The Second Such Meet
Before going to the title of the chapter, there is a meet of the forensic expert and Rajveer also awaiting.
Also the person whose finger prints had matched perfectly also had to be arrested. So he was arrested while getting away from the city from the same bus stop, rather bus terminal.
After all such background work was done, Rajveer was meeting Robert after quite a long time. Two months actually.
“Finger prints matched! Congrats sir. You did get the main culprit behind the killing. Your job is done. Now why do you need me?” said Robert with a smile.
Rajveer smiled back and said, “Come on Robert. Can’t I meet you in the name of our friendship?”
“Yes you can. Of course you can. But from your face, I am making out something else.”
Rajveer had known him since years. They both have started working there almost at similar times in their lives. Eleven years back, the history of their friendship goes. They both have worked on almost every case kind of together only. So Robert had known that Rajveer was not seeking him as a friend but as a source of some information related to the case. Some info only Robert can give him. And so Robert was constantly smiling when he said this.
Rajveer was also smiling when he said this, “You are too smart for just a forensic expert, Dr. Robert. Since you know why I’m here, I want to ask you something. What was the kind of wound on Samar’s body when you had first examined it?”
“Well, it was like a gunshot from a 9mm thing. But it doesn’t really seem perfect”
“Elaborate, please”
“It seemed doctored.”
“What do you mean? Are you sure?”
“Wasn’t that sure at first but after two or three detailed studies of my past cases’ wounds, I am really sure now. The wound was seeming to be like the one from a 9mm but wasn’t that perfect. It seemed like it was made with the help of some cutting tool. Also due to such wounds, there could be a resultant severe tissue damage or a broken bone. But there was nothing like that on Samar’s abdominal area. Also, I seem to be more convinced of a death by something else. It could be starvation.”
It could be starvation. Yes it could be. Most wouldn’t really seem convinced by this but it could be.
By a 9mm pistol shot, surrounding tissues are also damaged significantly. In case of Samar, the shot seemed to be in around a few meters and the abdominal tissues were also damaged. The killer was smart. Very smart.
He showed the wound as if done by a 9mm and he also succeeded in proving the surrounding tissues damaged by the use of some tablets before the killing was done. But he forgot that as soon as the person dies, nothing happens to the food stuff present in the intestines.
The poor killer, assuming that by now the tablets which damaged the surrounding abdominal tissues are digested but they were not. They were found as they were sent into the small intestines. They were absorbed and assimilated but to a very small extent.
Robert continued, “The tool used by the killer to shape the 9mm wound was very rare and has been earlier used in movies only to shape such wounds. It’s very exclusive in the real world. One of its kind is available in somewhere in Dublin’s forensic institutions. The wound found on Samar’s body was a bit larger than expected and this only had led me to investigate further. My further investigation led to finding out that the wound was made by a tool, originally being used by experts like me to take out a 9mm bullet.”
“So what you are saying is that the gunshot heard at the party was fired but it never got into Samar Singhania’s body.”
“Certainly”
God. This was all above anybody’s head. Rajveer was also shocked. How can someone shape a starvation death into a gunshot kind of murder? The person who has done it must have a lot of expertise in all such things.
The gunshot was actually just fired and there is still a mark of the gunshot on the wall of the room on the top floor.
That’s why the killer was a man from Irfaan’s subordinates. Irfaan. A man who knows all kinds of stuff himself. Who has all kinds of expert men in every kind of killing you can imagine.
The arrested person was sent to remand and by this time, Irfaan was already aware of the killer being arrested.
Also it was time for Rajveer to meet Vivaan and A.K. today’s night.
When he reached there, he first told them about the finger prints getting identified. The killer being caught.
They both were also very happy. But the main problem was still not solved. The main problem was Albert. He was the one to be faced by Sharma in the court in a few nights. He was the one who knew to play with his words and statements very well.
He was the one capable of making everyone believe that the killer is an elder brother of Vivaan. Which obviously isn’t true.
“Sir, let’s plan now.” A young voice in the room echoed.
Both the elder ones looked at each other’s faces.
Plan. Let’s plan.
Sharma started, “Rajveer, if we talk about, like if we only talk about the finger prints, then it won’t be that great point for us. Because then Albert will be there to back that how come now finger prints are available and they were stolen sometime back?”
“True” said Rajveer.
All three thinking. The younger one, the two elders, all of them, just thinking.
In the utter silence of the mighty night, someone spoke, “Rajveer, did you check with your forensic expert for any other evidence on the dead body which could help us distinguish the killer?”
“No, but there could be a blood spatter.”
“That’s awesome!” exclaimed Vivaan and Sharma.
“Don’t think about DNA sample!” warned Rajveer.
DNA sample from a small sample of blood is captured. But having that much amount of blood that the identification could be done and also the same procedure to be repeated in the court in the respective hearing was all the more difficult and impossible.
Impossible for such an experienced and seasoned killer to leave his blood.
A phone ringed. Rajveer’s phone. The call was from Robert.
“Are you serious? You got the blood?”
“yes”, came the reply and Robert also said that it also got identified but with the third man.
“With the third man?” Rajveer demanded explanation now. He was sweating. He was shivering. He was over thinking. He was miserable now.
Reply from the phone, “There were three men who were Irfaan’s subordinates, the third among them had his blood matching with the one found on the dead body”
Now he was fine. He was getting better. But similar was the condition of Arun and Vivaan.
Rajveer cut the call and started to explain to them, “We can win this. We will win this. Listen now, the murder was committed few hours before the commencement of the continuation party. It was committed at Samar’s residence. There were two of them present. One was the guy whose finger prints matched and the other was the guy whose blood reports matched. Robert said that it was impossible for one person to create such a good wound without the use of his fingers, without dropping any single drop of blood. This led him to investigate deeper. He had caught hold of the three of the men identified as Irfaan’s subordinates by our databases and then tried matching the blood reports. Which matched, eventually. So the act was committed by both of them. The shaping was done by both of them. Also, there were marks of resistance also present. And due to Samar’s buffed physique, it would’ve been impossible for one of them to kill him.”
Now, the two of them, were calm. After such a deep explanation of the story from the other side, the right side, they accepted it.
The next day, A.K. received a notice from the court. It had the subject “Postponing the next date of your case”
And reading this, he seemed to be convinced that it was Albert who has done this.