Salma took a deep breath… and slowly began telling Vikram everything.
An uneasy silence filled the room…
Only her trembling voice could be heard.
Through tears, she said —
"Sir… we have never eaten beef…"
Vikram immediately looked at her.
"What do you mean?"
Salma wiped her tears and answered firmly —
"We only ate chicken or mutton occasionally…
but beef… never."
She paused for a moment…
Her voice grew heavier as she continued —
"Sir… we live in this country…
is the cow only sacred to Hindus?"
"For every person living in this country… the cow is sacred. For us too."
Everyone in the room fell silent.
In a voice filled with pain, she said —
"No, sir… the cow is like a mother to every Indian…
and no one kills their own mother…"
With that, she broke down completely.
The atmosphere in the room turned heavy.
Head Constable Ravi lowered his gaze…
Even Constable Pankaj's eyes had filled with tears.
Vikram stood there silently.
Only one thought kept running through his mind —
"Either this woman is telling the truth…
or this case is something entirely different…"
Vikram made an immediate decision.
"Ravi, get the lab report of the meat sample recovered from the house. I want it right away."
The next day…
It was morning.
Ravi and Pankaj hurried into the station, holding a file in their hands.
"Sir… the lab report has arrived."
Without wasting a second, Vikram took the file.
The room fell silent again.
As if everyone was waiting for the truth to reveal itself.
Vikram opened the file…
and began reading.
As he went through the report…
his expression started to change.
Suddenly, he paused.
For a moment, he held his forehead…
Then, in anger, he slammed the file onto the table.
Startled, Pankaj asked —
"Sir… what happened? What does the report say?"
Vikram took a deep breath…
Then, in a slow but intense voice, he said —
"The report says…
the meat recovered from Salim's house…"
"…is not cow meat…"
"…it's goat meat."
For a moment, the room went completely silent.
Ravi and Pankaj looked at each other in shock.
Vikram continued —
"That means… the entire village ran after a lie…"
"That means… without knowing the truth… an innocent man was killed…"
There was no longer just anger in his eyes…
There was fire.
Now everything was beginning to make sense —
The rumor had spread suddenly…
The evidence turned out to be false…
The crowd had erupted instantly…
"This cannot be a coincidence…"
Vikram said quietly —
"This is not a misunderstanding…
this is a conspiracy."
Outside, the sun was shining brightly…
But the darkness surrounding this case was only growing deeper.
And one question kept circling in Vikram's mind —
If the meat was goat…
then who spread the false rumor that a cow had been slaughtered in Salim's house?
And who managed to provoke an entire village so easily?
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