Characters: Jia - The daughter
Raj – Father
Alisha – Mother
Adi – neighbour uncle.
When Jia entered the house one evening; (as every day she used to return early, but today she was late from college) she couldn’t believe her eyes; this was a naked truth right in front of her! For some while she was stunned and became speechless; it was her father Raj hanging on the fan…!
He was DEAD !!
She couldn’t recollect anything adverse happening ever since a long-long-time; though this case was declared as closed, as the official authority couldn’t find any clues and did not even wish to continue and do some investigation.
It was said that this was an Attempt to Suicide!
Jia and Alisha couldn’t believe that Raj would even attempt to do such. They were as if rotting themselves’ like animals and did try to eradicate all this from their minds but couldn’t stop themselves to speculating the reasons for the accident.
Jia decided to remonstrate this in the highcourt; she did not bother but made her flesh and blood one for fighting this case.
Later when broached this episode again; the cops showed her the file where they had investigated and could see following things;
1) The door and windows were closed from inside and as the house is on the ground floor, there was no room left for someone to even beam in.
2) There were no scratch-marks on the victim’s body (Raj’s body), this proves that he did not struggle to help himself to remain alive.
This created a lurid situation but still Jia did not lose her hope, and the light in contrast sparked in her to know who did the hegemony role and did take the life of her father !!
Jia’s mother loved her father a lot and so slowly she was becoming insane!! This gave Jia another shock of her life !!
Until some days back everything happened to be good and the best. Though this was Jia’s madness, yet there is a method in it! She was all the while in a sad but still wanted to eradicate the qualia which had been built-up in everyone’s mind.
All this while; although even before the existing hours; she had always suspected her neighbor being in love with her mother Alisha. This triggered her mind and so she tried laying up the net for her neighbour.
For some days, she observed him and his timing of entering the house and also existing.
A high plethora of suspense amounted as days passed. She was up with a conclusion that she needed to have panacea.
Later, one evening; while Alisha was sleeping in her bedroom, and Jia accompanied her; she could see someone was just right outside the curtain trying to view the scene in silence! Jia went slowly with the cat steps and opened the curtains on the knock; and she could find Adi hidingly standing there outside !!
Here Jia caught him and asked him to give an explanation!! This followed by a police complaint. Where after a police enquire; Adi admitted that he loved Alisha a lot and so killed Raj; so that one day he and Alisha can be one.
When broached the topic he explained how he killed.
When that evening Raj was alone at home; he went to accompany him in consuming liquor. Later, Adi filled his ears by telling him his spurious yet dalliance with Alisha. He also mentioned to him that they were intimated most of the times when alone.
Adi knew that Raj was a cognitive patient, and this type of cognitive trauma might lead him to commit suicide.
He spoke to him and hypnotized him as Adi was a physiatric, and he knew how to play with one’s mind and was a well-known personality in his industry.
This made Raj feel desultory; as his mind was raptured, and he could think nothing but to give up his life. Adi instructed Raj to do it in silence when alone and also to lock the room from inside, and he left his place……
He admitted his cruel desires to have Alisha as his wife as he was a bachelor even at the ending age………..
High court declared him to be hanged until death……….
