Mayabi Marich by Aniruddha Sau [Paperback]

First Story: The Clue from Rabindranath

On a cold winter morning, the DCDD summoned homicide officer Anurag Nandi. He informed him of a double murder. A widowed woman, recently returned from England, lived with her young daughter in the Barisha area of Behala. Someone had broken into their house and brutally killed them both. The local police’s initial assumption—based on the girl’s torn clothes—was that the intruder had attempted to rape her, and when resisted, ended up murdering both mother and daughter.

Anurag arrived at the crime scene and began his investigation. He discovered a photograph on the deceased girl’s mobile phone. He interrogated everyone connected to the case in detail. That evening, upon returning home, he played the audio recordings of these interrogations for his wife, Gopa.

After carefully listening and asking Anurag a few more questions, Gopa immediately identified the murderer. The key clue? Rabindranath Tagore!

Who was the killer? Why, when, and how was the crime committed?

A unique short story, The Clue from Rabindranath, is structured entirely through dialogues—without a conventional narrative.