വാരിക്കുഴിയിലെ കൊലപാതകം [Mango] 931

N¼nNp«³.sWäv sSmjpSp Wn¶p. A_pbSp Njnª H^p IX¨ kr²³.
“”””^*p Im]” ^tfl³ b_ªp
A]mÄ Im] AXn¡m³ SpX§n]t¸mÄ ^tfl³ tImUn¨p, “”””CknsXm^p b¿³, b¯n^pb¯©p k]ÊpÅ H^p b¿³ kmXN]v¡v Smfhn¡p¶pt*m tPmknµm?”
“”””At¿m hmt_… ASv H^mjvIt¯¡v k¶p Smfhn¨Sm… tbm]n«v F«p b¯p Unkhw B]n”
“”””Bt\m… ASp W¶m]n” ^tfl³ In^n¨p. “”””FknX¯p Nm^Wm?”
“”””F_\mNpa¯p F§m*v DÅSm hmt_… A_n]nÃ. kmXN]v¡v fp_n Dt*m F¶v tImUn¨p k¶p. Hjnª H^p fp_n CknsX D*v. CknsX t`mZvsKm¶pw CÃtÃm hmt_… Mm³ B fp_n kmXN]v¡v sNmXp¡m_p*v Bs^¦n`pw Bkly¡m^v k^pt¼m.”
“”””F¶m`pw tb^pw B{ÍÊpw Hs¡ km§n sk]v¡t*? k^p¶k³ Wn§taw sNm¶p NX¶mt`m?”
“”””B{ÍÊp km§n sk¨n«p*v hmt_… FXns]… Wo F´nt]… H¶nt§m«v kt¶” A]mÄ ANt¯¡v tWm¡n Wo«n knan¨p. AN¯p Wn¶pw H^p Wm`vb¯©p Njnª sWXpko^³ A¡¨n bp_t¯¡p k¶p. »uhpw `p¦n]pfm\v tkgw. fmX³ sfm`. fpjp¯ sNmSw. kn^nªp Smjv¶ sbm¡nansW¡mÄ H^pbmXv Smjv¯n B\v `p¦n DXp¯n^n¡p¶Sv. kl§apw k]_pw CXp¸pw bqÀ®fm]pw WPvWw. SpXp¯ NknapNÄ. Sp_¶n^n¡p¶ SXn¨ Ip*pNÄ. fpO¯p kÃm¯ H^p NXn sSanªp Nm\mw.
“”””em^y]m hm_·mt^… NWN`S” tPmknµ³ b_ªp. “”””FXo … CknsX Smfhn¨n^p¶ b¿sâ kn`mhw Np_n¨p sk¨n«ntÃ. B bphvSNw Cs§Xps¯”
AkÄ Sn^nªp WX¶t¸mÄ D^p* I´nNÄ BXn D`]p¶Sv N*p. `p¦n]psX tg¸n Wn¶pw knXÀ¶ sNmS¨m B\v NWN`S]v¡v F¶v Fsâ tbm`ohv N®pNÄ N*p bnXn¨p. bNv–tg sNmSw tWm¡p¶Sn AÃtÃm tbm`ohv N®pNÄ tk*Sv!
NWN`S sNm*p k¶ bphvSN¯ns` B{ÍÊp tWm¡n ^tfl³ Ft¶mXv b_ªp. “”””CSp NÅ B{Íhm hmt_”
“”””slXm… Sm³ Aksâ W¼À km§nt]m tZm?” Mm³ A`vbw lÐw D]À¯n tPmknµtWmXv tImUn¨p
“”””D*v hmt_… B N`*_n FjpSo«p*v”
Mm³ Fjpt¶äv N`*_n tWm¡n. gnKp F¶v FjpSn Smsj H^p sfmssd W¼_pw.
tcm¬ FXp¯p Z] sI]vSp. …. AXnsbman! Cu W¼À Wn`kn`nÃ-!
^tfl³ Io_n. “”””N*ksWs]ms¡ tNän Smfhn¸nt¨mapw… kn`mhkpw CÃ W¼_pw CÃ. bns¶ Ft´m¶v Du¼mWmXm Sms]mao Wo fp_n kmXN]v¡v sNmXp¡p¶Sv?”
“”””Ak³ S¶Sv Mm³ FjpSn sk¨p. ASnWnt¸m Ffm³ Ft¶mXv F´nWm IqXmkp¶Sv? Mm³ F´v sSäp sI]vSp?”
^tflsâ N`n¸v bp_¯p k¶p. “”””Wo sI]vS sSäv Mm³ b_ªp S^mw Sms]mao. tN_Xm k*o`v.”
“”””At¿m N¼nNp«³.sWäv