Kerala Crime Files (2023-…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Day 5 - Evidence - full transcript
The investigative team learns about Star Shiju, a name derived from the hotel he worked at. They set out to explore Shiju's roots.
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-Sir.
-Yes?
I have a complaint.
What's the matter, sir?
Can I see SI sir?
What's it?
Sir, my name is Kareem.
I run a restaurant
near Edappally. City Hotel.
What's your complaint?
Someone called
and threatened to kill me.
A death threat?
Yes, sir. He will do as he says.
He's a mad fellow.
Who's this guy?
His name is Shiju.
Where is he now?
That I don't know, sir.
He threatened me over the phone.
I have his number and address.
Read it, please.
-Note it down.
-Okay, sir.
Shiju.
Cholayil House.
Venjarammoodu, Thiruvananthapuram.
Seems like a decent thief.
He didn't break in.
Took it through the window.
What do they say?
It's a liquor outlet.
We must investigate.
They make huge profits.
How will losing four bottles
affect them?
We have enough cases in the station.
Can't we do this later?
Sir, 32 bottles of beer and 5 bottles
of expensive imported bottles.
Hey, what should we do now?
-File a case, sir.
-We will.
But you have to go after this case
abandoning your job here.
It's not like that, sir. The thieves
who stole and drank gained nothing.
They must have pissed
all of it already.
Let's not spare them, sir.
Please file a case.
Anyway, get the list. Let's see.
-Hello, dear.
-Hello.
-Where are you, Papa?
-I am here at the liquor outlet.
Did you start in the morning itself?
Not at all. There was a theft.
I'm here to catch the thief.
Then the thief must have
escaped already.
Papa...
Papa, I saw your photo in the newspaper
the other day. Which programme was it?
Oh... that was a seminar at Rajagiri.
I inaugurated it.
All newspapers had the photo, right?
So, aren't your exams next month?
Are you studying at all?
Got bored of studying, Papa.
-Can we go out somewhere?
-Why not?
Where can we go, dear?
Hmm. Let's go for a movie.
Which movie, dear?
We will go watch "Traffic".
-I'll wrap it up quickly and come. Okay?
-Yes!
Okay, Papa. Bye.
Hey, come.
You...
Take that bottle out.
No, not that. The imported one.
-What's happening?
-Not coming out, sir.
Try again.
It was taken out once, right?
I can't.
You too pissed out
whatever you drank, right?
I will break your head
with that bottle!
Tell me the truth.
What is stolen from here?
-Only a few beer bottles are gone.
-Only beer bottles?
You guys stole the foreign liquor
and added them to the list, right?
Now you tell me. Should I register
a case for beer theft?
If I register a case for beer theft,
I'll add the foreign liquor theft too.
Do you want it or not?
No, sir.
Please don't make it an issue.
You have enough pending
cases at the station.
Oh, my...
look at that concern for the police.
Take your damn hand out
of that hole and open the shutter.
So shameless!
Sir...
Come in.
Sir, my bike...
Didn't the MLA call you?
Aren't you ashamed?
Instead of paying Rs. 500 and releasing
the bike, you made the MLA call me?
He too shamelessly called.
Take it and get lost.
Thank you, sir.
Come.
Sir, Sainu is here.
Sir, that case was settled.
I didn't call you to know
the temple brawl case.
Tell me if you know
anything about Shiju.
We worked together
for six-seven months.
This fight and case happened
at that time.
What type of person is he?
He is quite a character.
Very reserved.
But he is harmless, sir.
Nobody had any trouble with him.
Who can tell us more about him?
Ashraf got him a job
in a shop around here.
He must be knowing.
Did he ever talk about his family?
I don't think he has a family.
When I met him last,
he told me he plans to marry.
Did he get married?
Not sure about that.
It's just a month since we last met.
A month?
Where was it?
He runs his own food cart
at Edappally. I met him there.
Sainu, what else did he tell you?
He asked what I do these days,
if I meet old friends, and so on.
When I told him of my marriage,
he told his plan as well.
He said he is in love
and wants to marry that girl.
He said that she is elder than him.
Did he say her name was Swapna?
Remember?
No, sir. It was a Christian name.
I wonder who loves such guys.
He is harmless, sir.
Girls will like him.
Yeah, sure.
-Hey, where is it?
-Pull over here, sir.
Get off.
Sir, this is the food cart
I told you about.
He may open it at night.
I had met him at night.
-Same food cart, right?
-I am sure, sir.
Sir, shall we ask that vendor?
-Pradeep.
-Sir.
Check it.
What time will this food cart open?
I think it's closed down.
It's been a while
since he opened it.
Since when has it been shut?
It must have been a month.
Do you know whose food cart it is?
I don't know, sir.
I open my shop in the morning.
He opens at night.
Please check with Devassy, sir.
He might know.
Devassy who?
He rents out food carts, sir.
This cart belongs to him.
-You have his number?
-Yes, sir.
Call him.
Not Shiju, Star Shiju.
Star Shiju?
He worked in a hotel called Star
in Fort Kochi for some time.
That's how he got that name.
After that, I have seen him
in other hotels.
Brother, don't you ask for address proof
and other details before you rent out a cart?
I don't demand it
from close acquaintances.
Oh!
So you are acquaintances.
Then, tell me, Devassy.
Where can I meet Shiju?
That...
what I meant was...
Give me a number to reach him.
Sorry, sir. I don't have his number.
Where do you go to collect the rent?
I never thought
he would cheat me, sir.
Will we get any details about him
if we go to this Star hotel?
That's where he started working
in Ernakulam.
You will surely get some leads
there.
Sir?
Manoj, come by 2 o'clock for
the Vallarpadam meeting.
Sure, sir.
It's been two years since
the hotel closed down.
We ran out of business when
big hotels opened in the area.
My father was running it.
After he died, I closed the hotel
and started this photostat shop.
Was Shiju with you since
you opened the hotel?
Shiju came here in the year 2000.
His brother brought him here.
He worked in our hotel
for about five-six years.
Then he left the place.
To bring him here, did his brother
and your father know each other?
No way.
I don't think my father knew him.
You must be having his address
and phone number.
No chance.
I don't have his address.
But I know he is a native
of Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram?
Right.
He is from Thiruvananthapuram, sir.
I remember my father saying so.
I have dumped things from the old hotel
in a warehouse near my house.
Do you want to search there?
Why spare it? Let's go check.
All right, sir.
I will go to the ACP's office.
All right, sir.
Don't worry too much.
I'm not tense, Pradeep sir.
Even if we close this
as an untraceable case,
there will be
no questions asked.
Actually, wasn't this
an easy case to solve?
We got accurate leads
from everywhere
and the investigation went
on the right track.
I've no idea
where we messed up.
My confidence has lessened.
Nothing like that, sir.
We will nab him.
Sir, you go home and spend time
with your wife. We will handle this.
Thanks. Bye.
-Hey, where is the warehouse?
-Near my house, sir.
Come with us.
By the time Sreenivasan drives
and reaches there, he will be gone.
We have expert drivers
in the police.
To hell with this formula.
What happened?
Yeah?
What made you come home so early?
Oh, I'm still running
behind the same case.
It's in a strange phase.
You mean the stage where you
are stuck without any clue?
Or the stage after the murderer
had a narrow escape?
Right?
You're right.
You study. I'll go and freshen up.
Hey, just sit for a while. It's been
so long since I saw you in daylight.
One minute.
Tell me, Sunil.
-Sir, are you busy?
-No, tell me.
Sir, my wife delivered a baby.
-Oh, congrats!
-Thank you, sir.
Are the baby
and the mother doing well?
Yes, sir. Both are doing just fine.
Did you see your baby?
Sir, I'm still searching
the warehouse.
Vinu and Pradeep will handle it.
You go and see the baby first.
Okay, sir. Thank you once again.
What are you thinking?
I was thinking about that baby.
Don't think about a baby now.
Only after I clear exams,
join the job that dad
has set up for me,
spend some time together
and travel, we can have a baby.
I was thinking about Sunil's baby.
Oh. Sorry.
FORT KOCHI BEACH
WATER SPORTS CENTRE
-Sir.
-Yes.
Here you go.
I want that.
This is for you. Take it.
Yes, Pradeep sir.
Divorce was right for you both.
For you to have more ice cream?
You guys are rocking now.
Continue like this.
You were on the phone
in the theatre as well.
Can you avoid
calls here at least?
My dear, this is Manoj.
He has some
urgent updates on the case.
Yeah, Manoj. Tell me.
Sir, we got Shiju's
original address.
From the hotel where he used
to work after coming to Fort Kochi.
Shiju, Cholayil House, Venjarammoodu,
Thiruvananthapuram.
I called and confirmed that
such an address exists.
-Ah, it's been long. When did you come?
-This morning.
I want a small chicken.
Sure, one minute.
Any idea why he gave his
original address only to them?
He worked in this hotel first
after coming to Kochi.
He used his fake address in places
where he was up to no good.
For the first time, we got a place
where he did not do any such thing.
Since we couldn't trace him here,
he must be hiding there, right?
Exactly, sir.
Sir, I'll go only if you order.
I don't want to jump the gun
Like the last time.
Say yes, Papa.
Let him create history.
-Manoj...
-Sir.
I'll inform the Venjarammoodu SI.
You gather a team and go there.
Okay, sir.
Manoj, tired of running,
he seems to have gone home.
Treat him nicely on your way back.
-Let's energise him.
-Yes, sir.
Treat him nicely means?
Treatment...
That's police jargon.
-Sunil.
-Sir?
Go.
-Sir.
-Sir, what about Vinu?
-Hmm.
-Go ahead.
[serial playing on TV]
Sir, they have switched on
the lights there.
Shit. We shouldn't have sent Vinu.
He is overzealous.
Sir, why don't we go there?
Sir!
-What happened?
-Sir, we saw two men inside.
The aged guy
must be Shiju's brother.
He is eating dinner.
The other one must be Shiju.
They are sitting together.
Let's go.
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-Sir.
-Yes?
I have a complaint.
What's the matter, sir?
Can I see SI sir?
What's it?
Sir, my name is Kareem.
I run a restaurant
near Edappally. City Hotel.
What's your complaint?
Someone called
and threatened to kill me.
A death threat?
Yes, sir. He will do as he says.
He's a mad fellow.
Who's this guy?
His name is Shiju.
Where is he now?
That I don't know, sir.
He threatened me over the phone.
I have his number and address.
Read it, please.
-Note it down.
-Okay, sir.
Shiju.
Cholayil House.
Venjarammoodu, Thiruvananthapuram.
Seems like a decent thief.
He didn't break in.
Took it through the window.
What do they say?
It's a liquor outlet.
We must investigate.
They make huge profits.
How will losing four bottles
affect them?
We have enough cases in the station.
Can't we do this later?
Sir, 32 bottles of beer and 5 bottles
of expensive imported bottles.
Hey, what should we do now?
-File a case, sir.
-We will.
But you have to go after this case
abandoning your job here.
It's not like that, sir. The thieves
who stole and drank gained nothing.
They must have pissed
all of it already.
Let's not spare them, sir.
Please file a case.
Anyway, get the list. Let's see.
-Hello, dear.
-Hello.
-Where are you, Papa?
-I am here at the liquor outlet.
Did you start in the morning itself?
Not at all. There was a theft.
I'm here to catch the thief.
Then the thief must have
escaped already.
Papa...
Papa, I saw your photo in the newspaper
the other day. Which programme was it?
Oh... that was a seminar at Rajagiri.
I inaugurated it.
All newspapers had the photo, right?
So, aren't your exams next month?
Are you studying at all?
Got bored of studying, Papa.
-Can we go out somewhere?
-Why not?
Where can we go, dear?
Hmm. Let's go for a movie.
Which movie, dear?
We will go watch "Traffic".
-I'll wrap it up quickly and come. Okay?
-Yes!
Okay, Papa. Bye.
Hey, come.
You...
Take that bottle out.
No, not that. The imported one.
-What's happening?
-Not coming out, sir.
Try again.
It was taken out once, right?
I can't.
You too pissed out
whatever you drank, right?
I will break your head
with that bottle!
Tell me the truth.
What is stolen from here?
-Only a few beer bottles are gone.
-Only beer bottles?
You guys stole the foreign liquor
and added them to the list, right?
Now you tell me. Should I register
a case for beer theft?
If I register a case for beer theft,
I'll add the foreign liquor theft too.
Do you want it or not?
No, sir.
Please don't make it an issue.
You have enough pending
cases at the station.
Oh, my...
look at that concern for the police.
Take your damn hand out
of that hole and open the shutter.
So shameless!
Sir...
Come in.
Sir, my bike...
Didn't the MLA call you?
Aren't you ashamed?
Instead of paying Rs. 500 and releasing
the bike, you made the MLA call me?
He too shamelessly called.
Take it and get lost.
Thank you, sir.
Come.
Sir, Sainu is here.
Sir, that case was settled.
I didn't call you to know
the temple brawl case.
Tell me if you know
anything about Shiju.
We worked together
for six-seven months.
This fight and case happened
at that time.
What type of person is he?
He is quite a character.
Very reserved.
But he is harmless, sir.
Nobody had any trouble with him.
Who can tell us more about him?
Ashraf got him a job
in a shop around here.
He must be knowing.
Did he ever talk about his family?
I don't think he has a family.
When I met him last,
he told me he plans to marry.
Did he get married?
Not sure about that.
It's just a month since we last met.
A month?
Where was it?
He runs his own food cart
at Edappally. I met him there.
Sainu, what else did he tell you?
He asked what I do these days,
if I meet old friends, and so on.
When I told him of my marriage,
he told his plan as well.
He said he is in love
and wants to marry that girl.
He said that she is elder than him.
Did he say her name was Swapna?
Remember?
No, sir. It was a Christian name.
I wonder who loves such guys.
He is harmless, sir.
Girls will like him.
Yeah, sure.
-Hey, where is it?
-Pull over here, sir.
Get off.
Sir, this is the food cart
I told you about.
He may open it at night.
I had met him at night.
-Same food cart, right?
-I am sure, sir.
Sir, shall we ask that vendor?
-Pradeep.
-Sir.
Check it.
What time will this food cart open?
I think it's closed down.
It's been a while
since he opened it.
Since when has it been shut?
It must have been a month.
Do you know whose food cart it is?
I don't know, sir.
I open my shop in the morning.
He opens at night.
Please check with Devassy, sir.
He might know.
Devassy who?
He rents out food carts, sir.
This cart belongs to him.
-You have his number?
-Yes, sir.
Call him.
Not Shiju, Star Shiju.
Star Shiju?
He worked in a hotel called Star
in Fort Kochi for some time.
That's how he got that name.
After that, I have seen him
in other hotels.
Brother, don't you ask for address proof
and other details before you rent out a cart?
I don't demand it
from close acquaintances.
Oh!
So you are acquaintances.
Then, tell me, Devassy.
Where can I meet Shiju?
That...
what I meant was...
Give me a number to reach him.
Sorry, sir. I don't have his number.
Where do you go to collect the rent?
I never thought
he would cheat me, sir.
Will we get any details about him
if we go to this Star hotel?
That's where he started working
in Ernakulam.
You will surely get some leads
there.
Sir?
Manoj, come by 2 o'clock for
the Vallarpadam meeting.
Sure, sir.
It's been two years since
the hotel closed down.
We ran out of business when
big hotels opened in the area.
My father was running it.
After he died, I closed the hotel
and started this photostat shop.
Was Shiju with you since
you opened the hotel?
Shiju came here in the year 2000.
His brother brought him here.
He worked in our hotel
for about five-six years.
Then he left the place.
To bring him here, did his brother
and your father know each other?
No way.
I don't think my father knew him.
You must be having his address
and phone number.
No chance.
I don't have his address.
But I know he is a native
of Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram?
Right.
He is from Thiruvananthapuram, sir.
I remember my father saying so.
I have dumped things from the old hotel
in a warehouse near my house.
Do you want to search there?
Why spare it? Let's go check.
All right, sir.
I will go to the ACP's office.
All right, sir.
Don't worry too much.
I'm not tense, Pradeep sir.
Even if we close this
as an untraceable case,
there will be
no questions asked.
Actually, wasn't this
an easy case to solve?
We got accurate leads
from everywhere
and the investigation went
on the right track.
I've no idea
where we messed up.
My confidence has lessened.
Nothing like that, sir.
We will nab him.
Sir, you go home and spend time
with your wife. We will handle this.
Thanks. Bye.
-Hey, where is the warehouse?
-Near my house, sir.
Come with us.
By the time Sreenivasan drives
and reaches there, he will be gone.
We have expert drivers
in the police.
To hell with this formula.
What happened?
Yeah?
What made you come home so early?
Oh, I'm still running
behind the same case.
It's in a strange phase.
You mean the stage where you
are stuck without any clue?
Or the stage after the murderer
had a narrow escape?
Right?
You're right.
You study. I'll go and freshen up.
Hey, just sit for a while. It's been
so long since I saw you in daylight.
One minute.
Tell me, Sunil.
-Sir, are you busy?
-No, tell me.
Sir, my wife delivered a baby.
-Oh, congrats!
-Thank you, sir.
Are the baby
and the mother doing well?
Yes, sir. Both are doing just fine.
Did you see your baby?
Sir, I'm still searching
the warehouse.
Vinu and Pradeep will handle it.
You go and see the baby first.
Okay, sir. Thank you once again.
What are you thinking?
I was thinking about that baby.
Don't think about a baby now.
Only after I clear exams,
join the job that dad
has set up for me,
spend some time together
and travel, we can have a baby.
I was thinking about Sunil's baby.
Oh. Sorry.
FORT KOCHI BEACH
WATER SPORTS CENTRE
-Sir.
-Yes.
Here you go.
I want that.
This is for you. Take it.
Yes, Pradeep sir.
Divorce was right for you both.
For you to have more ice cream?
You guys are rocking now.
Continue like this.
You were on the phone
in the theatre as well.
Can you avoid
calls here at least?
My dear, this is Manoj.
He has some
urgent updates on the case.
Yeah, Manoj. Tell me.
Sir, we got Shiju's
original address.
From the hotel where he used
to work after coming to Fort Kochi.
Shiju, Cholayil House, Venjarammoodu,
Thiruvananthapuram.
I called and confirmed that
such an address exists.
-Ah, it's been long. When did you come?
-This morning.
I want a small chicken.
Sure, one minute.
Any idea why he gave his
original address only to them?
He worked in this hotel first
after coming to Kochi.
He used his fake address in places
where he was up to no good.
For the first time, we got a place
where he did not do any such thing.
Since we couldn't trace him here,
he must be hiding there, right?
Exactly, sir.
Sir, I'll go only if you order.
I don't want to jump the gun
Like the last time.
Say yes, Papa.
Let him create history.
-Manoj...
-Sir.
I'll inform the Venjarammoodu SI.
You gather a team and go there.
Okay, sir.
Manoj, tired of running,
he seems to have gone home.
Treat him nicely on your way back.
-Let's energise him.
-Yes, sir.
Treat him nicely means?
Treatment...
That's police jargon.
-Sunil.
-Sir?
Go.
-Sir.
-Sir, what about Vinu?
-Hmm.
-Go ahead.
[serial playing on TV]
Sir, they have switched on
the lights there.
Shit. We shouldn't have sent Vinu.
He is overzealous.
Sir, why don't we go there?
Sir!
-What happened?
-Sir, we saw two men inside.
The aged guy
must be Shiju's brother.
He is eating dinner.
The other one must be Shiju.
They are sitting together.
Let's go.