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So tell me li'll bro, how is it going?

Yes chetta, where are you?

Why do you look a bit gloomy?

Listen, I am very confused.

Why so?

I’m not interested in getting married now.

Oh dear! What are you saying?

We’ve sent out the invites as well, why are you backing out now?

What is your problem?

You are adamant about getting into a love marriage?

So, listen to me

love marriages are not all that it is hyped to be.

Its just in theory that you can wax eloquent about love being blind.

You’ll face the reality only after you are married.

So don’t jump into anything foolishly.

Hmm..don’t let Gouri hear you.

She won’t. She’s out like a light.

Wait, how is the fuel tank empty?

Listen Naveen, I’ll call you back, okay?

What happened?

Hello?

I’ll call you back.

Hello? Hello?

Hey, hey Gouri..

What happened? - The car isn’t starting.

Think we ran out of fuel.

Didn’t we fill up for Rs.2000 just today?

Yea.

What is this Abhi, couldn’t you keep track of these things?

They might have ripped you off.

I did check Gouri, it was full tank.

What are we gonna do now?

Let’s see if we can get a cab.

Damn!

No cabs are available.

Let me give Alex a call.

No need for that, he would take the same time to reach here as we would to go there.

Tomorrow is an off day, shall we go for a movie?

Bro, is there a petrol pump nearby?

there is one if you go straight ahead.

There is one a bit away on the right side of the road as well.

Okay, thanks.

So which movie would we go for?

We had kept a can in the car last time, right?

Just check.

Did you get it?

Yea, got it.

Okay, let me go and see if I can get something.

You’ve started to think this is a foolish decision, right?

It’s okay. I'll take care of it next time.

Not that. You think marrying me was a foolish decision?

No way.

Listen, lock the doors and wind up the windows.

Yes yes, you come back fast.

*sounds of struggle.*

*muffled screams.*

Is the doctor here yet?

No, not yet.

Sir, three college students brought them to the hospital.

Yes sir, they are the witnesses.

Yes.

Sir, we only have the basic primary information.

Yes, sir.

Their family is here now.

I’m gonna do a full inquest.

I’ll keep you updated about that.

Post-mortem report hasn’t come yet.

Sure sir, okay.

Ranga, where are they?

Sir their family is here.

Here they are.

The guy on the right is his wife’s brother Naveen.

With him is Alex, the dead guy’s friend.

You are from Ernakulam in Kerala, right?

Yes

We can speak in Malayalam.

Ok Sir.

How do you know Abhijeet?

We were college mates.

How long has it been since you moved to Chennai?

It’s been around 10 years.

You worked together?

No sir, I run a business.

Abhijeet used to work for Tidal Park.

At Tharamani.

At what time did Abhijeet leave from your place?

How is the house?

House is great, but you have to travel 3 kms to get a cigarettes.

Anyways this is a rental, then couldn’t you look for something in the city?

I prefer being away.

Its peaceful here.

That is okay, but what if there is some emergency?

No one would even hear you scream.

No one should here, that is better for our privacy.

Alex, please come in. - Yea coming.

Give me the cigarette and go.

Was there anything unusual about Abhijeet that day?

He had told me he feels like he’s being followed since a few days.

What happened? Got scared?

Shall we leave?

Come, hold me.

Couldn't you have downed a peg or two?

Either ways you are not driving.

As it is I’m walking on a leg and a half, I don't wanna worsen it by drinking.

If you drink, you’ll be on all fours.

Nice one, your jokes are improving.

Yea, yea, off you go.

Okay, bye.

See you, Gouri.

He was quite happy while leaving.

What really happened, sir?

Hello?

Shilpa,

How is Gouri?

She is in the ICU.

What did the doctor say?

Haven’t met the doctor yet.

Have to meet when they come.

How did the accident occur?

See, the enquiry has just began.

Post-mortem report hasn’t come yet.

A few college students brought them here.

From the primary info we have, they’ve seen something strange.

Hey, hey look over there.

Look at the top of the car. Seems like a ghost.

Sir it looked as if someone was stabbing someone else atop the car.

Who was stabbing whom?

It was a woman, sir.

No, no sir, it was a ghost.

No sir, it was ghost who looked like a woman.

Sir, a woman who looked like a ghost.

Stop it, talk clearly.

We stopped our bike and asked that lady to come towards us.

As we were returning, that lady had fainted and fell off the bike.

Abhi...

Abhi...

Hey, stop the bike, she’s falling off.

Thats all we know, sir.

We don’t know anything else, sir. Let us go sir, please.

Open it.

Long nights, Brimming eyes..

Your footsteps, Along this lonely trail.

Words, that fade away..

While Silence grieves,

Like moths to fire, My heart burns.

Searing in A hearth of anguish,

You’re my destiny

A blessing, Faded away like a rain cloud.

Your visage, Like the balmy moonshine,

Lights up my dusks.

My dreams, And thoughts - a hundred,

All belongs to you.

But today, It burns in the kiln of my memories..

But still, wherever you are Till the end of time,

I’ll be holding onto our love.

I’ll be holding onto our love.

A blessing, Faded away like a rain cloud.

Like moths to fire, My heart burns.

Searing in A hearth of anguish,

Wife hammers sleeping husband to death in Andhra.

Amazing!

Hey, get me a tea. - Yes, sir.

Wherever you turn, there is a murder. Sheesh.

Don’t you know who this is?

It’s in our area. - In our area? Is it a murder?

Yes.

Who died?

I didn’t get till there.

Who killed?

Who knows!

You don’t know anything about this, so how can you say it is a murder?

It is a very sketchy area.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Not till I saw you, why did you ask?

The victim maybe a man, but how can you be sure if the murderer is a human or a ghost?

Hmm..

Cause of death was a multiple incision wound sustained to the chest.

Stabbed approximately with a 6 inch knife.

And there are aberrations in the body.

So to carry an able bodied man like the victim atop the car,

the murderer should be someone with immense power.

Hey Sravanan sir, any info from the fingerprints?

The fingerprints are faint since it rained that day.

It is unfit for comparison.

I’ll mail it. - Okay, bye.

What happened sir?

Ranga, collect the details of the vehicles that passed by the nearest toll gate from the crime scene from 7:00 pm to 1:00 am.

Okay, sir.

Also, check all the CCTV cameras in the vicinity.

Okay, good.

Yes Muthuvel, did you ask everyone?

They are all talking about some ghost nonsense as well.

Yea sir, people would gulp down a ghost story with no second thought.

But if you tell them that I saw god, no one would believe.

I spoke to Abhijeet’s colleges as well. He was on leave for two weeks.

For his brother in law’s engagement.

He should have been in office today. Poor thing.

I spoke with everyone, no one seems to have any beef with him.

After that I went to his apartment at Adayar and spoke with people there as well.

The security, neighbors all of them said they were a good couple.