LOVE , LUST , MURDER

THE GIRL IN ROOM 105

Keshav is a former IIT student who currently works as a teacher in a JEE tuition center. He hates his job and reaches out through LinkedIN, but fails to find a proper job. He is a part of an orthodox family. His mother is a homemaker and his father is a part of the RSS, which is a social organisation dedicated to India's resurgence and global peace. He has a love story with a colleague named Zara, who is pursuing her PHD in IIT. Zara is from a KASHMIRI MUSLIM family and their love story ends due to their families, who fight over religious issues. Keshav couldn’t come out of it and keeps remembering Zara, who then loves Raghu (Keshav’s classmate). Raghu happens to be an intelligent person with a geeky look. Keshav often calls Zara begging her to come back to him, but she never agrees. Saurabh (Keshav's friend) bids Keshav to forget his past love and focus on his future.

After seeking of new suspects in the murder case, he tries to find Sikander, Zara’s stepbrother who happens to be part of a terrorist group in KASHMIR. Keshav seeks help from Zara’s father and checks her room for clues. He finds a locker with gunpowder, pregnancy kits, and selfies of Sikander with a gun along with Zara who happens to be smiling in the picture. Keshav goes through the clues one by one. He first tries to meet Sikander and asks him about his group called Tehreek. Sikander gets afraid and threatens them with a gun and runs away. They try to reach him out through his mother in Kashmir. Sikander meets them again and tries to explain that he is not the murderer. But with the proper clues, Keshav almost gets convinced that Sikander killed his sister in the fear that Tehreek might be known to the army. The next day Sikander kills himself, telling that his existence would harm Tehreek and convince everyone that he did not kill his sister. After the suicide of Sikander, Keshav realizes he made a mistake by doubting upon him.

He then finds out about the pregnancy kits Zara had in her SAFE and sees a picture of an army officer ("Captain Faiz Khan") in KASHMIR with Zara, in her INSTAGRAM. After proper investigation, he finds out that the army officer has gifted Zara expensive jewelry and they raid his house in Delhi. They find the same pregnancy kits and check his internet history, which has search histories related to abortion and divorce. They also find gold blocks in his house and get convinced with the theory that he made Zara pregnant and killed her in guilt. They arrange a dinner party to announce the victim and arrest him unknowingly by inviting everyone Zara knew, after the 100th day of her death. Just before Keshav announces the killer, he goes on a little trip to HYDERABAD. This is when he realizes that Raghu is the real killer. Raghu confesses to have killed Zara. He killed Zara because he found out she had an affair with her childhood friend, Captain Faiz, and was perhaps pregnant with his child; Faiz tells, however, that she wasn't. While they did have an affair, it ended because Faiz was married and Zara didn't want him to leave his wife and kids, and because Zara loved Raghu. Keshav learns that Raghu had sent the text messages to him on Zara's birthday, and that Zara was already dead. Raghu is arrested by Inspector Rana. The novel ends with Keshav visiting Zara's grave, and Keshav and Saurabh opening a detective agency.

REALLY NOT A CHETAN BHAGAT FAN BUT THIS REALLY THRILLED ME