വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sfmssd FXp¯v dndnsâ tcmt«m Aksa Nm\n¨p. sfmssd AkapsX SÅn Wn¶ fp`]psX Nm¼n Np¯n AfÀ¯n bnXn¨m\v Mm³ AktamXv hv{NoWn tWm¡pkm³ b_ªSv. “”””CksW N*n«pt*m CknsX§mWpw?”
`£vfn hv{NoWnt`¡v tWm¡n]t¸mÄ Mm³ sfmssd H¶p NqXn hm^n¡p fpNan`qsX fp`]nt`¡v AfÀ¯n. AkÄ fm^n¡a]ptfm F¶v tWm¡n]Sm\v. Akav AW§msS Wn¡p¶Sv N*t¸mÄ Fsâ Np® sb^pNm³ SpX§n.
“”””CÃ hmt_.. fp³bv N*n«nÃ. B^m CSv?”
“”””CSm\v sI¡³… Wnsâ tZmÎs_ sN«m³ tbm\k³” Mm³ sfmssd Sn^nsN FXp¯p.
“”””Bt\m… tWm¡s« hmt_.. H¶qsX Nm\s«”
Mm³ AktamXv– tIÀ¶v Wn¶v sfmssd ko*pw Nm\n¨p sNmXp¯p. C{¸mklyw Mm³ sfmssd bnXn¨n^p¶ ssN kn^`pNÄ sNm*v AkapsX fp`]n SjpNn sNm*v, AkapsX tSmat¯¡v sW©p tIÀ¯m\v Wn¶Sv. AkÄ sfmssd`nt`¡v Ss¶ hq£n¨p tWm¡n Wn¶p. Mm³ AkapsX I´n]psX sshZnt`¡v Fsâ bmâhnWv fp¶ns` fpj tIÀ¯p sk¨t¸mÄ `£vfn]psX Ip*pNÄ kn_]v¡m³ SpX§n.
“”””N*n«pt*m… sl^n¡v H¶v HmÀ¯p tWm¡nt]…”” Mm³ AkapsX NmSnt`¡v Ip*pNÄ AXp¸n¨p f{´n¨p. `£vfn AkapsX Nm`pNÄ AXp¸n¨v SXn¨ SpXNÄ tI^v¯n_p¡n sk¨p.
“”””C]mamt\m F¶_n]nà hmt_ Wm`©p Unkhw fp³bv CknsX CSp tbms`m^mÄ k¶n^p¶p. GtSm sfZn¡Â s_bv Bs\¶m tSm¶p¶Sv. ASv C]mamt\m F¶v sl^n¡v HmÀf k^p¶nÃ.”
hSyw B]n^n¡pw.CSv H^p bmhvtbmÀ«v sshhv tcmt«m]psX h-vNm³ B\v. bmhvtbm^v«v tcmt«m tWm¡n H^mapsX fpOw sFZänssc sI¿p¶Sv hmVm^\¡mÀ¡v dp²nfp«m\v.
sbs«¶m\v ^tfl³ At§m«p HmXn N]_n k¶Sv. H¶pw A_n]m¯ tbms` Fs¶ tIÀ¶v Wn¶ `£vfn ^tflsW N*t¸mÄ sbs«¶v AN¶p fm_n.
Mm³ ^tflsW tImUy emk¯n tWm¡n. ^tfl³ Fs¶]pw `£vfns]]pw fm_n fm_n tWm¡n]n«v Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””hmt_… hms_m¶v kt¶”
Mm³ C_§n sI¶p. “”””F´m ^tfsl«m”
M§Ä fpät¯¡n_§n. “”””tcm_³hn¡n Wn¶v knan k¶p. cnwPÀ {bnâv…””
“”CkapsX Ss¶ AtÃ?… In{S]psX?” Mm³ DtPzUt¯msX CX]v–¡v N]_n tImUn¨p
“”””AÃ hmt_… ASv … Chim¡v S^Nsâ]m… W½psX b©m]¯v {bSnb£ tWSmkv Chim¡v S^Nsâ!”
Fsâ lzmhtNml¯n D*m]n^p¶ AkhmW N\w km]pkpw km]n`qsX bp_t¯¡p tbm]n. H^p k`n] lzmhw FXp¯n«v Mm³ tImUn¨p… “”DÅSmt\m? D_¸n¡mtfm?”
“”””BVmÀ NmÀZv NÅw b_]nsæn A]mapsX ssNt^O]m\v N¼nNp«³.sWäv