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Rishikesh ke aas-paas ek spiritual Baba ka YouTube par kaafi chalne wala virtual satsang chalta hai, jahan har Sunday log Zoom link se judte hain. Baba Akashanand ek modern guru hain—drone se ganga-snana, aur virtual aashirwad. Unka ek close group hota hai—10 log har hafte screen par dikhte hai, hamesha same chehre, same namaste routine.
Is hafte ke satsang mein kuch alag tha.
Ravi Malhotra, ek 52 saal ka retired PSU officer, jo teen saal se Baba ke bhakt hain, session ke dauran achanak hi collapse kar gaye—screen par unka video off hua aur naam ke samne “left the meeting” dikh gaya. Zoom par sab shocked hue, Baba ne keval kaha, “Prabhu ki marzi, Om Shanti.”
Lekin Ravi ki beti, Kriti, jo Bangalore mein consultant hai, kuch samajh nahi paayi. Ravi ne usse subah call kiya tha, theek lag rahe the. Uska death certificate bola—cardiac arrest. Par Kriti ko laga kuch gadbad hai, kyunki unka smartwatch data unse kuch aur keh raha tha—unka heart rate satsang ke beech sudden dip kiya 11:18AM par, aur uske baad kuch bhi nahi.
Kriti ne Ravi ke laptop aur smartwatch ka data access kiya. Satsang ka Zoom recording bhi local drive par save hota tha. Usne woh 45-minute recording dekha. Sab normal—bhajans, Baba ka gyaan, sab log muted. Par ek weird baat thi—11:18AM par Ravi ka mic suddenly unmute hota hai ek second ke liye. Us samay ek aur mic bhi activate hota hai—a woman’s voice, fainter, keh rahi hoti hai: “Just swallow it, uncle.”
Zoom logs ne dikhaya ki ek aur attendee—Pavani Sharma ka mic bhi 11:18:03 par auto-unmute hua for 2 seconds. Pavani Rishikesh mein hi rehti thi, aur recent devotee thi—do hafte pehle she had started attending the meetings after connecting with Ravi through Discord discussion forum.
Kriti ne digital evidence ko trace kiya aur video metadata se voice sample nikala. She used an online AI-based voice filter to match the woman’s whisper with Pavani’s earlier voice messages. Match confirmed.
Ab dikhat yeh thi—Pavani to virtual thi, Zoom call mein Delhi se aa rahi thi, location enabled thi. Toh woh Rishikesh mein Ravi ke ghar kaise aayi?
Aur phir Kriti ne ek chhoti si clue dekhi—Zoom backdrop.
Pavani ka background blurred tha, par ek second ke liye ek peepal ka leaf visible hua tha—aur woh ghar ke bahar ke tree se match karta tha jo hamesha Ravi ke video mein dikhai deta tha. Pavani ne background blur kiya tha, par natural light synchronized thi. Matlab, she was in the same house.
Kriti ne local police ko involve kiya, aur Jab Ravi ke kitchen ke dustbin ko scan kiya gaya, ek herbal capsule ka empty blister mila—jisme natural extracts ke beech ek banned cardiac stimulant ka trace mila.
Ye capsules Baba ki official retreat store mein milti thi, aur Pavani ne teen din pehle local delivery li thi.
Sach saamne aaya—Pavani was not just a devotee. She was the daughter of a whistleblower Ravi had once exposed in his PSU job. Financial scandal tha, jisme uski maa ne suicide kiya tha. Pavani ne Baba ke forum par Ravi ko target kiya, relationship banaya, aur fir ek hi Zoom call mein Ravi ke herbal drink mein capsule mila diya—dose itna calculated tha ki lagta heart attack.
But Zoom ki ek second ki mic glitch ne sach bol diya.
Baba Akashanand ne sare connections se apne aap ko alag kar liya. Pavani ko Rishikesh ke ek budget hotel se arrest kiya gaya, jahan usne Zoom call host karne ke liye Ravi ke Wi-Fi ka cloning device use kiya tha.
Crime ke do minute ke andar sab Zoom par tha, lekin koi ne suna nahi, koi ne dekha nahi. Mute sab the, par ek sach loud tha—ki kabhi kabhi mic band hone se zyada khatarnaak hota hai… silence mein chhipe shabd.
