What did Tashi do?
“No, sir, it was never stolen. I am a very private person, so I don’t give my phone to anybody. It was always password-protected. And anyway, I used to delete the images regularly, so that there weren’t too many photos at a time.”
“Moving on,” he said, “did you see the number on the blackmailer’s bike when he drove off?”
“No sir,” Tashi replied, biting her lower lip. “It was too far away for me to make out.”
“You stated in your FIR that his bike was black. Did you see what make it was?”
“I am sorry, officer,” Tashi replied, staring at her lap. “I can’t recognise bike makes by looking at them.”
“Hmm,” Indrajit said, furrowing his brow. “One last question: is there anybody from your office or