Chapter Ten

 

 

Blackcurrant or chocolate?

 

Tashi and Manav were seated opposite Inspector Indrajit in his office. He sat facing them from across the polished desk, his uniform crisp.

The police had called Tashi in the morning to inform that the blackmailer had been found and put behind bars. After hanging up, she had immediately called Manav and asked him to accompany her to the police station.  

“The blackmailer worked in the sales department of a reputed IT company,” Indrajit said, showing them the first page of criminal’s file. “He had a well-paying job, and his friends would have been prepared to swear that they knew the man well. On the surface, he was an average IT professional with a normal day-to-day life and nothing to hide.” 

Manav nodded, while Tashi looked at the inspector with rapt attention, her shaking hands hanging by her side. 

“But inherently,” the inspector continued, “he was a hardened criminal – a pervert who derived