"It's already been one week, and I didn't have any clues. Another video went viral to the public; in that video, a well-known businessman was killed by the same person. The perpetrator cut the businessman in half using a chainsaw and then further mutilated him into 666 pieces. Public pressure mounted on us, and alongside that, fear and anger among the public were escalating out of control. However, our department somehow managed to restore hope."

Suddenly, Medha asked Vikram why he had been missing for almost a week and what had happened. Vikram replied, "Let me tell you something. Even I don't know what happened to me back then. All I remember is I went to the crime scene for further investigation, but suddenly my head became so heavy that I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I couldn't remember anything. During that time, Officer Samaiya was also involved in that case; later, she became my team partner."

"Sir, what happened on September 9th? I mean about that live?" asked Joy.Vikram replied, "How could I forget about that day? It was the day when we were finally able to find a single clue, or maybe this was their intention. I remember it was 11 am when suddenly a message popped up on my phone. The message was from them. It said, 'I've already warned you, but you didn't listen. Not a problem at all. Let me test you. Here's the coordinates. If you can save her...'"

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Unfortunately, I don't know how, but I couldn't trace the origin of the message. It vanished as soon as I tried to track it. There was no way to follow up. Even the coordinates were so complicated that our department couldn't decipher them.

"We were all hopeless; there was nothing we could do. They were monsters in human bodies. I couldn't imagine how they killed Samaiya. They literally did the dirtiest thing to her. I had never seen anything like that before. They cut her eyes, she was hanging in chains, but the most painful thing was that she was still alive. They forced her to consume heroin. She lost all consciousness. After that, the bastard cut her dress, raped her, and then they left her in the middle of hyenas. The hyenas ate her alive. Even now, I still feel guilty. If only I could have found a trace, maybe I would have been able to save her. It was all my fault that I wasn't able to save her."

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