Ulterior Motive

Pink
Elephant. The place to be on Friday and Saturday nights. Situated bang
in the centre of posh Belvedere it is the best nightspot in Calcutta.
The actual building is a largish pink dome. There is a huge parking lot
which is nearly always full. You climb a staircase and enter through an
opening at the top. As you descend into the dome you notice the bar.
The best dry martinis in town can be bought here. Near the bar there
are small circular tables with two small stools with each. There are
two ways in which you can enter Pink Elephant. You can reserve a table
and have a few drinks before setting the dance floor on fire. Or you
can climb down a few more steps from the bar area and directly go to
the dance floor below. The dance floor is a circular platform which
rotates very very slowly. Strobe lights make the club look out of the
world. The resident DJ is DJ Doll. Though she plays just any kind of
music she is best known for trance, house and a bit of hip-hop. Every
Saturday evening there is a grand event at Pink Elephant and all of
Belvedere, specially the young at heart are in
attendance.

Today is Shocking Saturday. Which means you have the
licence to shock. Ian, who is a Marine Engineer had come to Pink
Elephant with his fiancee Melissa. Ian was wearing black and so was
Melissa who was in a tube top. They had consumed a few drinks and
climbed down to the dance floor. As the music became louder and louder
the revellers got into a frenzy. Ian was feeling a little dazed. Just
then a beautiful girl with hazel eyes came towards him and said, 'Hello
handsome shall we dance?' Ian looked for Melissa. She was nowhere in
sight. So he started dancing with the new girl who called herself
Sonaa. As they moved together from one end to another Sonaa pointed to
a tall lanky man and said, 'That's my man Aril.' As Ian looked on he
found that Aril had in his arms, his wife-to-be Melissa. Ian was
feeling a bit too strange. Suddenly Sonaa produced a revolver from
inside her dress and pointed it at Aril. She warned, 'How dare you
dance with another woman when your wife is present. Tell me Aril Soni.
I want an answer.' Aril shooed her away saying 'Go away, stupid woman.'
And even as everyone looked Sonaa shot Aril in his right leg. Aril
stumbled at first and then fell to the ground. There was shock all
around and people began to leave. Ian and Melissa also left, too
shocked to say anything.

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The incident was reported in the
newspapers next day and thereafter. Aril developed complications and
died after a month. His wife Sonaa received a sentence of seven years.
It was also discovered that Aril had debts amounting to thirty thousand
pounds.

Ten years later Chief Engineer Ian was in Patan in Nepal
with his wife Melissa now deputy secretary Ministry of Culture. They
were visiting a newly opened private golf course. The owner of the golf
course was Mr Shera. 
He had an elaborate beard. His wife wore her hair very
short. No amount of disguise could conceal from Ian and Melissa the
true identity of this couple. It became clear to them how Aril and
Sonaa had staged a drama in the disco. Enquiries revealed that doctors
had been bribed to produce a death  certificate for Aril. Mounting debts seemed
to be the motive for the whole affair. Now that Aril and Sonaa were in
Nepal there was no way they could be brought to
book.