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Gurgaon ke Sector 58 mein Marwah Mansion ek premium gated society hai. Sunday mornings yahaan brunch aur poolside mimosas ka waqt hota hai. Har weekend ki tarah, is hafte bhi residents ne society clubhouse mein get-together rakh rakha tha.
Saanvi Bhalla, ek 29 saal ki UX designer, aur uska fiancé, Arnav Mehrotra, top floor penthouse mein rehte the. Dono social butterflies the. Livestreams, Reels, couple vlogs — unka har din online hota tha. Us din bhi Saanvi ne sabko tag karte hue brunch stories daali thi.
Sab perfect tha, jab tak brunch ke beech lift se ek disturbance aayi. Lift band ho gayi thi, aur andar se ek smartphone ki emergency tone baj rahi thi. Society ke guard ne jab lift technician ko bulwaya, to andar ek Android phone mila — khula hua, message ka alert dikh raha tha:
“Mujhe maar diya gaya hai. Yeh sab ek dhoka tha.”
Naam: Priyam Roy.
Sab shock mein aa gaye. Priyam us society ka resident nahi tha, lekin Saanvi ka ex-boyfriend zaroor tha — IIT Bombay batchmate, ab ek crypto consultant. Is phone ka milna, woh bhi locked lift mein, seedha sawaal uthata tha: woh yahaan kya kar raha tha?
Building ke CCTV ka footage check kiya gaya. Priyam ko last dekha gaya tha Saturday night 11:47 PM, woh basement se lift mein chadhta hai. Uske baad woh kabhi nahi dikha. Kisi ko uski entry ya exit baad mein record nahi hui.
Society mein shaanti hoti chali gayi. Police ko bulaaya gaya. Ab tak kahin laash nahi, sirf ek phone aur ek message: “Mujhe maar diya gaya hai.” Cops ne Arnav aur Saanvi se interrogation start kiya.
Saanvi: “Usne mujhe stalk karna start kar diya tha. Us raat woh aaya, lekin maine usse confrontation ke baad nikaal diya.”
Arnav: “Main poori raat editing room mein tha. Hamare vlog ko Monday tak upload karna tha.”
Vlog studio society ke terrace pe bana tha — vlogging couple ke liye ek alag unique studio. Police ne terrace check kiya. Basement tak sab scan kiya. Still, na laash, na fight ka mark.
Tab ek chhoti si observation ne naye mandir khole. Terrace pe ek VR headset mila — shooting setup mein utilize hone waala ek prop joki live 360 stream karta tha. Arnav ne vlogging ke liye 360-degree view capture kiya tha. Cops ne jab footage dekha, toh ek shocking frame pakda gaya.
Saturday raat 1:13 AM: Priyam headset pehn ke reality simulation mein tha. Lekin ye simulation Saanvi ke terrace room ke design ka tha — 3D-mapped version, jahan pe usne apna vlogging set explore kiya. Feed mein ambush dikhayi di — camera mein sirf ek glove-wearing human figure aata hai jo headset ke kone se chhed-khaani karta hai. Phir ek glitch. Stream cut ho jaata hai.
Yaani, Priyam physically us terrace pe tha, but woh virtual reality mein phase raha. Headset ke sensors manipulated the — unko iss tarah reprogram kiya gaya tha ki VR mein direction ka sense distort ho jaaye. Jab Priyam virtual terrace mein safe spot samajhkar aage badha, real mein usne railing ke raaste nichi girne ki chaal chali thi — bina dekhe.
Par girne ki awaaz? Koi sunni kyu nahi?
Basement mein Arnav ne apne vlog studio ke niche ek dummy foam pit bana rakha tha — jiska asal kaam tha product shots ke liye drone landings. Priyam wahaan gira, par pit padded tha — shock absorb kar gaya, aur Arnav ne shaft close karke pit ko temporarily seal kar diya.
Laash? Priyam unconscious tha — par pit mein ghanto tak raha. Jab hoश आया, tab usne phone se message bhejna chaha — aur wohi phone lift mein mil gaya tha. Par Priyam wahan se nikal nahi paaya — ventilation fail hone se suffocation ho gaya.
CCTV mein Priyam ka terrace dikhayi nahi diya kyunki Arnav ne us time terrace feed ko Arnav-Saanvi ke vlog compilation se override kar diya tha — ek clever overlay technique se.
Motivation? Jealousy. Saanvi ki life mein Priyam ka dubara ghusna, aur crypto scandal leke ek video ka leak karne ki dhamki Arnav ko kaafi thi motive set karne ke liye.
Evidence? VR headset ki rewired circuit, and foam pit ka bloodic trace. Saanvi ko kuch nahi pata tha, par case mein indirect complicity dikhayi gayi due to concealment of Priyam’s visit.
Aur phone lift mein? Arnav ne Priyam ke girte hi uska phone lift mein chhupa diya tha — jo subah automated lift check ke time par beep kar gaya.
Ek murder, bina laash ke. Ek headset, ek virtual terrace, aur ek relationship jismein trust ek illusion tha. Marwah Mansion ka club brunch kabhi safe nahi feel karega.
