When Radha went back to college… (Part IX)

I penned this story, When Radha went back to college… (Part IX), as a Guru Dakshina to all my teachers and professors, some years ago.

When Radha went back to college… (Part IX)    

“How did you find out about the post-mortem report?” Radha was immediately suspicious.

“I asked my Dad to find that out from his contacts here. I know you are suspicious of me. My father is an assistant commissioner of police in Mumbai,” Shekhar’s face displayed pride.

“So, what did you do about it?”

“I met the principal and he told me to meet the CEO. CEO sir had told the principal to send anyone having any information about the murder to him. When I went to CEO sir, he told me to hold back the information.”

“When was this?”

“As soon as, I figured out that I am the only one who knows that Uncle is innocent, i.e. a couple of days ago.”

Radha realized that the CEO was expecting more concrete evidence from her, now that she had almost bust a drug-peddling racket. He was giving her more time to investigate the murder case in her own way. Expectations were rising as far as she was concerned.

“Now, as far as the case is concerned where do you think are we?” Shekhar butt into her thoughts.

“Nowhere near where I’d like to be,” was the plain answer. Then again, she asked thoughtfully, “Can you take me to the scene of the crime, so to say?”

“Why? The police have looked through it with a fine-tooth comb.”

“Shekhar, they are also human beings. They might have missed something.”

That did it and he took her to the store room, where the murder had taken place. The room was locked. Shekhar suggested that he could pick the lock, but Radha stopped him. “Not now.”

To be continued…