At night Golden court was looking like a Giant. When we reached in 6F, I went to the balcony it was a wonderful view. It was midnight and we three started to search again. After almost 1 hour search we could not find anything suspicious. Forensic team also find no finger print. I was checking the wardrobes. There was a rack of costly shoes. Mostly leather. From those shoe’s sole, it seemed that our victim Ranojoy loved to use leather shoes mostly. I asked Sunaina to find me a plastic bag. She found a bag and I carefully put a pair of canvas shoes inside the packed. Sunaina and Tamble Sir looked at me with curiosity. I told them that beside leather shoes there were few canvas shoes too but all were new never used because Ranojoy only used leather shoes but this canvas shoe is cheap and used. The left sole of the shoe turned thin due to maximum use and later the shoe was cleaned to fit in the rack. Beside that Ranojoy shoe size was 9 and this shoe is Size 10. I guess this is the shoe of the murderer.
72 Hours before
Regina called me in the morning to inform me that she would be staying few more days in India but she had to fly to Bangalore city to attain a medical conference and she would be back by tomorrow. I had to approve few concept illustrations at office. Our Ad agency is now leading Asian industry for 4 years and for that everyone was preparing party to celebrate but after finishing my office work I went to meet Tamble sir for further updates. Tamble sir told me that Mr Arvind had better influence in higher authority, plus he was also senior and well known police officer of narcotics department so he would be taking over the case from day after tomorrow and before that we must find better useful evidence more than that shoe to keep the investigation. I called Sunaina and both of us started to study all reports again. I was going through Mr Arvinds suspect report again and saw that it’s nearly a year; these suspects went missing from police radar.
Ranojoy also installed extra security system suddenly few months back where as he was working as a shadow dealers of drugs for long time. Then why suddenly he needed extra security measure?
If it’s due to gang deal went wrong? Or he knew that he was in some danger? Well everything started from Goa so i suggested Tamble Sir that we should go to Goa right now. I booked ticket for all three of us and flew to Goa that evening. We didn’t have much time so as soon as we reached, we started to gather info with help of Tamble sir and Goa police. We have dotted down 8 properties owned legally and illegally by all those three suspects as shadow dealers including Ranojoy.
48 Hours before
I almost forgot that we were in Goa, the paradisiacal place of India. As per my habit, I wake up early morning whenever I am out of my home. It was 5 am morning and it’s the best time to roam around. I borrowed a cycle from our “Sun village Goa resort” manager and went out to roam. The resort was really beautiful and while I was cycling I found the famous Baga beach. It was only 1km away from our resort. I always loved Goa, popularly known as “Pearl of the Orient” or “tourism Paradise” is located on the west coast of India in the coastal belt known as Konkan. Goa is not only famous for its golden beaches but also this state is rich in history, rich culture and home to some of the most beautiful natural scenery. I have visited Goa few times for few swimwear and calendar campaigns but never got enough time to explore. Honestly that morning, when I was cycling was the best 1 hour that I have ever spent in Goa. Influenced by over 450 years of Portuguese rule and Latin culture, Goa presented me a somewhat different representation of my country and its more international. But it also became the master hub of illegal drugs. The addiction was rising among local and foreigners. Money started to flow like flood and created Drug Mafia who has started to own system. When Government saw that it was going out of hand then they strengthen the system. Then to fight the system and full fill drug demand, Shadow dealers were created who would deliver drugs by fooling or bribing system, Law & order without leaving any trace.
I came back to our resort and with a morning coffee I sat in front of the pool. It was a wonderful pool. I was going through all details in my mind. Shadow dealers should have higher resource in system. Every time Mr Arvind and his team were close they somehow managed to vanish in to thin air. Suddenly a sound of water splash shook my focus. Saw a girl in a black bikini made a dive in the pool. Then again I have shifted my focus. It was a junior inspector who actually discovered these shadow dealers. No one believed him except Mr Arvind. He insisted and with his seniority and influence, he organized a task force to track those shadow dealers.
I looked at that girl again. She was just swimming towards my end. She came out from water slowly. Her dynamic sensuality was heightened by her toned curvaceous silhouette and chunky hips in black stockinet bikini bottom. It was Sunaina. It took me few seconds to look away and acted like I was not watching her. She wrapped the towel on her body and sat on the chair beside me. I acted like I just noticed her. I shared my thought with her. Meanwhile Tamble sir came and asked us to get ready.
We went to Burdez police station it was 20 minutes’ drive from our resort. We wanted to meet Rama Rao, the junior police, who was first to crack the concept of shadow dealers. We could not find him there. According to Bardez police station, he never came back after he joined Mr Arvinds team; they heard that Rama Rao was promoted. So we have started to inspect those properties owned by these shadow dealers. We found nothing after 4 hours search. We have searched 3 out of 8 properties. Everyone was feeling fatigue. Then suddenly Sunaina found a hidden door on the floor of fourth house owned by James DeCosta, Who was also a suspect as shadow dealer and was missing since last year. When I saw the floor was looking new rather than its construction and beside that the misplaced furniture made us all curious about the floor? We dug the floor and found another dead body. Tamble sir called local police to identify the body. We moved to next property and yes we found another body there too. But it was not of a shadow dealer. This man was wearing a police belt buckle with a symbol of Goa Police. That day we found another body in total count of three dead bodies. One of them was Rama Rao, the junior police who exposed the shadow dealers. Tamble sir started to think that Mr Arvind was right that it was a gang war of drug mafia. That night Mr Arvind called us and congratulated for exposing three murders related to drug mafia. This would give him a better grip on mafia investigation. Before end of that night I requested Tamble sir that tomorrow morning I would visit Rama rao’s family before our flight back to Mumbai.
24 Hours before
Rama rao had a 4 years old kid. When his wife asked me that if he died in peace or in pain?, I couldn’t answer. I had no idea how to answer. I let Sunaina to do all talking with her. Then Mrs Rao gave us his investigative file which led him to the shadow dealers group. Rama Rao never submitted this original file. She looked at Tamble Sir with stone cold look while handed over the file and asked for justice. Tamble sir assured her with a fatherly touch on her head.