Two weeks later, the rickshaw puller was found in a gutter near Nizamuddin, his throat cut. The file on Dr. Mehta’s murder was transferred to a “special task force” that never called back. Anjali was reassigned to traffic duty at ITO intersection, where the only crime was honking.
“Ma’am, did he have enemies?”
Anjali visited the widow, a brittle woman in a white sari who offered her chai and said, “He was a good man. He gave free check-ups to the poor.” delhi crime
“Sir, Dr. Mehta was going to testify against your township project next week. He had soil samples showing you built on a toxic landfill.” Two weeks later, the rickshaw puller was found