വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv hm_½ms^… At§s^ sNm*p tbmktÃ. tks_ H^p W¼_pw NqXn Ak³ S¶n«p*v.” NWN`S CSpw b_Mv ANt¯¡v tbm]n H^p Sp*v NX`mhpfm]n k¶p ^tflsâ N¿n sNmXp¯p. Mm³ sfsà Wo§n AkapsX bn¶nt`¡v Wn¶p. “”””ASp sNmÅmw Asà ^tflm… eÀ¯mknWv H^p W¼À …em^y¡v tks_ W¼À”
^tfl³ In^n¨p sNm*v AkÄ sNmXp¯ W¼À Z] sI]vSp. “”””CSp hzn¨v Hmcv B\v hmt_… AsS´m Xo Ak³ WnW¡v fm{Sw tks_ W¼À S¶Sv?”
“”””ASv–… hmt_… A_n]nÃ. Ak³ S¶p. Mm³ km§n sk¨p. knan¨p tWm¡n]nÔ
“”””hmt_… H^p Wnfngw” ^tfl³ Fs¶ knan¨p fmän WnÀ¯n. “”””hmt_ Mm³ Cu W¼À s{Xhv sI¿m³ A]¨p sNmXp¯n«p*v. `£\w sk¨p tWm¡pt¼mÄ CSp I¯k³ Ss¶]m. hmt_… Cu sb®p¼nÅ]v¡v Ft´m A_n]mw… hm_v tbjvh\`m]n«p H¶p tImUn¨mÂ….”
“”””^tftl«³ Ss¶ tImUn¡v”
“”””sb®p§tamXv FWn¡v bmXm hmt_… B Nm^y¯ns`ms¡ hm_m\v sdÌv. hm_v Aksâ fp_n H¶v b^ntlmUn¡v. Aks^ ss`äm]n«p H¶p kn^«n tImUyw sI]vSm Fs´¦n`pw Ds*¦n C§p tbm^pw. tPmknµsW Mm³ CknsX WnÀ¯nt]¡mw”
“”””Bs«…””
Mm³ NWN`St]mXv b_ªp. “”””Ak³ Smfhn¨ fp_n FWns¡m¶p Nm\\w.”
“”””ASnsW´m hmt_” tPmknµ³ b_ªp
^tfl³ tPmknµsW SXªp. “”””Sm³ FknsX tbm\p? AsSms¡ Ssâ em^y Nm\n¨p sNmXp¡pw. Sm³ CknsX Wn¡v. FWn¡v In`Sv tImUn¡mWp*v.”

NWN`S Fs¶]pw Nq«n DÅnt`¡v WX¶p. AX¨n« H^p fp_n Sp_¶p. hmfmWyw kr¯n]pÅ H^p fp_n. H^p N«nÂ, H^p tfl, H^p Nth^, H^p sI_n] sgÂcv. Mm³ fp_n fpjpk³ tWm¡n. H¶pw N*nÃ. NWN`S kmSn`nWv bp_¯p Wn¡pN]m\v.
“”””Ct§m«v tN_n kmXo… Cu sgÂcv Sp_t¶”
AkÄ AN¯p k¶p sgÂcv Sp_¶p. AN¯p Nps_ bj] UnWb{S§Ä fm{Stf DÅp. Mm³ AktamXv– tIÀ¶v AkapsX bn¶n tUi¯p fp«msS Wn¶v sg`vcnWNw tWm¡n.
“”””NWN`sS…”” Mm³ knan¨p
AkÀ S` Sn^n¨p tWm¡n Fs¶. “”””Wo Npan¡m_ntà Xo? Fs´m^p Wmäfm…””
“”At¿m Mm³ Npan¨Sm hmt_ ^mkns`”
AkapsX sNmjp¯p N_p¯ Ip^p* fpXn tWm¡n Mm³ b_ªp. “”””Wo Cu fpXn H¶v fp¶nt`¡ns«…””
“”F´nWm hmt_ … Fsâ fpXn]mt\m Wm_p¶Sv? Mm³ bp_¯n_§n Wnt¶mam”
“”””b_]p¶Sv tNÄs¡Xo… fpXn H¶v fp¶nt`¡v FXp¯nXv”
AkÄ F® bp^«n sNmjp¸n¨p sk¨ fpXn sfm¯fm]n FXp¯p tSmanWv– fpNan`qsX fm_t¯¡n«p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv