വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sb]vS fj]psX Npan^n fqXn¸pS¨p D_§pN]m]n^p¶p Mm³. tcm\nsâ _nwPv… N®p Sn^p½n tWm¡n]t¸m siZv tNm\vÌdnÄ hpVo_m\v.
“”””F´m hpVos_ ^mkns`…?” IXtkmsX tImUn¨p
“”””hmt_… hms_m¶v sbs«¶v s_Zn]m]nt¡m… M§Ä hm_nsâ ko«n 10 fnWnänWpÅn F¯pw”
“”””I`¼m*v Nm^yw b_s]Xm”
“”””hmt_… sNm`-! H^p¯sW B^m*v AXn¨p sNm¶v bp¯³tNm« N`p¦nWXp¯pÅ km^n¡pjn]n C«ns«m*v. Cs¸m tcm\v k¶Sm tÌgWnt`m«v. Mm³ C_§pw fp³tb hm_nsW ^*p k«w knan¨m]n^p¶p. hm_v tcms\Xp¯nÃ.”
“”””D_¡w B]n^ps¶Xm. tN«nÃ. H^p Nm^yw sI]v. Wn§Ä Ct§m«v k^*. hvtbm«nt`¡v knt«m. Mm³ ssd¡n F¯ns¡mamo. Npan¡\w”
“”””sl^n hmt_… tkPw k^s\…”” Ak³ tcm¬ sk¨p.
b*m^w! CSnt¸m CknsX B^v Bs^ sNmÃmWm… Mm³ N*nXt¯maw Cu Wm«n DÅSv fpjpk³ f*·m^pw f\p¡qh³ fm^pw B\v. fn¡km_pw hnän]n Wnt¶m ftäm kà sNmt«g³Nm^pw sNm*n« lkw B]n^n¡pw. lkw! b\n]m]n! Ct¸m Ss¶ fpNan Wn¶v knan k^pw, {bSns] bnXnt¨m F¶p tImUn¨psNm*v.
sbs«¶v Npan¨p ]q\ntcmfpw C«p Mm³ dpÅäv FXp¯p bp¯³tNm«]nt`¡v kn«p.

Wà BÄ¡q«w D*v. A_nªkÀ A_nªkÀ ko*pw k^p¶p. BÄ¡ms^ tbm`ohv HSp¡n WnÀ¯n]n«p*v. lkw N*t¸mÄ Ss¶ FWn¡v fWÊn`m]n CSv H^p WX]v¡p tbmNnsöv. N®pw fq¡pw sIkn]pw H¶pw CÃ. fp_n¨p fmän]n«p*v. km]n Wn¶pw tIm^ H`n¨p N_p¯p N« bnXn¨n«p*v. Njp¯n`pw sW©¯pw k]_nWp k`Sp kl¯m]n N^ansâ emP¯pw Np¯p Nn«n]n«p*v.
hpVoÀ AXpt¯¡v k¶p.
“”””Bsa Sn^n¨_ntªm?” Mm³ tImUn¨p
“”””Cà hmt_… fpOw sk«n No_n]n«p*v Sn^n¨_n]mSn^n¡m³. tUi¯p tbjvhpw sF Zn NmÀZpw H¶pw CÃ. C³NzÌv Cs¸m Njn]pw. Bav NqXp¶SnWv fp³bv Wfp¡v sbmÌv tfmÀ«¯nWv A]¡mw. Bs^¦n`pw Ds*¦n tfmÀ¨_n]n k¶p Sn^n¨_n]s«”
Mm³ tdmZn]psX AXp¯p sI¶v Np¯n]n^p¶p. hqgvffm]n tWm¡n. hpVoÀ C³NzÌv FjpSpN]m\v. F Fhv sF ^tfl³ tI«³ At¸mjm\v AknsX F¯n]Sv. H^p Hmt«m]nÂ. ^tfl³ Fsâ AXp¯p k¶n^p¶p. “”””sb®p¼ntÅsX ko«o tbm]n^p¶p hmt_. Ct¸mjm F¯m³ bän]Sv. thm_n”
“”””hm^fnÃ… N*n«v F´p tSm¶p¶p ^tftl«m?”
25 kÀgs¯ hÀkohp*v ^tftl«Wv. tdmXn]psX NnX¸v {l²n¨p tWm¡n bpÅn b_ªp. “”””CknsX C«p sNm¶SÃ hmt_… bns¶ fq¡pw sIkn]pw N®pw sk«n]n^n¡p¶Sv N¼nNp«³.sWäv