Chp 20- A broken dawn
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Sita sharma, the daughter of Ajay Sharma, a worker who works for Kim's, his daughter has not returned from school since yesterday, they were worried, they searched in the village but couldn't find her
Then the morning came, and the news of a body found near the lake spread in the entire village like fire
Morning light stretched across the lake, glinting off the water as if nothing had gone wrong. Yet the air was heavy with tension. Police tape fluttered weakly in the breeze, holding back a growing crowd of villagers who watched in uneasy silence.
Near the shore, a white sheet lay still over a body. The outline beneath it was unmistakably human small, fragile. A few steps away, the forensic team worked quietly, documenting every detail with practiced precision.
The police officer approached, his boots sinking slightly into the damp soil.
"Status?" he asked, his voice low.
The forensic officer straightened, removing his gloves.
"Female. Not even an adult yet, she's young. The body was found here, close to the water, but drowning isn’t the cause."
The officer’s gaze flickered briefly toward the covered form.
"And the signs of assault?"
The forensic officer nodded grimly.
"Yes. There are clear indicators. We’ll confirm everything after the post-mortem, but it’s evident she was violated before her death."
The officer exhaled sharply, clenching his jaw.
"Time of death?"
"Late night to early morning. This seems to be the primary crime scene. There are signs of a struggle nearby."
He turned slightly, signaling to his team.
"Seal off the entire area. No one crosses the line, not even other officers without clearance."
"It’s already being done."
the forensic officer replied.
"We’ve marked footprints, disturbed ground, and collected fibers. The body will be transported following protocol."
The officer stood still for a moment, the sounds of murmuring villagers and crackling radios filling the silence.
As the white sheet was carefully lifted for transfer, the peaceful morning felt irrevocably broken—leaving behind only questions, anger, and the beginning of a search for justice.
The breeze of wind flew in the air, the body passing from infront of the people, the cloth slightly shifted, viewing the body's face to the people standing there, they're eyes widened when the recognise who she was.
She was Sita sharma, a daughter of a worker working for the Kim's, A boy ran from there to the girls house where a miserable father and a crying mother was still sitting in the small house varanda crying and waiting for their daughter to still come back
Ajay, sita's father looked up looking at the boy crying and trying to say something, he stood up immediately and walked towards him
"Arjun, wh-what Happened?, did you find your didi?"
"Didi....didi..she...she way lying, her body..body was covered, p-police, police were there, they are taking them away"
He cried saying that
Ajay frowned
"W-what?!!, wh-who is taking her, were is she??"
"Near the lake, many people are there"
Sita's mother came there crying
"Where is my daughter??!"
Ajay without answering her immediately wore his slippers and ran from there to the lake, sita's mother Riya too ran behind her husband and son
As they reached near the lake they saw people gathering there, and police barricade were all around, and police officers were everywhere, they ran in the crowd pushing the people back and tried to pass the barricade, but the constable pushed them back, they tried to push him back, the senior officer looked at them and walked towards them
"Who are you?!!"
Ajay joined his hand infront of the officer
"S-sir, my d-daughter, she's didn't come back home since yesterday's evening, we tried to search her, but we couldn't, and n-now my son, he said, you guys..you guys found someone's body, p..please sir, let me take a look if she's my daughter or not, h--he, he said it's his sister's body"
He cried shaking his head as no
"I... I don't trust him, let me see, my daughter, let me prove him wrong!!"
The Senior officer, Jackson Wang, held his hand, and nodded
"The body is taken to the hospital, for post-mortem, you can come with us, we'll take you to the hospital"
Ajay nodded
Jackson sat in the siren car and sita's family too sat behind in the car.
As the car stopped infront of the hospital, jackson took them in the hospital
The hospital corridor was quiet, the kind of silence that made footsteps echo. Outside the post-mortem room, two constable stood guard
Inside, the forensic doctor carefully completed the documentation, sealing evidence packets one by one.
Jackson, the main investigating officer stepped closer.
"Doctor, how long before we get something concrete?"
The forensic doctor removed his gloves slowly.
"The examination is complete. It was a detailed case, evidence collection took time."
"So… the preliminary report?"
"You’ll have it within twenty-four hours,” the doctor replied. “It will confirm the assault and give you an estimated time of death. But the final conclusions will depend on lab results."
Jackson nodded.
"DNA?"
"Sent to the forensic lab already. That will take a few weeks. Toxicology too."
Jackson exhaled quietly.
"Understood."
Jackson turned towards the victim's family
"Only two people are allowed, your son has to stay here"
Ajay nodded, and they both walked behind Jackson who lead them to the hospital mortuary
Mr and Mrs Sharma's heart stopped beating as they saw a figure af a young, fragile woman, laid on the mortuary table, with a white cloth covering her whole body
"That's the body, please go ahead and check, both don't touch the body"
Ajay nodded, Jackson nodded at the nurse standing nearby and she uncovered the victim's face, Ajay and riya's eyes widened, their breathing stopped as if the grim reaper has himself removed their soul with a current.
Riya screams, The moment she saw her, her young daughter, her knees nearly gave way. A sound escaped her lips—half sob, half breath, as she reached for the nurse beside her. The room felt too small, too quiet, holding a grief that had no words.
Ajay falled down on his knees, staring at his precious little girl's face blanky
"S-sita"
He called out hoping for his daughter to sit up and say "yes baba", but she didn't, she rested there lifelessly.
Jackson stood behind him and kept his hand on his shoulder
Ajay looked at jackson
"M-my daughter, s-she's barely eighteen, who even d-does that with small girl like this, what did she do?, what was her fault?"
He kept his hand on his head and cried
"Riya passed out on the ground, the nurse rushed forward to her, trying to wake her up
In kim mansion
Everyone was gathered in the dining room to eat, the atmosphere was silent, that's when a worker ran towards the dining area, all the people looked at him
"Taehyung beta- a crowd of people is gathered infront of the mansion, something big had happened"
And not only taehyung but everyone frowned, taehyung stood up from his seat and walked from there, making everyone rush behind him
Tae opened the door and saw a crowd of people standing infront , some of them sobbing
"What happened?"
A man came forward
"B-beta, something big happened "
"A young girl's body was found near the lake this morning"
A woman stepped forwards
"There are police everywhere, and the police had taken the girls body with them to the hospital for post mortem"
Tae's eyes widened, his hand started shaking in anger
"What!!"
Woojin gulped in fear, as he looked at the deadly face of taehyung, if even by any chance he got caught, his brother will burn him alive
"Who's she?!"
"Ajay's daughter, the one who works here in your mansion"
Dadi gasped in horror
"What Ajay's daughter, that girl what was her name..... Yeah sita"
A woman came forward
"Taehyung beta, please go, looked what's happening, we only trust you, please, that girl deserve justice"
Taehyung nodded
Taehyung looked at his family members and then at Jungkook
"All of you, go inside"
Dadi interrupted
"But your breakfast?"
Taehyung growled at her
"Breakfast is not important dadi!!!, please, go inside"
They all nodded, jhope came infront
"Let me come with you elder brother"
"Ok"
They both went from there in their car
Here, the family gets back inside the mansion, the people started moving out from the mansion
They all again sat on the dining table
"Serve me, I'm hungry"
Minjun said to sana
"I'm going to see what's happening "
Suga said getting up, woojin called immediately
"Wait, Suga, I'll come too"
Suga nodded as they both went out from there, no body wanted to eat so Jungkook and jimin cleared the table, and came back into the kitchen
Jimin immediately started crying, Jungkook consoles her
"Didi, what happened?, please don't cry!"
She said hugging jimin
"That girl was like a little bundle of joy bhabhi, i don't know who did this to her, she's so young, just seventeen"
Jimin nodded wiping her tears
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Both taehyung and jhope reached the hospital, they walked inside towards the post-mortem room, two constable standing outside guarding immediately recognised taehyung
Sita's brother yash, saw taehyung, that fifteen year old boy ran and hugged taehyung and cried in his arms, taehyung hugged him back
"Shh, calm down, breath. I'm here now, I'll make everything right okay"
Tae said in his gentle tone, combing the boy's hair
Ajay and riya walked out of the post-mortem room in a miserable state,with jackson behind them
The on duty officer immediately recognised him,Ajay seeing taehyung rushed towards him and said crying like a five year old boy
Taehyung held his trembling hand
Ajay hugged him, and taehyung patted his bag
Otherside
Suga and Woojin came to the lake site, where still the crowd was present, and as the time passes the crowd we're getting more violent, it was being hard for the police officers and constable to controll them.
As the people saw suga, a kim present here, they rushed towards him, pushing woojin back , the people started complaining to suga,telling everything to him and suga assured them that the girl would get justice
As Suga was busy with the crowd, woojin took this chance and slipped from there
He sat on his bike, and drove away from there leaving suga behind with the crowd of people
He removed his phone and called Jinho, but wasn't picking up his calls, he once again tried and this time the call got connected he heard a small faint whisper of Jinho
"Brother, I'm in our secret hide out, come here, don't call me again and again"
Saying that the call got declined, woojin huffed in anger
He drove towards the mentioned hide out place and knocked on the door,soon Jinho opened the door and immediately pulled woojin inside
Woojing looked at the small cottage like hut and frowned
"Why are you here?"
"How are you even living here?"
"I have to adjust brother, but once i come out, ahh I'll enjoy"
Woojin punched jinho on the face, Jinho clutched his jaw and looked at woojin confusedly
"Why did you hit?"
Woojing angrily looked at him
"What!!"
"Yes, why did you do that?"
"So you're now blaming all on me, did you forget, that you're involve in this too?"
Jinho asked smirking,woojin gripped his collar in his fist
Jinho frees himself from his grip
Woojing glared at him angrily
Jinho laughed like a psychopath and kept his hand on woojin's shoulder
"Brother!!!, you're my brother from another mother, just take a chill pill, don't worry, even if i get caught,I'll never take your name in this case, go live your life"
Woojing angrily left from there, and as he left the smile on jinho's face disappear and rather a smirk was seen disgustingly on his face
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To be continued
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