Invisible

the job. I was discussing these at evening with Sunaina and Tamble sir and my phone rang. It was Regina. We had another dinner date so called me to ask when I would come to pick her. She came from Shanghai for some personal work but decided to stay few more days just for me. I left the room and informed her that I would reach at 9pm. Then I came back to my drawing room and joined the discussion with Sunaina and Tamble sir. I noticed that Sunaina was little awkward when I came back from call. But I focused on our victim Mr Ranojoy who is also a criminal of drug smuggling. Tamble sir told me that Ranojoy was among the shadow dealers. Mr Arvind and his team tracked Ranojoy before but never had any proof. 5 years before few teenage kids died at “Bardez” village in Goa due to drug overdose but according to medical test those were poisoned drugs, chemically faulty drugs. Mr Arvind was lead investigator that time and he found few shadow dealers who sold those faulty drugs. Ranojoy was among the suspects but he covered his tracks smartly so Mr Arvind and his team could do nothing. As per Mr Arvinds idea, this might be gang work. Ranojoy might have a bad deal and he had to pay the prise with his life because in this business there was no space for mistakes. Well my phone again rang in between the discussion. It was Regina again. I moved to other room to take her call. This time she called me to ask me if she would wear red tonight, as her undergarment. She made me blush and I answered her in short that yes she was welcome to burn down my house tonight with her ravishing red. I came back with a smile from the other room and Tamble sir noticed it as well as Sunaina. Tamble sir asked me seriously “Indra when you will introduce us with your mysterious smile? “ I felt little shy and replied that very soon I would.

  Regina was looking like Aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion. She was dressed in ethnic that night and the red ethnic Saree wrapped on her buttery milky skin made her gorgeous and ravishing yet innocent. I kissed her before she get into my car. I took her to Global Fusion restaurant for dinner. They probably make the best Sushi in Mumbai and Sushi was her favourite dish I knew. While we were chatting and I was also discussing little bit of my morning incident of Golden court, something caught my attention. It was a girl with gorgeous black saree and It caught my attention not because that girl was looking gorgeous but she was Sunaina. She was there with her Boyfriend, co incidentally. I introduced Ragina and she introduced Vikram. Sunaina and Regina both blended in no time. I heard about Vikram few times from Sunaina. Vikram stayed there in Link road and they regularly came here for dinner.

  Vicky is a nice guy but had habit of lying. He lied twice when Sunaina asked him about his last china trip. His diluted pupil of his eyes, un necessary shoulder movement and running fingers on his own hair to comfort himself while lying, were shouting that he was lying  through his body language. I never interfere in anyone’s private space so I said nothing to Sunaina. I know she is a sharp girl and eventually she would find out. After dinner we were chatting little more as a group and my phone rang. It was Tamble sir. I was surprised because it was late. I received the call. Tamble sir was worried and he told me that Mr Arvind was shutting the investigation and taking over the investigation on his jurisdiction by tomorrow morning. He felt sorry to disturb which he never intended but he was also not happy to handover the case so he called me to inform. I knew that it was not a gang war like the way Mr Arvind was suggesting, it might be purely personal but we had no proof. I told Regina that I had a call from work and I had to go. Regina was very understanding. I drove her off at her hotel, I still wanted to ignore my decision to meet Tamble sir and spend whole night with Regina but I controlled myself. Sunaina called me when I was driving back and asked me to pick her from link road. I didn’t not want to spoil her date so I didn’t inform her. When I picked her she told me that she knew my customised ring tone for Tamble Sir. So when my phone rang at dinner table, she knew that it was Tamble sir and when I left in a hurry she guessed that I would meet sir after drove Ragina to her Hotel. Sunaina always surprise me from her detailed observation.

  We reached at Tamble Sir’s residence. Sir was surprised to see both of us well dressed specially Sunaina, she was still wearing the black saree. Sir asked us slowly in a confused voice “ if you both were dating ? “ We both nodded as yes. Then before Tamble sir said anything I clarified that individually we both were dating with own partners and accidently we were in a same restaurant when sir called us, so we both came. Sir felt terrible embarrassed as we left our dates to discuss about Ranojoy murder but we assured him that our partners were very supportive though Sunaina’s vocal expression about her supportive partner was not confident. So now we started to discuss that what should we do now because it was quite clear that whoever killed Ranojoy was out of personal vendetta. I suggested that we should go back to the Golden court right now.

  At night Golden court was looking like a Giant. When we reached in 6F, I went to the balcony it was a wonderful view. It was midnight and we three started to search again. After almost 1 hour search we could not find anything suspicious. Forensic team also find no finger print. I was checking the wardrobes. There was a rack of costly shoes. Mostly leather. From those shoe’s sole, it seemed that our victim Ranojoy loved to use leather shoes mostly. I asked Sunaina to find me a plastic bag. She found a bag and I carefully put a pair of canvas shoes inside the packed. Sunaina and Tamble Sir looked at me with curiosity. I told them that beside leather shoes there were few canvas shoes too but all were new never used because Ranojoy only used leather shoes but this canvas shoe is cheap and used. The left sole of the shoe turned thin due to maximum use and later the shoe was cleaned to fit in the rack. Beside that Ranojoy shoe size was 9 and this shoe is Size 10. I guess this is the shoe of the murderer.

  72 Hours before

  Regina called me in the morning to inform me that she would be staying few more days in India but she had to fly to Bangalore city to attain a medical conference and she would be back by tomorrow. I had to approve few concept illustrations at office. Our Ad agency is now leading Asian industry for 4 years and for that everyone was preparing party to celebrate but after finishing my office work I went to meet Tamble sir for further updates.  Tamble sir told me that Mr Arvind had better influence in higher authority, plus he was also senior and well known police officer of narcotics department so he would be taking over the case from day after tomorrow and before that we must find better useful evidence more than that shoe to keep the investigation.  I called Sunaina and both of us started to study all reports again. I was going through Mr Arvinds suspect report again and saw that it’s nearly a year; these suspects went missing from police radar.

  Ranojoy also installed extra security system suddenly few months back where as he was working as a shadow dealers of drugs for long time. Then why suddenly he needed extra security measure?

  If it’s due to gang deal went wrong? Or he knew that he was in some danger? Well everything started from Goa so i suggested Tamble Sir that we should go to Goa right now. I booked ticket for all three of us and flew to Goa that evening. We didn’t have much time so as soon as we reached, we started to gather info with help of Tamble sir and Goa police. We have dotted down 8 properties owned legally and illegally by all those three suspects as shadow dealers including Ranojoy.

  48 Hours before

  I almost forgot that we were in Goa, the paradisiacal place of India. As per my habit, I wake up early morning whenever I am out of my home. It was 5 am morning and it’s the best time to roam around. I borrowed a cycle from our “Sun village Goa resort” manager and went out to roam. The resort was really beautiful and while I was cycling I found the famous Baga beach. It was only 1km away from our resort. I always loved Goa, popularly known as “Pearl of the Orient” or “tourism Paradise” is located on the west coast of India in the coastal belt known as Konkan. Goa is not only famous for its golden beaches but also this state is rich in history, rich culture and home to some of the most beautiful natural scenery. I have visited Goa few times for few swimwear and calendar campaigns but never got enough time to
explore. Honestly that morning, when I was cycling was the best 1 hour that I have ever spent in Goa. Influenced by over 450 years of Portuguese rule and Latin culture, Goa presented me a somewhat different representation of my country and its more international. But it also became the master hub of illegal drugs. The addiction was rising among local and foreigners. Money started to flow like flood and created Drug Mafia who has started to own system. When Government saw that it was going out of hand then they strengthen the system. Then to fight the system and full fill drug demand, Shadow dealers were created who would deliver drugs by fooling or bribing system, Law & order without leaving any trace.

  I came back to our resort and with a morning coffee I sat in front of the pool. It was a wonderful pool. I was going through all details in my mind. Shadow dealers should have higher resource in system. Every time Mr Arvind and his team were close they somehow managed to vanish in to thin air. Suddenly a sound of water splash shook my focus. Saw a girl in a black bikini made a dive in the pool. Then again I