Nitish was walking towards the Tingle Coffee Shop. Officer Rani was waiting for him. He approached her and they ordered latte with doughnuts. Officer Rani started, "I gave you all the information related to Shringar's case because you promised me that you will meet me anytime and anywhere I want to. Then why did you hesitate?" Nitish let's out a sigh and said, "Well the reason is that Shringar's school is starting from tomorrow and I have an operation to do as well so I am reviewing his status thoroughly. That is why I hesitated, but look I am here now. Happy?" Rani almost pouted in embarrassment and apologized for being moody. The coffee and doughnuts were served on the table and they started taking sip from their respective cups. Nitish thanked Officer Rani for telling him about the case, and asked her to tell him about her members in force. And unbelievably Officer Rani agreed on telling him any thing he wanted to know about. Officer Rani joined her work first in Farakka their she worked for three years. Other colleagues used to make fun that "Officer Rani looks like a man and Officer Prakash looks like a woman." Though it was a baseless joke, they used to laugh. Both Officer Rani and Officer Prakash were really good in their jobs that is why others were jealous. But Officer Rani does not have much feminine features in her. She knew from her childhood that her face was less feminine with baritone voice, that is why no one ever seen her in a romantic way. But Dr. Nitish did so she does not want to loose him.
Dr. Nitish asked, "Tell me about Chief Varnika." Rani answered, "Chief Varnika is in the position of Director General of Police or DGP. But we call her chief since she like it that way. She is usually very secretive. She only orders us with no explanation and also hates further questions. But we eventually gets to understand what her orders means when we put them into action. But she has not given any orders in this new case yet. It has been a month…" Dr. Nitish asked, "So tell me about Deputy Superintendent Rathod." Rani smiled, "Well, he is a very masculine guy honestly but when it comes to work, he does not have much vision. He only listen to ours or Chief's opinions and put then into action. Basically he is not a good leader but an amazing follower. There is not much action in this case yet so he is not working much right now." Nitish picked up a doughnut and asked, "Tell me something about Officer Prakash. As per I know both of you are senior Inspectors right?" Suddenly Officer Rani's face gotten dark with anger and jealousy.
On the other hand in the asylum Psychiatrist Vanessa asked Raghuvendra Sinha about the case. Deputy Superintendent Rathod was watching the conversation with two constables from the team with Assistant Inspector Chanakya through the surveillance camera. Dr. Vanessa asked him gently as if she is his mother, "Tell me all about your pain. Tell me about your experience." When the interrogation was taking place Asst. Inspector Chanakya asked, "Sir, what do you think?" Dep. Superintendent by looking at the live footage, "Well Chief has not said anything from above on our investigation so I think we are on the right path. And Officer Rani and Officer Prakash seems to be silent at the moment. So perhaps they are watching the progress." Asst. Inspector looked at him while thinking, "I asked about his opinion but I guess as usual he does not have any opinion. But he is an intelligent man with high physical strength, that is why everyone respects him a lot."
While taking a bite on doughnut Dr. Nitish was listening to Officer Rani. "Well, I absolutely hate Officer Prakash, cause I am jealous of him. He is always so calm when he talks but has that frustrated look on his face as if looking down on others all the time. He is smarter than me. He joined force in Farakka a year later than me and he reached my level quicker. He is much more educated as well, he is doing a detective course recently for which he will get his detective license in a few months. He knows 20 languages fluently. Public even finds him more reliable…. I JUST FREAKING HATE HIM!!"
[In Farakka some constables made fun of our looks. To which I almost killed one of those guys. I was anyway insecure about my manly face. But that ugly constable made me sick to my stomach. Everyone stopped me. I saw Officer Prakash standing behind me calmly with his same static expression on his face. When I explained the situation to him, he maturely stated that those constables were just jealous of our success that is why they said that. His maturity made me even more jealous and I confessed to him that I hate him because I am also jealous. For the first time I saw him getting concerned. He tried to explain to me that I am a talented officer with whom he liked to work but I just did not listen. His each and every word made me feel as though he was looking down on me.]
Dr. Nitish said with a concerned smile, "Do not feel that way. You are a strong independent woman, which makes you attractive. And I did mean to ask what Officer Prakash's stance regarding this case is?" Officer Rani smiled by hearing the complement given by Dr. Nitish and picked a doughnut from the plate and started eating it while eating she said, "He did uncover a few things. Like Laksh Adhikari's case and Isha Roy's case's connection. But I bought up Dorothy and Shringar's case's connection. We are on equal line right now. Our department was searching for Ragini Tandon's whereabouts but we got a guy called Raghuvendra Sinha here around this shop yesterday. Though it was the new clumsy, stupid Assistant Inspector Puja who actually got him. But Officer Prakash happened to be here that is why I came here to check how good this place is that a homebody like him visited it. Investigation on Raghuvendra Sinha is going on right now." "Wait." Dr. Nitish interjected and continued, "What was Officer Prakash doing here? As per your description and when I saw him during Shringar's interrogation, he does not seem like a guy with a reason to visit a coffee shop." Officer Rani answered after finishing her doughnut, "Well, he just said that it was his personal matter. So I did not care. But he said that he got the idea of adding "Swara" as an important element in this case. For that he started investigating every victims background with me and found out that "Swara" was an important issue in all of their cases. So the murders might have a connection to the case. " Officer Nitish got shocked to hear this crucial information. Officer Rani said, "Though I really do not find it much of a factor, since "Swara" is something that is really an issue in almost everyone in the world. This is something that we all talk and try to research about in our everyday life. Since it is so enigmatic." Dr. Nitish asked in desperation, "Did you all actually started investigating in that aspect?" Officer Rani nodded in a no sign and said, "I disagreed and Dep. Superintendent Rathod disagreed too. He agreed with my context. But as per I know, Prakash will probably mail Chief. He has the habit of talking to the higher ups whenever there is a dispute. Honestly just because he got this absurd idea while drinking this plain coffee in this shop does not mean we have to follow it. Even though it turned out that they do have connection with "Swara" but that does not mean anything. I already sent Chief my explanation stating that it will be a complete waste of time. And it might lead to a the next murder as well. So it will be better for us to just stick to our initial plan. She also agreed with me but since she is not biased, she would like to see what Officer Prakash has to say." Dr. Nitish still got suspicious about the fact that Officer Prakash was here all alone and suddenly got this idea. Even though it was not impossible but it did not seem fitting to him. He suddenly remembered that Shringar went outside yesterday. "But she told me that she went out to meet Elina. Also she got the appointment fixed with Dorothy to meet up today…." Nitish thought. Officer Rani warned Dr. Nitish, "Dr. Nitish… be a bit careful though. Our department has a bit of suspension on you. Because of your extreme curiosity towards this case and you always tries to keep Shringar always from us that is why. You are a distant relative, who never really had much connection with Shringar and her family and even after that you are so hung up about keeping Shringar with you. But I know that you are a caring brother and a human. That is why I like talking to you." Both of them smiled at each other and continued their chit chat.
Dr. Vanessa looked intently upon Raghuvendra Sinha. He usually was silent or was telling the same thing over and over again, "VeilTus betrayed me. VeilTus betrayed me…" But sometimes he changes his sentences, "Blessed children…. Brain washed... Also my child… VeilTus betrayed me." Sometimes he talked even more different things, "Synthesized- demons.." Dr. Vanessa went to Dep. Superintendent Rathod and gave these new words and sentences to the police and asked them to give him time. "Well instead of interrogation, he needs regular counseling. Which is provided by the asylum." Rathod agreed and said, "Actually there are not many clues to this case. So we are trying to go as steep as possible. But it is okay. Thank you ma'am." Assistant Inspector Puja called Dept. Superintendent and said, "Sir we found out Mr. Sinha's whereabouts."
Dr. Nitish came back home and rang the calling bell. When Shringar opened the door he saw the other kids greeting him with a smile except for Dorothy. Dorothy seemed really anxious about something. Dr. Nitish gave her a wide smile which made her really scared. Shringar noticed this sudden change of atmosphere around Dorothy. Lalit seemed very hungry and Gaurav teased him and telling him that this is due to his body building regime. Shringar said, "Let me bring some snacks from inside. And does anyone want to have coffee?". Everyone raised their hands for that except for Dorothy. But Dorothy wanted to lend her hands to Shringar since she has a habit to help her mother in this case. Lalit tells Dr. Nitish that he finds him very inspirational and wants to become a doctor in the future. In the Kitchen Shringar asked, "Well, Dorothy…. You seem kind of upset. Did you met my cousin before?" Dorothy nodded her head depicting no. She said, "It was just that I felt a bit uncomfortable. Maybe because I only live with my mother, and does not talk to much men around." Shringar knew something was wrong and then Dr. Nitish entered the kitchen to which Dorothy felt shivers to her spine. Dr. Nitish asked Shringar to go back to the dining table because he does not like seeing her work. He even asked Dorothy to go back with Shringar since he is the older one among all and she is the guest, so it is his responsibility to do the deed. Shringar went first and when Dorothy started to leave, Dr. Nitish stopped her and asked about her behavior earlier. She felt really uncomfortable but the fear by his cold glare made it clear that he won't let her go until she answered his question. Or at least that is what she thought, because Dr. Nitish was just casually asking without holding her back. She answered while her voice was breaking in between, "Your… aura is similar… to that man… The man who killed…killed Miss Rashmika Sen… I am sorry, I really did not mean to be suspicious of you…" Dr. Nitish gave a comforting smile to her and said, "No worries dear. I know that you are under the counseling of India's most famous psychiatrist Dr. Vanessa. I hope you PTSD gets cured soon." Dorothy realized by his sweet behavior that he is a good man, and her intuition is wrong. Definitely she has not completely cured yet, that is why these strange feelings are flickering around her. After a bit more of casual talk between the teens, they all left. Shringar was very tired, but Dorothy's behavior was still questionable to her. But Dr. Nitish gave her a glass of water while reminding her about her medication schedule. "All the best. Since tomorrow you will have to join school." Said Dr. Nitish with a lively smile on his face. And Shringar felt good.
On the other hand Dep. Superintendent reached Raghuvendra Sinha's house where Asst. Inspector Puja called him. She saluted him and said, "This is Raghuvendra Sinha's house and this place is pretty much empty. The condition of this place suggests that he lives alone here with minimum things in life. And…" "Enough Asst. Inspector. You talk too much." Dep. Superintendent Rathod said. Asst. Inspector Puja got much conscious about what to say. While searching the place out, they found a family picture. Where Raghuvendra Sinha was standing with his wife and little son. The son was wear in his school uniform so Dep. Superintendent asked Asst. Inspector Chanakya to check the school out. Puja asked, "Sir, where is Officer Rani?" "She took holiday early today." He said. She asked, "And Officer Prakash?" Rathod looked at her with a frustrated expression and said, "You talk a lot for no reason idiot. Officer Prakash is in the station with Hawa and Aditya to hack Ragini Tandon's social media accounts." Puja thought for a second and asked "I know Aditya Kriplani, a young hacker who works in our department, came from an extremely middle class family. But who is Hawa?" Rathod said with a smirk, "You really know nothing right? Hawa joined the hacking department recently just like you. But unlike you, she is very reliable. She is Fatima's daughter. Fatima ran away from her country with Hawa being a child. Fatima was an extremely good spy. She even exposed some of the terrorists who were connected with Qatar's Oil Industry. Not sure if many of the members in there are terrorists or not, but some were definitely bad. Due to them oil trading got difficult at that time, but now it is alright. Thanks to Fatima. But she recently died and now Hawa is here working in our department as a hacker. But well Puja, you should learn something from her. She is younger than you and she far better than you." Puja became very upset. She remembered her childhood when everyone used to bully her since she was very honest and naïve. She thought that maybe after getting job and becoming independent, she will be fine. But people like Rathod exists. Since her childhood she never really heard any compliments from anyone.
At night Raghuvendra Sinha was sleeping in his cell and a male nurse approached the guards in front of the cell and said, "Vanessa madam told me to check his blood pressure often" One of the two guards asked, "Is it necessary for you to do this at this hour?" The male nurse said, "Yes, I was suppose to do it a bit earlier but I could not. I am sorry I have to submit the report by tomorrow morning." The other guard said, "It is okay. What bad can happen? He is just here to check the blood pressure. It will take a few minutes that's it." The male nurse entered his cell. But at that time no one was supposed to enter. The male nurse took out a pocket knife from his pocket and completed his deed. After that he ran off by the window and the two guards kept on waiting for the man to come out. But when their was no sound coming from inside, they entered and realized that their were only two heartbeats in that room.