വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sNm¶SnWp tlgfm.. tIm^ H`n¨n«nÃ… AsSm^p bNv–tg CknsX sNm*n« tlgw Bkpw sk«n]Sv. WQ§an tIm^¸mtXm Ajpt¡m H¶pw CÃ. As¸m f¸nXn¯w D*m]n¡m\nÃ.”
“”””ASp MmWpw {l²n¨p. gÀ«nsâ d«³ H¶pw bn¶n]n«pw CÃ. NtÅm f]¡p f^pt¶m sNmXp¯p f]¡n]n«p Np¯n sNm¶Sm.” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””hmVyS]p*v” ^tfl³ S` Np`p¡n “”””hm_v Cksâ {Zhv {l²nt¨m?”
bmâpw gÀ«pw B\v. tcmÀfÂ. Nm`n s`SÀ »mNv gqhv. “”””s]hv” Mm³ b_ªp
“”””GtSm sh]nÂhv FN-vhnNyq«okv Bkm³ hmVyS D*v” ^tfl³ b_ªp
“”””H^p Nm^yw sI]v… ^tftg«³ CknsX NqXn Wn¡p¶kt^msXms¡ H¶v tImUn¡v… Cu tkg¯n H^p¯sW Cu b^nh^¯v FknsXs]¦n`pw AXp¯ Unkh§an Nt*m F¶v”
^tfl³ Fjpt¶äv BÄ¡q«¯nWnX]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ tcms\Xp¯v hn sF s] knan¨p Nm^yw b_ªp. hn sF Wà fWpgyWm. NXpwbnXn¯w Ds*s¶ DÅp. At±iw FÃmw {l±n¨p tN« tlgw tbmÌv tfmÀ«w C¶v Ss¶ WX¯n sskNpt¶^w {bUfmtWzg\ _nt¸mÀ«pfm]n hn sF Hmcohnt`¡v sIÃm³ b_ªp. fsäs´¦n`pw kntlgw D*m]m A_n]n¡\w F¶pw. Bwdp`³hv F¯n. hpVo_pw ^*p tbm`ohpNm^pw Bwdp`³hn tdmZn]pfm]n Sm`qNv Blpb{Sn]nt`¡v tbm]n. Mm³ ssd¡nsâ Imkn tbm`ohv ss{Zks_ G¸n¨p Ko¸nsâ No km§n A]mtamXv ssd¡pfm]n tÌgWnt`¡v sbm]vtNmam³ b_ªp. MmWpw ^tftl«Wpw tNm\vÌdnÄ ftigpw fm{Sfm]n hvtbm«nÂ.
At¸mjm\v sF^mkS¡pjn b©m]¯ns` {bSnb£ tWSmkv Chim¡v S^N³ AknsX F¯n]Sv. tWs^ In^n¨p sNm*v Fsâ AXpt¯¡v k¶p. “”””Wkmhv hmt_… CknsX C§sW H^p hwekw C¶v ks^ WX¶n«nÃ. W½psX tbm`ohv tÌg³ D_§n NnX¡pkm]n^p¶p. hm_v k¶Snsâ sFlz^yw N*ntÃ… CWn]nt¸m FÃmw Dgm_mkpw”
“”””H^p¯³ I¯p f`¨Smt\m Chim¡v tI«m sFlz^yw?” Mm³ tImUn¨t¸mÄ A]mÄ H¶p b^p§n
“”””At¿m … A§sW b_ªSÃ… M§anSv– H^p hwekw B¡pw… ‘sF^mkS¡pjn b©m]¯ns` {NfhfmVmWw SNÀ¶p. b©m]¯p {bhnZâv UpÈmhWNp_p¸v– ^mKn sk]v¡pN’… F§Wp*v hmt_…”” Chim¡v In^n¨p sNm*v b_ªp
“”””As¸m Wmsa iÀ¯m B]n^n¡pw?” Mm³ bpÑt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””im… tWm¡s« hmt_… F´m]m`pw hm_nsâ b\n WX¡s«… k^ntWXm bntÅs^… bmÀ«n Hmcohn tbm]n IÀIn¡mw” A\nNsa]pw Nq«n B sIä tbm]n. CksWms¡ F´p Nn«n]m`pw ASn ^m{ão]w N`¡n NpXn¡\w. bq_ntfm³.
At§^p tbm]t¸mÄ Ss¶ AXp¯ N£n k¶p. b©m]¯v N¼nNp«³.sWäv