വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv ASp sNm*pw NqXn]m Mm³ ANt¯¡v N]_n]Sv. b^nI]fpÅ Bs^¦n`pw Bs\¦n Wm\t¡XtÔ
Fsâ S`]n sNmÅn]m³ fn¶n
“”””Nm_n C^p¶]msa Wo Nt*m?”
“”””C^p«tà hmt_… fpOw N*nÔ
“”””Nm_n H^p sb®m]n^pt¶m?”
“””” ^*p tbÀ D*m]n^p¶p. H¶v H^p sb®ms\¶p tSm¶p¶p”
Fsâ Nm`pNant`¡v H^p S\p¸v A^n¨p N]_n
“”””F´m hmt_”
“”””H¶pfnÃ… hpf bns¶ F´v sI]vSp?”
“”””F´v sI¿m³… Mm³ D_§n hmt_”
“”””kn^`n«p NXn fmänt]m?”
“”””H¶p tbm hmt_”
Mm³ fpOw NpWn¨p hpf]psX sIkn¡v hfobw F¯n sfsà b_ªp. “”””W¼À S¶n«p tbm\w… ASymklyw k^pt¼mÄ Mm³ knan¡pw.”
AkÄ b_ª W¼À Mm³ sfmssd`n thkv sI]vSn«v H^p fnhv NmÄ sNmXp¯p. “”””CSm\v Fsâ W¼À. ASymklyw hpf]v¡m\v k^p¶sS¦n knan¡m³ fXn¡*”
AkÄ bp©n^n¨p
“”””F¶m fpjp¯ sNmSfmXo WnW¡v… CsSms¡ sk_psS Nnak·mÀ¡v sSm«p W¡m³ sNmXp¯p KoknSw Wln¸n¡*…””
Mm³ AkapsX ssN bnXn¨v Fsâ bmâhnWv fp¶ns` fpj]nt`¡v sk¨p. AkapsX ssN kn_]v¡p¶p*m]n^p¶p. AXªp NnX¶ imcv tZm_nt`¡p tWm¡n AkÄ b_ªp. “”””Bs^¦n`pw Nm\pw hmt_”
“”””N*m FWn¡v f]n^m\v. WnW¡v tbXn]pt*m”
“”””hm_pÅt¸mÄ Mm³ F´v tbXn¡m³? Wfp¡v Nm\mw hmt_… Mm³ knan¡mw”
AkÄ bmâv–hv Nq«n Fsâ Np®]n H¶v AfÀ¯n. Wà d`fpÅ ssN. Mm³ AkapsX »uhnWv fpNan`qsX kn^`pNÄ HmXn¨p. kn^`n SXª {Shn¨p Wn¶ k`n] fp`sM«n bnXns¨m¶p M^Xn.
“”””ÊvÊvÊv…”” hpf_m\n]psX N®pNÄ AXªp tbm]n
Mm³ Sn^nsN Nth^]n k¶n^p¶t¸mÄ AkÄ Fjpt¶äp. Fs¶ tWm¡n BÀ¯n bnXn¸n¡p¶ H^p In^n]pw In^n¨psNm*v AkÄ Spap¼p¶ sNmSw Np`p¡n bp_t¯¡p WX¶p tbm]n.
^tfl³ N]_n k¶p. “”””hmt_… fKnhvt_«nsW knan¨n^p¶p Mm³. H¼Sp f\n Bkpw bpÅn ko«ns`¯m³. At¸mtj¡pw sNm*p sIÃm³ b_ªp {bSns]. NÌZn]n kn«p S^pw.”
Ct¸mÄ hf]w B_mNp¶sS DÅp. In{St]mXv Np_¨p Nm^y§Ä NqXn tImUn¡mWp*v. Mm³ NymdnWn Wn¶pw bp_t¯¡n_§n]t¸mÄ H^p F³coÂZv dpÅäv tbm`ohv tÌgsâ fpät¯¡v k¶p Wn¶p. Mm³ fp¶ns` {PnÃn`qsX bp_t¯¡p tWm¡n.

Wà D]^kpw H¯ SXn]pfpÅ Bt^mPykmWm] H^p ]pkmkv dpÅäv HSp¡n WnÀ¯n Ìm³Zv CXp¶Sp N*p. kr¯n]m]n A`¡n tS¨ skap¯ A^ss¡ gÀ«pw N_p¯ bmâvhpw. Nm`n Sna§p¶ N_p¯ N¼nNp«³.sWäv