വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNmjp¯ Nm k®]pw.
AkÄ Fs¶ sNmSn¸n¡p¶ H^p tWm«w tWm¡n. “”””F´m Wkmhv… ss{X sI¿pt¶m?”
“”””tk* godm.. Wo Fsâ ssXbv AÔ Mm³ AkapsX Ai¦m^w CXn¨p Smjv¯m³ B\v ASv b_ªSv.
“”””Mm³ GsSm^p B\nsâ]pw ssXbv B\v Wkmhv… CksW N*ntÃ… Mm³ sfWvhhv BNpt¼mÄ Dbt]mPn¡p¶ bmZv tbm`pw Ck³ sNmSnt]msX W¡pw.”
A_t¸msX Mm³ B b«n Njptk_ns] tWm¡n. B\p§apsX sk` Na]n¡m³ C_§nt¡mapw Hmt^m^p¯·mÀ!
“”””cmâhn WÃStà Wkmhv… scängv N`À¶ cmâhnNÄ?”
Mm³ AksW Ss¶ tWm¡pN]m]n^p¶p. Ak³ AkapsX Nm kn^`pNÄ Hs¶m¶m]n Du_pN]m\v. Np® km]ns`Xp¡p¶ tbms`…
“”F´m\v Wkmhnsâ {bn]s¸« shN-vhv sbmhng³? Ft¶msXm¸w Bs\¦nÂ?”
“”””Wns¶ Wm`p Nm`n WnÀ¯n Wnsâ Cu Spap¼p¶ sNmSw sbma¶p sk¨n«v Wnsâ S` S_]n Ikn«n bnXn¨v tNm¯n`Xn¡p¶Sv”
Mm³ b_ªSv tN«v lp¸p S` D]À¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””sl^n¡pw? Fs¶ A§sW Hs¡ sI¿ptfm? tkUWn¸n¡ptfm”
“”””tkUWn¸n¡t*?”
“”””tk\w… FWn¡v H^p B\nsW A_n]\w. B\nsâ N^p¯_n]\w… WkmhnsW N*t¸mtj Mm³ fWÊn D_¸n¨ Nm^yfm\v ASv–. FWn¡v fXp¯p Cu KmSn Sp¸`v W¡nNsa..” AkÄ lp¸pknsâ km]n Wn¶pw Nms`Xp¯v Aksâ S`]n Ikn«n SÅn. Ak³ bnt¶m«v Bªp tbm]n. Aksâ N®pNan Mm³ Ft´m H^p tkUW N*p.
god Ft¶mXv b_ªp… “”Mm³ CksW b_ªp knXpw C¶v Ss¶. Wo Fs¶ Wnsâ NqsX Nq«mtfm? F´nWpw Mm³ Wnsâ NqsX Wn¡mw. NmfpNn]pw em^y]pw H¶pw B¡*. Wnsâ sk¸m«n B¡n]m fSn Fs¶. Wo Bt`mIn¨p b_ªm fSn.” god Fsâ tcm¬ km§n ASn Wn¶pw AkapsX tcm\nt`¡v C^p fnhv NmÄ sI]vSp. “”””W¶m]n Bt`mIn¨p b_ªm fSn. b«nNsa kaÀ¯n fSn]m]n. CWns]¦n`pw FWn¡v H^p sb®m]n Kokn¡\w Xm. ASnsâ hpOw A_n]\w FWn¡v”
Mm³ AkapsX sWän]n H^p½ sNmXp¯n«v AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n. lp¸pknsâ Wn_ª N®pNÄ Fsâ fWÊnsW Np¯n tWmkn¨p.
Ko¸n N]_n. tZmÎÀ b_ª Nm^y§Ä ^mtftl«tWmXv b_ªp.
hn sF Hmcohns`¯n At±it¯mXpw ASp ks^]pÅ Nm^y§Ä knlUoN^n¨p. 24 f\n¡q_nWpÅn tNhnWp Sp¼p*m¡\w F¶m\v At±iw b_ªSv. WX¶ tbms` Ss¶. AknsX Wn¶pw C_§n MmWpw ^tflWpw ftigpw H^p tim«`n Du\v Njn¡pkm³ N]_n.
“”””hmt_.. hm_v B tZmÎÀ god]psX ss{Zks_ Nt*m?” ^tfl³ tImUn¨p
“”””N*p. F´m tImUn¡m³?”
“”””Aà hmt_… M§Ä N¼nNp«³.sWäv