt karna caahega inneh ?(But there is no connection between the three of them who will try to hurt them?)"

"Connection doondna zaroori hai kya? (Is it necessary to find a connection?)"

After thinking for a while I said.

"You are right maybe koi connection hai hi nehi maybe yeh killer bass inn theenon se nafrat karthe hai......agar aisa hai toh agala victim ko doondna bohot Mushkil ho jayega (You are right maybe there is no connection at all maybe this killer just hates these three.....if that's the case then it is going to be really hard to find out who the next victim is)"

"Mujeh patha hai ki agla victim kaun hai (I know, who the next victim is)"

"Kaun?( Who?)"

"Main (Me)"

Hearing that I totally freaked out I ran towards Karan and hugged him as I repeatedly said 'No'.

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@Office

"Bobby.......Nisha ki school main padthi thi (Bobby she used to study at Nisha's school)"

Karan said.

"Aur voh inn theenon se nafrat karthi thi? (And she used to hate the three of them?)"

"Ananya se voh pehele se hi nafrat karthi thi usne Nisha ki saat milkar uske baare main rumours fahalaya tha (She used to hate Ananya from the beginning she along with Nisha spreader rumours about her)"

"Unn donon ki friendship issi ladki ki vajah se toota tha kya? (Did their friendship break because of her?)"

"Kuch aisa hi lagtha hai, par uska aur Nisha ki jagada ho gaya tha baat main toh usko hurt karne ke liye mujeh date karna shuru kar diya tha kyuki usko patha tha ki Nisha mujse pyaar karthi thi (I think so, but then she had a fight with Nisha as well and she started to date me because she knew Nisha loved me)"

"Par Nisha toh kisis aur ladke se........ (But Nisha was in love with.......)"

"Haan uska aur Nisha ka kuch hua nehi uske baat hum dono ki dosti hui (Ya nothing happened with Nisha and that other guy after that we became friends)" 

"Par ye Bobby aur iss Manish ka kya connection hai? (And what is the connection between Bobby and Manish?)"

"Voh ek number ki flirt thi lekin Manish ko bohot pasaand karthi thi lekin Manish sirf Shalini se pyaar kartha tha (She was a number one flirt but she really used to really like Manish but he only loved Shalini)"

"Aur tumne uss se breakup kyu kiya? (And why did you breakup with her?)"

"Kyuki mujeh patha chal gaya tha ki voh ek number ki flirt hai (Because I found out that she was a number one flirt)"

"Aur baat mein tumne Nisha ki saat apni setting kar li (And later you started dating Nisha)"

"Voh paagal hai kuch bhi kar sakthi hai (She is crazy she can do anything)"

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Few hours later Bobby was sitting in front of me.

"Jab hum isse arrest karne gaye the toh kisis ladke ke saat flirt kar rahi thi madam ye (When we went to arrest her she was flirting with some guy)"

My subordinate said.

"Toh illegal hai kya flirting iss vajah se arrest kiya kya mujko? (So is flirting illegal is that why you arrested me?)"

She said with a cool voice.

"Tum ek series of murders ki prime suspect ho (you are the prime suspect of a series of murders)"

"Behas ki aank, main flirt hoo toh tum mujeh murder main fassa doge? Yeh toh pehali baar suna hai (Just because I am a flirt you will put murder charges on me, well that's a first)"

"Ananya Guptha, Manish Sharma aur Nisha Chaudhry teenon ekk saat padthe the aur unkee classmates ke hisaab se ek hi insaan the jo inn theenon se nafrat karthe the aur voh tum ho (Ananya Guptha, Manish Sharma and Nisha Chaudhry studied at the same place and according to their classmates there is only one person who hated the three of them and that's you)"

"Are main toh sabb se nafrat karthi hoo.......iska mathlab yeh todi na hai ki main sabb ko maarne nikal jaao (I hate everyone ......that's doesn't mean I should go out and kill everyone)"

"Agar tumne maara hai toh chupp chaap qubool kar lo (If you have killed them quietly accept your crimes)"

"Confess kar doongi toh sazaa nehi milengi kya? (If I confess won't I get punished?)"

"Toh tum maanthe ho ki tumne murder kiya hai? (So do you accept the fact that you murdered them?)"

"Kya murder, Murder laga rakha hai, unn theenon ne suicide kiya tha, news main bhi dekthi hoon........aur tum modern police officer hokar bhi kya 90's ki villain ki tarah baat kar rahi ho aur kya kubool kar do kubool kar do nikaah karva rahi ho kya meri ? (What is this murder, murder you are talking about three of them committed suicide even I watch the news, even after being a modern police officer why are you talking like a villain from the 90's and what is this accept, accept you are getting me married or what?)"

I lost my temper so I went over to her and held her collar and made her stand.

"Bagwaas band kar apni, varna aisi haalat karoongi theri ki dubaara bol nehi payegi tu.....(Stop this nonsense, or else I will make sure you won't talk again)"

"Yeh hua na police waali baat (Now that's more like a police officer)"
Bobby clapped her hands and sat back on the chair.

"Pooch jo Poochna hai (ask what you wanna ask)"

"Inn theenon ka murder.......(The murder of these three.......)"

"Murder nehi hai suicide hai (It's not murder it's suicide)"

"Un theenon ko emotionally torture kar ke suicide karne pe majboor kiya tha (three of them were emotionally tortured and was forced to commit suicide)"

"Yeh emotional torture vagera mera style nehi hai mujeh agar kisi ko maarna hotha na toh ek chaaku uttathi aur gardaan main gussa dethi vahi  ki vahi maar jaatha, meri kudd ki emotions nehi hai toh kisi aur ki emotionally torture kaisi kaaroongi? (This emotional torture and all is not my style, if I wanted to kill someone I will take a knife and istab them on the neck, the person will die instantly, I myself don't have any emotions then how will I torture some else emotionally?)"

"Kyu dil nehi hai there paas? (Why don't you have a heart?)"

"Jaab 10 saal ki umar mein rape ho jatha hai na toh dil kaam karna band ho jatha hai (When you get raped at the age of 10 your heart stops working)"

I was shocked after hearing that I composed myself and asked.

"Police mein complaint nehi kiya tha kya tumne? (Didn't you file a police complaint?)"

"Kiya tha na iss liye toh sabb mujeh slut samajthe hai (Of course, that's why everyone thinks that I am a slut)"

I didn't know what to say.

"Tabb aapki kanoon ne mera saat nehi diya, abb Ananya ka saat nehi diya (Then your law didn't support me and now it's not supporting Ananya)"

"Mathlab? (Meaning?)"

"Mein Ananya ki dushman thi lekin jo kaan mein nehi karthi voh agar uske apne dost karegi toh koi bhi suicide kar lege madam (I was Ananya's enemy, but if her friend dose something that even I won't do then anyone will commit suicide)"

"Tu kehena kya cahthi hai? Kya kiya uske friend ne? (What are you trying to say what did her friend do?)"

"Jaab hum log school mein thi tab Ananya ki friend Nisha ne ye Rumor shuru kiya tha ki Ananya ek slut hai (When we were at school Ananya's friend Nisha started a rumor that she was a slut)"

"Voh toh bohot purani baat hai uski vajah se Ananya abb kyu suicide karegi? (That is a really old incident why will Ananya commit suicide now because of that?)"

"Dil jab ek do baar tootha hai na tabb hum bohot mehanath kar ke usko jodd detha hai lekin jab baar baar tootha hai na hume use phir se joadne ka himmat hi nehi hotha (When heart breaks for one or two times we join it back with a lot of effort, but when the heart breaks again and again we fail to mug up the courage to join it back again)"

"Tum kehna kya caahthi ho? Kya kisi ne phir se uska dil toda? (What are you trying to say? Did someone break her heart again?)"

"Kisis ne na sirf uska dil toda par bilkul vaise hi toda jaise Nisha ne toda tha kuch saal pehele (Someone not only broke her heart but broke it in the same way Nisha had broken it some years back)"

"Usko Slut bulakar? (By calling her a Slut?)"

"Worse, Poore class ke samne usse Slut bulakar (Worse, by calling her a slut in front of the whole class)"

"That's horrible"

"Main toh kabhi nehi caahthi thi ki Nisha Ananya ka iss tharah se insult kare isee vajah se toh hamara jagada hua tha (I never wanted Nisha to insult Ananya like that, that's why we had a fight)"

"Aur tumeh kaise patha ki uska collage main kya hua tha? (And how do you know what happened in her collage?)"

"Main uski collage ki ek ladke ko date kar rahi thi, usne mujeh bathaya ki usne kisi ladki ko poore class ke samne slut bulathe hue suna (I was dating a guy from her collage he told me that he heard a girl call Ananya a slut in front of the whole class)"

"Tumeh patha hai ki voh ladki kaun thi? (Do you know who that girl was?)"

"Patah nehi (Don't know)"

"Tum nikalo yaha se, agar zaroorat hogi tho bulayenge (You can leave, I will call you if needed)"

Bobby stood up and left.

@Home

I was cuddling in bed with Karan but my mind was fixed on the case.

Things I have heard throughout the investigation played inside my head.

"Ji....I am Shalini, that's Manish and Nisha"

"Hum Ananya ke school friend's hai (We are Ananya's school friends)"

"I am Ayan and this is Ri.....Heena, hum Ananya ka classmates hai (I am Ayan and this is Ri......Heena we are Ananya's classmates)"

"Mein toh yaha tha hi nehi (I was not here)"

"Mein bhi Ananya ki uthni close nehi thi (Even I wasn't that close to Ananya)"

"Mein apni dusre doston ki saat buys ho gayi thi (I just got buys with my other friends)"

"Uthni close nehi thi (Wasn't that close)"

"Dusre doston ki saat (With my other friends)"

"Uthni close nehi thi (Wasn't that close)"

"Dusre doston ki saat (With my other friends)"

The phase kept on repeating inside my head suddenly something clicked me.

"Karan utoo jaldi (Karan get up quick)"

"Are.......Kya hua? (Hey.......what happened?)"

"Mujeh patha hai ki next victim kaun hai (I know who the next victim is)"
"Kay? Kaun? (What? Who?)"

"Mujeh kam se kam iski jaan bachani hai (I want to save at least this one's life)"

I said and rushed out of my home, I called my team right after that. We drove as fast as we could we reached a place with a lot of houses the road was narrow so we abandoned our vehicles and ran as fast as we could. But I was too late I saw Heena on the roof of her house ready to jump.

"Rukoo.......(Stop.........)"

But it was too late she jumped with her baby bump hitting hard on the ground beneath her.

"Riya........"

Her husband who came out of the house with other women shouted.
"Usko hospital lekar chalo jaldi (Take her to the hospital quick)"

"Madam ji aapko kaise patha tha ki yeh agle victim hai? (Madam how did you know she is the next victim?)"

"Mein apni dusre doston ki saat buys ho gayi thi, mujeh tabb hi samaj jaana caahiye tha ki yeh ladki joot bol rahi thi ki voh Ananya ki uthni close nehi hai 'dusre dost' mathalb Ananya ko bhi voh apni dost maanthi thi aur phir bhi usne humse kaha ki voh Ananya ki uthni close nehi thi (I just got buys with my other friends, I should have understood at the same time that she was lying about not being so close with Ananya, 'Other friends' meaning she considered Ananya as her friend too and still she told us that she wasn't that close to her)"

"Par uske vajah se voh suicide................(But why will she suicide..........)"

"Ananya ka dusman logon ko nehi maar raha hai balki Ananya ki dusmanon ko koi maar rahi hai (Ananya's enemy is not killing people but someone is killing Ananya's enemies)"

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I know I was late to upload but I am back again and I promise you I will complete this book soon so stay tuned.