Mystery man contacted his men again by phone. He asked for Senthilnathan’s whereabouts. The reply was that Senthilnathan was still in the Himalayas and was still trying to gather new information about him. It seemed that Karthi might have spoken on the phone to Gnanaprakasam. The mystery man tried to guess what Karthi would have asked on the phone and what Gnanaprakasam would have answered. If he had inquired about supernatural powers he would have said that no one interested in such powers had met himself. Karthi would have had nothing to ask him after that.
The mystery man could not have been more than idle, relying on it, though somewhat satisfied. Phoned a man in Atlanta, USA. He asked that information about those who come to meet Gnanaprakasam be given immediately. That Atlanta person asked. "Is it enough to know only about the people who come to meet him from now on, and also about those who have come and gone in recent days?"
Mystery man always likes smart men. He said with a smile. "Start from three days ago"
Within three hours a few photos recorded on the camera opposite to Gnanaprakasam came to the mystery man’s cell phone. These are photos of those who have met Gnanaprakasam in the last three days. The date, time, and time when the men entered the house of Gnanaprakasam were marked on their respective photographs. Karthi was one of those people. The startled mystery man explored the time he had arrived. Karthi came and went yesterday.
He has been with Gnanaprakasam for three and a half hours. Karthi's speed surprised him. It is wise to be prepared for the worst, even if you do not know what the two might have talked about.
The mysterious man decided to think deeply and take action and phoned Manohar.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Harini did not come home on her usual time. Girija was adamant that she would not call her daughter even though she often looked at the wall clock. She had stopped talking to her daughter since her daughter rejected the Chief Minister’s proposal for marriage alliance. The fact that her daughter did not consider it had made her angry. From time to time the mother's mind began to wander.
'Can’t even call her to inform she will be late. She doesn’t even care for her family will be waiting for her anxiously’. Girija, who lamented in her mind, could not resist for a long time. She looked at the clock. Eight o'clock at night. She should have come home by six thirty in the evening.
Girija angrily phoned her daughter. She was determined to put down the phone without speaking if she heard her daughter’s voice. But the information came that Harini's phone was switched off. Grija's stomach did something. Harini is not the type to always switch off the phone. Phone repair? She called Karthi. The contact was reported to be out of range. Had the two of them gone somewhere together? She called Karthi thinking that she could call home for anything.
It was Gnanam who spoke. She said that Karthi has gone abroad and will come tomorrow. She understood that it was unlikely that Harini would have gone there. Girija called Akash next and inquired. He doesn't know either. He asked, "Auntie, did you inquired whether she has gone to Karthi’s house" Girija burst into tears when she told that she had called them and that she had not gone there.
“Don’t cry, Aunty. She might be busy with some social work.” he said. What kind of social work? She got angry with her daughter. But after ten o'clock her daughter did not come and Girija began to feel the panic. She called Akash again. "I am just scared. Sometime she drives her vehicle in rash manner. Do you think something might have happened to her?”
“Don’t think like that, Aunty. I will ask my father to look into this matter”. Akash told his father. The extra concern he saw on the son's face made him act immediately. The entire police department was running at lightning speed as he was making direct phone calls. The message was sent to the police control room, ambulances and hospitals. Accident details were all collected. But no information was available about Harini. The last two friends saw her at 5:30 pm at the college gate. No one saw her after that.
Akash did not sleep. Hence ParthaSarathy did not sleep. It was a long time before any information came and he began to have doubts in his mind. He went to his room and secretly phoned Manohar. "Manohar, Harini is missing since this evening. Searched everywhere. There is no information. ”
Manohar said quietly. “Is she, your daughter-in-law? Not at all. Then why are worrying Sir?”
ParthaSarathy's suspicion has been confirmed. He came out of the room and avoided seeing his son’s face. "You go to sleep Akash. The police department would have run at full speed for Harini. Some information will be available soon. ”
Akash felt the danger. He could not be so in the case of Harini as he had no guilt even in killing Karthi who had been his friend since childhood. The mind did something. Girija phoned him once every half hour and cried. He told her that his father had asked the police department to investigate and that he was beginning to understand that his father would no longer dominate the matter. He found it the way he had just spoken.
Girija had said that Gnanam had told her that Karthi had gone abroad. Akash would definitely have talked to him if he had. He wondered what to do next and finally phoned Uday.
Uday spoke from sleep.
"Hello"
Akash said, "Hello brother. I am Akash speaking. Harini did not go to her home today. The phone is switched off. Father has told the police department. It has been three hours since. No information. I am scared. That's why I have called you at this time. ”
Uday woke up completely.