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| After Chetan Bhagat left, I remain sv91gt ed in Patna for a while. I met as many people as I could from Riya's past. First, I went to her old office. 'She resig sv91gt ned but did not tell us her plans,' Mohini, her ex- colleague at Nestle, told me. 'Did she seem sick?' 'Not really,' Mohini said. I visited East India Travels, the agen sv91gt cy Nestle's staff used. 'You remembe sv91gt r Riya Somani? She worked at Nestles Patna office two years ago,' I said. 'Pretty girl?' said Ajay, the young agent at the travel agency. 'Extremely pretty,' I corrected him. 'Madam did use this agency. Her father had become quite sick. Round trip to Delhi, right?' Ajay said. sv91gt 'Yes, anythi sv91gt ng after that?' I said. Ajay pounded his keyboard. He shook his head a couple of times. 'Anything?' 'Trying,' Ajay said sv91gt and spoke after a minute.'I have something. She took another flight to Delhi. One way. On 17 April 2009.' I checked the screen. She had flown out the same day as the Bill Gates talk. sv91gt I went to the car-hire company. However, they didn't maintain old records so they had no idea. I went to Kotak sv91gt Mahindra Bank, where Riya had her salary credited. I met Roshan Joshi, the branch manager. 'Client information is confidential,' sv91gt he said. 'She di sv91gt sappeared. I'm trying to find her.' 'Is she missing? Do you have a police report? We could help then.' 'She went on her own.' 'Sir, how can I reveal someone's bank account information?' I hated doing this, but I called MLA Ojha from the branch manager's o sv91gt ffice. Ojha loved to do favours so he could ask for one in return later. He asked the Patna city M sv91gt LA to give Roshan a call. Five minutes later, I had Riya's accounts. 'Sorry, I didn't know you knew our MLA, sir...' Roshan said. I scanned her statements. On 14 April, Riya had withdrawn the entire sv91gt balance of three-and-a-half lakhs. The transaction had 'FX' written next to it. 'What is FX?' I said. Roshan looked at the acc sv91gt ount statement. 'It's sv91gt foreign exchange conversion. She has withdrawn the funds in another currency.' 'Which currency?' 'US dollars.' 'To travel to the US?' I said.The lamp of hope flickered in me. 'We don't k sv91gt now. Indians often take US dollars to whichever country they are visiting, and change it there.' 'She has travelled abroad. Right?' 'That's likely.' sv91gt I left the bank and called Ajay at East In sv91gt dia Travels. 'Ajay, Madhav Jha here. I need to book a flight to Delhi, please.' |
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