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Chapter- 6

Sameera

Thought today will be fruitful. But here I am stranded in this forest with these police officers, creepy creatures lurking in the forest and this dead body .

I am sure enough the metaphysical ghost of this dead body is currently watching me express my boredom and irritation, while the cops are investigating his murder mystery.

They all must think I am a very unprofessional journalist. That thought crossed my mind a minute earlier. But what is the point of me asking questions whose answers are still unknown to the cops?

So I decided to sit quietly watching and listening to every detail about this murder case so that I can shower officer Sharma with questions later when he drops me home.

It's already 3:40 pm by now. I am pretending to enjoy the natural serenity so that no one would know I am taking mental notes of the murder case.

As much as I have gathered till now, the incident happened this morning between 5.00 am to 6.00 am, as they still need to figure out the exact time after the forensic results come out.

This mostly looks like an accident as the person was drunk and fell off the cliff on a very rough, uneven, rock hard surface, hit his head, and due to brain injury died immediately. But there are signs of struggle on the body, as if the person was trying to free himself from something or rather someone prior to death.

And he hurt his forehead while he fell but there is a fatal injury on the back of his head which concludes he was hit from behind first and then fell from the cliff at the exact location where he would hit his head and this would seem like an accident or a suicide attempt.

Whoever devised this plan was an idiot to hit the person at the back of his head first. He must have thought that it will ensure his death. It did, and along with it gave away proof that this 'accident' is only a facade.

I hope boss will forgive me for leaving the interview spot and going missing for the rest of the working hours when I  present him this murder case report.

I saw officer Arav coming towards me. I have decided to call him by his first name.

I tried my best to pretend to not notice him and started blowing whistle with my mouth. I am a good whistler by the way. Been practicing since teenage.

"Get in the Jeep. We are leaving." He ordered me and got in the vehicle.

I followed his actions and got in myself.

After settling in I asked, "What about others? Don't tell me you are leaving that poor dead body behind all alone just because no one had claimed him yet." I pouted.

He gave out a small chuckle and said, "No one's leaving the poor, unclaimed dead body behind. They will take it to the hospital for postmortem. We are leaving earlier so I can drop you off and finish some paperwork at the police station."

Before I could react he started the Jeep and in less than 10 minutes we were out of the forest. I am so glad I am finally out of that freaky forest.

Finding the perfect opportunity I started our conversation, "You said you are new in town. Where are you from?" I hope he replies.

"I am from Goa. I got transferred here a couple of months ago. What about you? Where do you live?" He replied. Nice, the plan is working.

"I am sharing a rental apartment with two other roommates near my work place. I am from Delhi by the way. I moved here 2 years ago when I got this job. Before that I worked as an intern at a local newspaper office in Delhi. I love my job here. Do you like your job here?" What a stupid question is that? Of course he does. Why else would he be here?