Without Notice (Book 2)

#23

Arjun had a conversation with Sakshi while he was sitting inside a moving bus. Sakshi was in the bureau.

She said, " Your mail has been sent to the accounts department. "

" You approved my mail? "

" The approval depends upon the head of accounts department. I love just forwarded it after with my digital signature. You could have asked for another officer. "

" I needed someone who could keep eye on the suspects. She is young and knows how to extract information. "

" You are training her to become a spy. "

" She has actually got the ability to be the one. "

Sakshi smiled.

He added, " The report about Ravi's racket will be submitted by Navika by evening. "

" How many were they in the racket? "

" They were three. Ravi, his brother Vidit and the girl Iti. As far as I believe the racket mainly belongs to the brothers and somehow they dragged Iti into this to get more clients. "

Navika came to Sakshi with a report file in her hand in her cabin.

The bus stopped. Arjun came out and walked towards a building. He went upstairs to Gopal's flat. He rang the doorbell. Gopal opened the door and allowed him in.

Arjun went through the contents of Dipti's laptop. He searched through each drive in 'My Computer' icon. He came through a folder named as 'Victims'. He clicked on the folder in which it had a list of eight word documents.

He went through them and realised the list belonged to the students of the PIONEER KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL who were kidnapped for ransom.

He clicked on one of the file in which he saw a few details about a student Aryaman Khurana, his mother Kiara and his father Rohit Khurana. As he looked at Rohit's photograph he began to recall about the file which he had received from Diya.

He even came through a word ' VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ' in the word file.

He made a call to Diya who attended the call while she was locking her office door.

She answered, " I am listening Mr. Sinha. "

" You had given me Rohit's file. "

" Is there a link of his case with yours? "

" I believe so. There are seven more victims other than his son. "

" Before his death he had told me about the involvement of the school. "

" Do you know something called 'Vigilance Committee'? It's too something about the school. "

" I have read it about in the file but didn't know what exactly it was for. "

He hung up the call.

Navika accessed Regency Builders' official website where she went through the entire content of the site. The name and photos of the founders were displayed on the interface which were: Niranjan Grover, Shivraj Patel and Roshan Arya.

She opened the other tab and typed the name of Roshan Arya who had been deceased according to the internet. Then she downloaded the financial statements of the company of last few assessment years.

Devendra came to a man who was standing outside a warehouse.

He asked him, " Where are they? "

" Inside. They are two. He is too inside. "

Devendra nodded. He went inside where Anchal and Vidisha were sitting on chair with their hands tied at their back. Chetan was standing by a table on which two sharp knives and a phone was kept. A camera stand was kept by the table.

He asked him, " Why didn't you put the setup yet? "

Chetan said, " The face will be revealed on the camera. "

" That's why I want you to record on the camera. Fear, that's what you have to create inside him. Pick up the knife and get started. I should have the video by the time I get on the plane. "

Chetan put the camera stand with the help of an ally and installed the phone upon it. After the camera was turned on, he picked up a knife from the table. The girls wanted to scream but couldn't because of the fear.

Arjun and the principal Rishi Tyagi had a walk in the lawn of the school.

Mr. Tyagi said, " The school was opened by Mr. Roshan Arya when he was about to retire from his company. Her daughter, Dipti too had joined the school as the vice principal. "

" What Mrs. Dipti used to do earlier? "

" She was actually a teacher at a convent school from where she resigned to join her father's. "

Arjun nodded. He had a look around where a few children were playing in the park.

He asked, " What is the vigilance committee? "

" It was formed by Mr. Arya just after the school started. It was for the parents who could raise concern for the safety of their children. "

" Why it was shut down? "

" Vigilance committee was funded from the reserves of Regency Builders on the order of Mr. Arya. After his death the committee was shut down by the management as they had a perception that the company was earning a meagre profit by funding it. "

" How did he die? "

" He was murdered. Unfortunately, it was only him who was actually concerned about the school. "

" Eight kidnappings have taken place for the last three years from your school and still your management hasn't taken any action. "

" The management is still trying to figure out the security precautions for the students. "

" They won't do anything. They are involved in it too. "

" What are you saying officer? This is our school. "

" Have you heard about Rohit Khurana and Aniruddh Katkar? "

" Yes. I have. They are those whose children were kidnapped. "

" They were from the eight people but the rest of the six parents are still alive because they had paid ransom to the abductors. Rohit and Aniruddh denied in order to go against them and eventually they were killed. "

" I don't believe you Mr. Sinha. The involvement of the management doesn't make any sense because Mr. Grover had himself organised a charity event a few days ago for the school. "

" What was the collection? "

" I have no idea about the numbers. Mr. Grover might know about the donation amount. "

" Can I check the accounts? "

The accountant of the school showed him books in the accounting software in a computer. The accountant pointed at the donation amount with the cursor which was INR 3 CR.

He said, " The amount has been transferred from the account of the Regency Builders. The donation receipts were deposited in their account initially. "

" There might be a number of influential people in the event. This is a frugal amount to be donated in such a grand event. "

Rastogi was in his house removing his shoes when his phone rang. He took his phone out of pocket and received the call.