വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv tWm¡pt¼mÄ Ak³ Ak^psX Nm_nsâ Ìn]_n§n H^p bmâohv kn^n¨p sk¨n«v ASp W¡n SpX]v¡pkm”
FWn¡v AÛpSw H¶pw tSm¶o`.
“”””god F§sW D*v hmt_? FWn¡v Nm\m³ bäo`”
“”””S^t¡XnÔ Cu tNhns` {bSns] N*p bnXn¡m³ bän]nà F¦n`pw F§sW F¦n`pw C¶v N\n N*ksW N*p bnXn¨p sNm*v k¶v N«n`nsâ Nm`n sN«n CX\w. F¶pw Nm\m³. A½mSn^n H^p Unkhw B]nt¸m]n C¶t¯Sv. ^tflsâ tcm¬ AXn¨p. tcm_³hnNv C Wn¶m\v.
“”””sl^n hmÀ… sl^n hmÀ… Mm³ Fhv sF t]mXv b_]mw… Sm¦v ]q hmÀ” In^n¨p sNm*v ^tfl³ tcm\v N«v sI]vS tlgw Ft¶mXv b_ªp.
“”””hmÀ… W½Ä tcm_³hnNv C A]¨ N¯n]psX cnwPÀ {bnâv– Nn«n. hmÀ H¶v Fhv bn s] knan¨p b_ªmÂ, BVmÀ NmÀZv Zmä tWm¡n Bsa sbm¡m³ DÅ sbÀfng³ Nn«pw. W½Ä H¶pw A_n]* Fhv bo Hmcohn Wn¶v tcm_³hnNv t`¡v H^p cmN-vhv A]¨m Ak^v Ss¶ Zmä FXp¯p S^pw.”
Mm³ Fhvbns] knan¨p. hn sF b_ªp Nm^y§Ä Fhv bn A_nªn^p¶p. Mm³ Bklyw b_ªp. At±iw tk*Sv sI¿mw F¶v b_ªp.
Nm^y§Ä IXbsX WX¶p bns¶. H^p f\n¡q_nWNw kn^`X]maw GSksâ Bs\¶v A_n]m³ bäpw.
sfmssd`n tcmÀ«v sNm¨n tÌgWns` Fhv sF dnKp but`mhnsâ kmXvhm¸v sftÊKv Nn«n. fq¶p Wm`v koZnt]mNÄ B\v. dndnsâ ko«n Aksâ fp_n]n Wn¶p Nn«n] H^p sf½_n NmÀZn D*m]n^p¶ koZnt]mhv. Nm^y§Ä knlUoN^n¨p H^p sftÊKpw dnKp A]¨n«p*v. Sm¦vhv b_ªp _nss¹ sI]vSp.
At¸mjm\v hpVo_nsâ tcm¬ FWn¡v k¶Sv.
“”””b_]v hpVos_”
“”””hmt_… In{S Fs¶m^p F_\mNpa¯p bYn¨ sb®nknsX D*v… bt£… AsSm^p tZmÎ_m hmt_. tks_]pw ^*p In{S fm^p*v. ASn H^p¯n PÄcn`m\v… bns¶ DÅSv H^p F«mw ¢mÊn bYn¡p¶ sNm¨m… Mm³ Cu lkw N* b^nh^¯pÅ In{S fm^psX Nm^yfm b_ªSv… tkm«Àhv `nÌv tWm¡n]m sfm¯w 36 In{S D*v W½psX b©m]¯n … F§sW FknsX SpX§pw hmt_?”
“”””Wo SpX§*. WnÀ¯ns¡m. B tZmÎÀ In{Ss] hvsNIv sI]vSp sk]v. M§Ä DXsW F¯pw.”
Mm³ ^tflsW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n… “”Np«n tZmÎ_m !”
^tflWpw In^n¨p “”””ASp W¶m]n… Wfp¡v tbm]n f^p¶v FjpSnt¨¡mw”
ftigv M§sa fm_n fm_n tWm¡n… “”F´m Nm^yw?”
“”””Wo k*ns]Xv ftilm” Mm³ b_ªp
In{S F¶ sb®nsW Sn^¡n B\v dndn³ sF^mkS¡pjn]n F¯n]Spw, Han¨p Smfhn¨Spw. dndnsâ f^\w NrSyfm]n iyqf³ AWm«fn A_n]mkp¶ N¼nNp«³.sWäv