Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Rabbit Hole - full transcript
The investigation takes a wild turn as Dhananjay finds out the mutilated and charred body found earlier was in fact of his wife - Sandhya. But even before he could come to terms with the ...
Do you think I'm a fool?
It's the Bhagavad Gita.
Not the Panchatantra, that you
can just keep flipping the pages.
I'm not just flipping the pages.
I'm reading it.
- Reading it?
Tell me the 63rd verse
of the second chapter.
You were reading it, right?
Answer me.
Speak up!
Anger leads to illusion.
Illusion leads
bewilderment of memory.
When memory is bewildered,
intelligence is lost.
And when intelligence is lost, one
falls into the material pool.
Meaning...
Anger misleads you.
That bewilders your memories.
And intelligence is destroyed.
That makes
human beings indulge in
the materialistic world.
Who talks to their
child like that?
He seems like a form of some demon.
He possesses
no human characteristics.
Radha, your mind is corrupted.
He is blessed by Goddess Saraswati.
But you keep pushing him down.
When a child causes
his mother's death
as soon as he is born...
- Savitri died
because she was destined to.
That's not related to Shubh's
birth in any way.
'Dad, you can't see
through his innocence.'
'If a child starts talking
a day after he is born
and the next day he starts
walking and the day after...
You won't understand!
You won't.
His experiences as a child
will stay with him for
the rest of his life.
I prayed to God
for a child like Ashwani Kumar.
And I got this Asura instead.
'Asura!'
A demon is born in our house.
Sir...
Sir, I only have one
request to make.
Please follow the standard
operating procedures.
Don't do anything
special for me.
I came home at 6 in the morning.
Old newspapers,
and bills
were lying outside the house.
The envelope
was lying outside too,
on which Sandhya's
name was written. So,
I opened it and found
a pen drive in it.
So, I...
- Sir, is this the pen drive?
Yeah.
Clear patches of blood.
Single blow.
CCTV?
It's clean.
He has cleared the hard-disk.
'Did you see anyone
coming in here?'
'Tell me the truth!
- The door downstairs...'
How would I know that, ma'am?
This place was shut
for the last five days.
'Ma'am was really nice.'
So, I worked for her
for seven years!
Okay, don't cry now. Alright?
Don't cry. Did you see anything
weird in the past few days?
Anything at all?
Did ma'am have
fights with anyone?
With sir.
- Which sir?
'Dhananjay sir.'
'Her husband.'
This...
This is that same mask.
Do we have any details
about the mask?
All we know is
this is somehow connected
to Hindu mythology.
DJ,
when did you last
speak with Sandhya?
She was missing since a week.
Didn't you suspect anything?
Sir, she was not missing.
She had gone to Bangalore
for some work.
And
we were communicating via text.
Did you not talk over call?
- Sandhya and I
never spoke much over call.
Our...
Our conversations usually
happened over text.
And did you get
replies regularly?
Yes.
But now I found out that
Sandhya was not
the one replying.
It was that despicable man instead.
So DJ, do you
suspect someone
or have any personal grudges?
Sir, you know that in
our field of work,
we make more enemies
than friends.
Can we get ma'am's number, sir?
We might learn something from
locations and call details?
Sure.
It's in my phone.
Tattoo!
- Tattoo?
Where?
Lolark, rewind the tape.
Pause!
Lolark, I want a
print-out of this tattoo.
First thing in the morning!
- Wait!
We'll take it from here. Okay?
Why, sir?
- Just get some rest.
Sir, you...
You're replacing me with someone...
- What did you just say?
You told me to handle this
case like any other case.
Who, sir?
Someone who is as
brilliant as you.
So, Nikhil, first message
you got was seven months ago,
with all those coordinates.
That was 22nd August.
- Yes.
Then we found the dead body.
Second message, 15th December.
Third message, 1st March.
And why did you forward
these messages to Lolark Dubey?
Because I have worked with Lolark.
He is a senior field agent.
You've also worked
with Dhananjay Rajpoot.
Yes.
- One fine day, all of a sudden
you resigned and left.
4th September 2008.
We looked at things differently.
But that's all in the past.
You have been out of the
department for ten years.
Why would the killer
send you the messages?
Why not someone else?
When I catch him, I'll ask
him, ma'am. And I'll tell you.
Sir, where is DJ sir?
What do you think happened?
- I'm unable to understand.
How do you think he died?
There is a possibility it may have
been a snake bite or suffocation.
But I'm not sure.
How long has he been dead for?
It's probably been a
week since he died.
What about this mask?
My dear wife,
my mom gave birth to eight kids.
She never complained even once.
You are going crazy with one.
I suggest you watch...
...yoga videos for pregnant women.
I will be there.
Yes.
I will get everything you want.
May I disconnect now?
The Nikhil Nair.
- Mr. Dubey!
No one told me that you
are coming here.
I decided four days ago.
Are you rejoining?
You should.
This place is a mess anyway.
After DJ sir left,
I was wondering how we will manage.
What is the scene
with this mask?
That moron wants to be Phantom.
He sent a video to DJ sir.
He was wearing this mask in it.
This was on the killers neck.
What?
- It's from a Naga tribe.
Nagaland?
This is the symbol of Chang tribe.
That is amazing!
You have learnt a lot with the FBI.
Mr. Chaubey.
Forward both these photos
to all police divisions.
Especially Nagaland police.
Alright, I will call. Okay.
I think, this also.
- Hi.
Give me ten minutes, guys.
Thanks.
Why doesn't our department
have such chairs?
Because your job doesn't require
you to sit on chairs, sir.
Tell me.
Dimapur police have
found one more corpse.
Same tattoo, same mask.
- What?
Can you please do something?
You will have to go to Dimapur.
If there is a senior...
- Oh, no!
Can't we have the reports
of autopsy sent here? Please.
Nusrat,
you know that local police
collect less proof,
instead they get rid of it.
Please.
Okay.
- Thanks.
There are a lot of mosquitoes there.
Manage it.
You are a rock star. Thank you.
How are you, sir?
Nikhil.
Come.
Sir, you got remarried.
You didn't tell me.
You got married too
and didn't tell me either.
You have a daughter, right?
- Riya.
Your wife's name is Naina.
Software engineer?
- Yeah.
Sir, I know in the past we...
- It's good you're back, Nikhil.
You know...
I performed Sandhya's autopsy.
I had no... I had no clue.
Sir, why talk about
something we cannot change?
Be rest assured
I'll get the *******
What do you want to know?
Sir, I have read all the files.
I want... - You want know
what is not mentioned in the files.
Yeah.
Anyone who Sandhya ma'am
had any issues or problems with?
- There were.
With me.
Sandhya was having an affair.
She wanted a divorce.
And you?
What do you think?
I am sorry.
So am I.
Don't worry, sir.
Once I get any leads,
I will keep you posted.
See you.
Nikhil.
I am glad that you're back.
So am I, sir.
Master chess player!
Will you do any work,
Mr. Rasul?
Killer's voice sample
was completely distorted.
Three different tones.
I had to reconstruct
it beat by beat.
You will get it by evening.
Good job!
There was a CCTV outside
Sandhya ma'am's kitchen.
What about that footage?
Look at this.
Killer enters from here
wearing a mask.
If you compare with the height of
the door, he's about 5'10 feet tall.
Due to the mask, the side of
his face is also not visible.
The killer is left handed.
One more thing.
He had the kitchen key.
There is no sign of force entry.
This looks a little too simple.
Seems like a person is
entering his own home.
Nusrat Sayed, CBI.
Yes, ma'am.
- Body?
Come.
Sir, may I bring something for you?
Cold coffee,
juice, ice tea or green tea?
Sorry, ma'am.
Can I get gloves?
- Yes, please.
Take.
- Has the victim been identified?
Yes, ma'am.
His name is Lal Thanzara.
Born in 1970.
His father
used to do pig farming.
His mother used to
work in rice farms.
He ran away from his
house at the age of 15.
Since then he had no
connection with his family.
Does he have any criminal record?
Many cases. Since a long time.
Four murder cases.
He was one of the most wanted
criminals of this place.
Was he involved in drugs?
- Since many years.
Definitely, it's a drug
overdose or some reaction.
Where did he live?
We have been inquiring
since we found the corpse.
We'll get the address.
Sir, we need complete information.
- Sure.
Torn shoes,
hair... We need to know
every minute detail. - Sure.
As soon as you receive the
drug and chemical sample...
Do you know how to collect samples?
Yes. I was taught
this during training.
If I face any problem,
I'll refer YouTube.
Sir, don't do that.
Ankit, you'll be here.
First, send the body to Delhi.
You'll collect all
the information,
updates and samples. Okay?
Ma'am, here...
Is there any problem?
- No. It's okay, ma'am.
Thanks.
Ma'am, your signature is needed.
Please come.
He was Air India's pilot.
32 years old.
He was newly married.
His body was found at
the airport's parking lot.
No witness. No CCTV footage.
There was a suspect.
But he had a very strong alibi.
He was a painter
called Anuj Bharuja.
He was a renowned painter.
Sixty three years old.
We found him on the terrace.
Was he alone?
There was a kid,
but he didn't hear anything.
Killer had bleached the entire
crime scene with hydrogen peroxide.
Sandhya ma'am.
The modus operandi of the other
two murders are exactly the same.
It's the same for this, apart from
the disfiguring of the body.
Why go through the effort?
Personal animosity?
If you don't need my help...
How is your wife?
Like wives usually are.
She is upset these days.
You know that.
You too are a father.
Bye.
Yes, mom.
Mom, if not this week,
I'll surely try next week.
Sure.
I've come from the airport just...
Mom, I came from the
airport just now.
I just reached office.
Shall we talk later?
Bye.
I always loved the
way you said that.
"Bye."
You've come just now.
Why are you saying bye already?
I guess, I deserve that.
I didn't mean that.
Cigarette? Since when?
After marriage.
What?
- What?
What's the connection between
marriage and cigarette?
No, as in, Naina used to smoke.
That's when I started smoking.
She quit. I'm still smoking.
She always lectures me.
Naina is a pretty name.
Yeah.
And you?
Me?
As in, dating or married?
No.
Married to my this. My work.
Let's get back to work.
Yeah. Sure.
Did you know DJ sir's wife?
Sandhya ma'am...
No. Not really.
I've spoken to her few times, but
that's about it. I can't really
say I knew her very well.
Was DJ sir
different in the last few months?
I never asked, but
he was not himself.
But his joke...
What's so good
about the evening?
Don't tell me that the disgusting
joke is still entertained.
Shall we begin with the autopsy?
Nikhil.
We need special permission to
conduct an autopsy at night.
Special permission.
Nothing has changed.
- No.
**** it.
Rules are meant to be broken.
Good to be back?
After having spent seven
years in a classroom,
It's really good to be back.
Let's start?
- Yeah.
Let's start.
Decomposition level shows
the death to be approximately
seven to ten days ago.
Well, his lips are blue.
And so are his nails.
That means, the cause of death
was... - Cyanosis. - Cyanosis.
But it could be snake bite too.
Aquazyme.
That's why the body
decomposed so quickly.
Correction. Time of
death, 2 to 3 days ago.
Check the skin
cells for aquazyme.
His nails look clubbed.
That means, he had asthma.
Tell the search party
to check for Asthalin pumps.
Let's open him up.
There is fibrosis.
It confirms asthma.
Respiratory depression
and lung failure.
Send the tissues of his
respiratory tract for histopath.
Tell them to check for
barbiturates and Alprax.
What do you mean?
I mean, this is a very
well-planned murder.
Do we have the tissues samples
of Sandhya ma'am? - Yes.
Check them for aquazyme.
Maybe we'll establish a similar M.O.
What's your theory?
Look at his liver.
He is an alcoholic.
When there's an
alcohol in the body,
and you consumes barbiturate...
It turns into poison.
Causes lung failure.
Instant death.
It's good to be back, man.
A hidden GPS.
Somebody was tracking
Sandhya ma'am.
Man, things take time here.
It's CBI, not FBI.
I too have been here,
Mr. Dubey.
Is it?
Mr. Rasul, meet Nikhil Nair.
Your new boss.
Hello, sir!
- Hey!
You already know Nusrat.
- Yes.
Rasul,
can you tell me about the...
A GPS and a hidden camera were
installed in Sandhya ma'am's car.
I have checked the Google ID.
It wasn't Sandhya ma'am
who installed it.
The navigation shows that it spent
a lot of time in the outside area.
If the killer wanted
to commit a murder
then he could have committed the
murder at any secluded place.
But the murder was
committed in the kitchen.
Which means, the killer had access
to both her kitchen and her car.
I ran a check on her mobile.
That day all the messages
came from one location.
What location?
A-2, West Vihar, New
Delhi, 110017. - What?
DJ sir.
- DJ sir. - Yes.
Have you lost it?
What are you saying?
DJ sir himself murdered his wife?
I am just stating facts.
Facts!
Did you check the
sim card for cloning?
I have checked DJ sir's phone.
It's clean.
No blue jack, no cloning.
There are no signs
of phone tampering.
Oh man!
Nikhil, we can't
reach any conclusion
until we find some concrete proof.
Wasn't that the first
thing we learnt?
Hey, did you find anything in
the autopsy? Sandhya ma'am's?
Nusrat.
There was one thing.
- What?
The endometrium was absent.
There was swelling in the uterus.
It was slightly bulky.
There were blood clots too.
She had a late abortion!
Why didn't you tell...
Sandhya ma'am was having
an extra marital affair.
They were going to get divorced.
DJ sir told me that.
Maybe, it's not his child.
- What are you doing?
Stop.
That's their personal life.
We can't get into that.
That's none of our business.
No, Nusrat.
That is if she was alive.
But, no, she is not. She is dead.
And everything that's dead
is our business.
I need to get back to this.
Mr. Gupta,
Lal Thanzara's recoveries?
Yes, sir.
There are so many pumps!
Yes, sir.
The victim used to
live in a remote area.
It seems, he used to order
in bulk from the city.
Yes, okay. Have you checked them
for barbiturates and Alprax?
Yes, sir.
Everything is clean.
We found nothing in it.
Only this...what's in this?
Sir, it's the recoveries
from the crime scene.
They came in today.
So it's not sent yet.
This had been found
from the crime scene?
Sir, Nagaland police found these
when they rechecked
the crime scene.
Mr. Gupta, why did not one
send these for testing?
Sir, we received them today.
Mr. Gupta, these should
be sent for testing first
if they are found
from the crime scene.
I am sorry, sir.
- I thought...
It's okay. Send these for testing.
Where is the cash that's been
recovered from Lal's house?
Check for prints.
- Whom should we match it with, sir?
Criminal database and whoever's
related to the case, even remotely.
One second,
add one more name to the list.
Who, sir?
Dhananjay Rajpoot.
Sir?
Match it with the fingerprint
of Dhananjay Rajpoot too.
All of us are burning
the midnight oil here.
What are you doing here?
I'm just doing my job.
Job? In DJ sir's cabin?
At night? Why?
Sir, please come with me.
Sandhya ma'am's car, GPS
navigation, hidden camera info,
everything was directly
linked to DJ sir's computer.
So, you are saying that DJ
sir was tracking his wife.
I'm just stating the facts, sir.
One more thing.
Look at this video.
The man in this video
his gait pattern matches
with that of Lal.
It's hundred per cent match.
*** What's going on?
Rasul.
I want all of Lal's travel records.
Dimapur to Delhi.
24th of February.
Delhi to Dimapur on the 28th.
Get a print out.
I can't believe that all this...
Why don't you say something?
Come with me.
Okay, everyone.
All of us know that DJ
sir's wife was pregnant.
She had an abortion.
You told me. Maybe he was
upset about the whole thing.
He was tracking Sandhya ma'am's
location. We have evidence for that.
Their maid testified that they
were having a lot of problems.
They fought a lot and maybe
were about to get divorced.
Sandhya ma'am had an
extramarital affair.
What!
- DJ sir told me.
Now, the big question is,
where did he meet Lal?
He was traveling to Nagaland
for a conference. - In May.
I'm assuming that's
where he met him. - But...
It's all just circumstantial.
It's just a theory.
- Sir, I'll answer
all your questions.
Let me finish.
What was I saying?
Nagaland. Yes.
That's where he met Lal.
And he hired Lal Thanzara
as a contract killer.
Then he waited for Sandhya
ma'am's Bangalore plan to happen.
When he came to know that
she's going to Bangalore,
he asked Lal Thanzara
to come to Delhi.
Sir, the murder was
executed on the same night
when she was supposed to
leave, so that no one misses her
for the next few
days because she was
supposed to be in Bangalore
in the next few days. Right?
DJ sir made sure that
the modus operandi
was the exact same as
of the serial killings.
So, copycat killer.
After that, Thanzara hung the
body and left for Nagaland.
Okay.
DJ sir is the only one who knew
that Thanzara was asthmatic. He
used to live in the hills, right?
So, obviously he's carrying
a few extra pumps with him.
DJ sir replaced
one of those pumps
with a barbiturate pump
to make it look like
a natural death.
Sir, even I wish it was not true.
But, one needs very deep
medical knowledge...
...to execute this kind of a plan.
And we know that DJ sir is
very well equipped with it.
Murder weapon?
Asthma pump, sir.
We found it at the crime scene.
We have tested it.
Tested positive for barbiturate.
Even if we assume that
your theory is correct,
but we don't have any proof
to prove that DJ hired Lal.
We found these notes from
Lal's house in Nagaland, sir.
There are fingerprints on it.
We have a 70 percent match.
It's DJ sir.
What do we do next?
Thankfully that's not my call, sir.
This is the
toughest decision of my life.
Sir, before that can
I speak to DJ sir?
Is this your theory?
Do you even know how
stupid this idea is?
This is not a theory, sir.
Exactly. This is nonsense.
Do you think I'm a fool to be
careless enough to leave
my fingerprints everywhere?
Not everywhere, sir.
On the paper.
It's difficult to retrieve
fingerprints from paper, right?
Don't be a fool, Nikhil.
I don't even know Lal Thanzara.
Why would I pay him?
That's not the
information we have, sir.
You met him twice.
The first time in Nagaland.
Here are your travel records.
The second time in this house.
Maybe, he was replying to
you from your wife's phone
so that nobody suspects your story.
So that nobody suspects my story?
Do you know the killer's profile?
He's a computer genius.
It's no big deal for
him to hack the phone.
You very well know
how easy it is to
fabricate the evidence, right?
I don't know it better than
you, sir.
Don't bring our past
into this, Nikhil.
Think about it calmly.
It's not what the evidence says.
It's always what
the evidence means.
I know, sir.
I learnt that from you.
But we must trust our instinct
more than the evidence.
I learnt even this from you.
Damn, Nikhil!
Why don't you get it?
Somebody's framing me.
It's a bloody set-up!
Think!
***!
I agree, it's a set-up, sir.
But it could be yours too.
I really thought
I taught you better.
I still think you did, sir.
Did you do it?
I won't answer this.
Look at me. Just look.
Do you really think I
could have done it?
I have seen what you are
capable of doing, sir.
Since you have made up your mind...
Do your job.
You are making a mistake, Nikhil.
This is just the beginning.
It's the Bhagavad Gita.
Not the Panchatantra, that you
can just keep flipping the pages.
I'm not just flipping the pages.
I'm reading it.
- Reading it?
Tell me the 63rd verse
of the second chapter.
You were reading it, right?
Answer me.
Speak up!
Anger leads to illusion.
Illusion leads
bewilderment of memory.
When memory is bewildered,
intelligence is lost.
And when intelligence is lost, one
falls into the material pool.
Meaning...
Anger misleads you.
That bewilders your memories.
And intelligence is destroyed.
That makes
human beings indulge in
the materialistic world.
Who talks to their
child like that?
He seems like a form of some demon.
He possesses
no human characteristics.
Radha, your mind is corrupted.
He is blessed by Goddess Saraswati.
But you keep pushing him down.
When a child causes
his mother's death
as soon as he is born...
- Savitri died
because she was destined to.
That's not related to Shubh's
birth in any way.
'Dad, you can't see
through his innocence.'
'If a child starts talking
a day after he is born
and the next day he starts
walking and the day after...
You won't understand!
You won't.
His experiences as a child
will stay with him for
the rest of his life.
I prayed to God
for a child like Ashwani Kumar.
And I got this Asura instead.
'Asura!'
A demon is born in our house.
Sir...
Sir, I only have one
request to make.
Please follow the standard
operating procedures.
Don't do anything
special for me.
I came home at 6 in the morning.
Old newspapers,
and bills
were lying outside the house.
The envelope
was lying outside too,
on which Sandhya's
name was written. So,
I opened it and found
a pen drive in it.
So, I...
- Sir, is this the pen drive?
Yeah.
Clear patches of blood.
Single blow.
CCTV?
It's clean.
He has cleared the hard-disk.
'Did you see anyone
coming in here?'
'Tell me the truth!
- The door downstairs...'
How would I know that, ma'am?
This place was shut
for the last five days.
'Ma'am was really nice.'
So, I worked for her
for seven years!
Okay, don't cry now. Alright?
Don't cry. Did you see anything
weird in the past few days?
Anything at all?
Did ma'am have
fights with anyone?
With sir.
- Which sir?
'Dhananjay sir.'
'Her husband.'
This...
This is that same mask.
Do we have any details
about the mask?
All we know is
this is somehow connected
to Hindu mythology.
DJ,
when did you last
speak with Sandhya?
She was missing since a week.
Didn't you suspect anything?
Sir, she was not missing.
She had gone to Bangalore
for some work.
And
we were communicating via text.
Did you not talk over call?
- Sandhya and I
never spoke much over call.
Our...
Our conversations usually
happened over text.
And did you get
replies regularly?
Yes.
But now I found out that
Sandhya was not
the one replying.
It was that despicable man instead.
So DJ, do you
suspect someone
or have any personal grudges?
Sir, you know that in
our field of work,
we make more enemies
than friends.
Can we get ma'am's number, sir?
We might learn something from
locations and call details?
Sure.
It's in my phone.
Tattoo!
- Tattoo?
Where?
Lolark, rewind the tape.
Pause!
Lolark, I want a
print-out of this tattoo.
First thing in the morning!
- Wait!
We'll take it from here. Okay?
Why, sir?
- Just get some rest.
Sir, you...
You're replacing me with someone...
- What did you just say?
You told me to handle this
case like any other case.
Who, sir?
Someone who is as
brilliant as you.
So, Nikhil, first message
you got was seven months ago,
with all those coordinates.
That was 22nd August.
- Yes.
Then we found the dead body.
Second message, 15th December.
Third message, 1st March.
And why did you forward
these messages to Lolark Dubey?
Because I have worked with Lolark.
He is a senior field agent.
You've also worked
with Dhananjay Rajpoot.
Yes.
- One fine day, all of a sudden
you resigned and left.
4th September 2008.
We looked at things differently.
But that's all in the past.
You have been out of the
department for ten years.
Why would the killer
send you the messages?
Why not someone else?
When I catch him, I'll ask
him, ma'am. And I'll tell you.
Sir, where is DJ sir?
What do you think happened?
- I'm unable to understand.
How do you think he died?
There is a possibility it may have
been a snake bite or suffocation.
But I'm not sure.
How long has he been dead for?
It's probably been a
week since he died.
What about this mask?
My dear wife,
my mom gave birth to eight kids.
She never complained even once.
You are going crazy with one.
I suggest you watch...
...yoga videos for pregnant women.
I will be there.
Yes.
I will get everything you want.
May I disconnect now?
The Nikhil Nair.
- Mr. Dubey!
No one told me that you
are coming here.
I decided four days ago.
Are you rejoining?
You should.
This place is a mess anyway.
After DJ sir left,
I was wondering how we will manage.
What is the scene
with this mask?
That moron wants to be Phantom.
He sent a video to DJ sir.
He was wearing this mask in it.
This was on the killers neck.
What?
- It's from a Naga tribe.
Nagaland?
This is the symbol of Chang tribe.
That is amazing!
You have learnt a lot with the FBI.
Mr. Chaubey.
Forward both these photos
to all police divisions.
Especially Nagaland police.
Alright, I will call. Okay.
I think, this also.
- Hi.
Give me ten minutes, guys.
Thanks.
Why doesn't our department
have such chairs?
Because your job doesn't require
you to sit on chairs, sir.
Tell me.
Dimapur police have
found one more corpse.
Same tattoo, same mask.
- What?
Can you please do something?
You will have to go to Dimapur.
If there is a senior...
- Oh, no!
Can't we have the reports
of autopsy sent here? Please.
Nusrat,
you know that local police
collect less proof,
instead they get rid of it.
Please.
Okay.
- Thanks.
There are a lot of mosquitoes there.
Manage it.
You are a rock star. Thank you.
How are you, sir?
Nikhil.
Come.
Sir, you got remarried.
You didn't tell me.
You got married too
and didn't tell me either.
You have a daughter, right?
- Riya.
Your wife's name is Naina.
Software engineer?
- Yeah.
Sir, I know in the past we...
- It's good you're back, Nikhil.
You know...
I performed Sandhya's autopsy.
I had no... I had no clue.
Sir, why talk about
something we cannot change?
Be rest assured
I'll get the *******
What do you want to know?
Sir, I have read all the files.
I want... - You want know
what is not mentioned in the files.
Yeah.
Anyone who Sandhya ma'am
had any issues or problems with?
- There were.
With me.
Sandhya was having an affair.
She wanted a divorce.
And you?
What do you think?
I am sorry.
So am I.
Don't worry, sir.
Once I get any leads,
I will keep you posted.
See you.
Nikhil.
I am glad that you're back.
So am I, sir.
Master chess player!
Will you do any work,
Mr. Rasul?
Killer's voice sample
was completely distorted.
Three different tones.
I had to reconstruct
it beat by beat.
You will get it by evening.
Good job!
There was a CCTV outside
Sandhya ma'am's kitchen.
What about that footage?
Look at this.
Killer enters from here
wearing a mask.
If you compare with the height of
the door, he's about 5'10 feet tall.
Due to the mask, the side of
his face is also not visible.
The killer is left handed.
One more thing.
He had the kitchen key.
There is no sign of force entry.
This looks a little too simple.
Seems like a person is
entering his own home.
Nusrat Sayed, CBI.
Yes, ma'am.
- Body?
Come.
Sir, may I bring something for you?
Cold coffee,
juice, ice tea or green tea?
Sorry, ma'am.
Can I get gloves?
- Yes, please.
Take.
- Has the victim been identified?
Yes, ma'am.
His name is Lal Thanzara.
Born in 1970.
His father
used to do pig farming.
His mother used to
work in rice farms.
He ran away from his
house at the age of 15.
Since then he had no
connection with his family.
Does he have any criminal record?
Many cases. Since a long time.
Four murder cases.
He was one of the most wanted
criminals of this place.
Was he involved in drugs?
- Since many years.
Definitely, it's a drug
overdose or some reaction.
Where did he live?
We have been inquiring
since we found the corpse.
We'll get the address.
Sir, we need complete information.
- Sure.
Torn shoes,
hair... We need to know
every minute detail. - Sure.
As soon as you receive the
drug and chemical sample...
Do you know how to collect samples?
Yes. I was taught
this during training.
If I face any problem,
I'll refer YouTube.
Sir, don't do that.
Ankit, you'll be here.
First, send the body to Delhi.
You'll collect all
the information,
updates and samples. Okay?
Ma'am, here...
Is there any problem?
- No. It's okay, ma'am.
Thanks.
Ma'am, your signature is needed.
Please come.
He was Air India's pilot.
32 years old.
He was newly married.
His body was found at
the airport's parking lot.
No witness. No CCTV footage.
There was a suspect.
But he had a very strong alibi.
He was a painter
called Anuj Bharuja.
He was a renowned painter.
Sixty three years old.
We found him on the terrace.
Was he alone?
There was a kid,
but he didn't hear anything.
Killer had bleached the entire
crime scene with hydrogen peroxide.
Sandhya ma'am.
The modus operandi of the other
two murders are exactly the same.
It's the same for this, apart from
the disfiguring of the body.
Why go through the effort?
Personal animosity?
If you don't need my help...
How is your wife?
Like wives usually are.
She is upset these days.
You know that.
You too are a father.
Bye.
Yes, mom.
Mom, if not this week,
I'll surely try next week.
Sure.
I've come from the airport just...
Mom, I came from the
airport just now.
I just reached office.
Shall we talk later?
Bye.
I always loved the
way you said that.
"Bye."
You've come just now.
Why are you saying bye already?
I guess, I deserve that.
I didn't mean that.
Cigarette? Since when?
After marriage.
What?
- What?
What's the connection between
marriage and cigarette?
No, as in, Naina used to smoke.
That's when I started smoking.
She quit. I'm still smoking.
She always lectures me.
Naina is a pretty name.
Yeah.
And you?
Me?
As in, dating or married?
No.
Married to my this. My work.
Let's get back to work.
Yeah. Sure.
Did you know DJ sir's wife?
Sandhya ma'am...
No. Not really.
I've spoken to her few times, but
that's about it. I can't really
say I knew her very well.
Was DJ sir
different in the last few months?
I never asked, but
he was not himself.
But his joke...
What's so good
about the evening?
Don't tell me that the disgusting
joke is still entertained.
Shall we begin with the autopsy?
Nikhil.
We need special permission to
conduct an autopsy at night.
Special permission.
Nothing has changed.
- No.
**** it.
Rules are meant to be broken.
Good to be back?
After having spent seven
years in a classroom,
It's really good to be back.
Let's start?
- Yeah.
Let's start.
Decomposition level shows
the death to be approximately
seven to ten days ago.
Well, his lips are blue.
And so are his nails.
That means, the cause of death
was... - Cyanosis. - Cyanosis.
But it could be snake bite too.
Aquazyme.
That's why the body
decomposed so quickly.
Correction. Time of
death, 2 to 3 days ago.
Check the skin
cells for aquazyme.
His nails look clubbed.
That means, he had asthma.
Tell the search party
to check for Asthalin pumps.
Let's open him up.
There is fibrosis.
It confirms asthma.
Respiratory depression
and lung failure.
Send the tissues of his
respiratory tract for histopath.
Tell them to check for
barbiturates and Alprax.
What do you mean?
I mean, this is a very
well-planned murder.
Do we have the tissues samples
of Sandhya ma'am? - Yes.
Check them for aquazyme.
Maybe we'll establish a similar M.O.
What's your theory?
Look at his liver.
He is an alcoholic.
When there's an
alcohol in the body,
and you consumes barbiturate...
It turns into poison.
Causes lung failure.
Instant death.
It's good to be back, man.
A hidden GPS.
Somebody was tracking
Sandhya ma'am.
Man, things take time here.
It's CBI, not FBI.
I too have been here,
Mr. Dubey.
Is it?
Mr. Rasul, meet Nikhil Nair.
Your new boss.
Hello, sir!
- Hey!
You already know Nusrat.
- Yes.
Rasul,
can you tell me about the...
A GPS and a hidden camera were
installed in Sandhya ma'am's car.
I have checked the Google ID.
It wasn't Sandhya ma'am
who installed it.
The navigation shows that it spent
a lot of time in the outside area.
If the killer wanted
to commit a murder
then he could have committed the
murder at any secluded place.
But the murder was
committed in the kitchen.
Which means, the killer had access
to both her kitchen and her car.
I ran a check on her mobile.
That day all the messages
came from one location.
What location?
A-2, West Vihar, New
Delhi, 110017. - What?
DJ sir.
- DJ sir. - Yes.
Have you lost it?
What are you saying?
DJ sir himself murdered his wife?
I am just stating facts.
Facts!
Did you check the
sim card for cloning?
I have checked DJ sir's phone.
It's clean.
No blue jack, no cloning.
There are no signs
of phone tampering.
Oh man!
Nikhil, we can't
reach any conclusion
until we find some concrete proof.
Wasn't that the first
thing we learnt?
Hey, did you find anything in
the autopsy? Sandhya ma'am's?
Nusrat.
There was one thing.
- What?
The endometrium was absent.
There was swelling in the uterus.
It was slightly bulky.
There were blood clots too.
She had a late abortion!
Why didn't you tell...
Sandhya ma'am was having
an extra marital affair.
They were going to get divorced.
DJ sir told me that.
Maybe, it's not his child.
- What are you doing?
Stop.
That's their personal life.
We can't get into that.
That's none of our business.
No, Nusrat.
That is if she was alive.
But, no, she is not. She is dead.
And everything that's dead
is our business.
I need to get back to this.
Mr. Gupta,
Lal Thanzara's recoveries?
Yes, sir.
There are so many pumps!
Yes, sir.
The victim used to
live in a remote area.
It seems, he used to order
in bulk from the city.
Yes, okay. Have you checked them
for barbiturates and Alprax?
Yes, sir.
Everything is clean.
We found nothing in it.
Only this...what's in this?
Sir, it's the recoveries
from the crime scene.
They came in today.
So it's not sent yet.
This had been found
from the crime scene?
Sir, Nagaland police found these
when they rechecked
the crime scene.
Mr. Gupta, why did not one
send these for testing?
Sir, we received them today.
Mr. Gupta, these should
be sent for testing first
if they are found
from the crime scene.
I am sorry, sir.
- I thought...
It's okay. Send these for testing.
Where is the cash that's been
recovered from Lal's house?
Check for prints.
- Whom should we match it with, sir?
Criminal database and whoever's
related to the case, even remotely.
One second,
add one more name to the list.
Who, sir?
Dhananjay Rajpoot.
Sir?
Match it with the fingerprint
of Dhananjay Rajpoot too.
All of us are burning
the midnight oil here.
What are you doing here?
I'm just doing my job.
Job? In DJ sir's cabin?
At night? Why?
Sir, please come with me.
Sandhya ma'am's car, GPS
navigation, hidden camera info,
everything was directly
linked to DJ sir's computer.
So, you are saying that DJ
sir was tracking his wife.
I'm just stating the facts, sir.
One more thing.
Look at this video.
The man in this video
his gait pattern matches
with that of Lal.
It's hundred per cent match.
*** What's going on?
Rasul.
I want all of Lal's travel records.
Dimapur to Delhi.
24th of February.
Delhi to Dimapur on the 28th.
Get a print out.
I can't believe that all this...
Why don't you say something?
Come with me.
Okay, everyone.
All of us know that DJ
sir's wife was pregnant.
She had an abortion.
You told me. Maybe he was
upset about the whole thing.
He was tracking Sandhya ma'am's
location. We have evidence for that.
Their maid testified that they
were having a lot of problems.
They fought a lot and maybe
were about to get divorced.
Sandhya ma'am had an
extramarital affair.
What!
- DJ sir told me.
Now, the big question is,
where did he meet Lal?
He was traveling to Nagaland
for a conference. - In May.
I'm assuming that's
where he met him. - But...
It's all just circumstantial.
It's just a theory.
- Sir, I'll answer
all your questions.
Let me finish.
What was I saying?
Nagaland. Yes.
That's where he met Lal.
And he hired Lal Thanzara
as a contract killer.
Then he waited for Sandhya
ma'am's Bangalore plan to happen.
When he came to know that
she's going to Bangalore,
he asked Lal Thanzara
to come to Delhi.
Sir, the murder was
executed on the same night
when she was supposed to
leave, so that no one misses her
for the next few
days because she was
supposed to be in Bangalore
in the next few days. Right?
DJ sir made sure that
the modus operandi
was the exact same as
of the serial killings.
So, copycat killer.
After that, Thanzara hung the
body and left for Nagaland.
Okay.
DJ sir is the only one who knew
that Thanzara was asthmatic. He
used to live in the hills, right?
So, obviously he's carrying
a few extra pumps with him.
DJ sir replaced
one of those pumps
with a barbiturate pump
to make it look like
a natural death.
Sir, even I wish it was not true.
But, one needs very deep
medical knowledge...
...to execute this kind of a plan.
And we know that DJ sir is
very well equipped with it.
Murder weapon?
Asthma pump, sir.
We found it at the crime scene.
We have tested it.
Tested positive for barbiturate.
Even if we assume that
your theory is correct,
but we don't have any proof
to prove that DJ hired Lal.
We found these notes from
Lal's house in Nagaland, sir.
There are fingerprints on it.
We have a 70 percent match.
It's DJ sir.
What do we do next?
Thankfully that's not my call, sir.
This is the
toughest decision of my life.
Sir, before that can
I speak to DJ sir?
Is this your theory?
Do you even know how
stupid this idea is?
This is not a theory, sir.
Exactly. This is nonsense.
Do you think I'm a fool to be
careless enough to leave
my fingerprints everywhere?
Not everywhere, sir.
On the paper.
It's difficult to retrieve
fingerprints from paper, right?
Don't be a fool, Nikhil.
I don't even know Lal Thanzara.
Why would I pay him?
That's not the
information we have, sir.
You met him twice.
The first time in Nagaland.
Here are your travel records.
The second time in this house.
Maybe, he was replying to
you from your wife's phone
so that nobody suspects your story.
So that nobody suspects my story?
Do you know the killer's profile?
He's a computer genius.
It's no big deal for
him to hack the phone.
You very well know
how easy it is to
fabricate the evidence, right?
I don't know it better than
you, sir.
Don't bring our past
into this, Nikhil.
Think about it calmly.
It's not what the evidence says.
It's always what
the evidence means.
I know, sir.
I learnt that from you.
But we must trust our instinct
more than the evidence.
I learnt even this from you.
Damn, Nikhil!
Why don't you get it?
Somebody's framing me.
It's a bloody set-up!
Think!
***!
I agree, it's a set-up, sir.
But it could be yours too.
I really thought
I taught you better.
I still think you did, sir.
Did you do it?
I won't answer this.
Look at me. Just look.
Do you really think I
could have done it?
I have seen what you are
capable of doing, sir.
Since you have made up your mind...
Do your job.
You are making a mistake, Nikhil.
This is just the beginning.