(13th march, 2013)- the day when the civil hospital got cursed.
I along with sumit, nirav and Himanshu were having snacks in our B-block canteen when the news broke out:-"Avadh has been killed." We couldnt believe our ears. Everyone started texting and calling our batchmates. The news was confirmed. We ran to C-2 ward where his dead body was found.
There was police everywhere around the ward. We entered into the ward and reached the teaching room that was at the end of the ward. Mr Khan, the investigating officer was busy examining the body which lied on the floor. The moment we saw Avadh lying dead, our bodies turned cold and almost got an attack of nerves. Almost everyone from our batch was present. The girls were shedding tears while we were in a havoc.
Mr Khan:- There is no sign of injury anywhere on the body. (He was engrossed in studying the body when he suddenly noticed something). There is a minute puncture mark on his right neck resembling a needle puncture. Vaghela...(He called his assistant officer).Immediately send the body for post-mortem. I want report by tomorrow.
Vaghela:-Yes sir.
The resident doctor asked," Sir, is it a murder or suicide?"
Khan:-Let the PM report come. Then it shall be clear.
One of the photographers present there raised the curtain on the window to let light in and we saw something astonishing..
On the window glass was written
MIARYTOSPKAHNHUASA
#NEET
Khan(observing curiously):- Now this seems interesting. Its definetely a murder. The murderer is playing a game. What is NEET?
He turned to us and asked:-"What is NEET?"
Sumit explained everything about it that its an entrance exam for PG aspirants in our medical field. We had appeared in exams last november and results were not yet out because of petition filed by private institutions and delayed SC hearings.."
Khan:- Well, if the results are not yet out; Why should someone murder him? And this( pointing towards the window) has to be the code. The murderer wants to play by giving us some hint. Vaghela...Get all our intellectuals on deciphering the code. This must be decrypted as soon as possible.
Khan:-"Look. Your batchmate has been killed. If anyone knows anything about this then tell now. If I come to know later then it wont be good for you. Who was the last person who had been with Avadh?"
Himanshu raised his hand and said, "Last night we had an emergency. At 1 o clock we had snacks at the outlet near trauma centre and as there was no work left we decided to return hostel. After that I went to my room and slept."
Khan:- All of you may go. But whenever I call for you, everyone must be present.
It was a shocking incident for all of us. It had become the talk of the campus.
(At B-block)
"Why would someone want to kill Avadh?" I asked
"He had no enmity with anyone." Tapan said.
"Also, no fights or duel with anyone, nor any depression. He was not even worried about the NEET results." Himanshu added.
(Next day)
The local newspaper frontpage had it all. The PM report said that Avadh died due to overdose of Diazepam. The murderer had injected into his right internal jugular vein. This was not all enough to get some lead as in civil hospital thousands of diazepam ampoules were broken everyday and there were no records. Anyone can pick up an ampoule from ward without being noticed by anyone.
(After two days)
Another shocker came. This time it was a girl, Monisha. Full of fear we went to E-2 ward where she lied on the floor in same manner as Avadh. The atmosphere was extremely tense. She too had a puncture on her right neck.
Khan:-We still havent found any evidence regarding Avadh's murder and yet another killing.
Anxiety and fear had captured everyone present there, especially girls.
There was a code left there too:-
HP979107010771343
#NEET
This was totally confusing. Khan was asking for details of Monisha. Shakuntala and Ananya were busy replying him when suddenly something struck his mind.
"Vaghela, bring the code found at Avadh's murder."
MIARYTOSPKAHNHUASA
"18 letters... getting the factors gives 1,3,6,9,18......3 *6 probably the best formation. Making a grid of 3*6(3 rows and 6 columns)
M I A R Y T
O S P K A H
N H U A S A
Arranging the code from left to right row-wise,....Then reading from top to bottom column-wise..
Damn-it...It was her name..Monisha Purkayastha was the code..Shit. Had we deciphered the code we could have saved her. No use of crying over spilled milk"
The next challenge was to solve the next code so that the next target of murderer could be elicited.
Suddenly Mansi, who was standing beside let out a cry, "I got it.
Splitting the code HP 979 1070 1077 1343. Thats Harrisson Page nos. for the topic-Psittacosis". She got the heavy Harrisson text-book out of her bag and looked at the Appendix to find that she was correct.
"Psittacosis is a disease spread through bird droppings. Its the scientific name for Parrot. In gujarati-Parrot means Popat... That means...."
Everybody just got the idea that the target was Nidhi Popat..(her surname Popat.)
Khan:-And they say- beautiful girls dont have brains..Thanks Dr.Mansi. Its a big help for us.
Mansi:- Well sir..please protect Nidhi.
While all the girls were stunned, Nidhi got numb. She was about to collapse but her friends helped her to get stable.
Khan:-Vaghela, I want 2 security guards at the C-block gate and two lady constables outside Nidhi's room 24 hours."
Khan:-"Just get the feeling that the murderer is the same. The code and the way of killing suggests he is a doctor or somehow concerned with this field."
We dispersed. Everyone was sad as we wont be able to see that Bubbly and chirpy smile of Monisha again.
(At C-block)
Everyone was busy consoling Nidhi. She was not left alone even for a single moment. The security was tight.
Suddenly the civil campus had turned into a haunted place. But we all decided to stay together in such times as after all it was our Home.
(Two days later)
The astonishing news came again. 'Meet Agarwal' had been killed this time. This was more shocking as Nidhi was supposed to be the next target.
Vaghela:-"Sir, dont you think the code was just to befool us. May be just to divert our attention and keep us guessing?"
Khan:-"No,No. The player is very intelligent. He is giving the correct clues. Parrot--Popat--Parrot--Popat...come on..."
Vivek patel, the close friend of Meet, spoke out , "The clue was correct, OMG."
Khan:-What??
Vivek:-O no. You made a mistake. Meet is also a wild-life photographer. The last photo he captured was that of an Indian parrot and that has been his cover photo on facebook."
Khan was really frustrated and angry over himself, "There has to be something common in all the three murders; some common motive Or else the murderer might be a psychopath killing randomly. As all of the dead are from 007 batch, some link has to be there.
There lied the next code:-
A14R965S
#NEET
Khan couldnt understand anything.
"Vaghela...Get me the details of each and every student from 007 batch from the college records. Fast. Immediately get installed CCTV cameras at the entry of all wards.."
(At the office headquarters)
While analysing the records, "O shit...its Ananya sharma. Room no-14 and facebook id--965..."
He immediately called the patrol station in civil hospital:-"Quickly secure room no-14 in C-block."
He rushed himself to C-block and was relieved to see that everything was Ok.
Khan:- Dr Ananya.. You are the next on list.
Ananya:- Everything here is Ok. I am safe.
Khan:-Please dont go anywhere alone. It is dangerous for you.
Ananya:-I was planning to go out. But then your call came and I changed my mind.
Khan's phone rang. He picked up and had a conversation." What!!" he exclaimed.
"Kinjal from your batch has suffered an accident." Khan disclosed the news he received from the phone.
"O my god." was everyone's response.
Khan reached the hospital where the doctor informed him that Kinjal had gone in coma.
He then rushed to the accident site.He investigated everything and took the car driver that ran over her Activa for interrogation.
He interrogated Hetal, her friend," Was she alright before she left?"
Hetal,"Yes, she was completely fine."
Khan:-"Around what time did she leave?"
Hetal:-" The maid brought tifin around 1:30. She had her lunch and then left around 2:45."
Khan, "Ok thanks."
(At the head quarters)
Vaghela asked, "Is this concerned with the series of murder we are facing?"
Khan, "I dont think so. This is just a coincidence. The accident has nothing to do with the series of NEET murders. Let not get diverted by this."
(At B-block)
The atmosphere was completely disturbed.
Nirav:-"Why our batch only?"
Kiran:-" What does the #NEET suggest?"
Urmil:-"I think some psycho is on the prowl to get his ego satisfied."
(Two days later)
We got the notice from The Dean-" A Research company is here for survey. All the just passed out interns are hereby strictly informed to be present in the Auditorium or else no completion will be granted.
Now this was disgusting. We were trapped in the bloody series of
murders and the Dean wanted us to appear in a survey.
(On the day of survey, in Auditorium)
After the attendance, the research manager, "Thank you doctors for coming. Now at each of your seat there is a camera and a pulse oximeter. You have to insert your thumb into the pulse oximeter and look into the camera. All of you have a glass of lemon juice over your desk which has a drug inside it. Dont worry, its totally safe. I am going to speak something and we need to record your vitals."
Before he could start, Khan entered into the auditorium," Excuse me. can I take your some time?"
The manager nodded.
"Well, friends. I have found the murderer. He is sitting amongst you."
The silence was shattered. Everyone started looking at each-other. Everyone had a question-mark on their faces.
"He is Himanshu...(after a pause) Himanshu Panot..." Everybody was stunned." We had two batchmates with name-Himanshu..One 'Himanshu Patel' that I mentioned before and other 'Himanshu Panot' who resided in A-block.
Dhyey who was sitting next to Panot was overwhelmed with fear.
He kept on saying, "I havent done anything..NO.No.its a mistake."
Khan just caught of his collar and dragged him, "Very soon I shall tell you all why he killed everyone?"
(At hostel)
Sumit said to Himanshu, "Had it been you Himanshu, we would have killed you at the very spot without waiting for the police."
Himanshu, "I cant think of commiting such a heinous crime."
Our Himanshu was a lean and thin person whom even the weakest could have thrashed.
Himanshu said, "By the way, I am leaving for home today. I have got some work. See you all."
Everybody was relieved that the murderer was caught but everyone was completely unaware of the motive. Also Panot was a cool and a humorous person whom everyone trusted then why did he do all this?? There were questions all around.
(Three days later in the auditorium.)
Khan had called all of us to disclose the complete case. He was standing with Panot by his side whose face was covered with black mask.
Khan said, "Here is your Criminal." Then he removed the mask and what we saw was shocking and unbelievable.
That was our Himanshu(Patel) standing instead of Panot. We couldnt believe our eyes.
Khan began, "Let me describe the entire investigation. After Meet was murdered, I went to the morgue and examined all the three bodies simultaneously. What I found was that the puncture mark on Monisha's neck was at a higher level than Meet's and Avadh. Also the matress on which Meet's body lied had wrinkles at regular distance because of the footsteps of the killer. This helped me to deduce that the height of the killer would be around 5 ft 6 inch.
Then while going through college records I found that all of those dead belonged to 'OPEN' category. And while questioning their family members I found that everyone wished to pursue 'Surgery' as a PG branch. I thought it has to be someone from OPEN category of about 5 ft 6 inch height.
I had sorted out some names. To make sure I organized the research campaign wherein ur pulse, temp, nd eyes were monitored.(We were surprised to know that the research was a part of plan.) I entered the auditorium and blindly told the name Himanshu. At that time the murderer couldnt control the natural instinct, his sympathetic system. Compared to others his eyes were more dilated, pulse very high and other features too were distinct. 2 days before he was going to leave this city when we caught him at the bus-stop and during the interrogation he accepted everything."
"Should I tell the reason or you will?" Khan asked looking at Himanshu.
Himanshu started speaking, "I was fucking bored and frustrated.NEET results delay had filled me full of fright.I was afraid that being in OPEN category me and my brother from Baroda might not get a seat.We wanted to pursue surgery.Myself was depressed and on medications. I decided to end it for all. So I decided to kill the OPEN category 'Surgery branch' competitors one by one. Prashant and Parth were next on my list."
Khan continued, "One more thing- the accident of Kinjal was not actually an accident. It was planned. (This was a total surprise for all of us.) The doctor's report revealed that she had been poiosoned by botulinum toxin. The maid who had brought her tifin had injected the toxin into the moisturiser cream. KInjal applied the moisteriser before leaving the hostel and when the toxin effect began she lost control of her Activa. Thank God that she is out of danger. But one thing I didnt get. She was neither OPEN nor your surgery competitor. Then why her?"
Himanshu replied, "It was mistake made by the foolish maid. I had asked her to inject the toxin in room no.14 but she heard it 40."
"So now do you think you will get a PG seat?" Khan asked.
"Well, I have no regrets. I am not responsible for this. NEET brought out the evil inside me. THose corrupt people ruling at the top are responsible for my devil-like act."
Khan, "Dr.Himanshu. Oneself is responsible for one's acts. Everyone of us have a good and bad person inside us. It depends on us to allow which one to be dominant. All present here are in the same situation but they didnt allow their goodness to die, but you allowed. I am not sure about PG seat but you do have a jail seat waiting for you."
I along with sumit, nirav and Himanshu were having snacks in our B-block canteen when the news broke out:-"Avadh has been killed." We couldnt believe our ears. Everyone started texting and calling our batchmates. The news was confirmed. We ran to C-2 ward where his dead body was found.
There was police everywhere around the ward. We entered into the ward and reached the teaching room that was at the end of the ward. Mr Khan, the investigating officer was busy examining the body which lied on the floor. The moment we saw Avadh lying dead, our bodies turned cold and almost got an attack of nerves. Almost everyone from our batch was present. The girls were shedding tears while we were in a havoc.
Mr Khan:- There is no sign of injury anywhere on the body. (He was engrossed in studying the body when he suddenly noticed something). There is a minute puncture mark on his right neck resembling a needle puncture. Vaghela...(He called his assistant officer).Immediately send the body for post-mortem. I want report by tomorrow.
Vaghela:-Yes sir.
The resident doctor asked," Sir, is it a murder or suicide?"
Khan:-Let the PM report come. Then it shall be clear.
One of the photographers present there raised the curtain on the window to let light in and we saw something astonishing..
On the window glass was written
MIARYTOSPKAHNHUASA
#NEET
Khan(observing curiously):- Now this seems interesting. Its definetely a murder. The murderer is playing a game. What is NEET?
He turned to us and asked:-"What is NEET?"
Sumit explained everything about it that its an entrance exam for PG aspirants in our medical field. We had appeared in exams last november and results were not yet out because of petition filed by private institutions and delayed SC hearings.."
Khan:- Well, if the results are not yet out; Why should someone murder him? And this( pointing towards the window) has to be the code. The murderer wants to play by giving us some hint. Vaghela...Get all our intellectuals on deciphering the code. This must be decrypted as soon as possible.
Khan:-"Look. Your batchmate has been killed. If anyone knows anything about this then tell now. If I come to know later then it wont be good for you. Who was the last person who had been with Avadh?"
Himanshu raised his hand and said, "Last night we had an emergency. At 1 o clock we had snacks at the outlet near trauma centre and as there was no work left we decided to return hostel. After that I went to my room and slept."
Khan:- All of you may go. But whenever I call for you, everyone must be present.
It was a shocking incident for all of us. It had become the talk of the campus.
(At B-block)
"Why would someone want to kill Avadh?" I asked
"He had no enmity with anyone." Tapan said.
"Also, no fights or duel with anyone, nor any depression. He was not even worried about the NEET results." Himanshu added.
(Next day)
The local newspaper frontpage had it all. The PM report said that Avadh died due to overdose of Diazepam. The murderer had injected into his right internal jugular vein. This was not all enough to get some lead as in civil hospital thousands of diazepam ampoules were broken everyday and there were no records. Anyone can pick up an ampoule from ward without being noticed by anyone.
(After two days)
Another shocker came. This time it was a girl, Monisha. Full of fear we went to E-2 ward where she lied on the floor in same manner as Avadh. The atmosphere was extremely tense. She too had a puncture on her right neck.
Khan:-We still havent found any evidence regarding Avadh's murder and yet another killing.
Anxiety and fear had captured everyone present there, especially girls.
There was a code left there too:-
HP979107010771343
#NEET
This was totally confusing. Khan was asking for details of Monisha. Shakuntala and Ananya were busy replying him when suddenly something struck his mind.
"Vaghela, bring the code found at Avadh's murder."
MIARYTOSPKAHNHUASA
"18 letters... getting the factors gives 1,3,6,9,18......3 *6 probably the best formation. Making a grid of 3*6(3 rows and 6 columns)
M I A R Y T
O S P K A H
N H U A S A
Arranging the code from left to right row-wise,....Then reading from top to bottom column-wise..
Damn-it...It was her name..Monisha Purkayastha was the code..Shit. Had we deciphered the code we could have saved her. No use of crying over spilled milk"
The next challenge was to solve the next code so that the next target of murderer could be elicited.
Suddenly Mansi, who was standing beside let out a cry, "I got it.
Splitting the code HP 979 1070 1077 1343. Thats Harrisson Page nos. for the topic-Psittacosis". She got the heavy Harrisson text-book out of her bag and looked at the Appendix to find that she was correct.
"Psittacosis is a disease spread through bird droppings. Its the scientific name for Parrot. In gujarati-Parrot means Popat... That means...."
Everybody just got the idea that the target was Nidhi Popat..(her surname Popat.)
Khan:-And they say- beautiful girls dont have brains..Thanks Dr.Mansi. Its a big help for us.
Mansi:- Well sir..please protect Nidhi.
While all the girls were stunned, Nidhi got numb. She was about to collapse but her friends helped her to get stable.
Khan:-Vaghela, I want 2 security guards at the C-block gate and two lady constables outside Nidhi's room 24 hours."
Khan:-"Just get the feeling that the murderer is the same. The code and the way of killing suggests he is a doctor or somehow concerned with this field."
We dispersed. Everyone was sad as we wont be able to see that Bubbly and chirpy smile of Monisha again.
(At C-block)
Everyone was busy consoling Nidhi. She was not left alone even for a single moment. The security was tight.
Suddenly the civil campus had turned into a haunted place. But we all decided to stay together in such times as after all it was our Home.
(Two days later)
The astonishing news came again. 'Meet Agarwal' had been killed this time. This was more shocking as Nidhi was supposed to be the next target.
Vaghela:-"Sir, dont you think the code was just to befool us. May be just to divert our attention and keep us guessing?"
Khan:-"No,No. The player is very intelligent. He is giving the correct clues. Parrot--Popat--Parrot--Popat...come on..."
Vivek patel, the close friend of Meet, spoke out , "The clue was correct, OMG."
Khan:-What??
Vivek:-O no. You made a mistake. Meet is also a wild-life photographer. The last photo he captured was that of an Indian parrot and that has been his cover photo on facebook."
Khan was really frustrated and angry over himself, "There has to be something common in all the three murders; some common motive Or else the murderer might be a psychopath killing randomly. As all of the dead are from 007 batch, some link has to be there.
There lied the next code:-
A14R965S
#NEET
Khan couldnt understand anything.
"Vaghela...Get me the details of each and every student from 007 batch from the college records. Fast. Immediately get installed CCTV cameras at the entry of all wards.."
(At the office headquarters)
While analysing the records, "O shit...its Ananya sharma. Room no-14 and facebook id--965..."
He immediately called the patrol station in civil hospital:-"Quickly secure room no-14 in C-block."
He rushed himself to C-block and was relieved to see that everything was Ok.
Khan:- Dr Ananya.. You are the next on list.
Ananya:- Everything here is Ok. I am safe.
Khan:-Please dont go anywhere alone. It is dangerous for you.
Ananya:-I was planning to go out. But then your call came and I changed my mind.
Khan's phone rang. He picked up and had a conversation." What!!" he exclaimed.
"Kinjal from your batch has suffered an accident." Khan disclosed the news he received from the phone.
"O my god." was everyone's response.
Khan reached the hospital where the doctor informed him that Kinjal had gone in coma.
He then rushed to the accident site.He investigated everything and took the car driver that ran over her Activa for interrogation.
He interrogated Hetal, her friend," Was she alright before she left?"
Hetal,"Yes, she was completely fine."
Khan:-"Around what time did she leave?"
Hetal:-" The maid brought tifin around 1:30. She had her lunch and then left around 2:45."
Khan, "Ok thanks."
(At the head quarters)
Vaghela asked, "Is this concerned with the series of murder we are facing?"
Khan, "I dont think so. This is just a coincidence. The accident has nothing to do with the series of NEET murders. Let not get diverted by this."
(At B-block)
The atmosphere was completely disturbed.
Nirav:-"Why our batch only?"
Kiran:-" What does the #NEET suggest?"
Urmil:-"I think some psycho is on the prowl to get his ego satisfied."
(Two days later)
We got the notice from The Dean-" A Research company is here for survey. All the just passed out interns are hereby strictly informed to be present in the Auditorium or else no completion will be granted.
Now this was disgusting. We were trapped in the bloody series of
murders and the Dean wanted us to appear in a survey.
(On the day of survey, in Auditorium)
After the attendance, the research manager, "Thank you doctors for coming. Now at each of your seat there is a camera and a pulse oximeter. You have to insert your thumb into the pulse oximeter and look into the camera. All of you have a glass of lemon juice over your desk which has a drug inside it. Dont worry, its totally safe. I am going to speak something and we need to record your vitals."
Before he could start, Khan entered into the auditorium," Excuse me. can I take your some time?"
The manager nodded.
"Well, friends. I have found the murderer. He is sitting amongst you."
The silence was shattered. Everyone started looking at each-other. Everyone had a question-mark on their faces.
"He is Himanshu...(after a pause) Himanshu Panot..." Everybody was stunned." We had two batchmates with name-Himanshu..One 'Himanshu Patel' that I mentioned before and other 'Himanshu Panot' who resided in A-block.
Dhyey who was sitting next to Panot was overwhelmed with fear.
He kept on saying, "I havent done anything..NO.No.its a mistake."
Khan just caught of his collar and dragged him, "Very soon I shall tell you all why he killed everyone?"
(At hostel)
Sumit said to Himanshu, "Had it been you Himanshu, we would have killed you at the very spot without waiting for the police."
Himanshu, "I cant think of commiting such a heinous crime."
Our Himanshu was a lean and thin person whom even the weakest could have thrashed.
Himanshu said, "By the way, I am leaving for home today. I have got some work. See you all."
Everybody was relieved that the murderer was caught but everyone was completely unaware of the motive. Also Panot was a cool and a humorous person whom everyone trusted then why did he do all this?? There were questions all around.
(Three days later in the auditorium.)
Khan had called all of us to disclose the complete case. He was standing with Panot by his side whose face was covered with black mask.
Khan said, "Here is your Criminal." Then he removed the mask and what we saw was shocking and unbelievable.
That was our Himanshu(Patel) standing instead of Panot. We couldnt believe our eyes.
Khan began, "Let me describe the entire investigation. After Meet was murdered, I went to the morgue and examined all the three bodies simultaneously. What I found was that the puncture mark on Monisha's neck was at a higher level than Meet's and Avadh. Also the matress on which Meet's body lied had wrinkles at regular distance because of the footsteps of the killer. This helped me to deduce that the height of the killer would be around 5 ft 6 inch.
Then while going through college records I found that all of those dead belonged to 'OPEN' category. And while questioning their family members I found that everyone wished to pursue 'Surgery' as a PG branch. I thought it has to be someone from OPEN category of about 5 ft 6 inch height.
I had sorted out some names. To make sure I organized the research campaign wherein ur pulse, temp, nd eyes were monitored.(We were surprised to know that the research was a part of plan.) I entered the auditorium and blindly told the name Himanshu. At that time the murderer couldnt control the natural instinct, his sympathetic system. Compared to others his eyes were more dilated, pulse very high and other features too were distinct. 2 days before he was going to leave this city when we caught him at the bus-stop and during the interrogation he accepted everything."
"Should I tell the reason or you will?" Khan asked looking at Himanshu.
Himanshu started speaking, "I was fucking bored and frustrated.NEET results delay had filled me full of fright.I was afraid that being in OPEN category me and my brother from Baroda might not get a seat.We wanted to pursue surgery.Myself was depressed and on medications. I decided to end it for all. So I decided to kill the OPEN category 'Surgery branch' competitors one by one. Prashant and Parth were next on my list."
Khan continued, "One more thing- the accident of Kinjal was not actually an accident. It was planned. (This was a total surprise for all of us.) The doctor's report revealed that she had been poiosoned by botulinum toxin. The maid who had brought her tifin had injected the toxin into the moisturiser cream. KInjal applied the moisteriser before leaving the hostel and when the toxin effect began she lost control of her Activa. Thank God that she is out of danger. But one thing I didnt get. She was neither OPEN nor your surgery competitor. Then why her?"
Himanshu replied, "It was mistake made by the foolish maid. I had asked her to inject the toxin in room no.14 but she heard it 40."
"So now do you think you will get a PG seat?" Khan asked.
"Well, I have no regrets. I am not responsible for this. NEET brought out the evil inside me. THose corrupt people ruling at the top are responsible for my devil-like act."
Khan, "Dr.Himanshu. Oneself is responsible for one's acts. Everyone of us have a good and bad person inside us. It depends on us to allow which one to be dominant. All present here are in the same situation but they didnt allow their goodness to die, but you allowed. I am not sure about PG seat but you do have a jail seat waiting for you."
