Our man
Sir,
Hello,
Come in,
May I come in?
Yes,
Yes, Thank you,
Why are you staring at me?
Nothing, Sorry,
Tell me,
Myself, Senior Inspector, Maruti Nagargoje, Crime Branch,
Okay,
I guess there is some misunderstanding,
I handle only civil cases,
Not crime cases,
-If your problem is related to,,, -The problem is at your end,
I am here to solve it,
What do you mean?
I am here to investigate about the incident that took place in your house,
Is my case referred to the crime branch?
What's the reason?
I can't comment on that,
If you have any doubts,
please take this,
I don't like to beat around the bush,
Whatever you are going to share,
I can use against you,
So before uttering a single word,
think about it,
Tell me,
Nothing, On 28th June, Bhakti and I went out for dinner,
Please don't repeat the content of your statement,
I know it by heart, it's useless,
Is it so?
Not just yours,
I don't give a damn about people's statements,
You are a cop, aren't you?
I don't give a damn about people's statements
and legal hogwash,
You tell me your story, from the beginning,
From the beginning? What do you mean?
I mean,,,
from the time you planned your trip to Lonavala,
Whoa!
You are quite well informed,
I get paid for that,
It's fine even if you don't give me any information at all,
You have that liberty,
But then,,,
There is nothing that I can't talk to you about,
That we can discuss later,
-Do you recollect anything? -Hmm,
Four to five days before the incident,,,
Date?
Date, err,
22nd June,
Ah, Chaphekar brothers' assassinated General Rand on that date,
Maybe,
So,
we had a minor argument on 22nd June,
Hello,
Yes, this is Aaba Gokhale speaking,
Is Bhakti there?
She isn't there?
It's past 9 p,m,
She is not answering my call,
I think the professor is too busy to answer my calls,
No,
Sure, I will inform you once she reaches,
Am I speaking to Nitya?
Bhakti has not reached as yet,
Rahul's phone is not reachable,
What did you say?
Oh, you want me to call Bhakti on her cell phone?
You think that thought never occurred my mind?
Not a problem,
No wonder you are Rahul's friend, Hang up now,
Hello,
This is Aaba Gokhale speaking,
Is Bhakti there at your place?
What did you say?
I should try calling on her cell phone, is it?
Strange, It didn't strike me,
Wow! You come up with such a brilliant idea,
Thank you so much, I will try calling her,
Hello, Aaba,
-Rahul, -Yes,
You idiot!
What's wrong with your phone?
What do you mean?
Oh, I am sorry,
I was in a meeting so I switched it off, What's the matter?
Your wife has not reached home as yet,
-So? -So?
It's past 10 now,
Don't worry, Aaba, She must've got stuck in traffic,
-Water! -Thank you, Vitha,
-Aaba, I'll take your leave now, -Okay,
I hope you won't have stomachache tomorrow,
Be on time,
You,,,
Don't you think she should at least keep me informed?
It's okay, Aaba, she must've been busy,
You defend your clients in court
and at home you defend your wife,
I beg you not to say any such things in front of her,
She will be home any moment now,
Are you leaving?
Ma'am,
you should've at least called to inform,
Your old man gets so restless,
Is the dinner ready?
Let's talk tomorrow,
Bhakti, where are you?
-There she is, -Oh,
What is this?
Why are you so late?
A meeting was called in the office at the last minute,
Do you expect me to say no to such meetings?
I told you so,
Is it a big task to call up home and inform?
I did call at 6,30 but nobody answered my call,
-I went downstairs at that time, -I see,
I tried your number too, your phone was switched off,
I was in a meeting so,,,
I kept calling our home number but it was continuously busy,
I had a few important calls to make,
-Hmm, So what do I do? -It's okay,
What do you mean?
Why did you get so irritated then?
Hey, have some water,
Isn't it natural to get worried if the woman of the family
stays out till late?
I would've been very happy had you really been worried,
Did you hear that?
-Did you watch Dangal? -What?
What?
Why pretend? Let me change the topic directly,
Why do you taunt her?
Yes, Mom,
Where the hell have you been, Bhakti?
From the time Aaba called your dad's blood pressure has shot up,
-You should inform them, -It's okay,
-Have I accused her? -Mom, I got late because I had work,
I tried explaining him, still he is very irritated,
Why did you get so hyper?
May I hang up, please?
Okay, Okay,
Call me in the morning,
-Yes, I will, -Please be quiet,
-Aaba, -Yes,
Did you call up my mom?
Yes, Uncle Damle?
Yes, she is home,
She was in a meeting,
Please answer the call,
I will call you back,
Why don't you answer the call?
Hello,
-Who is Mr, Godse? -304,
-Yes, tell me, -You reached home?
Yes, Uncle Karkhanis, I am home,
-Thank you, -All right,
-Hey, take care, -Yes,
Good night,
Let's have dinner,
She is home, Yes, she is,
Nitin,
Did you call up the entire world?
Kindly inform everyone once for all,
Else we will get calls and visitors all through the night,
-Come on, -I called them up once,
Why should I call them again?
You reached home late, so now you call them up,
-Why should I? -Let me call up everyone,
-I have all the time in the world, -Do whatever you want,
Tell me,
There are the two lists,
Why have you marked these?
Star marked names are the ones I called up twice
so inform them first,
Great,
Nishu is calling,
-Yeah, kiddo, -Hello, Dad, Is Mom there?
Yes, your mom is here, Just a minute,
Yes, Nishu,
Mom, where are you?
I am home, dear,
Grandpa said you are not traceable,
Please don't do such things,
I get scared,
Bye, Mumma,
-Love you, -Love you,
What is he saying?
Why did you call up Nishu?
That poor kids stays in the hostel,
Do you realize what he must've gone through?
-Bhakti,,, -Hold on, Don't utter a word,
It's not you, but I get disgraced by his behavior,
People think I am an irresponsible woman,
Please stop behaving this way, else,,,
Bhakti?
I'll serve your food, I don't want to eat,
Here,
Bhakti,
I know I have to administer him his insulin shot,
Come on, Aaba, let's eat,
Okay, so why did you suddenly plan a trip to Lonavala?
Sure, I will tell you, Have some patience,
Have some tea,
I met my friend, Nitin the next day,
Last night we had a minor problem at home
and I ended up calling people till 12,
Aaba lectured me till 1 a,m,
Later when I went inside my bedroom,
Bhakti showered me with her frustration till 2,30 a,m,
I don't know how to handle these guys,
Let them fight,
You stay out of it,
-Oh, is it? -Hmm
But they need me all the time,
Having a referee is mandatory during such fights,
How can I stay out of it?
But you know what?
Every morning they have a new topic to argue,
I suggest
you take them out somewhere,
Cemetery is the only place I should be taking them to,
Let them go somewhere and fight as much they want,
And get the frustration out of their system,
You will get a break too,
And thus, we decided to go to Lonavala,
On the 24th,
What transpired there?
Nothing serious, We had some arguments and discussion,
Then they cooled down and we headed back to Mumbai,
And on 28th this incident occurred,
Yes, but what has that got to do with our trip?
You haven't told me what ensued between you all in Lonavala,
Whatever we discussed there, is very personal and private,
I don't think I need to tell you all that despite you being a cop,
I am sorry,
You have the liberty to say whatever you want,
Thank you,
Bye,
Thank you,
Hello,
Yes, I have an appointment,
The number you are trying to reach,,,
Yeah, I remember, You may come over,
The person you're trying to call,,,
Where should I come?
,,,is busy on another call,
On the 2nd floor, I hope you know my college,
Please try again after sometime,
Okay,
Sure, I'll see you there,
Hey, Nitya,
Do you know any inspector by the name of Maruti Nagargoje, from crime branch,
No, why?
He was here sometime back, Aaba's case has been referred to him,
-What? -Yes,
Why has it been referred to the crime branch?
-What? -Yes,
I don't know,
What did he ask you?
He was interrogating me about our trip to Lonavala,
I hope you didn't tell him anything,
I gave him the basic information,
Why did you?
He knew quite a few details about our case,
-How is that possible? -I don't know,
He must've gathered information from somewhere,
He shouldn't think I am hiding something from him,
Yes, Nitin,
Bhakti, did any one by the name of Inspector Nagargoje, visit you?
No, Why?
Aaba's case has been referred to the crime branch,
What?
Please hold the line,
Nitin, please tell me what happened exactly,
It's stressing me out,
I don't know the exact details, I will find out and update you,
But don't tell Rahul that I called you,
I want to meet Mrs, Gokhale,
Hello?
-Hello? -I'll call you back,
Why are you staring at me? Is there anything on my face?
No, there's nothing,
Come on in, I am Mrs, Gokhale,
Okay, let's go,
My name is Prakash Bhande,
I did introduce myself on the call,
I am writing an article for a magazine called Judgmental,
It's very fashionable these days to talk in favor of senior citizens,
I am sure they are not always right,
One should also consider the views of the new generation,
Nobody cares about them,
And I want to write about that, So here I am to interview you,
But I am not any authority or a writer, for you to interview me,
I believe in those without any strong views,
People tend to read books,
memorize the lines and use the same to impress everyone,
It's all rubbish,
They always speak borrowed philosophy,
I am against it,
I like to interview people with real experiences,
Excuse me, What do you know about my experiences?
I met your husband in the court recently, we were discussing this topic,
He shared some of his personal incidences like your coming home very late,
Aaba's irritation,
-Please take your call, -No, it's okay,
Aaba's irritation over the same,
He spoke to me about your Lonavala trip too,
You know everything,
No, I don't know everything,
He said you can elaborate more on the Lonavala trip,
I got your number from your husband,
Feel free to check with him,
No, itâ€™s okay,
Okay, then,
Go ahead,
tell me more about your trip to Lonavala,
Feel free to talk to me, Go ahead,
This car has lost its charm,
Sell it off, Why do we need two cars?
Should we both use just one car?
What's wrong with that?
When husband and wife both can drive
sharing a vehicle may create problems which you may not be aware of,
What are those problems?
While I drive I'll have to bear her lecture
and I have to be alert when she drives,
I can't tolerate any of these,
You married her without thinking twice,
Now you have to be alert all your life,
Rahul, let's buy a new car,
Oh gosh,
It means you will apply for another loan,
We will grow old if we decide to save money to buy a car,
And at that time, it'll be wise to buy an ambulance instead of a car,
It's not about buying a car,
It's about running your family,
Don't you think you should save money for your family?
How will you face a medical emergency?
It's so silly to live like a patient now,
thinking about an unseen emergency,
This exactly is the problem of your generation,
Splurge as if there is no tomorrow,
And your generation thinks you all are immortals,
We don't worry about tomorrow, And that envies you,
No, we don't envy, We feel angry,
To support this kind of lifestyle,
one has to work and thus stay out of home till very late,
Aaba, I don't work just for money,
-Oh, is it so? -Yes,
-Wow! -And this is my personal choice,
You kindly stay out of it,
Kindly, refrain from commenting on my professional life,
I failed to understand his problems with reference to my job,
Hmm,
-I am a gold medalist in Mathematics, -Wow!
He never appreciated that,
He expects me to sit at home,
cook food and serve him hot,
He knows that I am a lousy cook,
Why does he still want me to cook?
Why so?
Because that gives him a reason to boast to his friends,
That he has his daughter-in-law in his control,
And he gets irritated if I speak my heart out,
-Hey, pull over, -What?
I said pull over,
Sure,
Why do you argue?
Nitya, They didn't wait till we reach our destination,
They started already,
They were bickering nonstop like Tom & Jerry,
With age, health may deteriorate
but the ability to fight never diminishes,
What?
Me?
You're such a rascal! I don't have the courage to intervene,
You know, a family can be happy
only if the son selects to stay dumb and have no self-respect,
A dutiful son and a loving husband are two extreme poles,
Anyway, I will call you later,
I got to watch the next episode of Tom & Jerry,
Bye,
Stop acting so stingy,
-What did you deal? -Eight of Hearts,
I don't want 8 Hearts,
-I just need one good card, -Oh, is it?
Surprise!
How do you always manage to get a joker?
-Rahul, -Bhakti, coffee, please,
Aaba, coffee?
What's the matter?
You laughed,
Did I miss a joke?
No, Nothing,
-Is it my turn? -Go ahead, tell me,
I may be old and withered,,,
that doesn't mean I had a boring past,
I remembered something and chuckled,
Are there any restrictions to laugh as well?
-Sure, you go ahead, -I hope you don't mind,
Sure, no problem, Do get up early tomorrow morning,
Why?
We have to go for sightseeing,
Hey, letâ€™s go out in the afternoon,
Let's not get up early,
We are here to relax,
Didn't you relax the whole day today?
We could've relaxed at home, we shouldn't have come this far,
He doesn't get to relax at home,
What do you mean?
He does all the household chores,
He makes tea, boils eggs,
gets clothes to the laundry and pays grocery bills,
Am I right?
Hey, speak up!
-You deal, -Speak up!
Or do you speak up only if she enters her password?
He is scared of you, he refuses to speak in your presence,
Not just Aaba
but every father these days feels
that his son has married a wicked woman,
and that woman has taken full charge of his innocent son,
-Did you mention this to Aaba? -Yes,
I proved it,
Wow!
Bhakti, today, you managed to make the perfect coffee,
-Aaba, -Yes,
As a child, did Rahul do the household chores?
Never,
I must've told him a 100 times,
I scolded him and thrashed him too,
Forget the household chores, he did nothing,
Is that so?
Why does it trouble you so much, now that he does household chores?
-Bhakti, will you please? -Come on,
I am just discussing this,
I remember, after we got married,
you started helping me in the household chores,
I am sure he must've realized that I managed to achieve something
which he never could,
He must've felt defeated,
Perhaps that could be the reason for your envy,
If a son obeys his parents, he is dutiful,
And if he listens to his wife, then he is henpecked,
I never envied you,
I felt ashamed,
You were working and he was busy,
You guys never had any time for Nishu,
But you were always there for him,
Yes, of course, but your wife had an issue with that as well,
Nishu always used to hang around with me,
She didn't like him spending more time with me,
so she packed him off to a boarding school,
First she snatched my son away
and then my grandson too,
You guys continue,
Bhakti,,,
Aaba's views about me made me quite restless,
Had I not sent my son away to a boarding school,
Aaba would've brainwashed my son too,
contaminating the kid's views about us,
Okay,
What were your husband's views on this?
Rahul's views,,,
Actually it was,,,
What happened was,,,
I am so sorry,
Aaba walked away from there,
-Okay, -And then
I received the news of Mrs, Bhagwat's sister's demise,
Who is that?
Mrs, Bhagwat, Professor Bhagwat, my colleague,
She lost her sister and I received a call about the same,
And then I had to call up a few people,
I left for home the next day at the break of dawn,
Rahul and Aaba stayed back for a day,
After coming back, we didn't get the time to discuss anything
and this unfortunate incident occurred,
-Professor Bhagwat, right? -Yes,
Her sister,
Hmm,
I have nothing to do with this
but just out of curiosity I want to know,
What happened that day?
On that fateful night, I mean on the 28th
Rahul and I returned home quite late after having dinner,
Like always, Aaba was busy drinking,
I went to administer him his insulin shot,
Aaba,
-Aaba, -Yes,
Well,,,
Keeping our differences aside, I gave him the insulin shot,
Aaba,
The monsoon in Mumbai has added to people's problems,,,
Please increase the volume,
-Aaba is asleep, -Oh,
What's the matter?
To check why the security was blowing his whistle at such late hour
we went to the gallery of our living room,
Rahul!
Aaba!
It was clear the moment we stepped on to his gallery,
Aaba must've tried to get up
and since the railing was broken, he must've accidentally fallen down,
The piercing whistle sound and the sight of Aaba's limp fallen body,,,
It gives me jitters, startling me off my sleep at night,
Yes, It's quite natural,
The line of events you narrated,
is that a fact or your assumption?
Why do you think so?
Earlier you said, the door to Aaba's room was locked,
Yes,
This ought to be the obvious explanation, isn't it?
I am sure,
My article has got nothing to do with the events of that night,
I will send you a copy of the magazine, okay?
Thank you,
Hi!
Vitha!
Make a cup of tea, I don't want it,
Why didn't you take my call?
I was busy talking to Mr, Prakash Bhande,
Who is that?
The journalist from Judgmental magazine,
The guy you sent to meet me,
I didn't send any such person,
What did Prakash Bhande look like?
Now that you ask,
He looked exactly like Aaba, but a younger and a fitter version,
He has fooled you, He isn't a journalist,
He was Inspector Maruti Nagargoje,
What did he ask you?
-He asked me about our trip to Lonavala, -Did you reveal everything to him?
Not really, but,,,
I mean,
Please tell me everything you both discussed,
-What's going on, Rahul? -Did you talk to Nitin?
-No, -What?
-Rahul, what's going on? -Just a minute, please,
Let me have a word with Nitin,
Hello, Nitya,
I have a problem,
I'll see,
Nitya, Inspector Nagargoje is,,,
I'll call you back,
Bhakti,
Look who is here,
Prakash Bhande,
How are you?
I am good,
Just a minute,
Do you know him?
Yes,
He is the son of Tatya Nagargoje,
We are from the same village,
What?
I guess now you know who I am,
Now don't waste my time,
Tell me why you lied to me in the afternoon,
What did I lie about?
You said professor Bhagwat's sister passed away,
and hence you had to cut short your trip,
Prof, Bhagwat doesn't have a sister,
And cops consider this a lie,
We didn't feel it's necessary to reveal everything to you,
Anyway,
Of course you have that liberty,
Just a minute,
You said you were gathering information for an article in a magazine
hence, I didn't reveal a few details,
Had you revealed your true identity,
I would've told you the truth,
-Bhakti, He is leaving, -It's okay,
We have not committed any crime,
Why should we fear him?
And rather cooking up his theory from hearsay,
he should record our testimony,
You are too curious to know, right?
I will tell you everything
in the language that you understand,
That night, on 24th,
Aaba and I had an argument, at the end of which Aaba walked out,
Leave it, Bhakti,
Why do you want to revisit the events?
A family is meant to have differences,
Aaba was doing it on purpose, You never understood his motives,
He is always emotionally troubled, yet you think he did it on purpose?
Will you ever behave that way with your son?
Please don't change the topic,
Do you still believe Aaba did it all for a particular reason?
Yes, of course,
And I blame myself for that,
Every daughter-in-law wishes to have a good rapport with her in-laws,
And during the initial years,
I went out of my way to strike a good rapport with him,
It was all pretty well between us, in fact,
In fact, they were so thick that at times I felt I lonely,
Exactly,
Later, I couldn't maintain the same in our relationship,
Do not go out of your way to be nice to someone,
Not everyone is a Gandhi,
Yes,
I didn't realize it back then,
But when I did understand, it changed my behavior towards him,
I started to live the way I want,
Aaba didn't appreciate that and he complained about me to Rahul,
And he messed it up further,
What did I do?
I never interfered in your squabbles,
That was the problem,
This kind of behavior generally messes up a family,
And I blame him for this situation, Our equations turned out
like that of a right triangle,
A right triangle?
Do you expect me to appear for some exam?
-What do you mean? -I mean,,,
You,,,
May I?
Sure, here you go,
Thank you,
This is a right triangle,
Okay,
Let's assume this is Aaba,
-Rahul and me, -Hmm,
In a right triangle,
Karna which is a hypotenuse is always longer than the other two sides,
-Is it so? -Yes!
Great,
After realizing this Aaba started behaving weird,
Okay,
And thus, the distance between Aaba and Rahul remained intact
and same for me and Rahul,
It remained the same,
And Aaba and I started drifting away,
I see,
This way,
-And thus a longer karna was formed, -All right,
-Okay, -And when karna grows bigger,
problems are bound to occur,
It's written in the Mahabharata too,
Right,
But Aaba's behavior,,,
What kind of conspiracy was he plotting?
When he realized that we are not getting along,
he had just two options open,
Such as?
To create a rift between me and Rahul,
In order to do that he constantly kept bad-mouthing me to him,
Secondly, by expressing how lonely he was without Nishu around,
he attempted to evoke sympathy for himself, in Rahul's heart,
I don't think Aaba will stoop to such low levels,
He too was of a similar opinion,
Bhakti, your theory of hypotenuse
may sound good
but Aaba is not like what you portray,
He is the way I explained, I know him very well,
If you do as I say,
I am sure he will show you his true colors himself,
So what do you want me to do?
I will make some excuse and head back to Mumbai tomorrow,
But why?
In the evening, you have a drink with him,
After a couple of pegs, he himself will admit everything,
So you want me to get my father drunk
in order to get the evidences that you are suggesting?
You don't have to do anything,
Just hear him out,
Once you start your drinking session, he won't instantly start talking about me,
Perhaps after the second peg
he will start with a generalized theory of how women are too dangerous
and slowly he will deviate the topic on to me,
By telling you how cruel I am and how I torture both of you,
he will try to get your sympathies,
Once he gains your confidence,
he will tell you how smartly I have manipulated you,
Thus he will try to create a rift between us,
Watch out,
While bad-mouthing me, he will also keep telling you
how I am good at heart,
Why would he do that?
He has to,
He can't just talk bad about me and lose your trust,
Just to make you believe
that he is a rational thinker, he will praise me,
Hmm,
Do you really believe all this will happen?
Yes,
Just make sure
you don't get carried away if he gets emotional,
He sheds tears while watching television programs too,
And that he watches just for pure entertainment,
If you behave the way he wants
his tears will defy the laws of gravity and roll back into his eyes,
Wow,
But, believe me this is not going to work,
Rahul, if my plan fails,
I swear I will stop complaining about Aaba to you,
So?
Did it all go the way she suggested?
No,
He was smart enough to avoid the situation,
Just a minute,
I told her that,,,
Aaba's views about her are not going to change our relation,
-Till I fully trust you,,, -It's all rubbish
I told you that right in the beginning,
As Aaba's complaints about me increase,
you will sympathize with him for being all alone
and ask me to adjust with him and his behavior,
And I won't do that,
Because, I don't want to let Aaba get away with his motives,
I will not let that happen,
Naturally, you will get miffed at me and it will be seen in your behavior,
Finally, your annoyance and Aaba's behavior
will drive me out of this house,
You will resist to my moving out,
But eventually you will follow me,
This is not going to help anyone,
As because of the circumstances,
you and Nishu would've started hating me by then,
We will end up living together with hatred for each other,
And I warn you, I will not let that happen
and I can go to any extent to keep my family together,
Hmm,
So, what did you decide, sir?
I told Bhakti very clearly, I can't talk to Aaba the way she expects,
That's why I was annoyed and I returned home alone on 25th,
And I didn't deem necessary to tell you my personal story,
hence I lied to you about Prof, Bhagwat,
Do you understand?
-Yes, I do, -Okay,
What happened next?
The next morning, they both returned,
I have told you the line of events that occurred on 28th,
No,
I mean you came back home from Lonavala,
what happened after that?
Nothing happened,
After coming back both of them kept quiet about the topic
so I didn't bring up the topic either,
Someone has to back out, right?
You are quite understanding,
Just a minute,
How is this related to the event that occurred at my place?
Sir, how can you not see the connect?
Are you hinting that we are responsible for Aaba's accident?
Certainly not,
But, you are responsible for his attempt to suicide,
-What? -Have you lost it?
Yeah, I do behave crazy at times,
We have been listening to you doesn't mean you can take us for granted,
Sir, please think before you accuse someone,
Hold on, Bhakti, don't utter a word,
Let's see him in the court,
Let's see who believes his theory,
I have evidences that are admissible in the court,
Listen carefully,
on the night of 28th,
both of you returned home quite late,
Please correct me if I am wrong,
It's natural for a human to err,
You opened the door,
You walked in
and dropped the keys at the regular spot,
While going to your room
you saw Aaba standing in his balcony,
And he was very much in his senses,
Sir, after that you went to your room,
Like always,
ma'am, you came to give a dose of insulin to Aaba,
Aaba,
After giving his dose
you went inside,
After a while,
sir, you walked into his room
then on to the balcony,
You placed your hand on his shoulder
assuming he is asleep,
You went out and shut the door,
Isn't it all perfect till now?
Let's proceed further,
After you left,
Aaba walked into his room
and sharp at 10,40 p,m,
he called up his friend, Mr, Karkhanis,
Mumbai is hit by heavy rainfall,,,
Increase the volume, please,
Aaba is asleep, dear,
Oh,
The streets of Dadar are flooded,,,
Aaba realized,,,
it's futile to live,
You could've been a successful writer, instead of a cop,
No, I am better off as a cop,
I have evidence,
I told you earlier,
Aaba's friend, Mr, Karkhanis, a resident of this society,
is a prime witness,
As I mentioned earlier, on the night of 28th
at 10,40 p,m, Aaba called Mr, Karkhanis,
He told him everything that transpired in Lonavala,
He told him he didn't feel like living anymore,
Sir, old people tend to express their desire to die quite often,
The point to note here is, according to Karkhanis,
Aaba was very much in his senses,
He was not inebriated,
Aaba spoke fluently even after drinking,
He used to lose balance,
But he managed to dial Karkhanis's number perfectly,
There are several things
one can comfortably perform even in a drunken state,
You should know it better, Aaba, sir,
True,
That's correct,
So according to you, he managed to do everything correct,
only when he held the railing he got dizzy instantly
and he lost his balance, Am I correct?
Hold on, sir, Just a minute,
You are getting it all wrong,
I never said the drink made him dizzy instantly,
But it cannot be ruled out,
Just a minute,
This is Aaba's blood analysis report,
The content of alcohol in his blood is very minimal,
Just 1% ,
When was this conducted?
As soon as he was admitted in the hospital,
As per the report, he must've consumed just a peg or so,
Do you still insist,
Aaba was fully drunk?
Okay,
This report was filed by the cops,
Ma'am, please take a look,
His foot prints were found on the stool,
Aaba was not a crazy man to stand on the stool in the balcony
for no reason,
Don't fret,
The fun is about to begin,
Aaba had fallen at this spot,
Which means he must've fallen this way
thus forming a right triangle,
Am I right?
This means the karna is supposed to be short,
But, unfortunately, he leapt out of the window
so he must've fallen at this spot,
And a new right triangle was formed,
The distance increased,
Hence the karna increased,
And when karna becomes bigger
problems are bound to occur as stated in the Mahabharata as ma'am stated,
Hence, there are no zero chances of this being an accident,
Would you still say
that Aaba had not attempted a suicide?
I want to ask you a question,
I can understand your wife's way of thinking
but you are an advocate,
Aaba must've attempted a suicide,
Didn't that thought cross your mind even once?
It's not that I ignored it completely but I thought,,,
Rahul?
Wait,
Then, why didn't you inform the cops?
I wanted to save Aaba from disgrace,
Sir, you would've been disgraced and not Aaba,
People would've disgraced you for not taking care of him,
Had it been a suicide attempt,
you would've got blamed for your wrong behavior,
Am I right?
Tell me, sir,
Your old man was frustrated and wanted to end his life
And both of you
were busy finding his faults,
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
Aaba will never attempt a suicide,
That point is ruled out,
I have already proved it with enough evidences,
Sir, I am sure nothing went wrong between us to drive him to this point,
Something must've gone wrong which one of you is trying to cover up,
Hmm?
Aaba should've been here,,,
to solve this puzzle,
Hello,
Thank God,
Thank you,
I got a call from the hospital,
Mr, Nagargoje, Aaba is out of coma,
Congratulations,
You may go and see him, I will meet him later,
I hope his memory is intact,
I don't have to meet you again, after I record his statement,
You may go now,
What did the doctor say?
Aaba is out of coma,
but because of partial consciousness,
he is still disoriented,
They said he could've lost his memory,
If that happens,
it will be difficult to know the line of events of that night,
I don't believe Nagargoje, and his theory of Aaba's attempt to suicide,
I am sorry, I didn't tell you something,
After you returned from Lonavala,,,
I had a big showdown with Aaba,
Have one more, Aaba,
Small,
-Small? -Yes,
You downed just two pegs, I know your capacity,
We are drinking together after ages,
Hence I am on guard,
Two,
-Come on, Aaba, -Of course,
You don't have time for me,
We hardly talk,
Nothing like that, Aaba,
You know how Bhakti is,
I wasted my life fearing women,
First 25 years were spent fearing women,
next 25 in the fear of the wife and lastly, daughter-in-law's,
And we call it a patriarchy,
One can never choose his mother,
And one typically makes a mistake to pick the right wife,
Daughters-in-law are every father's punishment for fathering a stupid boy,
-Am I right? -Oh, come on!
Women are quite dangerous,
We always have to be alert,
I mean,,,
flexibility is an attribute that suits a rubber,
Not a man,
I am sure you must be aware,
But since you don't speak up your wife goes on a spending spree,
All women love to spend,
It's not about spending money,
In order to spend one has to work
and work takes up time and thus the family suffers,
You have to do all the work and I end up being alone at home,
Poor Nishu is alone in a boarding school,
I feel you will speak up, but you don't,
You don't even utter a word,
When I thought you are on my side,
you proved to be henpecked,
I don't think itâ€™s funny,
I am not complaining,
My daughter-in-law is kindhearted lady,
But the thing is,
we inherently have a problem
of picking the wrong woman as a wife,
You look so good while laughing,
I keep laughing all the time,
You are noticing it today,
Anyway,
I have just a few more days to live,
Once I am dead,
mourn my death on your wedding anniversary,
Truly speaking, I died on the day of your wedding,
Remember, you chanted the verse
Pitru Devo Bhava,
It actually means the father should die and go to the heaven,
Aaba,
Please don't worry,
I will always be on your side,
Keep that in mind,
Promise?
I was so desperate to hear that, Let's shake hands on that,
You know,
we may be living in a joint family
but in reality our family comprises of just you and me,
She is just a joint in our family,
A mere extension,
We should get Nishu on our side,
She has,,, separated Nishu from me,
What the hell does she think of herself?
Aaba, why are you ruining my family?
You think I am ruining your family?
You complaint about her to create hatred in my heart for her
and sympathy for yourself,
Do you think I have any strong reason for doing so?
Fear!
Yes,
You fear that your son will become a puppet in the hands of his wife,
You should be scared of this,
And you are not just scared of this,
The main reason for this fear
is she may move out of your house with me, leaving you all alone,
Do you think I will stoop so low
just because I am scared of living alone?
I see the implications of fear every day in the court,
A scared man can go to any extent
which even a hardened criminal may not think of,
Aren't you ashamed of accusing me of such sick charges?
I am your father,
There are countless pending cases in the court of a father killing his son,
Enough!
Aaba,
Just a minute,
Tell me what angered you exactly,
Is it my accusations
or is it me disclosing your hidden motives?
You think you disclosed my motives?
Bhakti had briefed me about your behavior,
Wow!
So she took your help to prove me wrong?
Wow! Great teamwork!
She has not proved anyone wrong,
She just tried to show me your true colors,
And you proved her right,
Hey, please stop it,
Once you decide to trap someone
you can easily collect all the required evidences to trap that person,
You could've thought from my point of view too
but I know you will not because you are upset with me,
Yes, I am upset, I am upset with you,
I know that sometimes our behavior is not justified
-but you are not allowed to behave weird, -Why so?
Because you are a father, You are my Aaba,
-Is it a crime to be a father? -It's not a crime,
I know,,, we act crazy at times
but you have no right to fiddle with my life,
Let my wife and kid behave stupid,
You can't act like them, You are my father,
So?
I expect unconditional love only from you,
And you disappointed me,
Why did you behave this way?
Listen, you idiot,
To answer these questions
I should've been a tad more practical
and a tad less attached to you,
Anyway,
I guess this time I will get it right,
Let's see,
Wow!
Not a bad attempt,
Hey, dear, can you fetch it for me?
Excuse me,
Hey,
Come on in,
Hope you didn't find it difficult to locate my place,
Please sit,
Hi,
She is my neighbor, Mr, Sahastrabuddhe's daughter,
Her parents work for an IT company,
They reach home very late,
She has a caretaker,
But she often comes to play with me when bored,
Go, dear, Fetch the top
and mind your head,
Don't worry,
Roll it properly,
Who else is there in your family?
I apologize for calling you over at this hour,
I am sorry,
Aaba is recovering,
Yes, I am aware of it, I am in touch with the doctor,
Aaba's statement is very crucial for this case,
I called you over here
because I had to apologize to you,
Your dad had not attempted a suicide,
Do you think before you speak?
Yes, I do,
I was wrong and so I am apologizing,
Do you think it's so simple to trouble someone and apologize?
I have apologized to you so forget it now,
Does he even understand what he is,,,
I fail to understand this, If he thinks he is so smart,
doesn't he know that he can't accuse someone
without having any evidences?
I know it,
Let's go,
In fact,
the day I came to your house
I knew Aaba had not attempted a suicide,
-You knew it already? -Yes,
-So were you pulling a prank on us? -Not at all,
I wanted to see the reaction of family members of a house
in which someone committed suicide,
It's a part of our profession,
I had a similar experience in the past
where all family members were crying profusely
when they learned about their dad's suicide,
You guys are pretty strong,
Don't you feel anything at all
for causing us such great inconvenience?
People do get inconvenienced during interrogation,
Do you know about our constitution?
-The one by Mr, Babasaheb Ambedkar, right? -Yes,
Yes, Of course, It was part of our syllabus,
It clearly says that it doesn't matter if you let go of a 100 criminals
but an innocent should never be punished,
To let go of a 100 criminals is something I don't agree with,
Go home and rest well,
Do you understand?
Rahul,
Let's go,
Do it properly,
I can't do it,
Okay, bring it to me,
I'll show you,
-Hi, Nitya, -Hi,
What did Mr, Nagargoje say?
He thinks it's an accident,
You sure?
It's very difficult to figure what he thinks,
And about us?
Let's discuss this tomorrow,
Milord, this lady abandoned her parents and got married to him,
Now after four years, he says she can't get along with his family,
He is trying to cheat her,
When my client asked him to divorce her,
he refused,
-I'll join you in some time, -He neither wants to live with her
nor he wants to get divorced,
I fail to understand his motive behind torturing my client this way,
Women have immense faith in our judiciary system,
That's the question,,,
Is this your case?
No,
It's a part of my research,
This case makes me think,
We still believe a girl should move into her husband's house after marriage
and not vice versa,
That change will happen soon,
The court will resume after one hour,
No, it will never change because women don't want the change,
Okay,
Men are happy to bring them over and women get a chance
to create havoc in the family, I think it's a fair deal,
But they have an anger within them
and the frustration of leaving their parents,
The only way to get even,,,
is by separating the husband from his family,
They start plotting this right after the wedding,
They also know
that they should not be blamed by the society
for creating misunderstandings within the family,
Even if they might be doing that in reality,
Slowly they poison their husbands' mind with negative thoughts about her in-laws,
-Just the way your wife did, -Sir, just a minute,
I don't have any interest or energy
to discuss my family affairs,
You are convinced that Aaba's was not a suicide attempt,
It was a mere accident,
Just a minute,
Sir,
There is a misunderstanding here,
I told you it was not a suicide attempt
but I strongly believe it was not an accident,
You don't believe it to be an accident?
No,
And you also believe it was not a suicide attempt?
No, It was an attempt to murder,
Sir, for your information,
Bhakti and I, we were in the house when the accident occurred,
So it's hard to believe
someone entered our house and tried to kill Aaba,
-That's not possible, -Exactly,
But I never said someone from outside attempted this murder,
Then?
I accuse your wife for attempting a murder,
You need to get yourself examined,
Don't take me so lightly, sir,
You are an advocate,
Do you think a dutiful and innocent man like me
will accuse someone for no reason?
Let me explain,
You were in Lonavala on the 24th,
Your wife got irritated and returned on 25th,
She was very calm on 26th, How is that possible?
Didn't she tell you?
In a family tiff, someone has to back off to maintain peace,
I am sure in your husband-wife arguments she never backed off,
Look,
She anticipated about Aaba
and it was perfect all through,
Do you think such a cunning lady will ever back off?
How did you know about the fight I had with Aaba,
Forget it, Didn't you tell Nitin about your fight with Aaba?
And you had warned Nitin to not discuss this with your wife,
Yet he blurted it all out to her,
How did you get to know this?
I am not running a grocery store, sir,
I am a cop,
How I got information is not important,
Point to be noted here is your wife was aware of everything
yet she pretended to not know anything when you narrated your story,
Think about it,
Your wife is not as innocent as you think her to be,
She is quite manipulative,
Hey, how can you carelessly drink tea?
Sorry, sir,
Let me tell you why she decided to kill your father,
She got to know everything through Nitin,
Aaba behaved exactly the way she predicted
yet you kept her in the dark,
Thinking you will sympathize with Aaba she got jealous,
She feared losing you to Aaba,
And a scared person can go to any extent,
Do you think this silly reason drove her to attempt a murder?
People get killed for mere thousand rupees,
Aaba is her father-in-law,
Is it mentioned in the constitution
that a daughter-in-law cannot kill her father-in-law?
There are hundreds of such cases pending in the court,
I refuse to believe,,,
that Bhakti will do such a thing,
What if I present you all evidences?
Stop, stop, stop,
-Pull over, -What?
Reverse the car,
I feel I noticed something,
That's it,
What's the matter?
Just look over there,
Let's go,
This is Maruti Nagargoje speaking,
I am sorry, I couldn't make it,
I will see you at your place,
I hope that's fine, Bye,
Maruti,
Did Aaba really attempt a suicide?
Who told you that?
People are talking about it,
Aaba attempted a suicide because of his family issues,
Were there any issues in their family?
You know it better,
Hey, stop instigating me against them,
You have nothing to lose, but I will lose my job,
Were there any tiffs within the family?
These stupid people don't know to fight,
Real fight is something that only we can do,
We get a mob of 20-25 people and thrash one another,
But we kiss and make up the next day,
We don't keep anything in mind,
Here, they have heated yet muffled arguments,
And then people stop talking for very long period,
It feels like a dead place,
Aaba used to feel lonely,
But he is not someone who will commit suicide,
Vitha,
What is he doing here?
I have no clue, ma'am, he came over with sir,
-With Rahul? -Yes,
Rahul, did you get him over?
Yes, he wants to ask you a few questions,
-But,,, -Thank you, sir,
Ma'am, actually,,,
In the last 8-10 days, did you connect with or call up Mr, Nitin?
Last night, we all went out for a coffee,
I didnâ€™t ask what you three did together,
-Did you meet him in private? -No!
-You sure? -Yes,
Okay,
This is your,,, call record,
How did you get it?
On the night of 25th at 11:30 p,m, you got a call from Mr, Nitin
and you spoke to him for 26 minutes,
He called you again on 26th morning
at 7,30 and spoke to you for ten minutes,
He personally visited you too,
This is a copy of the entry made in your building's register,
Again you met him today sometime back,
I don't think you need any more proof,
Sir was with me,
Rahul, I will explain everything later,
So, ma'am, I need to ask you a few questions,
I don't,,, Please tell him
I don't wish to answer any of his questions,
-You have to, -Why?
Yesterday you said,,,
It was a different situation yesterday,
What do you mean?
Thank you, sir,
Ma'am, actually,,,
Please have a seat,
Giving insulin shots was your routine, right?
Yes,
-From where did you get it? -From a nearby chemist,
But the one found here was purchased from Star medical,
a shop near Mr, Nitin's house,
I have examined the batch number,
Can you explain?
I have no clue, Aaba must be knowing,
True, but Aaba can't speak now,
Which syringe did you use?
-It was a 1cc BD syringe, -Okay,
-Were there any more drugs? -No,
Okay,
How did this 20 cc syringe appear here?
I don't know,
Your finger prints have been found on this,
Here is the report,
The prints are very clear,
Thick-skinned people have crystal clear fingerprints,
I found that syringe in the refrigerator so I kept it in the cupboard,
Quite possible,
Where did you administer the shot?
On the muscle of his left arm,
But there is a sign of a needle prick on his right hand,
How do I know?
Perhaps, in the hospital the doctors must've,,,
No, No, ma'am,
That day, in the hospital, before starting the treatment
they made a note of an injury on his right hand,
An injury which could occur had a novice given the injection,
It was something like that and that's why doctors had to administer
the saline and other injections on his left hand,
I clearly remember giving,
-the shot on his left hand, -You want me to check with him?
You are using Aaba smartly to safe guard yourself,
I am sure Aaba must be of utmost importance to you now,
He is talking rubbish,
-Rahul, please tell him,,, -Sir, I want to talk to you,
Rahul, don't,
Aaba behaved the way she predicted yet you kept quiet about it,,,
and this infuriated her to the core,
So she plotted a plan along with Nitin,
On 26th, while you were still in Lonavala,
Nitin brought her a syringe and an insulin shot,
In the afternoon when you returned,
she pretended as if everything was normal,
After two days of lull,,,
I will tell you what happened on 28th,
Like you already mentioned
on 28th both of you returned home pretty late,
Just like this,
While going inside, you saw Aaba standing in the balcony,
He was sipping his drink,
You went to your bedroom
and, ma'am, you entered the kitchen,
You were little tense and you kept looking around,
You opened the cupboard
and took out the 20 cc syringe,
You opened the fridge,
filled the syringe with the medicine,
You made sure nobody is watching you,
You kept the empty bottle
and walked towards Aaba's room,
Aaba,
-Aaba, -Hmm?
No, Your right hand,
-I want to inject it in the vein, -Oh,
Nitin had told her,,,
rather than injecting a 1 cc dose in muscle
inject a 20 cc dose in vein,
This will either kill someone or knock him unconscious,
What's the matter?
Ma'am,
since you are not used to injecting the dose in the vein,
you injured his hand,
Hearing some noise outside, you were startled,
You placed the syringe on the table outside
and you went to your room,
Hey, why is it bleeding?
Sir, when you went to Aaba's room
Aaba was unconscious and you didn't realize it,
,,,and the commuters have to face trouble,
We will show you six pictures of Dadar where the roads are flooded,,,
For the scene to look like an accident or at least a suicide
Nitin, the criminal lawyer,
-had briefed her beforehand, -Aaba,
For everyone to feel that Aaba stood on the stool and leaped out,
she placed his footwear on the stool to make it look believable,
It wasn't easy for her to lift him all by herself,
She tried to pull him,
When she realized it's not going to be easy,
she started to drag his chair,
She got his chair closer to the railing,
Now, to lift him was her only option,
And finally,,,
she pushed him out of the balcony,
-Oh, my God, -This is all rubbish,
You used the right triangle theory to prove it was a suicide,
What about that?
Madam,
The theory is still applicable
in this case of murder,
You are falsely trying to make everyone believe it's a murder,
It's so funny,
When I told you it was a suicide attempt, you tried to prove me wrong
and now you are trying to convince me it's a suicide,
So, sir, is a suicide case easier to fight than a murder case?
Sir, please ask your wife to confess,
Bhakti,
Please don't listen to him,
Ma'am, please confess,
Bhakti, I won't let you utter a word without consulting my lawyer,
Sir, she tried to kill your dad,
I have proved it with evidences,
While I am in my legal limits, why do you create obstacles now?
You don't teach me legality, sir, Don't say anything, Bhakti,
Ma'am, confession is your only option,
-I,,, -No, Bhakti, No,
Mind you, Once Aaba gains his consciousness the truth will be out,
Later, your confessions will be of no use,
Listen to me, Bhakti, don't utter a word,
Yes, I am guilty!
I pushed him over!
This is what you wanted to hear from me, right?
Are you happy now?
Do you have anything to say?
Amicably we can sort out certain things over here only,
Later, it will be too late,
Okay, then,
I will see you in the court,
Rahul,
Listen to me, please,
-Please listen to me, -What more do you want to confess?
At least hear me out,
Rahul, listen to me!
Rahul!
Rahul, please listen to me!
Please come back!
I hope you remember the 3rd set of notes,
Come on, sing along,
-Do Re Mi Re Mi Fa -Re Mi Fa
-Mi Fa Sol -Mi Fa Sol
-Fa Sol La -Fa Sol La
-Sol La Ti -Sol La Ti
-Fa Ti Do -Fa Ti Do
-Do Ti La -Do Ti La
Whoa,
You are very much in tune,
Wait, I'll get that,
You may leave now,
I hope you will memorize all notes,
Yes, I will,
Okay, bye,
She is my happiness,
When people realize their crime,
their behavior towards cops changes drastically,
I prefer my brand,
This is my favorite,
You may have yours,
I will have the same,
Oh, sure, Free booze at a copâ€™s expense is very rare,
Make a drink,
Pour more generously, Itâ€™s mine, not yours,
Give it to me,
Please,,, don't be too harsh on Bhakti,
Regarding what?
I mean,,,
I know she has committed a grave mistake,
She broke down and is repenting,
She is just in tears since the time you left,
Shedding tears has got nothing to do with emotions
according to her,
Don't pay any attention to her antics,
But,,,
So you are not going to help us,
Sir, to help you,
I should've been a tad less intelligent
and a tad more attached to you,
Thanks to my good fortune and your bad fortune,
I am not your father,
So I don't intend to help you,
I hope you understand,
But,,, Okay,
Can you recommend someone who can help her?
Spiritual guru Baba Ramdev,
Should I share his number with you? He can be of some help,
Are you trying to be funny?
Don't you realize the gravity of the situation?
Aren't you ashamed?
You should be ashamed, sir,
You are trying to save your criminal wife
while your dad is struggling for his life in hospital,
You should feel ashamed of yourself for this behavior,
Would you have supported your dad,
had he attempted to kill your wife?
You would've filed a case against him,
I have one solution to protect your wife,
You own up this crime,
-She will be freed, -What?
Don't you remember Titanic where Leonardo DiCaprio
gives up his life to save his girl,
It's a sacrifice, sir,
Own up your wife's crime, and she will be free,
Do you realize what you speak?
Do you think my family is a,,,
a story for a detective mystery novel?
Every family has a mysterious story to tell,
Only difference is, your story is now out in open,
Want some? Grams?
As you wish,
Look, I don't care,
It makes no sense to own up a crime committed by my wife,
She may have attempted the murder
but you instigated her,
What?
In this kind of situation
normally we accuse women,
Do you know how it begins?
When the son's bond with father weakens,
Sir, don't give any vague examples,
Within a year or two of your marriage,
your bond with Aaba started to weaken,
Your wife was sharp enough to observe this,
She knew she had your support,
And she started her tiffs with Aaba,
I never interfered in their fights,,,
and if I did,
I always supported the one who was right,
Be it Bhakti or Aaba,
I was never partial towards anyone,
Oh come on, sir, that's not true,
Assume you had a fight with your wife during the day
and at night the moment she gets closer to you,
you will forgive and forget everything,
It's not the case with Aaba,
He has no one to share his feelings with,
You never realized this,
Your wife's mistake is forgiven and forgotten in a matter of few hours,
whereas, Aaba has to live with the bitter feelings
till you get back to him,
And you say,,, that you are impartial,
You boosted her confidence,
She knew, her husband will always support her,
Had you supported your father,
your wife wouldn't have had the guts to attempt this,
Hence I said that you instigated her
so now own up her crime,
I am sure you can do it for her,
Sleep over it tonight, and tell me your views tomorrow,
I can help you get the right evidences to lessen your punishment term,
Take your bottle away please,
I don't get tempted with such frills,
See you,
Pick up the phone,
-Can you reach him? -No,
He is not answering my call either,
Neither is he replying to my messages,
Oh God, Rahul!
Where had you been?
Rahul, where had you been?
I went to beg,
I went to beg mercy for your crime,
What did he say?
He advised me to own up to the crime,
What? He is such a horrible guy,
You should've listened to me, to avoid this situation,
Rahul, I never attempted to kill Aaba,
Are you out of your senses?
Didn't you confess just a couple of hours ago?
Rahul, please,
Will you stay calm and hear me out?
Nagargoje, met me in my college this morning,
Sum to Product formula,
sin(a) + sin(b)
is equal to 2sin(a + b) by 2
cos(a - b) by 2,
sin(a) - sin(b)
equals to,,, Please note it,
And let's look at equation number 3,
Let's try and solve it,
Yes,
-Do you have any secrets? -What?
Are you hiding anything crucial from me or your husband?
Absolutely not,
-Are you sure? -What do you want?
I want to be sure of certain things before I close the case,
Later once when Aaba regains his consciousness,
and records a different version of his statement, it will be huge mess,
I strongly believe one of you is hiding something very crucial,
And,,,
I will find out eventually,
But then you will have to bear the consequences,
I hope you understand,
I hid from you
about a major squabble between Rahul and Aaba in Lonavala,
Aaba behaved exactly the way I predicted,
Okay,
And,,,
your husband told you this,
Rahul disclosed it to me yesterday,
But Nitin told me about this squabble much before,
Okay,
So, Nitin heard it from Rahul?
Please do not mention anything about this to Rahul,
Of course, not,
This is such a grave information and he hid it from you,
I am sure there are many more secrets,
I am sure about it, We must find out,
Let's try this,
I will visit you today evening, and will accuse you of the murder,
Resist a bit, initially
but then you should own it up,
Seeing you get trapped he will get restless,
And will tell us the truth,
You got me?
I am doing it for you,
Otherwise, forget it,
-Ma'am, -Yes,
I need some more help,
Your friend, Nitin,
Please ask him to meet me in the evening,
Both of you meet me on the footpath, at the corner of your lane,
I need some information,
We all can head for your home together,
Rahul, I have not done anything wrong,
I am sorry for not listening to you,
Good morning, sir,
Why have you come here again?
I do my duty responsibly, hence I visit you frequently,
What more do you think is pending?
Good morning, ma'am,
I have come to arrest you,
What?
Arrest for what?
For attempting to murder your father,
Rahul,
Please do something about him,
Hold on,
Are you trying to say
I was the one to bring in the syringe and the insulin drug?
No,
Your chemist told me
he got the drug from his relative's shop, as he ran out of stock,
And co-incidentally that shop is near Mr, Nitin's house,
And Aaba had asked Nitin to get the 20 cc syringe
to spray pesticides to the plants,
-Then? -So what?
You are an advocate, aren't you?
Do you expect us cops to collect evidences on your behalf?
You knew it all along, did you?
Yes, I hid it from you deliberately,
I assumed, seeing your wife getting trapped, you will confess your crime,
You attempted to kill Aaba,
Do you realize,,,
From here on,,,
if you utter even a single word,
I swear I will kill you,
It's a cognizable offence,
We can address it later,
Hear me out now,
-What the,,, -Will you please follow me?
This was the broken railing, isn't it?
Yes, but now we've fixed it,
Both of you step on to the balcony
and try pushing it,
Go on,
What,,,
Do you think such a strong railing will give away under Aaba's pressure?
Yet it broke,
I'll tell you how,
On 28th you guys went out for dinner
and reached home quite late,
Rest of the activities will remain same as mentioned earlier,
Let's not waste time repeating,
Aaba,
Like always, ma'am gave the insulin dose to Aaba,
Ma'am, you may have calmed down after the squabble
but you were very restless from within, and sir was aware of this,
If such arguments continued,
he was sure you would walk out on him,
And if you both move out of this house,
people will disgrace him for abandoning an old man, this was his worry,
Also by moving out, he may have to let go of Aaba's plush property,
This scared him too,
So the worry was inherent,
It's known that a man can go to any extent when he is scared,
including, killing his own father,
Aaba,
Aaba!
Yes,
You were infuriated
by seeing him drink and sleep peacefully
after ruining your family,
Realizing your mistake, scared you to death
thus triggering the advocate in you,
Now your task was to make the scene look like an accident,
Picking a screw-driver and a spanner you came back to Aaba's balcony,
You started loosening the railing screws,
It's unfortunate that even in such heavy rains
the security guard heard the thud of Aaba's fall,
Now, here are my evidences for this theory,
Had there been any natural flaw with the railings
the screws would've been a little bent,
Look at these pictures from our reports,
The screw was intact and was found in the corner of the balcony,
Do you think the railing broke
and the screws crawled on their own to one corner
and sat right next to the spanner?
Secondly,
Look at this picture carefully,
Do you see blood stains on the floor?
You see them, right?
I don't know if it's my department's carelessness
or if you have bribed them,
An investigation was carried out without sending this blood sample for analysis,
Strange!
Had Aaba fallen accidently from the balcony
I don't see a reason for the blood stains,
I am sure you guys must've fought
and in that fight he must've injured himself,
Another crucial evidence,
Close to the spot where Aaba fell
I found this brass bell,
Cops must've ignored this piece of evidence,
I too assumed it must be some random stuff,
But after visiting your house I realized,
that this is a part
of your decorative wind chime,
During your fight, Aaba must've held onto this
as a last source of support,
Poor man, he didn't realize this is just a decorative piece of junk like you
and will not be of any support to him,
Rahul, please speak up,
It's all made up,
It's the truth,
I have proved it with evidences,
Hello!
Please don't talk to me about evidences,
Evidences can be fabricated as needed,
When you decide to trap someone
it's very easy to collect evidences,
And just the specific evidences to trap the person,
Such dramatic lines won't stand a chance in the court,
Here is the warrant,
Rahul,
Rahul, please say something,
Rahul,
Don't worry,
I will be there,
Please sign this,
I will get you out on bail by today evening,
The situation is so bad yet you didn't find it necessary to inform us,
Is Nishu aware of this?
I'll get that,
Bhakti,
There is a courier for you,
'Rahul, Bhakti,
My blessings to both of you,
I may not be alive when you read this letter,
I purposely made sure this letter reached you very late,
I caused inconveniences to you through my life and death,
I apologize for that,
The need to prove my innocence
was far worse than getting punished for a crime,
Hence I decided to take such a foolish step,
Committing suicide may sound very foolish,
But
when you have no one close by your side,
there is nothing great in living such a pointless life,
I don't expect you, as my son, to carry out any rituals for me,
This is my independent decision,
Please don't hold anyone responsible for this act of mine,
Aaba,'
Bhakti, are we so cruel?
No,
But surely there is something wrong in our behavior,
Perhaps, my behavior with Aaba,
We are always there for one another, Always,
Aaba was all alone,
Once he is back home, I will embrace him tightly and apologize,
Seriously,
Do you think he will have any memories from the past?
I don't know, but my emotions will surely touch him,
Rahul,
There is a message from Mr, Nagargoje,
Aaba has recovered completely, but,,,
apparently, Aaba has not written or sent any suicide note,
Aaba's signature is forged,
He has mailed us the report sent by handwriting experts,
He wants us to meet Aaba and then him,
Why are you shedding tears?
I am not dead yet,
Dear daughter-in-law,
Don't waste your tears,
Save some to shed when I am dead,,,
so people believe you really cared for me,
Aaba,
I am kidding, dear,
Aaba, what happened that night?
When?
When you,,,
fell off,
Yes,
I came out discreetly for a smoke,
The packet was empty,
The smell of the box too is so tempting, isn't it?
I stood there leaning against the railing,
I realized that the railing was wobbling,
I went inside
to pick a spanner and a screw-driver
to fix it,
I loosened the screw,
But
while doing that I accidentally
bumped the whisky glass down
and it shattered,
I put the spanner and screws aside
and thought of clearing the mess, so I picked up the broom,
It was quite dark, I looked up and I realized
the lamp was faulty,
You idiots will never bother to fix it,
So, I picked the nearby stool and,,,
I climbed,,, to fix the lamp,
That's right,
Well,,,
I started to,,, unscrew the lamp shade,
I held the screwdriver in my mouth and raise my hand to fix the lamp,
That's when I injured myself, and blood oozed,
Perhaps because of the heavy rain
there must've been some electrical short circuit,
I got an electrical shock, throwing myself off balance, I fell down,
I don't remember anything else,
In that case, who wrote the suicide note?
It was me,
You didn't realize it?
Or you just skimmed through the content?
As a kid, Aaba signed your report cards, didn't he?
Still you didn't recognize his signature?
What was your motive?
Why did you behave so cruel?
I can sue you for causing us mental trauma,
I wanted you to feel the heat
of an innocent who is falsely implicated,
Aaba attempted a suicide and you and your wife were the murderers,
Didn't I prove it all with relevant evidences?
Just a minute, I could've proved my innocence too,
So, why didn't you?
Something,,,
untoward happened at our place and we were emotionally disturbed,
Okay,
And because of the squabble we had in Lonavala
several sick thoughts were troubling me,
Nishu kept calling us, as he wanted to speak to Aaba,
That was another problem to handle,
We were troubled from all corners,
And to top it up, you walked in, accusing us for something we had no clue about,
That's why we fumbled,
If you guys can break under pressure
how do you expect Aaba to face everything all alone?
You have a court to fight your case,
But Aaba has no one, but you,
So, is it entirely our fault?
I never said that,
You know what, ma'am,
I am sure such situations arise at your mother's house too,
Isn't it?
I am sure in that case you would sympathized with your parents
and blamed your brother and sister-in-law for their behavior,
And here,,,
both of you conveniently blame Aaba for everything,
We never ill-treated Aaba,
So how did you really treat him?
You fed him,
Allowed him to stay with you,
Treated him in case of any illness?
These facilities are available even in an old age home,
So what's the difference between a home and an old age home?
Mr, Nagargoje, we lived together,
Okay, so we can call it an old age home run by you,
Tell me,
In the last few years
did you guys care to take Aaba out for a movie or a play?
As a family, did you all go out anywhere together?
Ever thought of complimenting him?
Can you recollect?
Did you have any casual chat with him?
Did you ever place your hand over his shoulder?
When did you last touch your father?
These things may sound very trivial, but they aren't,
To live together for ages
and not feel the touch of your own people is not something as trivial as you think,
In the past, as a mark of respect when kids touched the feet of their parents,
elder's touched their heads out of affection,
Those days are gone,
No one has the time to pray to God, parents stand no chance,
Fathers too get tired,
They get withered,
They get breathless,
Every morning,,,
I tell myself not to bow before anyone
and always live with pride,
And every night I get tired,
I wish my son enquires about my health
though I will never express my tiredness to him,
I wish he tells me to quit my job,
stay at home and play with my grandchildren,
He is too busy for such things,
My son works in Silicon Valley,
I don't know how much he earns,
I never asked a penny from him,
I called him to inform about his mother's demise,
He told me to finish off the formalities,
As he was busy at work,
Don't you guys have the time to give a graceful sendoff to someone?
Has he forgotten
how I struggled to raise him?
As a kid, when he cried,
I playfully tossed him up in the sky and caught him,
And he flew away when he grew,
Why can't he quit his job and come back?
There are thousands of jobs available,
Will he get his mother's body back to cremate?
When we elders point out your mistakes,
you kids blame us for our weird behavior,
Don't you think you should ignore our mistakes
rather than making use
of mathematical theories to explain human relation?
Why do you all behave the same?
I saw my son in you,
Hence I targeted you,
Will you never grow old?
You and Aaba have many similarities,
People with similar sorrows look similar,
All the best,
Goodbye,
You are Vishwas, right?
He has overturned your picture,
But he discreetly looks at your picture once in a while,
He just left for the railway station,
He is off to Kashi
to perform the last rites for himself and your mom,
Aaba,