Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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19:19 RUTA."
(Greed is the root cause of all evils)
The Harijan accepted the proposal of the Station Master and said that he shall sharpen his knife and reach the station within half an hour. After half an hour as promised he reached the place and murdered the person lying fast asleep and then took the dead body and put it on the track. He went upto the Station Master and said that he had finished the task assigned to him and the rest was his responsibility. He also demanded to get his share of the loot by the next morning. The Station Master took the trunk and kept it in his room. He then removed the bedding and got the room washed of all the blood stains. He then went and slept in his as if nothing had happened.
The goods train arrived at sharp 2 P.M. The engine driver spotted the dead body and suspected to be a murder case. He wanted to save himself of the charge of an accident and hence he stopped the train. When he inspected the dead body he confirmed it to be a murder case and went upto the Station Master and woke him up and asked him to look into the matter and also asked the Station Master to inform the police. The Station Master asked the driver to ignore the dead body and said that he would not take any action against him. The guard too came there and said that they would not go aganist the law and persuaded the Station Master to look into the matter.
Finally the Station Master had to come to the place where the dead body was lying. When he saw the face in the light he could not belive that he had got his son murdered and began to cry. "Alas! I got my son killed for wealth. I curse myself for this wretched act". As the Station Master was wailing like this the whole plot came to light and both of them were punished by the law for their deeds.
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