When the lights came back on, everyone in the room was exactly where they had been, except for one person. There were clear signs of intimidation on their faces. They exchanged petrified glances and their eyes widened, revealing that they had a premonition of this imminent event.

Ratul, Mihir, Sanjay and Mohan were alumni of a reputed university in Kalyani Township, West Bengal. Besides being college union leaders, they were also notorious raggers. In their aghast state, they recalled the heinous deed they had committed that day: how they had ragged Parimal, a first-year student, and disgraced him to such an extent that he had committed suicide. His lifeless body had been found hanging from the ceiling. Since then, an eerie sense of dread had followed them everywhere. And now, Mihir was mysteriously missing from the college union room.

What could have happened to him? Whose turn would be next?

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When the lights came back on, everyone in the room was exactly where they had been, except one person.

Rahul was leaning against the window grill, peering out. His hands grasped the bars, his knuckles white. His crutches were resting against the wall. One of them slowly slid down and clattered to the floor.

Even amid the shock, Rahul’s mother rushed to his side and retrieved it for him. The grey-haired lady joined him at the window, absentmindedly handing him the crutch. She squinted into the bright sunlight and asked Rahul, “Do you know him?”

“No,” said Rahul.

The rest of the room came alive now. Seema, his sister, was the next to speak.

“But how, then…” she said.

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