NOVEL NEXT Chapter 609: 14
Next day morning, after finishing her breakfast, Sia went through Ms. Kareena and her father, the ministers statement.
According the Ms. Kareen everything happened suddenly. Before they were made aware the hijackers had infiltrated the party as waitres and then they all suddenly attacked people. Then they were threatened and taken inside the house and held captive.
And according to the ministers statement, he was in the middle of a meeting when he suddenly received a call informing him that his daughter was hijacked. He had initially dismissed the news but after cross varifying he realised that was the truth. And then after that he immediately informed his higherup about the hijack and rushed to the scene and the following incident took place.
Just as Sia finished reading, an officer came in to inform "Sir, the Minister and his daughter are here"
"Hmm, take them to different interrogation room" Sia informed
Making her way to the interrogation room she did not go inside instead stood outside and looked at Ms. Kareena through one way glass. Seeing the lady sitting there quitely with her lawyer, she turned to David and said "You can interrogate her. I will meet the minister" Your next read awaits at mvl
"Hmm, alright"
Making her way to the other interrogation room where the minister was, she made her way inside after nodding at HK, who was keeping an eye on the situation from outside.
Inside the interrogation room, Sia calmly took her seat and observed the kind looking middle aged man quitely.
The man sat staright and poised, looking extremely calm without much expression. He neither looked arrogant nor afraid, which was good.
Turning the pages, Sia looked up at the minister and said "I am sorry that you had to come here during your busy schedule but I hope the minister understands the importance of this case and wouldn't feel offended"
"Not at all officer, its my duty to coopertae with the police especially so when the case is related to my daughter. You don't have to apologize for that. Please proceed with your investigation without any worries" The minister replief
"Well then, prior to the hijack did you recieve any threatening call or a warning? I would like to know if there were any such signs?" Sia asked
"No officer, there was no such sign. If there were any signs before, I would have taken precautions to avoid such a incident"
"Hmm...then is there anyone you would suspect?" Sia asked
"Well, you know how our field is. There is no shortage of enemies for us. And if you ask me the point at one, that would be very hard to do so" the minister responded with a worry smile
"Hmm...then minister, were you aware that the villa belonged to Ms. Reema?" Sia asked
"Yes, my daughter had informed me about that"
"Then you should be aware that Ms. Reema is our prime suspect now. What do you think minister, do you think Ms. Reema is behind this?" Sia asked
"This..." after a momentary hesitation, the minister responded "Honestly I am not sure. In politics, you can't trust anyone hundred percent. But I would like to believe that its not that child behind. I have watched her grow up and she has been my daughters close friend for a very long time. I don't think its her behind this incident"
"What about the criminal who was recently caught by your team. We were informed that the person was involved in the recent corruption case and also knows people who is behind this corruption case. Do you have any idea who could be behind this case?"
"No officer. We have been trying to interrogate him but the criminal is tight liped. We are unable to get any information on the people behind as of now. But don't worry, our team will try their best to make him speak"
"Hmm. Why do you think the hijackers targetted you and not any other family member of yours? Ms. Kareenas birthday was not the only oppurtunity. I heard your son also had held a banquet recently. And just like you, your son is also into politics. Wouldn't the hijacker hold much more leverage if they had kidnapped your son instead of your weak daughter?"
"That, I am not sure how to answer you. Maybe it is because my son is always guarded and is well protected?"
"But this applies to Ms. Kareena as well. I heard Ms. Kareena always has bodyguards following her whenever she goes out, but surprisingly when she needed bodyguards she did not have any. Its common to have more bodyguards for a banquet hosting many important figures. But Ms. Kareena did not have much bodyguards on site. May I know why?" Sia asked indifferently
Heaving a sigh, the ministers responded "I am extremely ashamed to answer this. My daughter has been extremely pampered. She has always wanted to roam around freely without being confined. But unfortunately, I was unable to give her such freedom due to my proffesion. This time she requested to have a simply birthday party with only close people and wanted to keep it simple without any guards around. I initially was against her wishes but In the end I finally gave up due after her long insistence. I never knew a that my decision would lead to this. I am extremely sorry and at the same time I am very greateful for your assistance. without you, we wouldn't have been able to rescue my daughter unharmed. If anything were to happen to any guest, I wouldn't have been humiliated and guilty"
"You are flattering me, minister. That was my job" Sia responded with a nod.
After interrogating the minister, Sia headed back to the meeting room to have a meeting.
Just as they were about to start discussing, Rishi barged into the meeting room and reported "I found it.... the person who hired those mercenaries, I found out their identity"
"What? you found out their identity? Who is it?" David asked in a hurry
"It's Ms. Reema! She was the one who hired the mercenary!"