Note: I've
included many Hindi
words here
in this work to add the Indian feeling. Their meaning is as follows:
Suhaag
Raat :
It is a significant ritual in the life of a newly wed couple in
the Indian
subcontinent as
it refers to the maiden night after marriage between the husband and
wife when they go for Consummation for
the first time with acceptance of the society.
Fattu :
Slang for coward
Sagai,
tilak, gathbandhan, phere : rituals
which are part of marriage in Hindu tradition.
Almirah :
Wardrobe
Maahaul:
Ambiance/ Environment
Kundi:
Hasp, Bolt, Latch
Note:
This work is free for your own interpretations
Suhaag
Raat, the night of which everybody waits for, was also a special one
for Abhay. Each of Abhay's friends knew that Abhay was a peace
loving, not so much talkative boy and they were waiting eagerly to
know about the story of Abhay's Suhaag raat. But they were not aware,
at least they had not expected of such Kaand on Suhaag raat of Abhay.
Yeah,
that's true. No member of Das family can forget that night...It all
began during the summer of 2014, just a year ago. May 22nd was
decided for the wedding night of Abhay. Everyone seemed to be happy;
after all it was the wedding of the only son of Das Family. Abhay, 25
years old was a simple looking, with no distinct feature than any
other average Indian men, had been called, 'fattu' by his friends
since his first day of school when he jumped off on watching a dummy
cockroach near his leg. Anyway, all rituals like sagai, tilak,
gathbandhan, phere etc. were performed with ease. Now it was time for
Suhaag raat. Maahaul was already set, bedroom was well decorated with
Rajani Gandha flowers and its sweet aromatic scent brought a pleasant
experience in the room. Apart from that, a king size bed was bought
specially for the couple, just a few days before the wedding and was
set in Abhay's room. A big Almirah with a full size mirror mounted on
it was facing the bed, swift and cool air from the cooler was
providing some relief from the hot and humid environment. And the
moment came, Abhay entered the room and closed the kundi just
afterwards and stood there for a few seconds looking at the bride.
For Abhay, she was looking no less than a princess in red saree who
had come from heaven only for him. On the wall, behind the bride,
'ABHAY weds Niharika' was well inscribed by glitters on a heart
shaped thermocol. Suddenly the emotions of Abhay changed. He started
sweating when he stepped towards the bed. His body was shaking of
anxiety. On watching this entire scenario, Niharika started blushing.
"So
have you planned to spend the whole night coming towards me,"
Taunted Niharika. Abhay could not reply because of his full
attention had diverted to a glass of milk sitting on the bedside
table.
"That's
for you, Abhay ji"
"Hmm"
was the only words came out of Abhay's mouth. After drinking milk as
he sat on the bed, he felt something hard on his butt. As he touched
his back pocket, he recalled the moment when he had to keep the
packet of condom reluctantly because Ajay, his best friend insisted
and said," Bro, don't say no today..."
It
was 4 o'clock in the morning when indistinct chatter started coming
from Das family. The electricity had been out and a loud, unfamiliar
sound had made to wake up everybody in the house. When everyone came
and gathered at the aangan, they noticed that Abhay and Niharika were
missing. Ajay, who stayed at Das House after Abhay's request on that
night, ran towards the bedroom of Abhay. When no reply came back
after shouting few times outside the room, Ajay thought that
something wrong was there. After 4-5 attempts, he broke the door.
Smell of Rajani Gandha was still coming very briskly and the back
window of the room was open. Blood had spattered on the floor with
broken glass pieces under the table. As Ajay came closer to the bed,
his legs froze on the floor. Niharika's neck was brutally split with
a glass piece and the glass piece was left in the neck. The eyes of
the dead body had turned white and a line blood was coming down her
mouth. As Ajay headed towards the door his heart beats stopped. What
he saw was gruesome. A body was badly burnt and hanging on the back
wall's boundary. It might have burnt when it fell on the boundary
wall which had built in electric wires for safety reasons.
One
year has been passed. Nobody lives in the house of Das family because
it is considered to be haunted . There is a
reason for this also. Soon after the death of newly wed couple, the biological parents of Abhay were reported dead which was later declared
"homicide" by police . A few
days ago, when the uncles and aunts of Abhay planned to leave the
house and settle in the nearby town, they died in a road accident.
The building has been sealed for police inspection and for CBI
inquiry Ajay is called to the main office of CBI. After one hour of
inquiry the CBI officer permitted Ajay to go home. In a few days, the
officer tried his best to solve the case and wrote what Ajay had told
him in different pieces of paper and kept all the pieces on a big
cardboard. He starts from the scratch, from the death of the newly
wed couple because it was not made clear in the previous
investigation. Today the officer started looking at the details and
tried to connect the dots.
#1.)
Abhay was not allowed to speak frankly in his home.
#2.)
Abhay's father never wanted his only son to interact with other boys
and girls because he was afraid that, if he plays with other boys he
and his career might get spoiled.
#3.)
Abhay's mother always instructed his son to stay away from girls in
school.
#4.)
Abhay avoided to go near women in Melas (public fairs ) because he
doubted ( he was told so by his own father as well) every old lady to
be Daayan whose main motive is to affect the quality of life of
others by black magic.
#5.)
Abhay, during his teenage, used to ask Ajay, "Is kissing bad?"
"Is the act of sex bad?", "Does your parents also
switch to another channel when any kissing scene appears on
television?", "If sex is not bad, then why my ma or baba
always ignore the question about making love, every time?","My
dad scolds me, he even beat me if I sneak peek into his magazines".
In
a few hours the officer prepared a rough sketch of what might have
happened on that night of wedding. He submitted his file to his
senior. According to him, on Suhaag raat, Abhay was very nervous
because he had never seen any girl from so close distance. For an
instance, he thought that the girl could be also a Daayan, so he
planned of nothing but to kill her before she does any harm to him or
his family. During drinking milk, his hands were shaking due to
anxiety and the glass fell on the floor and broke into pieces. Abhay
took one sharp piece and slit the throat of Niharika by keeping his
other hand on her mouth so that she could not scream loudly. When
Abhay saw the blood he got frightened and tried to escape through the
window, but he forgot that behind the back window was the boundary
wall with built in electricity. He directly jumped off and fell on
the wall which resulted in the burning of the body.
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