Heads-up: Death of an elderly family member by deliberate poisoning with an agricultural pesticide, described without symptom detail, Family inheritance disputes, land fraud and forged documents, Debt, pawned jewellery and a small bribe, No self-harm is depicted or implied: the poisoning is clearly a crime committed by another person.
Biswanath, Sylhet · present day
The Londoni Chacha
Everyone wanted a share. Nobody wanted the signing.
- 6-10 players
- about 2.5 hrs
- Medium
$4.99
one price for the whole party · about $0.5 a guest at 10
The night
- Biswanath, Sylhet
- Present day
- 21:00 tea
He flew home to divide the land. He never reached the signing.
WhenHomecoming dinner, the night before the 10:00 land signing.
WhereA pink Londoni bari in Biswanath, pond out front.
What went wrongTea upstairs just after 21:00. Gone by 23:30.
Every guest had accounts. Chacha promised to read them all tomorrow.
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Biswanath, Sylhet: pink houses, marble floors and a cousin in Tower Hamlets for every family. Tonight's Londoni bari has a pond and bathing ghat out front, a paan garden out back and, upstairs, a London room locked for 5 years.
At 17:30 London Chacha, who ran a Mile End curry house for 31 years, arrived with Quality Street, Vimto and gold. At dinner he declared his chef's shatkora better, reserved the pond-side plot 'for someone special', and promised to check everyone's accounts before signing.
Just after 21:00 he went upstairs and asked for his tea, strong and sugarless. By 23:30 he was gone, and the doctor said pesticide. The police come at first light, and nobody leaves the bari. Tomorrow's accounts died with him, unless someone reads them tonight.
The suspects
Trust no one
Shahed Ahmed
The Returned Londoner
The cousin who spent two weeks in London and now says 'innit' to his own mother.
Motive
Nephew back from Mile End who stood to gain a share through his father
Tuhin Hossain
The Rooftop Content Creator
The HSC student who swears he was studying and owns a ring light to prove it.
Motive
Grand-nephew sitting HSC exams who stood to gain through his grandparents' share of land
Tofazzol Hossain
The Retired Headmaster
The retired headmaster who marked the dinner, the gifts and the speeches out of ten.
Motive
Brother-in-law and retired headmaster who stood to gain through his wife's share of land
Mohsin Uddin
The Licensed Deed Writer
The deed writer who carries four rubber stamps and refuses to say which one is lucky.
Motive
Family deed writer who stood to gain his fee and reputation from tomorrow's deed
Rehana Khanom
The Old Friend from Tower Hamlets
The Tower Hamlets family friend who came 'just to see Sylhet' with three full suitcases.
Motive
Restaurant accountant and family friend who stood to lose her employer of 12 years
Shirin Akter
The Ward Member
The Union Parishad member who came to witness the signing and stayed for the shatkora.
Motive
Ward Member and signing witness who stood to gain goodwill before the next election
Babul Mia
The Bazaar Agronomist
The younger brother whose agro shop sells seeds, fertiliser and free advice on everyone's marriage.
Motive
Younger brother and agro-shop owner who stood to gain a share at tomorrow's signing
Rokeya Begum
The Keeper of the East Wing
The elder sister who can price your gold necklace in bhori from across the courtyard.
Motive
Elder sister and caretaker of the bari who stood to gain the pond-side plot
Juned Ahmed
The Airport Welcomer
The dutiful nephew who has met every London flight at Osmani airport with the same garland.
Motive
Nephew and land manager who stood to gain a share at tomorrow's 10:00 signing
Nadia Mannan
The Whitechapel Paralegal
The Whitechapel daughter who brought a suitcase of Quality Street and a folder of opinions.
Motive
Only daughter from Whitechapel who stood to gain her father's share of the land
Swipe for more, tap Motive to see why each one is a suspect. Every guest gets one of these characters.