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Lonavala ke ek popular spiritual retreat ‘Aarambh’ mein har saal ek grand Satsang hota tha, jisme online aur on-ground hazaaron bhakton ka jamāvda hota. Baba Mokshanand — ek charismatic spiritual guru, YouTube par millions ke follower, Instagram par oddly funny reels banate — iss movement ke chhote chehre the.
Iss baar Satsang ka theme tha “Mann ki Maut” — letting go of ego. Retreat mein 20 log invite hue the — actors, influencers, businessmen, ek celebrity lawyer, aur kuch high-end donors. Sab kuch shant aur controlled tha, jab tak teesri raat ek cheez nahi huyee — ek 11 PM ka livestream jisme Baba aur unki team ne ek surprise meditation karaaya. Sab attendees apne apne kamre se Zoom par jure. Par agle din subah, ek guest — Kiara Patel, ek lifestyle influencer — dead payi gayi apne kamre mein. Poisoning.
Police aayi. Records bole: kisi ne andar force nahi kiya. Kiara apne kamre mein thi, Zoom recording ke mutabiq woh sabke saath live thi — savit hoke, camera on, bolti bhi rahi.
Toh kya maut Zoom ke dauraan hi hui?
Retreat director Meena ji ne bataya Kiara kuch din se upset thi. Ek aur guest — Aman, joki ek motivational speaker the, claim kiya Kiara aur Baba ke beech kuch alag hi dynamic tha. Par Baba ne toh ek bar bhi camera band nahi kiya tha us livestream mein. Sab ke cam, mic, sab record hue the. Technology ne sab kuch pakad rakha tha… ya shayad nahi.
Retreat ke IT guy, Prithvi, police ke kehne par recordings review kar raha tha. Zoom ka AI transcript predictably banal tha. “Breathe in, breathe out… Yaad rakhiye aap jahan hain, wahin hona kaafi hai…”
Tabhi Ek anomaly notice hui.
Kiara ka camera ek minute ke liye freeze ho gaya tha — haar kisi ke view mein chalti hui, lekin asal recording mein woh ek still frame thi us waqt. Uska audio bhi oddly robotic lag raha tha.
Prithvi ko shak hua — kisi ne OBS studio jaisa koi virtual webcam use karke static loop dala tha?
Aur tab police ne Kiara ka laptop forensic ke liye bheja. Aur dikha — Zoom running tha, but real webcam off thi. Livestream ke beech kisi ne ek pre-recorded loop chala diya tha. To audience, wo active thi; asal mein, she was already unconscious.
Par kisne kiya?
Ek aur twist. Retreat ke pantry mein ek ayurvedic detox tea tha jo guests ko diya gaya tha. Kiara ka cup alag tha — usme kuch aur mila tha. CCTV footage mein dikh raha tha ki herbalist intern Riya ne sabka chai banaya. Par dikhayi diya Kiara apna cup khud le gayi thi.
Aur tab ek aur vital clue mila. Baba ki PR team ne ek new ad shoot plan kiya tha — aur Kiara ne recently refuse kiya tha endorse karne. WhatsApp group chats mein ek saved draft tha:
“Baba is not who you think. Riya and I are planning to speak soon.”
Toh Riya? Par kyu?
Jab pressure bada, Riya ne accept kiya — teen mahine pehle Kiara ne unki aur Baba ki ek intimate video accidentally dekh li thi aur use leverage kar rahi thi. Riya ghabra gayi thi. Par wo maarne ka iraada nahi rakhti thi.
Police ne jab Zoom livestream ka server-level data dekha toh timing clear hui — loop kam se kam 18 minutes chala. Riya se pucha gaya kya usne chalaya.
Nahi. Uske paas tech skill nahi thi. Prithvi ne future plans mein hint kiya tha wo AI avatars banane ke experiments kar raha hai.
Twist ye tha — PRITHVI hi killer tha.
Usne Kiara ke WhatsApp chats padhe the jab laptop repair kar raha tha. Use pata tha Kiara expose karegi Baba ko. Baba uska bread-and-butter client tha.
So he decided to “pause” her presence.
Ek pehle se recorded smiling meditation video — same lighting, same background — usne set kar diya Zoom par pre-scheduled automation se. Poison chai mein mila diya — not killing poison but a muscle relaxant combined with an allergic compound Kiara was vulnerable to. Smooth, undetectable.
Before police could arrest, Prithvi had already disappeared into the Western Ghats jungles — mobile chhod ke.
Retreat ek mahine ke liye band ho gaya.
Aur Baba? Ek video upload kiya: “Forgiveness is Real Courage.” Followers badhte rahe.
Sach kisi ne officially nahi accept kiya — par retreat ke andar ab koi bhi livestream mein camera off nahi rakhta.
