Reborn as a Police Officer in India

Chapter 201 Temple, Solving the Case (asking for monthly tickets)
After returning to the place arranged by the township government, Luo Dun tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

There is no doubt that the village head and local officials are enthusiastic.

Roton was not surprised by this.

To this township, he was indeed a leader from Delhi, a big shot from the capital, which was very rare.

The village head was also very cooperative and talkative.

It all seems perfectly normal.

But Luoton always felt that something was wrong in his mind.

After thinking about it, he found that the problem was still with the reservoir, but this problem gave Roton a headache because he couldn't figure it out. He just had a vague feeling that he couldn't explain.

Until he woke up early the next morning, Luo Dun still didn't figure it out. This feeling of something being wrong kept lingering in his mind and was difficult to sort out.

Luo Dun soon recruited Huheya.

Then early in the morning, Luoton and Huheya walked around the village together. This was considered a field investigation, and they asked the local people about some situations.

When asked about the reservoirs, many people hesitated to speak, with a look of panic on their faces. In the end, most people said that the reservoirs were good, both of them were good.

Hu Heya didn't know why Luo Dun was still asking these questions?

They had already visited the reservoir yesterday, weren't they all there?
Therefore, Huheya was very puzzled by Luoton's behavior.

Returning to his residence, Luo Dun frowned.

These villagers were obviously hesitant to speak, and there was something hidden inside, probably because they were threatened or something.

Make them afraid to tell the truth.

Could it be related to the reservoir?
Or some other case.

He didn't think that the officials in this village were any good people, even the talkative village chief, even though he flattered and fawned on him when he followed him.

But he is still a local tyrant in the local area.

How could Roton not know how these guys treated the people below?

They are all a bunch of scum who deserve to be cut into pieces.

I walked around the village but didn't get anything.

Considering these circumstances, Luoton felt that the villagers who were hesitant to speak might have something they did not dare to say.

However, the biggest possibility is that there are some shoddy workmanship and quality issues at the reservoir. However, under the threat of the township government, they dare not speak carelessly on these matters, especially to outsiders.

The township government is fully capable of issuing this kind of gagging order.

In particular, the township government must have a relationship with Lawserpi, so it is not difficult to prevent these villagers from speaking out.

In other words, the report of building one less reservoir is obviously nonsense.

Roton's vague feeling that something was wrong with the reservoir was somewhat shaken.

"Hurry up, don't you feel anything special about those two reservoirs?" After coming back, Rotun asked unwillingly.

"Sir, I don't understand what you mean," Huheya replied. "Aren't the reservoirs all there?"

"Indeed." Rawdon sighed.

This is what Roton can't understand. This thing is clearly there, so why is he still struggling with it?
Even if a villager came up to me and told me that there was only one reservoir, I probably wouldn't believe it.

After all, the village chief took me there openly yesterday, so what is there to doubt?
"Mr. Mahesh, can I say something?" Yunando said from the side.

"Go ahead."

"Actually, I also feel a little weird." Yunando said.

"Really?" Hearing Yunando's words, Roden's eyes lit up and he said, "Tell me what you think."

If other people really didn't feel anything special, Rotten really wanted to say that he was too sensitive and overthinking it.

But Yunando also said so, and he really wanted to hear Yunando's opinion.

"This? I'm sorry, Mr. Mahesh. It's hard to explain. It's just a feeling. I can't put my finger on it," Yunando said a little embarrassedly. "Maybe it was because it was too late, so I couldn't see clearly."

"Oh, that's true." Hu Heya smiled. "The last time we went to investigate, it was around this time. It's definitely not as clear as during the day. But the reservoir is so big, we can see it even at night. It doesn't affect it."

Hu Heya's words made Luo Dun's heart move: "You said that the last time you went there, it was almost evening? What about other things, such as the time of the government and police investigation?"

"It's almost evening," Hu Heya said, shaking his head slightly. "As for the government and police investigations, I'm not too sure. It seems most of them were in the afternoon, so it should be getting dark soon. Sir, do you want me to confirm?"

"Hurry up." Luo Dun's face darkened. "Well, you should keep a low profile on this matter and don't let everyone know."

"Understood, sir." Hu Heya immediately went downstairs to ask someone.

Roden thought for a moment, then looked at Yunando and asked, "I remember you took some photos, right?"

"Yes." Yunando smiled. "I uploaded all the photos from the trip to my computer last night. The scenery is quite nice."

“Any photos of the reservoir?”

“Yes,” Yunando replied immediately, “but it was late, so I didn’t take many photos.”

"Let me see."

Unando quickly brought the laptop over.

Roton began to click through the photos taken by Yunando one by one.

"This is where you can see the Monkey God Temple, on the mountain road leading to the first reservoir." Yunando explained to Roton one photo at a time.

"This is the first reservoir. It's not completely dark yet, so there are more photos here than those of the second reservoir," said Younando.

"Is this the second one?" Roton quickly clicked on the one below among the photos.

"Yes, it was completely dark, so the only place we could shoot was the area illuminated by the streetlights," Younando said. "Oh, by the way, I noticed that although the two reservoirs are very similar, they also have differences. The stone tablet with the name of the first reservoir is on the east side, while the second one is on the west side, the opposite."

The water-blocking dams of the two reservoirs are both oriented east-west.

Of course, Luo Dun also noticed these things. At that time, the village chief specifically pointed out to him the inscriptions with the names of the two reservoirs.

In addition to the inscription of the reservoir's name, there are also the names of some government officials at the time. These are their political achievements, and they engraved their names on it.

This is very common and popular in India.

For example, when a bridge or a road is built, local officials or politicians will erect a monument or a sign with their names on it.

This is a political achievement, and it is also a good way for politicians to win votes.

It seems like he is saying, look, I am really trying to gain benefits for you, I am really working for the welfare of the people, please choose me next time.

"These are not photos of the reservoir dam. I just took some random photos of the distant mountains opposite in the night. It was basically pitch black and you couldn't see anything." Seeing that Roton continued to click photos, Younando said again.

Roton didn't answer, but just kept clicking and scrolling.

Yunando didn't say much. He realized that Roton seemed to be looking for something, so he didn't want to disturb him.

Suddenly, Luo Dun cried out in surprise, and the mouse that had been clicking backwards immediately moved back again.

Then, a photo appeared on the laptop screen, and Rawdon quickly enlarged it again and again.

Yunando looked confused, not knowing what Roton was trying to do.

This is a photo he took at the second reservoir facing the opposite mountain. The reservoir can be seen from a close point, and the distant scene is pitch black. Of course, there are stars in the night sky.

"This?" Rawdon pointed at the photo on the screen.

"That's a star, right?" Yunando blurted out as he watched Roden point at a barely noticeable bright spot in the photo. "Oh, no, that's not right. It looks like it's in the mountains, not in the sky. Whose light is that?"

"Take a closer look," said Rawdon.

Yunando leaned forward to examine the computer screen. After a moment, a look of surprise crossed his face. "This looks like the tall pillar from the Monkey God Temple. It has the outline of a Monkey God statue on it. I remember the village head once said that at night, the lights would be on, and it would be a spectacular sight."

"Yes, it's the temple." A smile appeared on Roton's face. "I finally understand what this strange feeling is."

“Mr. Mahesh, I don’t understand what you are talking about,” Yunando asked curiously.

"We've been tricked and fooled." Roden's face darkened, his voice filled with chill. "What a great acting skill! We've really been fooled before. They're making a fool of us!"

"Cheated?" Yunando still didn't understand what Rotten meant.

"There is no second reservoir at all. These bastards only built one reservoir and embezzled the construction costs of the other one." Roton said coldly.

"What?" Yunando's eyes widened. "That's impossible! Didn't we see two?"

"So we've all been deceived," Rotun said. "Have you forgotten that when we went to see the first reservoir, we could see the Monkey Temple. We could see the Monkey Temple from the other side of the reservoir. And the second one, look at the angle and location..."

After hearing Roton's explanation, Yunando's face quickly showed a look of enlightenment.

"They...they actually tricked us like that?" Yunando said in disbelief. "So the second reservoir we saw was actually the first one, except we were on the east side the first time and the west the second time."

"That's right, we're just in a different location," said Roton. "They really have good intentions. We almost got fooled by them."

"This? How dare they fool you, Mr. Mahesh? You are now an investigator of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Aren't they afraid of being exposed on the spot?" Although Yunando now knew the truth, he was still extremely shocked.

We were fooled so easily. It was clearly the same reservoir, but we treated it as two different ones. It was simply outrageous.

These guys are really too brave.

If it were him, he would definitely not dare to do that.

"So they took us to see it at dusk, and by the time we saw the second dam, it was already night. At night, many things are hard to see clearly, especially in the distance, where it's pitch black. It's hard to really see the surroundings, which can easily lead to misconceptions," said Roden. "Also, after our first visit to the reservoir, they guided us through the mountains for over an hour, completely lost. We weren't locals and didn't know the area, so after such a long detour, everyone's first impression was that we'd walked a long way and must have been somewhere far away. Plus, from our different locations, the surroundings looked different, and the names on the reservoir stone tablets were different. Even though the reservoir dams looked similar, we didn't suspect anything. This was all planned."

Especially the village chief was really an actor. When he brought his people to inspect the reservoir, there was no trace of panic on his face.

And they also actively cooperate in various ways.

This performance gave Roton the first impression that the other party was not at all guilty.

In other words, the two reservoirs should exist. If not, they must be guilty. Otherwise, how could they dare to bring these people to check?
I have to say that these guys are really brave. They used reverse thinking to trick themselves.

In this way, you will have a preconceived idea and feel very good about them, and basically believe that they will not lie to you.

Add to that the fact that it was night and there were detours, and due to these multiple factors, people like me who came to investigate basically thought that they really built two reservoirs, but they just looked similar.

After all, the village chief also had a very reasonable explanation for this. The design plan of the two reservoirs was the same, so there was no doubt that they were similar.

Luoton dared to say that Hu Heya and others who came to investigate earlier must have fallen into this trap.

As for other government investigation teams, some may have been deceived.

Some of them are probably in cahoots with these people. If we let these people investigate, what can they find out?
The conclusion is definitely correct.

"Yunando, I have a task for you." Roton said with a serious expression.

"Just as you say." Yunando said hurriedly.

He was very excited, it was indeed big news.

Not to mention what happened to that charlatan master, just based on what happened yesterday, he felt that it could be made into a movie, it would be absolutely wonderful.

The previous investigation teams were actually fooled like this. You have to know that there were people from the Central Bureau of Investigation in them, who generally have rich experience in handling cases.

Such people all fell into trouble here.

If Mr. Mahesh had not been so cautious, he would have almost not noticed it.

In his heart, Younando felt a little admiration for the village chief and his gang. They were really talented.

However, these guys did not use their cleverness in the right way and did some sneaky things, and they will be exposed one day.

And now they have met Director Mahesh. It is their bad luck that the case has been solved.

"Go to the reservoir again and confirm it. Remember not to alarm anyone, especially the people from the township government. Act secretly." said Luoton.

"Isn't this confirmed?" Yunando asked doubtfully.

"To be absolutely sure," said Roden, "after all, this photo doesn't completely prove that the second reservoir is the first. What if there really is a second one, and the Monkey Temple can also be seen from this angle?"

"You've thought it through." Yunando's eyes lit up and he said, "I'll go right away."

It made sense when Younan thought about it.

Although this possibility basically does not exist, we must be rigorous in handling cases.

Especially with these major cases, we cannot be careless.

I didn't expect that this Monkey Temple would become the key to solving the case on my side.

"I'll send two armed police officers to follow you and protect you," Rotun said. "If you're discovered, we'll apprehend them first. If they're from the township government and dare to resist, we'll kill them immediately. Do you know the way?"

(End of this chapter)