The Preci.ous.se Stone

Police Investigation

The Times of World (TOW), the world's only paper that has information regarding every minor and major event that takes place, wrote a very elaborate article on the murder case in Himachal Pradesh. It states,

'Mr. Kareja lived in a spacious mansion having 24 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a dining hall, a theatre, two conference rooms, 12 study rooms, a ballroom, 6 floors, and an astronomy tower. His property is spread over 500 acres, having living quarters for thousands of his workers and making his family a self-sustainable one. Everything is available on these 500 acres, you just have to name it. This had a reason, Mr. Kareja knew that ' Along with fame comes danger ', so he secured his family and himself in this property so that none of his family members are under harm and they are well-groomed to represent their family name and manners.

Mr. Kareja was found dead in his private study room. His door was locked from the inside and all the windows were closed, with the curtains being closed as well. The fire in the fireplace was still crackling when the family came to invite him for breakfast. On knocking on the door, there was no response from the other end. The eldest son, Mr. Rahul Kareja, had a duplicate key, entrusted to him by Mr. Kareja himself for safekeeping.

On entering, the sight was a very unpleasant one. Mr. Kareja was sitting on his armchair with all the blood spilled around him like a pool of red wine, that he coincidently was having that frightful night. He had 12 gunshots and his fingers were burned, his face was also cut at different angles. Someone did torture him for something. The police were called immediately and the room was shut to avoid any tampering with evidence.

The police had been investigating each member on the property and every camera footage and security system were being checked. But, the most interesting aspect of this case is that the newly bought jewels were nowhere to be found except for the second study room which was only accessible by Mr. Kareja himself. But, since his death is a mystery and also the fate of the jewels. Was this a personnel-motivated murder or a robbery gone wrong?'

In the following days, the police were not able to find anything regarding the murder as every single piece of evidence that you may have found was considered to be destroyed in the fire. The gun shells, the instrument used to slice his face, the lighter with which his fingers were burned, the organic evidence of someone's coming, and others were not available. This led to the end of the investigation, and its filing as an unsolved case. The funeral of Mr. Kareja was going to take place on his birthday, 24th February 2016.