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Abhijeet thought to reconstruct the whole scenario in his mind . He thought about all the information he got till now by his investigation.

Abhijeet's p.o.v starts...

Around 10 pm Aarvi called Aditi to give her spectacles back to her .Aditi herself went to Aarvi's room to give back the spectacles .After 10 minutes Aditi arrived in Aarvi's room. Both the girls had coffee . But our forensic team never got any coffee mugs from the room .

After having coffee both the girls chatted and then Aditi left the room around 11 pm.While leaving the room Aditi just shut the door as asked by Aarvi who wanted to lock the door after two minutes.

My assumption....

After Aditi left Aarvi was still reading her book with coffee mug in her hand when abruptly someone entered her room. Before she could react the intruder attacked Aarvi which caused the coffee to spill on the blanket and even Aarvi got wounded and some blood drops fell on that page of the book which she was reading because that page's upper right corner was folded so she might have been reading that page when she got attacked. The attacker must have applied force on her due to which the spectacles fell from her face and broke. Aarvi might have struggled to escape . Then she might have tried to hit the attacker with the lamp kept on the study table due to which the lamp broke.

But I am thinking where did the coffee mugs go ? If the attacker took her out why no one saw it.I guess I need to see the cctv footage of the hotel corridor where Aarvi's room was situated .

Abhijeet's p.o.v ends....

Abhijeet asked the hotel manager to show the cctv footage .But surprisingly the video footage from 11:10pm to midnight( 12 pm ) was missing from the recording list . When Abhijeet asked the manager about it he told Abhijeet that the camera was faulty at that time and even after its repair it sometimes malfunctioned and the camera used to get off and on abruptly .
So, that night for about 50 minutes the camera was not working . Abhijeet enquired about who all knew in the hotel about the malfunction of that camera excluding the Manager. Brijesh , Margret , Mukesh and Rani the cleaning staff members of that floor knew about the faulty camera.

Abhijeet enquired Margret she told him that day Rani had taken half day because her relative fell ill suddenly and Margret herself was on leave that week due to viral fever .And that night only Mukesh and Brijesh were on duty.

Abhijeet found both Brijesh and Mukesh were not coming to their jobs after that night when Aarvi went missing.

Abhijeet also got to know from the other team mates of Aarvi that Nikita Balyaan's post of Vice caption was given to Aarvi .Nikita was given rest due to her poor performance and she was send back to her home in Pune. During a search in Aarvi's room the forensic team found a diary which had a lock and a key. It was kept in Aarvi's closet.

AARVI 'S DIARY FOUND KEPT INSIDE HER ROOM'S CLOSET

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AARVI 'S DIARY FOUND KEPT INSIDE HER ROOM'S CLOSET

Abhijeet opened the diary and read a page which was written by Aarvi just a few hours before she disappeared suddenly.In this diary entry she wrote the time 9pm.

She wrote..... Today was a long day . Surprisingly the team management made me Vice Caption of the team . I am grateful that I got this opportunity . Everyone in the team was happy when they got to know that I will be the vice caption except Nikita who is upset with me which is justified as she is really a hard working player but she got removed from the vice captaincy suddenly and she got rest from the remaining upcoming series. I really felt bad for her. Adu was also happy for me as she is my best friend. What took me by surprise was Nikita's behaviour before leaving for home.

When everyone was congratulating me she came near me and she hugged me. When she hugged me Nikita said something in my ears which I didn't expected from her. She said" Well played! You stole my place. But remember nothing is forever . Celebrate it now as this will fade sooner.These words of Nikita hurt me like hell . So , to distract myself from it I watched a movie with Adu and other teammates in the afternoon. Rest of the day was uneventful. I am really looking forward towards this new opportunity and I can't wait to take this new responsibility on my shoulders. Mamma and Daddy were so happy when I told them about my vice captaincy on the phone call . Love you Mamma and Daddy.... missing u both already .

After reading this Abhijeet understood that Nikita was angry with Aarvi as she thought Aarvi snatched her post .

Abhijeet during his interrogation with a team staff member got to know about the rift between Aarvi and Ravi Kumar .Ravi Kumar was the batting coach . But Aarvi complaint against him for his misconduct and misbehaviour due to which Ravi was sacked.

Abhijeet made a list of the possible suspects behind the missing of Aarvi

SUSPECT 1
Brijesh and Mukesh, the cleaning staff workers of the floor where Aarvi's room was located.

SUSPECT 2
Aarvi's teammate Nikita who was angry with Aarvi.

SUSPECT 3
Team's ex batting coach Ravi Kumar who was sacked due to Aarvi's complain.

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