Hii again… now, I was busy these days, it was Ganesh chaturthi… Ganeshji aae, n yeh seven days kab beete pata hi nahi chala… offo, I am again changing the topic. I just wanted to say sorry for the late updates… And the answer was Pick from the one labeled "Apples & Oranges". This box must contain either only apples or only oranges. E.g. if you find an Orange, label the box Orange, then change the Oranges box to Apples, and the Apples box to "Apples & Oranges."

Let's continue with our story…

Chapter 5

So, we are here in the bureau. Rajat, Sachin, Dushyant, and ACP sir are discussing about the current case they are working on.

Rajat: Sir, un do laashon ka pata abhi tak nahi chala hai.

Dushyant: Par, shayad Salunke sir kuch bata de.

Sachin: Sir, ek aur baat, ek wrist watch bhi mili hai, laash ke paas. Usspe khoon laga tha. Forensic lab bhej di hai.

ACP sir: Thik hai, chalo, forensic lab.

In the forensic lab. They all go, along with Shreya and Abhijeet.

Dr. Salunke: Aao boss.

ACP sir: Bol kuch pata chala?

Dr. Salunke: Bahut kuch.

Abhijeet: Kya?

Dr. Salunke: In dono ko chaku se mara gaya hai.

Abhijeet: Salunke sir, yeh toh hame bhi pata hai, kuch naya bataiye.

Dr. Salunke: Abhijeet… pehele puri baat sun leni chahiye na. Par, yeh chaku koi aisa waisa chaku nahi hai.

Rajat: Toh?

Dr. Tarika (showing a diagram): Yeh chaku, phal katne mein istamal hota hai, shayad kitchen knife.

Abhijeet: Aur woh watch ka kya hua?

Dr. Salunke: Chaku par jo khoon laga hua hai, woh in dono mein se kisi ka nahi hai.

Sachin: Matlab khooni ka?

Tarika: Ho sakta hai Sachin.

Dr. Salunke: Aur ek baat, yeh dono bhai-behen hai, sage. Kyuki dono ko DNA match karta hai. Aur yeh baat Tarika ne pata ki hai.

Abhijeet: Arey waah! Aapne toh hamari mushki hal kardi. Dekhiye Salunke sir, Tarika ji mein talent koot koot ke bhara hai.

Dr. Salunke: Yaar, tumhe puri baat sunane ko kisine sikhaya nahi kya? Ek baat aur, iss ladke ki abhi, filhal mein hi, knee surgery hui hai.

Dushyant: Toh, hame dono ka pata kisi hospital se chal sakta hai.

ACP sir: Exactly Dushyant. Sheher ke saare hospital mein pata karo.

Dushyant: Yes sir.

Dr. Salunke: Pradyuman, woh Kavin kaisa hai?

ACP sir: Pata nahi, Purvi phone kane wali hai.

Purvi calls ACP sir just when he completed his sentence.

ACP sir: Purvi, han bolo Purvi.

Purvi (in a frightened tone): Sir, aap yahan aa saktein hai? Abhi?

ACP sir: Kya hua Purvi? Aisi konsi baat hai jo tum phone par nahi bol sakti? Aur tum itni ghabrai hui kyu ho?

Purvi: Sir, aap yahan aa jaiye na, please.

ACP sir: Purvi, sambhalon apne aap ko. Thik hai, ham aatein hai.

He puts down the phone. In the hospital. Rajat, Abhijeet, Tarika, ACP sir, Dushyant, Ishita, and Suraj, sees Melissa. She gets up on seeing the cops.

ACP sir: Kya hua hai Melissa?

Melissa: Sir…

Her voice tails away on seeing Purvi with another doctor.

Purvi: Sir, woh, Kavin ko kisi ne maarne ki koshish ki hai.

Rajat: Kya?!

Doctor: Main batata hun. Woh, Kavin ko, food poisoning hua hai. Agar aap thodi si bhi der aur kar dete toh, usse bachana mushkil tha.

ACP sir: Kya kehe rahein hai aap? Kavin ko koi kaise maarne ki koshish kar sakta hai?

Doctor: Main sach bol raha hun. Usse kisine Arsenic (I know it is a poison, but hold on, everything is just made-up about the poison) diya hai, ya ussne khud liya hai.

Dushyant: Kavin khud zeher nahi lega. Usse pakka kisine diya hai.

Ishita: Par sir, koi Kavin sir ko koi kyu dega.

Dushyant: Badi fikar hai tumhe Kavin ki? Meri bhi kabhi kar liya karo…

Ishita blushes but smiles.

Abhijeet (in a small voice to Dushyant): Dushyant ham sab ko pata hai tum dono ek dusre se bahut pyaar karte ho. Par ham yaha Kavin ke liye aae hai na, toh control karo thoda.

Dushyant: Yes sir.

Daya: Par doctor, zeher se food poisoning?

Tarika: Ho sakta hai Daya, kyuki yeh arsenic zeher, bacteria se banta hai, jis se food poisoning ho sakta hai.

Doctor: Aur agar isska jald se jald ilaj nahi karaya gaya, aur continuous medications nahi di gai, toh, patient ki maut bhi ho sakti hai.

Suraj gets an idea when he hears this. I'll tell you later about the evil plan.

ACP sir: Oh! Ham Kavin se mil saktein hai?

Doctor: Han. Par use pata nahi chalna chahiye ki use koi maarna chahta hai.

They all go in the ward. They see Kavin sleeping on his bed.

ACP sir: Kavin…

He gets up.

Kavin: ACP sir…..aap yaha?

He trys to get up but ACP sir stops him.

ACP sir: Lete raho Kavin. Tumhe uthne ki koi zarurat nahi hai…

Kavin lies on his bed again. ACP sir keeps his hand on Kavin's head.

ACP sir: Abhi kaisi hai tumhari tabyat?

Kavin: Main theek hun sir. Par mujhe hua kya hai?

ACP sir (hesitates): Tumhe food poisoning hui hai…

Kavin (shocked): Kya? Mujhe… food poisoning?

ACP sir: Kavin, shant ho jao. Achha batao tumne kuch aisa khaya tha, jis se tumhe allergy hai, ya kuch aisa…

Kavin: Nahi sir, aisa toh kuch nahi.

ACP sir: Kisine tumhe khilaya tha?

Kavin: Nahi…

ACP sir: Chalo koi baat nahi. Tum aaram karo. Chalo sab, Kavin ko aaram karne do.

Everybody, but Purvi, goes out. Kavin sits on his bed.

Kavin: Purvi, mujhe yahan kine din rehena hoga?

Purvi: Shayad do-teen din. Ab chalo, so jao.

Kavin lies down again. His face becomes as if he is in deep thought. Purvi notices this.

Purvi: Kavin…

She sits down on a stool, beside his bed.

Purvi: Kya soch rahe ho Kavin?

She holds his hand.

Kavin (sitting on the bed again): Purvi, mujhe aisa kyu lag raha hai ki…ki sab mujhse kuch chupa rahein hai.

Purvi: Kis baarein mein?

Kavin: Jab maine ACP sir ko pucha ki mujhe hua kya tha, toh tumne unka ka chehera dekha? Mujhe aisa lag raha tha, ki woh mujhse kuch chhupa rahein the.

Purvi: Aisi koi baat nahi hai Kavin. Koi tumse kuch nahi chhupa raha.

Kavin: Nahi Purvi, kuch toh baat hai. Purvi, sach bolo mujhe hua kya hai.

Purvi: Kavin, tumhe hampe bharosa nahi hai?

Kavin: Han hai, par…

Purvi: Toh kuch par-war nahi, chalo ab so jao.

In the bureau.

Daya: Par sir, koi Kavin ko kaise maarne ki koshish kar sakta hai?

ACP sir: Daya, Kavin ko CID join kiye bahut vakt ho chuka hai. Toh ab tak usske bahut se dushman ban chuke honge. Kisine socha hoga usse badla liya jae.

Dushyant: Par sir, koi uske khane mein zeher kaise mila sakta hai?

ACP sir: Dushyant, yeh Kavin ke ghar jaakar pata kartein hai. Ho na ho, yeh kisi andar wale ki hi kartoot hai. Melissa hai ghar par?

Rajat: Han sir, bahut tense thi.

ACP sir: Toh chalo usske ghar.

At Kavin and Melissa's house. ACP sir, along with Daya, Shreya, Dr. Salunke and several others, starts investigating.

Melissa: Sir, kal raat se kuch nahi bana hai yaha, aur waise bhi, kal raat toh hamari shaadi hi thi na. Aur agar aapko shak hai ki zeher kal raat ke khane main hai, toh jo khana bacha tha, woh maine fridge mein rakha hai.

She opens the fridge and takes out everything that was left. Dr. Salunke and Vaibhav start checking for poison traces.

Dr. Salunke: Boss, khane mein toh zeher nahi hai.

Daya: Aur sir, agar khane mein zeher hota, toh ham sab ko kuch hota, ham sab ne yahi khana khaya tha.

ACP sir: Toh isska matlab, zeher kisine upar se dala tha. Melissa, plates kaha hai kal ki?

Melissa: Plates toh dhul chuki hai.

Dr. Salunke: Phir bhi. Yeh arsenic zeher bahut powerful hota hai. Ek boond bhi andar chali jae toh janlewa ho sakti hai. Par yeh slow poison hai, kam se kam barah (12) ghantein lagtein hai isse asar dikhanein main. Aur iske traces jaldi nahi jaatein. Melissa, plates kahan hai?

Melissa leads them all to a store room. There are big slacks of plates in a corner. One of them is of dessert plates.

Melissa: Sir, hare k guest ka naam hamne unke plate ke piche likhwaya hai.

Vaibhav picks up a plate on which Kavin's name is embossed. He sprays a liquid on it. And then hands it to Dr. Salunke.

Dr. Salunke: Boss, isspar toh zeher nahi hai.

ACP sir: Hmm…

His attention goes on the dessert plates.

ACP sir: Dessert plates… Vaibhav.

Vaibhav nods and again picks a plate on which Kavin's name is marked. He again sprays the liquid and asks Dr. Salunke to look. The colour has changed as Kavin had his cake from this plate.

Dr. Salunke: Pradyuman.

ACP sir: My god! Yeh kya hai Melissa?

Melissa: Kya hua sir?

ACP sir: Melissa, bholi banana ki koshish mat karo. Kavin ki dessert plate mein zeherke ansh mile hai.

Melissa (shocked): Kya? Par…par yeh kaise ho sakta hai. Cake toh maine aur Rajat ne milkar banaya tha.

Daya: Toh ho sakta hai tumne Kavin ke cake mein zeher upar se dal diya ho.

Melissa: Yeh aap kya kehe rahein hai? Aaplog mujhpe shak kar rahein hai. Kavin…Kavin mera judwa bhai hai. Mein ussko takleef pahunchane ki sapno mein bhi nahi soch sakti. Mera bhai hospital mein hai aur aaplog mujhpe shak kar rahein hai?

Shreya: Melissa, hame pata hai, tumne Kavin sir se jhagda bhi kiya tha, property ko leke. Paulomi aunty ne Switzerland ki zamin Kavin sir ke naam kar di toh tumne socha ki kyu na ussko mar diya jae..

Melissa (crying): Nahi, yeh sach nahi hai. han, maine usse jhagda kiya tha, par jab ussne mujhe bataya ki usse yeh property nahi chahiye aur woh mere naam karne wala hai, toh maine maan liya tha. Maine usske cake mein zeher nahi dala tha…

ACP sir: Usska pata toh ham laga hi lenge.

Uff, yeh kya ho gaya! But don't worry, sab thik ho jaega, jaldi. Anyways, how was this chapter? Keep reviewing, and please, answer the questions I ask you, aapko meri story mein main role nahi chahiye?

Q5. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?