When the Past Follows

Chapter 3

Last time on Chapter 2 - Murder spot in 'When the past follows'

"Si-r-r voh CCTV mai dik-kha rahe hai ki Kavin tha jisn-e sab-ko ma-ara" ,said Freddy while panting as sound of glass breaking was heard as they turned to see a pale faced Purvi almost on the edge of fainting on hearing Kavin's name being taken for the killer.

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Chapter 3 - The CCTV Recording

"Freddy dimaag thik chal raha hai tumhara" ,asked an angry ACP as he overlooked a pale faced Freddy sitting on a chair. "Sir mujhe lagta hai ki Salunkhe sir sei jhyada Freddy ko chutti ki jaarorat hai" ,said Abhijeet. "Sir magar mai saach keh raha hu" ,pleaded Freddy as he got a handkerchief to wipe his sweat filled face. "Majak mat kar Freddy, dekh bichaari Purvi aur Tarika ji ka haal behaal kar diya tumhne tension sei" ,said Abhijeet as the three of them turned to see Purvi crying while hugging an equally downtrodden Tarika, Salunkhe trying to calm both of them down.

"Sir magar mei saach keh raha hu, biwi ki kaasam sir voh Kavin hi thaa, Pankaj laga raha hai projector taki sab log dekh saake" ,said Freddy trying desperately to make them believe, as ACP looked at Abhijeet sharply, before turning back to Freddy. "Agar yeh jhoot hui na, toh anjaam bura hoga yaad rakhna Freddy" ,said the ACP as Kavin and the other CID officers always had a special place in his heart, filling a major part of the hole that his own son had made by betraying him.

As Freddy nodded, ACP turned to face Abhijeet. "Sabko laao main room mei, ab sab kei saamne hi dekhenge voh video" ,said ACP as Abhijeet nodded and left in hurry to call the duo working downstairs, while calling Daya, who had went with Shreya to collect data on the mobile numbers.

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"Sir aisa ho hi nahi sakta, Freddy sir sei bhul hui hai" ,said Dushyant as he waved his hand in the air, dismissing the fact that Kavin could do such a thing. "Haa sir, Kavin aisa nahi kar sakta" ,said a teary eyed Ishika as she stood close to Dushyant, while overlooking a downtrodden Purvi sitting in a chair besides Abhijeet and Tarika. "Haa ACP sir, Kavin aisa thodi na kar sakta hai, bohot honhaar ladka hai voh toh" ,said Daya as Shreya just held his hand for comfort. 

"Sir magar hamni apni aakho sei dekha hai Kavin sir ko footage mei" ,said Pankaj as he fixed the last wire and plugged it into the laptop. "Sir mujhe nahi lagta Freddy sir aisi baat pe majak kar sakte hai" ,said a nervous Shreya from besides Daya. "Toh Shreya tum kya Kavin par shaak kar rahi ho" ,asked Abhijeet while glaring at her, as she pulled back a bit. Tarika just held his arm, calming down Abhijeet a little bit.

"Nahi sir, mai to-" ,started Shreya as she was cut off.

 "Guys sab shanti rakho. Freddy chalao voh video fir pata lagega hua kya tha" ,said Salunke shutting everyone up. "Yes sir" ,said Freddy as he pulled up the video and started the play button. 

( All scenes and speech in video are in bold, normal actions and speech of CID are in plain text)

Many people were standing in the room, the bald guy on the his chair as a guy sat cross legged on the floor, clutching a bag as it showed the door opening.

"Ek minute jhaara pause karna" ,said ACP as Freddy paused the video. "Yeh aadmi kon hai" ,asked the ACP. "Pata nahi sir, magar khooni toh nahi ho sakta, bohot daaara hua hai beechara" ,said Abhijeet as he noticed the trembling figure of the man, along with his fear filled eyes. "Chaalao Freddy aage" ,said ACP as Freddy started it again.

The door opened as Kavin stepped inside, everyone's gaze now on him as he came and stood in the centre of the room, his eyes wandering to the box filled with phones after which he looked back at the bald man with a neutral expression on his face the whole time.