MASTERMIND (Flash Fiction)!
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MASTERMIND!
It’s too late before I even realized that Vinod was mentally retarded since birth but had improved considerably. His mother, Brij Bala, had approached Preetam Singh for his daughter, Shilpi’s hand in marriage to her son. Vinod’s father, Rajeev Singh, was a scion of an old princely state in Uttaranchal.
Preetam had gone through the journal, containing records of the family properties of Rajeev. He had this journal of property records in his custody as he was the estate manager. A conservative estimate told him that combined worth of family properties was nothing less than Rs 150 Crores. Shilpi had married Vinod one year back. Life had been very kind to her till three months back, when suddenly a phone call one day, had put the family into a tizzy. The caller had informed that Vinod was kidnapped by them and the family must pay Rupees five Crores for his safe return. The caller had warned them against informing the police.
Rajeev could manage only one crore that day and he paid it to kidnappers. Kidnappers accepted the money but did not release Vinod till rest of the money had been paid. Next day, when Rajeev went to the fixed venue of meeting, he found no one there. He saw some policemen there. A trap had been laid by the police on inside information but the kidnappers never turned up. Three days later police recovered the dead body of Vinod. Shilpi suffered a mental shock but recovered within a week.
Rajeev consulted Shilpi’s father and decided to marry Shilpi to some other good boy. Luckily, they had found an old classmate of Shilpi, Sachin, who agreed to marry her. Marriage was fixed for September 05, 2008 ******************************************************************** Police had just busted a gang of ‘contract-killers’ three days back. Niranjan, the gang leader, informed inspector Ramesh that they were paid one crore rupees as contract for kidnapping and murdering Vinod. Ramesh mentally appreciated as to who would benefit more from the death of Vinod. He rushed to marriage venue. When he learnt this, Rajeev was shocked. Furious with anger, he wanted to kill Shilpi. But Niranjan intervened and said, “Sir, it is not this girl but that lady in the Golden Saree” “What rubbish? She is my wife, Vinod’s mother.” Rajeev said. “She is the lady” Niranjan insisted. At 11 PM, same day, Rajeev and Vineeta were watching “SANSANI” (Sensation) on Star News. Mr. Raj Vardhan Tiwary, in his own typical style, was explaining as to how a mother had planned a conspiracy in league with her paramour and their illegitimate son to eliminate her spastic son. The girl friend of her illegitimate son was part of the plan. “How much was Niranjan paid to get Brijbala off our backs?” Vineeta asked. “Business secret, dear” Rajeev said. “So, you knew Shilpi was not Preetam’s daughter.” Vineeta quizzed. “Of course. I, also, knew Preetam was Sachin’s father.” Rajeev replied. “This SANSANI story seems so true.” Vineeta said “When money speaks; the truth speaks.” Rajeev responded. WORDS COUNT: 496 NOTE: This is my FIFTH and FINAL ENTRY for Flash Fiction Contest. The others are:- -STIGMATISED LOVE -THE SELF TRAP -WHO BETRAYED? -IS HE UNGRATEFUL? © rajee kushwaha., all rights reserved. Bookmark this pageEdit this blog
It’s too late before I even realized that Vinod was mentally retarded since birth but had improved considerably. His mother, Brij Bala, had approached Preetam Singh for his daughter, Shilpi’s hand in marriage to her son. Vinod’s father, Rajeev Singh, was a scion of an old princely state in Uttaranchal.
Preetam had gone through the journal, containing records of the family properties of Rajeev. He had this journal of property records in his custody as he was the estate manager. A conservative estimate told him that combined worth of family properties was nothing less than Rs 150 Crores. Shilpi had married Vinod one year back. Life had been very kind to her till three months back, when suddenly a phone call one day, had put the family into a tizzy. The caller had informed that Vinod was kidnapped by them and the family must pay Rupees five Crores for his safe return. The caller had warned them against informing the police.
Rajeev could manage only one crore that day and he paid it to kidnappers. Kidnappers accepted the money but did not release Vinod till rest of the money had been paid. Next day, when Rajeev went to the fixed venue of meeting, he found no one there. He saw some policemen there. A trap had been laid by the police on inside information but the kidnappers never turned up. Three days later police recovered the dead body of Vinod. Shilpi suffered a mental shock but recovered within a week.
Rajeev consulted Shilpi’s father and decided to marry Shilpi to some other good boy. Luckily, they had found an old classmate of Shilpi, Sachin, who agreed to marry her. Marriage was fixed for September 05, 2008 ******************************************************************** Police had just busted a gang of ‘contract-killers’ three days back. Niranjan, the gang leader, informed inspector Ramesh that they were paid one crore rupees as contract for kidnapping and murdering Vinod. Ramesh mentally appreciated as to who would benefit more from the death of Vinod. He rushed to marriage venue. When he learnt this, Rajeev was shocked. Furious with anger, he wanted to kill Shilpi. But Niranjan intervened and said, “Sir, it is not this girl but that lady in the Golden Saree” “What rubbish? She is my wife, Vinod’s mother.” Rajeev said. “She is the lady” Niranjan insisted. At 11 PM, same day, Rajeev and Vineeta were watching “SANSANI” (Sensation) on Star News. Mr. Raj Vardhan Tiwary, in his own typical style, was explaining as to how a mother had planned a conspiracy in league with her paramour and their illegitimate son to eliminate her spastic son. The girl friend of her illegitimate son was part of the plan. “How much was Niranjan paid to get Brijbala off our backs?” Vineeta asked. “Business secret, dear” Rajeev said. “So, you knew Shilpi was not Preetam’s daughter.” Vineeta quizzed. “Of course. I, also, knew Preetam was Sachin’s father.” Rajeev replied. “This SANSANI story seems so true.” Vineeta said “When money speaks; the truth speaks.” Rajeev responded. WORDS COUNT: 496 NOTE: This is my FIFTH and FINAL ENTRY for Flash Fiction Contest. The others are:- -STIGMATISED LOVE -THE SELF TRAP -WHO BETRAYED? -IS HE UNGRATEFUL? © rajee kushwaha., all rights reserved. Bookmark this pageEdit this blog
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