ONE : MATCH BOX
-- Match box !
Hearing those words I looked at the door frame . Sanjibanee was standing like the black and white film with a cup of smokey tea . She wore a light coloured printed shari ; wailing in helpless eyes ; an unfinished pale portrait . Only her pregnant womb was telling that Neelanjan has not finished yet .
In same college we both studied with Sanjibanee . After marriage of Neelanjan all was going well . My writing of mystery story , Neelanjan's ran hither and tither after quick money , Studies of Sanjibanee , all . Suddenly all met with obstruction by the Neelanjan's spoiled cheatfund company . The branch manager Neelanjan Roy murdered within two months .
Though the murderers caught in the hand of police but not found the undeposited five crore ruppes of the cheatfund ! Where those had gone ? Mystery was quite attractive . At last in request of my police friend , I drove into bottomless of the mystery and found out a match box which was into the Neelanjan's pocket ! Is it a fiery arrow !!
-- But you both never smoke !
There was wonder in Sanjibanee's eyes .
-- Recently was he started ?
-- Never .
To put the match box into my pocket , Suddenly something stucked on my palm ! I soon brought out the hand from the pocket and that was a wonderful event , the sticker label of the match box ! I saw some illegible writing on the other side . To concentrate my mind on , I understood that was JH 05 B 1420 wrote in it ! Was it the bollywood picture ' Victoria number 203 ' !!
So again I took out my mobile . Police informed me that the scooty owner was a teacher , who expired in a road accident . But they don't know in which police station the scooty is now . Then again applied my brain arms . The police report was telling that , after he was snubbed , to save himself , Neelanjan entered into the local police station . Then was he ... ? I phoned again . That time the scooty rightly got there . I went out with Sanjibanee .
Ho god ! What a mystery ! There was nothing found in the scooty . But I suddenly saw something under the seatcover , What are those arranged there ? Five hundred small bundle ! My police friend said ,
-- What reward do you want ?
-- Only the diposited money which was in name of Sanjibanee .
This time Sanjibanee came out from the police station with her head held high . To escort her to her house suddenly my eyes fell on the wall where the living picture of Neelanjan was hanged . Perhaps the eyes of Neelanjan's picture blinked ! I felt that he said ,
-- Thank you Jeet !!
