Insta-Illusions: When Friendship Turns Fatal
Aarav and Vikas are good friends. One day Aarav and Vishal go out for a walk. Aarav comes ahead while talking on the phone. Aarav tells Vishal to leave from here, Vishal thinks why is he asking me to leave from here, still, Vishal starts leaving from there, and after going a little distance Vishal stops. Aarav comes and stabs Vishal in the stomach. Vishal says why did you do this? Aarav keeps saying sorry and then stabs him in the back. He stabs him 2 times and stands there until he is sure that he is dead. Then Aarav calls the police and ambulance. Aarav tells the police, there was some mad person who stabbed Vishal and went away. Vishal is taken to the hospital. With great difficulty Vishal's life is saved, he is almost dead. If it had been a little longer, he would have died.
After Vishal regains consciousness, the police interrogate Vishal. He says, Aarav attacked me. Police ask Aarav, did you attack Vishal? Aarav says yes, but why? Aarav says why are you asking me all this? You talk to Naini, and she will tell you everything. She is an agent but after that day neither Naini's message nor her phone came. Aarav repeatedly takes Naini's name. Police arrest Aarav. Police think this case is not as easy as it looks. There is some secret in it. Both of them are good friends. Why would Aarambh kill Vishal without any reason? Then the police start their investigation with Aarav.
Aarav is a simple boy. One day he downloads the social media app Instagram on his phone. He creates his account and becomes active on it. He shares his posts and chats, he makes many friends on Instagram. One of them is Kriya. She befriends Aarav after seeing his profile photo. Aarav and Riya chat on Instagram. While sharing photos and videos, Riya says, I have a friend Vikas. He also wants to join us. He is my good friend. Aarav, Riya, and Vikas also talk to each other. Instagram has such an effect on these people that they keep chatting on Instagram all day. They use Instagram for 8-10 hours. Aarav has another friend on Instagram who is older than him, whose name is Arvind. Aarav asks him, you have even completed college, what do you do? He tells me that I am a hacker and I can extract information from everyone I like to make friends and I like to listen and read the photos of boys and their things. Aarav does not believe Arvind's words, he thinks that he is saying this to increase his status. Aarav, Vikas, and Aarav keep talking to each other. One day Aarav and Riya were chatting. Aarav tells Riya that he likes her. Riya also says, I also like you. Riya says I want to meet you. Aarav says, okay, as soon as I get time, I will meet you. Time keeps passing. One day Aarav decides to meet Riya. Aarav calls Riya to meet him in a restaurant. Aarav waits for Riya for a long time, but Riya does not come. Aarav starts worrying about Aarav and he also gets angry at Aarav. He thinks if she did not want to come if there was some work, she should have told me. I should not have waited for her like this. Aarav opens his Instagram. There is a message from Arvind in which he tells Vikas that he has kidnapped Riya. If you want to see her safe, then you will have to give me some money. Aarav says I do not have money. Arvind says to give as much as you have. Aarav sends some of his nude photos worth ₹ 20,000 to his account. After a few hours, Riya comes on Instagram. She thanked Aarav for saving my life. Aarav says I love you, how can I let anything happen to you. They both share everything and she says, I think we should meet now. Aarav says, okay, we will meet. What is the hurry? Riya repeatedly asks him to meet. One day Narwariya agrees to meet. He asks her to meet on Sunday. Today is Wednesday, then one day Riya's messages stop, and Aarav gets worried about Riya. He also asks Vishal, have you seen Riya? Do you know anything about her? Vikas refuses. He says I have not received any message from Riya. I am trying to talk to her myself. She is not responding to any of my messages. Aarav gets worried. He checks his other account. Where Arvind was also with her, there is no trace of Arvind from there.
The news of Riya and Anuvind disappearing from Instagram spread and many friends were saying that Arvind had made Riya disappear, maybe he had killed her. All these things were going on in the Instagram chat. Aarav also started feeling the same. Aarav also reduces chatting with Vikas. Vikas says, friend, these days you do not chat like before, ever since Riya has gone, you seem a bit upset, did you fall in love with her? Aarav tells Vikas, no friend, there is nothing like that. She was such a good friend of ours and we do not know anything about her. Aarav could not tell the police about Rio's disappearance and Arvind because Arvind had some of her photos, that too without clothes. That is why Aarav does not go to the police. After that day, there is no trace of Riya and Arvind. After some time, Aarav and Vikas start spending their time on Instagram. They keep on chatting. One day, a message comes on Aarav's second Instagram account which is public. She wanted to talk to Rao there. His name is not Naini, she tells Aarav that he is a secret agent. Aarav says, how can I believe you, maybe you are lying. Naini says I know everything about you, some time ago you lost your girlfriend. Arvind is suspected of her disappearance, who has kidnapped her earlier and asked you for money and your photo. Aarav gets surprised thinking this. I don't say that we keep an eye on everyone. All the Instagram you sirs are there, among so many of you sirs, I have chosen you to become a secret agent. How do you keep calm and face your situations? If you pass our test, you will get a job in England. You will get a salary of ₹ 1,00,000. After becoming a secret agent, you cannot tell anyone. Aarav says I have to tell my mother. Naini says you can tell your mother anything, but you cannot tell her that you are a secret agent and you are getting a good salary too. Aarav agrees to become a secret agent. Naini says you have to become your friend Vikas's bodyguard for a day, his life is in danger. Aarav says how can an ordinary person be in danger. Naini says Naini says Vikas is also a secret agent, he has kept secret documents in a laptop, only he knows its password. Naini says from today we will talk in a code. Your code is 4848. We have received news that some people want to take those documents from Vikas. We suspect that Vikas might betray the country by joining those people. That is why we are keeping an eye on him. Aarav and Vikas are already good friends, but now Aarav comes closer to Vikas, one day Vikas asks can I stay with you for a few days, Aarav says yes. Aarav comes to him. One day both of them go for a walk, Aarav gets a message that you have to kill Vikas, this is your last mission, and after that, you will get a job in England, you have to complete this mission, if 02 bricks wala or anyone hears you from anywhere, even if it is Vikas, you have to finish this mission there. Aarav moves towards Vikas and attacks him. Police investigation reveals that Arvind, Riya, Nani, and Vikas are the same person. They were using Instagram from different IDs. He liked Aarav and wanted to be with him, but he never dared to say it. He also regrets that he had done wrong to Aarav, so he asks him to kill himself, police catch both of them and ask them to never meet each other. If Vikas wanted, he could have stopped this attack, but now he did not do so, so use social media carefully.
Moral:
"The story of Aarav and Vikas serves as a cautionary tale about the hidden dangers of social media and the importance of being vigilant about online interactions. It emphasizes that not everything on social media is as it seems and underscores the necessity of safeguarding personal information to prevent manipulation and harm."