The Web of Lies by Sourabh Mukherjee

Author:Sourabh Mukherjee [Mukherjee, Sourabh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

The commissioner was lost in thought, his fingers anxiously tapping on the table, his forehead creased. Agni had finished reporting his findings and his theories a while back. Arya had his eyes fixed on the commissioner.

He finally looked up.

‘Guys, I appreciate your hard work. Must say you’ve covered a lot of ground in a very short time. But, pardon my saying this, the case now looks more complicated!’

‘It does, sir. If those three men were indeed hired for the job, which I personally feel is what transpired in reality, we now know a number of persons, who either had very strong motives for the crime, or, stood to benefit from the death of Hiya Sen.’

‘I agree.’ The commissioner left his chair and walked up to the window that opened to an uncharacteristically grey autumn sky outside. ‘But these are still theories, Agni.’

‘I don’t deny that. I also understand that our investigation will hit a roadblock unless we can catch hold of Asif bhai, who picked up the contract, or, gather more substantial evidence to back up any of our theories for it to be admissible in the court.’

‘I am sorry to say that we’ve seen no progress there.’ The commissioner walked back to his desk. ‘No one has a clue yet about Asif’s whereabouts! I’ve been following up with Interpol regularly. Most of what you just narrated are conjectures—very plausible, but we will need more concrete evidence to support any of those conclusions.’

‘Sir, prosecution will be asked to produce evidence in support of the theory of contract killing,’ Arya reminded the commissioner.

‘Yes, I know! But we don’t have anything on our hands at the moment!’ The helplessness in the commissioner’s voice was not lost on the others in the room. ‘One hell of a situation!’ he continued. ‘In the present scenario, we will need to underplay the suggestion of this being a paid job. We will look like a bunch of idiots if we hold up that theory and then, cannot trace the origin of the money trail. It serves us better to stick to the theory of this being an impulsive act of retaliation by those three anti-socials in the aftermath of the brawl in the bar. I don’t want you to waste any more of your time on this case. There are other, more pressing demands that need your attention.’

Agni did not reply. There were theories that crowded his disquieted mind, even as a sense of despair at the stalemate gnawed away at his heart.

He picked up the day’s newspaper and scanned the front page. The world had got busy with newer acts of decadence. There was no dearth of violence to accompany our morning tea. In a matter of days, Hiya Sen’s death had been relegated to an inconspicuous corner of the fifth page.

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