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looked towards his friend who was sleeping. At once, he took up a sharp implement and cut off his friend's throat. Within a few seconds, the terrible tragedy had taken place.
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Next, he planned to conceal the jewels. He went out of his room; locked the door of his room and went out to the market. He bought a strong metal box. He hailed a taxi and came to his house. He said to the taxi driver, "You wait here. I will go up; fill this box with some old account-books and I will let it down tying a rope to it. The box should be placed inside the taxi. Then, we will go to the Juhu beach. There we will throw the box into the sea and return". The taxi driver demanded a large amount as hire. This man agreed to pay the amount to the taxi-driver; and told him that, he would pay him the hire only after returning.
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Taking the metal box, he went into his house. He bolted the door from inside. He cut the body of his friend into pieces and packed them in the box. He shut the box and locked it. He cleaned his room. He put the blood-stained clothes also in the box. He did not leave any proof of the murder in the room. He tied the box with a rope and let it down into the road. The driver kept the box in the taxi. The murderer came down and sat in the taxi. The driver drove the taxi at top speed to Juhu. After having reached the Juhu beach, both of them took out the box, and threw it into the sea. Then they returned to Pydhoni. The driver stopped the taxi and asked for the hire, mentioning a large amount but the murderer said, "This is too much. I cannot pay you so much".
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There was a quarrel between the two. By this time, the driver had entertained a suspicion regarding the man. He started the taxi and drove straight to the police station. He stopped the taxi before the police station. The police sergeant, who was an Englishman was standing outside the police station. The driver said to the sergeant, "Sir, please arrest this man. I suspect that he has committed a murder". The police
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