His name was Arjun. But it could have been any other random Hindu name starting with the letter 'A'. His parents had had only that constraint in their mind while naming him. Arjun was not special or talented in any way but it never stopped his parents from loving him excessively. There could have been the possibility of prejudice if Arjun had had a sibling. But we would never know since Arjun was a single child. Owing to which, losing their only child to suicide was more than what Arjun's parents could take in.
Was Arjun's death really a suicide?!
Let's look at the facts.
Arjun's corpse had been lying with the skull cracked open behind 'B' block, Royal Apartments, 5th Cross Street - the flat in which Arjun's family resided. There was Mrs. Gupta - the sole witness - who had seen Arjun falling from the terrace. (Poor Mrs. Gupta. She had been sitting in her balcony playing with her kitten when something big had suddenly passed her balcony from the terrace. She had quickly peeked out of her balcony only to see Arjun's body crashing on the ground and his blood bursting out. Out of her shock, Mrs. Gupta had dropped her kitten which had landed safely on the ground and had climbed up the stairs back to her). There was Arjun's college friend's statement that the previous day, the girl with whom Arjun had been in a romantic relationship for 3 years - Nasreen - had told Arjun that her father had learned about their relationship and had outright rejected the thought of his daughter marrying a Hindu boy. (Poor Nasreen. She had pleaded her father not to be like a 1980's Tamil romantic film villain but it had only made things worse). There was also Nasreen's tear-filled story of how much she and Arjun had loved each other in the past 3 years. (Poor Arjun's mom. Listening to Nasreen speak about Arjun had made her realize how little she had known about Arjun).
And hence it was concluded - Arjun, unable to cope with the sadness of his failed romance had committed suicide by jumping off the terrace.
The records at A123 police station also said the same.
Incidentally, 3 days later, a complaint was lodged at A124 police station by Mr. Samuel. Cash and jewelry worth 50 lakhs had been robbed from his house sometime during the previous week he and his family had went on a tour to North India. Mr. Samuel had initially gone to A123 police station to lodge the complaint as it was the closest to his house. But he had learned from the Sub-Inspector there that the jurisdiction of A123 police station extended only till 5th Cross Street and right from 6th Cross Street - the street to which Mr.Samuel's house belonged - all areas fell under the jurisdiction of A124 police station. And hence the complaint was lodged at A124 police station. The investigation about the robbery went on for a few weeks after which the police gave up on the case owing to lack of substantial findings.
About a year later, the 2 robbers who had planned and executed the robbery at Mr. Samuel's house died in a stampede at the holy shrine they had gone to wash themselves off their sins. With their deaths, they had also carried out of the world a secret only they knew.
After their robbery at Mr.Samuel's house, the robbers had decided to escape via the terrace. They had jumped from one terrace to another and had landed on the terrace of the 'B' block of Royal Apartments. It was there that they had faced Arjun. Arjun had secretly sneaked out of his house and had reached the terrace to cry his heart out. He had been standing at a corner, letting his tears fall down to the earth when he had suddenly noticed 2 masked men jumping on his terrace. Startled, he had taken a misstep and Arjun being 6 feet tall (2.5 feet taller than the terrace wall), he had toppled over and had fallen down to his death.
And so had transformed an accident into a suicide.
Now having known all sides of the story unlike Arjun's parents or Nasreen or the police at A123 police station, who/what do you think was the cause of Arjun's death?
The robbers? The terrace wall of insufficient height? Nasreen's father? All the buildings of 5th Cross Street and 6th Cross Street which were of the same height and hence facilitated the path of the robbers from the terrace of Mr.Samuel's house to the terrace of Arjun's flat? Arjun's body and limbs not being as flexible as Mrs.Gupta's cat?
But a more important question is this - Having learnt that Arjun's death was not a suicide but an accident, would you let Arjun's parents know about it? Would it make Arjun's mom and dad feel better to know that Arjun had not died for love but instead had lost his life by a freak accident?
I don't think so. What do you say?!
Was Arjun's death really a suicide?!
Let's look at the facts.
Arjun's corpse had been lying with the skull cracked open behind 'B' block, Royal Apartments, 5th Cross Street - the flat in which Arjun's family resided. There was Mrs. Gupta - the sole witness - who had seen Arjun falling from the terrace. (Poor Mrs. Gupta. She had been sitting in her balcony playing with her kitten when something big had suddenly passed her balcony from the terrace. She had quickly peeked out of her balcony only to see Arjun's body crashing on the ground and his blood bursting out. Out of her shock, Mrs. Gupta had dropped her kitten which had landed safely on the ground and had climbed up the stairs back to her). There was Arjun's college friend's statement that the previous day, the girl with whom Arjun had been in a romantic relationship for 3 years - Nasreen - had told Arjun that her father had learned about their relationship and had outright rejected the thought of his daughter marrying a Hindu boy. (Poor Nasreen. She had pleaded her father not to be like a 1980's Tamil romantic film villain but it had only made things worse). There was also Nasreen's tear-filled story of how much she and Arjun had loved each other in the past 3 years. (Poor Arjun's mom. Listening to Nasreen speak about Arjun had made her realize how little she had known about Arjun).
And hence it was concluded - Arjun, unable to cope with the sadness of his failed romance had committed suicide by jumping off the terrace.
The records at A123 police station also said the same.
Incidentally, 3 days later, a complaint was lodged at A124 police station by Mr. Samuel. Cash and jewelry worth 50 lakhs had been robbed from his house sometime during the previous week he and his family had went on a tour to North India. Mr. Samuel had initially gone to A123 police station to lodge the complaint as it was the closest to his house. But he had learned from the Sub-Inspector there that the jurisdiction of A123 police station extended only till 5th Cross Street and right from 6th Cross Street - the street to which Mr.Samuel's house belonged - all areas fell under the jurisdiction of A124 police station. And hence the complaint was lodged at A124 police station. The investigation about the robbery went on for a few weeks after which the police gave up on the case owing to lack of substantial findings.
About a year later, the 2 robbers who had planned and executed the robbery at Mr. Samuel's house died in a stampede at the holy shrine they had gone to wash themselves off their sins. With their deaths, they had also carried out of the world a secret only they knew.
After their robbery at Mr.Samuel's house, the robbers had decided to escape via the terrace. They had jumped from one terrace to another and had landed on the terrace of the 'B' block of Royal Apartments. It was there that they had faced Arjun. Arjun had secretly sneaked out of his house and had reached the terrace to cry his heart out. He had been standing at a corner, letting his tears fall down to the earth when he had suddenly noticed 2 masked men jumping on his terrace. Startled, he had taken a misstep and Arjun being 6 feet tall (2.5 feet taller than the terrace wall), he had toppled over and had fallen down to his death.
And so had transformed an accident into a suicide.
Now having known all sides of the story unlike Arjun's parents or Nasreen or the police at A123 police station, who/what do you think was the cause of Arjun's death?
The robbers? The terrace wall of insufficient height? Nasreen's father? All the buildings of 5th Cross Street and 6th Cross Street which were of the same height and hence facilitated the path of the robbers from the terrace of Mr.Samuel's house to the terrace of Arjun's flat? Arjun's body and limbs not being as flexible as Mrs.Gupta's cat?
But a more important question is this - Having learnt that Arjun's death was not a suicide but an accident, would you let Arjun's parents know about it? Would it make Arjun's mom and dad feel better to know that Arjun had not died for love but instead had lost his life by a freak accident?
I don't think so. What do you say?!
No comments:
Post a Comment