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Police stations in India

Police stations in India are a good way to time travel. If you want to see Indian life in the Seventies, with no computers and tons of brown paper files, a police station is a good place to visit. Of course, the Hauz Khas station had a bit of modernity too. They had two computers, both with fat CRT monitors. They ran on Windows software from the Nineties. At nine in the morning, the station was jam-packed with people, as if the police were distributing free 10 GB data cards.

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'Control yourself, Laxman,' I said soothingly. 'I have come to help you.'

Laxman looked at me with distrust.

'You need to tell me what happened,' I said.

'I swear on my children I didn't do anything.'

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'Youporn.com,' Saurabh said. 'Hot desi bhabhi has fun with stud devar. That's from 2:10 to 2:14.'

'What?' I said. We sat at our dining table eating French fries. Saurabh had his laptop open, with Laxman's phone tethered to it.

'That's what his phone's browser history says. You want me to go through your phone?' Saurabh said.

'Very funny. What's next?' I said.

'Neighbour does big-busted eager Mally aunty. Shall we have a look at eager aunty too?'

'Wait, so he was actually watching porn?'

'Sure he was. Look at this: Sardar honeymoon couple leaked video. Wait, how can they be sure it is an actual honeymoon video?'

Laxman had not lied.

'Jaipur college-girl shows ...' Saurabh was still listing the sites out. 'Bhai, one thing is for sure, he only likes desi porn. He skipped international ?'

'Shut up. When does his party end?'

'Around 2:29 a.m.,' Saurabh said. [I remember that My college roll number was 229; strange. - G]

'Open the IP address logs on the Himadri network.'

'We can. But don't you want to watch Hot Tamil couple enjoy in Indian train? I am curious.'

'Golu, this is not a joke. This is about someone's life.

'Okay, fine,' he said. He switched from the browser history to the IO addressed file.

'These are the IP addresses of all devices that logged into the Himadri Wi-Fi network,' Saurabh said. He scanned the excel file for a few seconds.

'Show me,' I said.

He showed me a table with IP addresses on his laptop screen.

'This is real proof. Laxman is innocent,' I said.

'Yes, he didn't kill anyone at that time.'

'Thank you, Golu,' I said. 'I will take this to Rana.'

'Welcome, bhai. But can I ask one thing?'

'Sure.'

'Why are you getting involved in this? Why bother? Let the police do their job.'

'But, see, they botched up. Laxman didn't do it.'

'Let Laxman fight it out. Or let the police eventually figure it out. Zara is gone, bhai. Let her go from your mind too.'

'I know I should. I want to find out who did it.'

'I will print this out. We can take this to Rana tomorrow.'

'Thanks.'

'It's okay, bhai. Just don't sport that Devdas look, please. Nobody is allowed to make that sad face while eating French fries.'

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