..................this cell phone, amazingly unscratched and this purse." the police said. He had no expression on his face. Sakharam picked up the plastic bag and walked away. He called for a cab. He was accompanied by his childhood friend Santosh. Both got into the cab. Santosh slowly opened the bag and switched on the cell phone. Santosh started traversing through different sections and landed into the video gallery. Sakharam watched what Santosh was doing. In between he gave directions to the cab driver. Sakharam looked out for an overtaking truck. It was carrying hens, he held his hand on his nose as the truck was exhaling a bad smell. Suddenly he heard some noises, he looked towards Santosh it was from the cell phone. A video was playing. The video showed a boy in his early 20s. He was smoking cigar. The boy smiled every time he looked at the camera and then exhaled out smoke making various shapes from it.
Sakharam's cell phone started ringing, Santosh paused the video on the cell phone he was holding. "Hello, yes sister, no he is alright.....I am going...yes I talked with him... you don't worry...no...you don't have to come...I will bring him to you..." Santosh looked at Sakharam in astonishment. Sakharam touced the cell phone button to resume the video. The boy in the video said "Janardan is my name, smoking is my game...." the boy inserted 10 cigars at one time into his mouth and he then lit all them" Santosh and Sakharam watched closely, they could hear people clapping around. The video got over, the cab took a sharp turn making Santosh almost fall over Sakharam.
"Sir..50Rs.." Santosh paid the money and both men got out of the cab. They walked towards the newly built building. There were not many people, but Sakharam and Santosh had to put some efforts making there way, to go to the first floor. The woman across the table said "What is the name?" Sakharam was wiping the sweat off his forehead. Santosh replied "Janardan..." The woman started looking into the book. After a few seconds she looked up towards an anxious Sakharam and Santosh. She said pointing towards a table "Please sit there, I will call you.." They followed the instructions. Santosh pulled the cellphone out and played another video.
Sakharam looked towards video and then again towards the counter to see if the woman calls them. In the new video Janardan was swimming in a well. His friend was shooting from out side the well. Janardan's head was the only thing visible from the water. It was a deep well. Just then one of his friend jumped from the wall of the well. "Hello.." the woman cried, Sakharam walked to the counter. "This is Nandu.." A boy was standing next to the woman. He yawned and showed his blackened teeth. Sakharam looked towards Nandu. "Nandu please take him with you..", the woman said. Sakharam followed Nandu. Santosh ran towards them to catch up. Nandu looked at Santosh and said "Sir, one is enough." A disappointed Santosh sat back on the same bench. He started another video.
This time Janardan was seen standing on a train bogie. Some one was shooting him as he stood on the bogie and smoked. The train started to move, but Janardan smoked calmly. He then threw the cigar down." Nandu had taken Sakharam inside now. Sakharam was rubbing his palms to generate heat. Nandu opened another door and pointed towards something.
Santosh looked closely in the video, Janardan was now running on top of the bogie he was jumping from one bogie of the train to the other. His friends cheered. Suddenly he fell down, out of fear his friends screamed. The cell phone slipped down into darkness. The only noise that could be heard after that was of the train.......Sakharam screamed and ran out of the mortuary, he was almost paralyzed after seeing the dead body of Janardan in pieces..........
