A CORPORATE SCANDAL

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Dilip (the mechanic) spent his night in a bar while sitting at the counter and having a few drinks. He walked out of the bar and went to the street. He moved to a tenement where he used to reside. He went upstairs to his room. He took out his key and unlocked the room.

He was about to enter the room, he received a call from his landlord. He rejected the call and entered inside. He went near to the window of his bedroom. He picked up a cigarette from his single bed. He was about to lit the cigarette, he heard a door knock. He opened the door and found a boy who was in his late twenties.

The boy asked, " Why didn't you attend dad's call? "

Dilip sighed, " I had told him to wait for two more months. I'll pay him the entire rent together. "

The boy entered inside.

He said, " Three months have passed since you've paid the rent. "

" I am working on it. I'll pay that. "

" One more week Dilip, then leave with your bag and baggage. "

Next morning, the manager of the AVR LOGISTICS Company Mr. Kaushal received a call in his cabin. He attended the call.

The receptionist (on phone) said, " Sir, there is an inspector at the office. He is for you here. "

" Let him come. "

He hung up the phone. Inspector Ghosh entered the cabin. Mr. Kaushal stood up.

He said, " Morning officer. "

Inspector Ghosh replied, " Very morning Mr. Kaushal. "

" Please sir have a seat. "

Ghosh sat before him. Mr. Kaushal rang the table door. The peon entered inside.

Mr. Kaushal said, " Bring a glass of water for him. "

The peon left the cabin. Mr. Kaushal sat on his seat.

He asked, " Yes sir. How may I help you? "
" Well, actually I am working on a case of Mr. Joshi. He had met with an accident while driving a maxi truck which is owned by your company. "

" Do you have the plate number? "

" Yes I have. "

Mr. Ghosh accessed his phone and showed him the picture of the maxi truck in his phone. The manager wore his spectacles and looked at the maxi truck. He read out the number and accessed a database in his computer system.

He said, " We had disposed the vehicle in a junkyard of a garage. "

A receipt was printed out by the manager. He handed over the receipt to Mr. Ghosh.

He said, " The receipt has their contact details as well as the date of the disposal. They might have the a name of the buyer in their record. "

Inspector Ghosh took the receipt and stood up from the chair.

He said, " Thank you Mr. Kaushal for your cooperation and time. "

" Anytime officer. "

Neel parked his car at a roadside near a residential area. He went out of his car with the assassin. They walked ahead and turned to a passage where they made their way to Darsh's current residence.

The house was locked. The assassin took out a pin from his pocket and penetrated the lock from the pin. He unlocked the lock a few seconds later. They entered into the house. The assassin went to the kitchen where he opened the fridge and had a drink of water from the bottle.

Neel went to the bedroom where there was a laminated family photograph of Darsh was kept on the table by the bed. He picked up the photograph and got his eyes on Naina, Darsh's late wife.

Assassin entered the room and came to him.

Neel said, " She is reason he has gone beyond. "

The assassin recognised Naina.

He added, " She was his wife. "

Neel received a phone call from Ritika.
He picked up the call.

Ritika asked, " Aren't you in the office? "

" No. I am outside. "

" I had came there to talk something urgent. "

" What's wrong? "

" Mr. Joshi has been admitted to the hospital. "

" What happened? "

" I don't know really but he might had met with an accident. "

" I'll be there. "

Neel hung up the call.

The assassin asked him, " Any problem? "

Neel sighed, " Everything has been messed up. Change of plan. "

" Change? "

" We have to drive to the hospital. "

Dilip ignited a car which was placed on a platform. He accelerated the car on neutral gear to examine the throttle and engine. As he moved out he spotted Darsh who was in the service garage.

Darsh looked at him and walked towards him. As he came near, Darsh noticed Inspector Ghosh who was having a conversation with the manager of the garage inside the cabin.

Dilip took Darsh at the backside of the garage where his car was parked.

Darsh asked him, " Why the cop is here? "

" He was asking about the maxi truck. I didn't tell him anything. "

" Can he figure out? "

" Until I don't speak. The manager doesn't keep record of the used cars that are to be hired. "

Inspector Ghosh had an intense argument with the manager Yogesh. They were standing in front of each other in the cabin.

Ghosh yelled at him, " You are not supposed to answer me this negligent manner. You are the manager, you know your responsibilities, you can't keep deny on this subject. "

Yogesh replied, " I have told you Inspector we don't keep records of used cars because that's not our prime business. It's like once in a blue moon. We haven't came across a single customer for last two years who has hired a car. "

" This is not the way you should handle what you are assigned for. It's a negligence. "

" I am sorry officer there won't be any negligence thereafter. "

Inspector Ghosh drank some water from a glass which was kept on the table. Yogesh sat on his seat by the table. He got his eyes on a CCTV monitor which was covering the area of backside of the garage. He spotted Dilip and Darsh with the car.

Yogesh murmured, " What he's doing there? "

He dialled a phone number from the landline. Ghosh moved moved to the other side of table and looked at the CCTV monitor. He spotted Darsh with his car who was about to sit inside.

Ghosh said, " Zoom the camera. "

Yogesh enlarged the picture which made Ghosh to see Darsh's face clearly. Ghosh ran out of the cabin to the backside of the garage. Darsh ignited his car and raised the accelerator. He looked at his side mirror. Ghosh was running towards them. He geared up his car to move on.

" Stop the car! " Ghosh warned him while having a gun in his hand pointing to the back of the car.

He slowly stepped ahead towards him. No sooner he was about to reach him then Darsh left the brake and accelerated the car and dodged Inspector Ghosh and drove away his car.