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Breaking news coming in from Delhi.
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A body of a 30-year-old has been
found near Safdarjung Enclave Deer Park.
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An unidentified dead body
has turned up in Connaught Place.
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This incident took place
at Ambedkar Nagar in Delhi,
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where the police are trying
to find the head of a mutilated body.
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On October 20, 2006,
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we received an anonymous phone call
at around 6:30 a.m.
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I have left a dead body
right next to gate number three.
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On average, around 500 murders
take place in Delhi every year.
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I haven't come across
such a case in the last 23 years.
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The most surprising thing was that
he was challenging the entire system.
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Maybe overseas there are some parallels,
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but in the Indian context,
I haven't come across anybody
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who has done such murders
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and has gotten away with it
for such a long time.
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It was the most high-profile killing case.
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If this can happen
in the capital city of the country,
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then which other city
could be considered safe?
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I challenge you to crack
the murder case and find me.
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I am Sunder Singh Yadav.
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I was an Assistant Commissioner of Police
with the Delhi Police
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in Mangolpuri Jurisdiction last
and I'm retired now.
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In 2006, I worked in the South district.
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Later, I was transferred
to the West District.
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I was posted at Hari Nagar Police Station.
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On October 20, 2006,
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we received a phone call
early in the morning
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at around 6:30.
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I was at the police station at that time.
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Inspector Balkishan
was the duty officer then.
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Hey, idiot!
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Two of your officers are on duty.
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But they don't do anything.
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I have left a dead body right next
to gate number three of Tihar Jail.
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Inspector Balkishan called
the head constable who was on duty.
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He asked him to check
if there really was a dead body out there.
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The head constable went out,
and he saw a basket lying there.
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The basket was packed very well.
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When he took a peek inside it,
he found a dead body.
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When all of us arrived at the scene,
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we saw a wicker basket
with extra twigs on top.
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It looked like a regular fruit basket.
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There was a dead body inside the basket.
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The victim may have been
around 28 to 30 years old
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and had a dark complexion.
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And he had been decapitated.
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His arms and legs were intact.
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The body was first covered with newspapers
so that it wouldn't bleed out.
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Then it was covered in rags
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and then with a plastic sheet.
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It didn't let a single drop
of blood flow out.
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The constable also found
a letter inside the basket,
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and he opened it.
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The letter was full
of appalling abuses for the police.
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Everyone in the Delhi Police
are motherfuckers!
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All of you are fucking cunts!
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All this time, I was punished
for crimes I didn't commit.
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But this time,
I have actually committed a murder.
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You guys will never be able to find me.
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I'm not some petty gangster who is
afraid of a case being filed against me.
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I challenge you, solve this murder
and catch me if you can.
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I'll be waiting for you.
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Your daddy, C.C.
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Back then, they thought
it was an ordinary case.
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All the newspapers
covered the story in a similar way.
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But a few days later,
there was a piece in the newspaper
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stating that a letter
had been found on the dead body.
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And the contents of the letter
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had also been printed
in the article with his quote,
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"Catch me if you can."
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This changed the momentum of the case.
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Everyone who is very dangerous
or is considered dangerous
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for society, for the nation,
from all parts of the country,
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is called in and dumped in Tihar.
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The impression was that Tihar is
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a place that is
the most secure zone in the country.
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Dead bodies were still being found outside
and there was nothing that could be done.
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My name is Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal.
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I was the Additional Deputy Commissioner
of Police for West District.
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Whichever jurisdiction
the bodies were found in,
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the FIRs are registered
in the nearest police station.
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Tihar Jail comes
under Hari Nagar Police Station.
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It was morning hours
when this body was discovered.
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And the body was covered
in only one undergarment.
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Essentially, it was nude.
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I anticipated that
the culprit was going to call again.
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You could call it
a coincidence or intuition,
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I found out from Inspector Balkishan
that the murderer had called him.
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What are you guys up to?
Did you investigate the body?
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Inspector Balkishan told him,
"Brother, we are on it."
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Oh, so I'm your brother now, huh?
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You guys are useless.
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Give me your
Station House Officer's phone number.
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So Inspector Balkishan gave him
the phone number of SHO Hoshiyar Singh.
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The SHO received a phone call.
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He asked the man why he was
doing it and what his motive was.
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-And he said…
-Do you see the head constable Balbir?
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He tortured me when I was behind bars.
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After this, SHO Singh
passed the phone to me.
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After asking him a few questions,
I lost my patience.
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I said, "Aren't you
an incorrigible bastard?"
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Who do you think you are to challenge me?
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I challenge you!
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You will keep receiving more gifts.
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He was quite thorough,
with what he was doing.
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It is not that easy to throw bodies
outside Tihar Jail and on the main road.
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The main challenge was to,
of course, identify him. Number one.
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And also, to catch him,
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so that he can't destroy any evidence
that we would be likely to find.
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The person who leaked the letter
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was someone who wanted everyone
to know that this case was a big deal.
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If they hadn't leaked it,
there would've been no case.
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Every year,
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approximately, 40-50 cases
of unidentified dead bodies
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go unsolved by the Delhi Police.
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Only because the bodies
cannot be identified.
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When a dead body is found,
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they preserve it for three days,
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that is for 72 hours.
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If no one identifies
the person in 72 hours,
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the police perform the last rites.
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After that, no one comes back
to ask what happened to the body.
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Similarly, even these cases
would go unnoticed.
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Investigations follow certain strategies.
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For example, number one,
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we had to trace the locations
the calls were made from.
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When we asked the control room,
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we received two updates.
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The first call was made from Nangal Raya.
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And the second call
was made from Tilak Nagar.
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One of the phone booths was run
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by a guy named Ram Babu Chaurasiya.
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We asked him, "How many people have
made calls from here since this morning?"
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He said, "Only one, sir."
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He described him as dark-complexioned,
and about 28 to 30 years old.
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And that he had an average height.
He wasn't too tall or too short.
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We asked him if he could
recognize him if we showed him a picture,
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and he said, "Yes, I can."
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Later, we called in
a sketch artist to get the likeness.
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In the letter, he also mentioned that
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he had been falsely arrested.
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I want the Delhi police
to listen carefully.
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All this time, I was punished
for crimes I didn't commit.
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That was his allegation
against the police.
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That he was implicated
in a couple of cases of a serious nature.
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He didn't deny his criminal record.
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He didn't say that
he was an innocent man and he was this…
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But he said that maybe he was…
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hauled up or arrested
for a couple of crimes
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for which maybe
he wasn't even responsible.
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In the letter, he phrased it,
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"Maine murder kiye hu."
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This kind of dialect
is used by people from Bihar.
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He also wrote, "I'm not some 'gangwar'…"
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The word "gangwar" is used
mostly by police and criminals.
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Further, it also mentioned
a dead body found in 2003.
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He wrote, "I had left you a dead body back
in 2003 too but you did nothing about it."
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So I went back to look
for murders that happened in 2003,
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in December, and in Hari Nagar, Delhi,
as he had mentioned.
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It shocked us all
when we found out it was true.
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In 2003, a dead body was found
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at gate number one, which is
a little ahead of gate number three.
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A dead body was found at gate number one.
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They investigated it,
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but no one found anything.
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We couldn't identify
the killer or even the victim.
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And that's the reason this case
was declared "untraced" as we call it.
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That body too was headless.
We couldn't figure out who killed him.
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But when the October 2006 murder happened,
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and the note was found
on the dead body outside Tihar Jail,
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we realized there was someone out there
committing these serial killings.
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We made the connection that one man
was responsible for the headless bodies.
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HEADLESS BODY FOUND NEAR TIHAR JAIL
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Why would somebody throw
a body in front of Tihar Jail?
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Clearly, it was to send a message,
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that this was someone
who had done a stint at…
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Or had undergone
imprisonment at Tihar Jail.
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It was also obvious that
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this person had a deep grudge
against the criminal justice system,
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be it the police administration
or the jail administration.
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Secondly, after the call,
I looked into Balbir's background.
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Do you see the head constable Balbir?
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He tortured me when I was behind bars.
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So I looked into
Balbir's posting back then.
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I found out he was
stationed at Jail Number Three.
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The thing about Jail Number Three is that
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it houses only convicted felons.
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So we had three identifiers.
One was his age.
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We had a definite range to work with.
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We narrowed it down to a list of people
who were about 25 to 35 years old,
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had a dark skin tone, and were from Bihar.
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We ended up
with a list of about 35 people.
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The police make efforts at first,
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but after a few days,
they start considering it a waste of time.
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They have far more important cases
with solid leads and clues.
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They lean towards them
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rather than investigate cases
where the bodies cannot be unidentified.
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On April 25th, I got a call
from SHO Hoshiyar Singh
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about another body,
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and I was asked to get there immediately.
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GATE NUMBER THREE
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When I got there, what shocked me was that
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the dead body was
kept exactly at the same place,
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down to the centimeter,
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at the exact spot as the last one.
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The dead body was wrapped so tight
that we couldn't open it.
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We all took turns to try,
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but the knots were too tight.
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GATE NUMBER THREE
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In the midst of all this,
a boy stepped up and said,
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"Let me try to open it."
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We were already under a lot of pressure.
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A new body made things worse.
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This body was mutilated in the same way.
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The first one's head was cut off,
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and this body had both its hands, legs,
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as well as its private part cut off.
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But this time,
there was no letter with this dead body.
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But the method of wrapping
the dead body was the same.
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Soon enough, we got a call saying
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that the missing parts
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had been found near Tis Hazari Court.
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From the way the body was dumped,
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it was pretty certain that
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the person didn't stick around
after disposing of the body.
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The crime wasn't committed
at the spot where the body was found.
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It was pretty clear that
it was done at some other place
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and the body had just been dumped there.
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Of course, it was pretty obvious
that it was done for sensationalizing.
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When this incident took place,
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there were only a handful
of CCTV cameras in Delhi.
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We had nothing
to help us identify this person.
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The police were, as they say,
taking a shot in the dark.
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They had no leads, no clues.
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They couldn't identify the dead bodies
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because they were headless
and had no other identifiers.
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Generally, a police investigation begins
with information about the victim.
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Once the victim is identified,
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we consider the case 90% solved.
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But in this case,
we didn't know the victim's identity.
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We didn't know the accused.
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We didn't know the place of occurrence.
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All these things
made the case tougher to solve.
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See, it is not like
we are hunting for a serial killer.
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You know, it's never like that.
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You could be hunting or looking for people
who are, say committing property offenses.
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But there is nobody…
I don't think there is a task force
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that actually hunts for a serial killer.
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Because unless this crime is manifested,
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you are not onto it.
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You need a pattern,
you need a sequence, you need a body,
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you need a crime to have happened
before you catch onto it.
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When the pressure piled on,
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police started coordinating
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with all the nearby police stations.
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Forces from all stations
in the range besides just West District
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were put on the case.
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Because this was a challenge
posed to all of Delhi Police.
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The team was constituted
under my supervision.
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We had members
of the Special Staff from West District,
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some very fine officers,
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and also from other
sub-divisions of West District.
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So, a lot of resources
were pulled in for this.
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We worked extensively
on the case and with a lot of urgency
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because we realized that
the more time it takes,
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the more murders the accused would commit.
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It was like you're running against time,
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trying to save another innocent person
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who may fall victim
to his series of crimes.
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And then, of course, our area of…
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detection and area
of finding out further clues
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extended to many different parts of Delhi.
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Essentially, I'd say, North West District,
West District of Delhi Police, North East.
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While the investigation was ongoing,
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another body turned up on May 18, 2007.
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I haven't come across
such a case in the last 23 years.
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We have seen one-off murders
committed by a single person.
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Maybe overseas there are some parallels,
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but in the Indian context,
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I haven't come across anybody
who has done such murders
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and had done it in such a patterned way.
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It was the same pattern,
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and another note was found this time.
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The first letter had only one page.
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This one had three pages.
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This letter also had abusive words…
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and a detailed description.
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He had included information
about the first body
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as well as the second body he had left.
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A body was found on October 20, 2006.
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You people failed
to examine the body properly.
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The name "Amit"
was written on the body's arm.
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But you didn't even care
to publish his name in the newspaper.
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He was following
the newspaper details closely
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and also reading the fine print.
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Let the media know
that C.C. is deranged and dangerous,
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and offer a reward for information
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so that this game
gets a little more interesting.
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He knew about the reward offered.
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He knew about
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the way police share news with the media,
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and the way crimes are
reported in the media.
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Make sure the reward is worthy of my work.
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If you ridicule me, I'll put you to shame!
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He wanted his crime to be reported, to be…
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You know…
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He wanted to be seen through his crime.
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Make sure you give
this letter to the media,
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and I'll send you another gift soon.
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Yours truly, C.C.
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But this is a person
who knows the system a little bit,
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who challenges the system,
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who gets a thrill
and takes pride in what he's doing
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and the way he's doing it.
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So, it was almost like…
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he was getting
a thrill out of this at this stage.
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When the letters were compared,
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we noticed the penmanship
and the language were the same.
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Even the same words were used.
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The handwriting was similar too.
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Both letters were signed
by C.C., which was another clue.
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YOURS TRULY, C.C.
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My first impression was
both were written by the same person.
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That's one thing.
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And not because of the handwriting,
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but because of the content of the letter.
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I am Dr. Shivarathna Lalit Vaya,
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Director, School of Criminology,
Crime Science and Behavioral Sciences.
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00:24:58,583 --> 00:25:01,541
When the scientific content analysis
of these two letters was done,
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the kind of language used,
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the kind of slang used,
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and the kind
of sentences framed were checked.
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Based on the quality and the content,
both were written by the same person.
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Number two.
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It clearly says that…
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The person claims to have
committed certain murders in the past,
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and that he has plans
to commit some more in the future,
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for which he is trying to say
that the present system is responsible.
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If you motherfuckers really think
you are your father’s sons,
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I dare you to come get me.
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00:25:44,875 --> 00:25:50,333
The kind of language he uses in his
messages is an indirect way of expressing
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displaced anger towards his parental
figures towards the authorities over here.
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00:25:55,041 --> 00:25:59,125
See, if he had any kind
of regard, respect, and affection
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for his mother figure,
he wouldn't have used such language.
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00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:07,708
This is more
of a projection of his deprival
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from the expected parental figure
from whom a child expects protection.
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00:26:13,708 --> 00:26:19,250
He did not have that, and the anger
is projected on the authorities over here.
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00:26:26,291 --> 00:26:27,625
See, this is somebody
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who is feeling victimized by the system.
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And, somebody who is…
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not only feeling victimized
but wants to do something to undo it.
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00:26:51,583 --> 00:26:56,750
He's not part of the system in the sense
that he can go about it legally.
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But he's trying to do
whatever's in his power.
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And to get away with it for so long…
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I mean, it's quite a unique thing.
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00:27:13,250 --> 00:27:15,708
In the letter, he also says that…
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if he doesn't kill about seven to eight
people in a year, he cannot live in peace.
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I, C.C., can proudly admit the fact that
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I commit at least
seven to eight murders in a year.
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00:27:32,458 --> 00:27:34,416
Or I start losing my shit.
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00:27:36,666 --> 00:27:41,458
This talks about
the psychological urge to kill.
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In a span of about five months,
you already have three to four murders.
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00:28:06,625 --> 00:28:10,291
Although different body parts
were dumped in different parts of Delhi,
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one sizable portion of the body
was always placed outside Tihar Jail.
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00:28:15,083 --> 00:28:18,375
Despite that, if they cannot
catch someone, cannot nab the person,
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cannot even spot the person,
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00:28:20,416 --> 00:28:22,375
and it remains a blind case,
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00:28:22,458 --> 00:28:27,583
it speaks volumes about the investigation
and competence of the Delhi Police.
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00:28:27,666 --> 00:28:30,208
See, the bodies were
not found in quick succession.
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There was a fair gap
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between one incident and the other.
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And it was not that the body was intact.
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It sounds very oxymoronic that
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there was a pattern
and there wasn't one at the same time.
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00:28:55,041 --> 00:28:56,458
After the discovery on May 18th,
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we had another meeting.
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00:28:59,208 --> 00:29:03,541
In the discussion, we were asked
about the resources we needed.
378
00:29:03,625 --> 00:29:06,791
I asked for Dilip Kaushik
and a few other officers.
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00:29:06,875 --> 00:29:10,166
I told them we did not have
enough vehicles. All we had were clues.
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00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:11,666
They asked us how many days we needed.
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00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,125
I asked them for about three more days,
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and that if we couldn't make headway,
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00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,208
they could take over the case.
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00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:19,833
They agreed
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00:29:19,916 --> 00:29:23,416
and asked the crime team
and special cell to be on standby.
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00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:26,250
For the next three days, only
Sunder Singh Yadav's team would be on it.
387
00:29:27,916 --> 00:29:30,458
I was asked
to pick the officers on my team.
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00:29:30,541 --> 00:29:33,500
I asked for Narender, Virender Tyagi,
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00:29:33,583 --> 00:29:37,000
Dilip Kaushik, Rohtash, and two cars.
390
00:29:42,583 --> 00:29:46,916
We were under a lot of pressure.
The media followed us all the time.
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00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,208
In a way, we were failing,
392
00:29:51,291 --> 00:29:53,458
but we still had the clues.
393
00:29:56,458 --> 00:29:57,708
In 1998,
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00:29:57,791 --> 00:30:00,791
there was a murder
in the North West District.
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00:30:03,541 --> 00:30:06,375
Like in the recent murders,
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00:30:06,458 --> 00:30:10,458
the victim's head, hands,
legs, and private parts were severed.
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00:30:11,708 --> 00:30:15,208
Narender investigated further
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00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:18,083
and started reaching out
to informants for clues.
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00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:25,708
Police are lost without us informants.
400
00:30:27,208 --> 00:30:30,666
They don't know what's happening
outside the station or their homes.
401
00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:34,250
Informants know
who did what, when, and where.
402
00:30:39,875 --> 00:30:42,666
These officers from the special cell
are often in plain clothes.
403
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,166
Their spies know everything
about who is doing what,
404
00:30:48,250 --> 00:30:50,541
if someone has been up to something shady.
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00:30:56,291 --> 00:30:59,791
Pictures from crime scenes or CCTV footage
406
00:30:59,875 --> 00:31:01,166
are shared with spies in that area.
407
00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:07,750
They can identify the person by their
shoes, height, and color of their clothes…
408
00:31:08,375 --> 00:31:11,750
They can locate the person
with details like that.
409
00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:17,541
Nowadays, advanced technology
has become commonplace.
410
00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:19,416
Technical surveillance has become common.
411
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:25,125
But at that time, the informer network
was the backbone of police investigations.
412
00:31:25,208 --> 00:31:28,958
Informers were tasked
to gather information about the killer.
413
00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:42,583
A spy or informer is out all day.
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00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:45,833
He hobnobs with every kind
of person, good and bad.
415
00:31:45,916 --> 00:31:46,916
That's their network.
416
00:31:47,416 --> 00:31:50,500
A spy can find out
who committed the murder and where,
417
00:31:50,583 --> 00:31:52,666
and where the victim is buried.
418
00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:56,125
On the basis of that information,
the police continue their investigation.
419
00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:05,875
Inspector Narender was working alone.
420
00:32:07,416 --> 00:32:11,083
One of his spies tipped him off
that there was a doctor in Azadpur Mandi
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00:32:11,166 --> 00:32:13,916
who was often visited
by a man fitting their description.
422
00:32:17,666 --> 00:32:20,375
At this point, Narender Pehlwan
was leading the investigation.
423
00:32:20,458 --> 00:32:22,458
We were following his orders.
424
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:27,250
At around 2:00 p.m., Dilip Kaushik,
Narender Pehlwan, and I set out.
425
00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:30,041
We kept the rest of the team on standby.
426
00:32:30,666 --> 00:32:32,958
We met with the doctor in the clinic.
427
00:32:34,666 --> 00:32:37,291
We began our inquiry.
428
00:32:38,625 --> 00:32:40,500
Since I was in plain clothes,
429
00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,916
I showed him my ID to show him
that I was Sunder Singh Yadav
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00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,458
and I was a special staff
at the West District.
431
00:32:46,541 --> 00:32:49,541
We told him we were there
regarding a murder investigation.
432
00:32:50,708 --> 00:32:54,791
As soon as I finished,
the doctor got a phone call.
433
00:33:00,708 --> 00:33:04,708
Soon after the doctor hung up,
Narender Pehlwan slapped him.
434
00:33:06,208 --> 00:33:08,583
Quite observantly,
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00:33:08,666 --> 00:33:11,958
he asked him
if it was the murderer's call.
436
00:33:12,041 --> 00:33:12,875
The doctor said, "Yes."
437
00:33:12,958 --> 00:33:15,750
LEAVE YOUR FOOTWEAR OUTSIDE
NO ADMISSION WITHOUT PERMISSION
438
00:33:15,833 --> 00:33:19,416
We took the doctor
to our office in Tagore Garden.
439
00:33:22,541 --> 00:33:27,083
The doctor confirmed
that this man had five daughters
440
00:33:27,166 --> 00:33:31,208
who were all born at his clinic,
and that his name was Chandrakant Jha.
441
00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:42,875
He told us that Chandrakant Jha
and his brother-in-law knew each other
442
00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:44,375
and once had an argument.
443
00:33:44,458 --> 00:33:47,458
Chandrakant Jha talked
his brother-in-law into coming along,
444
00:33:47,541 --> 00:33:50,500
and the doctor found out about it later.
445
00:33:50,583 --> 00:33:53,583
The doctor knew that
Chandrakant had a criminal record
446
00:33:53,666 --> 00:33:55,208
and had committed murders as well.
447
00:33:55,916 --> 00:33:57,958
So he rushed to Chandrakant's quarters,
448
00:33:58,041 --> 00:33:59,666
looking for his brother-in-law.
449
00:33:59,750 --> 00:34:03,500
He saw Chandrakant Jha was holding a knife
to his brother-in-law's throat.
450
00:34:06,250 --> 00:34:08,708
If he hadn't arrived in time,
Chandrakant would've killed him.
451
00:34:13,416 --> 00:34:15,916
He said, "Chandrakant was
going to meet me at 4:00 p.m. today,
452
00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:19,083
but you guys dragged me here
so I won't be able to meet him."
453
00:34:24,958 --> 00:34:28,458
So we asked him to call Chandrakant back.
454
00:34:30,583 --> 00:34:34,875
He called him
and asked him why he didn't show up.
455
00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:37,791
Chandrakant said he would
meet him at 4:00 p.m. the next day.
456
00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,083
On May 19th, we all got there at 4:00 p.m.
457
00:34:57,416 --> 00:35:00,291
All of us donned various disguises.
458
00:35:01,125 --> 00:35:06,333
I put on a Lungi and Kurta
and disguised myself as a banana vendor.
459
00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:09,666
There were junior officers
at the frontline,
460
00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:13,750
but officers who were tall, like me,
who could be easily recognized as police,
461
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:17,583
stayed back but had
to be around to guide the team.
462
00:35:17,666 --> 00:35:21,333
We always plan an ambush
according to the situation.
463
00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:42,750
It was inching past four.
464
00:35:42,833 --> 00:35:45,166
It was summertime
and the heat was getting to us.
465
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:46,916
And the construction of the Delhi Metro
466
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,000
was underway everywhere.
467
00:35:49,166 --> 00:35:53,041
There was dust everywhere.
The heat and storms were wearing us down.
468
00:35:53,125 --> 00:35:55,041
We waited, but the man didn't show up.
469
00:35:59,541 --> 00:36:03,625
Our next strategy from here was to go
through the doctor's call detail record.
470
00:36:05,291 --> 00:36:07,250
We saw he got a call from Chandrakant Jha
471
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:08,875
and one from Chandrakant's wife.
472
00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:10,958
The doctor had
answered only the first one.
473
00:36:11,041 --> 00:36:15,250
The second came through around
the time Narendra Pehlwan hit the doctor.
474
00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:21,458
The carrier of both numbers was Tata.
475
00:36:22,291 --> 00:36:24,750
Back then, we couldn't
get the accurate location
476
00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:27,666
of mobile numbers
carried by Tata and Reliance.
477
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:30,875
Whenever a call was made by these numbers,
478
00:36:30,958 --> 00:36:34,625
we would get a location range
from Najafgarh to Narela and Jahangirpuri.
479
00:36:34,708 --> 00:36:36,000
It was never a precise location.
480
00:36:38,666 --> 00:36:43,250
It was difficult to work
with a range that spanned so wide.
481
00:36:43,333 --> 00:36:45,500
So we decided to filter
the list of phone numbers.
482
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,875
There was one cellphone number
he got a lot of calls from.
483
00:36:52,958 --> 00:36:54,750
And quite regularly.
484
00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:58,458
Sometimes, these calls
lasted two to three minutes.
485
00:36:58,541 --> 00:37:02,166
And the address registered
for the number was in Alipur.
486
00:37:20,791 --> 00:37:23,250
On May 20, we headed to Alipur.
487
00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:31,666
We split about four to five alleys
among ourselves to investigate.
488
00:37:33,041 --> 00:37:35,750
The main strategy here was
489
00:37:35,833 --> 00:37:38,708
to interrogate people
who lived there or were passing by.
490
00:37:38,791 --> 00:37:43,250
To secretly ask them
about people who lived there.
491
00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:46,708
I had instructed everyone not to tell them
that it was a murder investigation.
492
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,541
I gave up and told them all
that we had nothing.
493
00:38:06,625 --> 00:38:09,458
That I thought the mission was a failure.
494
00:38:09,541 --> 00:38:13,125
It was the 20th of May, the third day,
and we still hadn't caught him.
495
00:38:19,291 --> 00:38:22,291
When an investigation is underway,
you're always thinking,
496
00:38:22,375 --> 00:38:24,416
"What do we do next?"
497
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:26,000
I called up the duty officer.
498
00:38:26,083 --> 00:38:31,000
I realized the doctor's brother-in-law had
been in our custody for almost three days.
499
00:38:31,083 --> 00:38:32,583
He could tell us something.
500
00:38:34,375 --> 00:38:39,000
The head constable on duty got him
to speak and then called me immediately.
501
00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:44,375
He said that apparently,
Chandrakant Jha owned a cart
502
00:38:44,458 --> 00:38:46,083
fitted with a motor engine.
503
00:38:51,166 --> 00:38:53,416
I immediately called up Narender Pehlwan.
504
00:38:56,708 --> 00:39:00,208
I said, "Look out for a cart
fitted with a motor engine."
505
00:39:01,708 --> 00:39:04,208
Narender suddenly exclaimed,
506
00:39:04,291 --> 00:39:06,041
"There's a cart like that
right in front of me."
507
00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:10,750
When he asked me where to go from there,
508
00:39:10,833 --> 00:39:13,791
I told him to get into the house
the cart was in front of.