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[female reporter 1]
Breaking news coming in from Delhi.
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The body of a 30-year-old has been found
near Safdarjung Enclave Deer Park.
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[female reporter 2] An unknown dead body
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has been found
at Connaught Place in Delhi.
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[female reporter 3] 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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[solemn music]
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On 20th October 2006,
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we received a phone call
at around 6:30 or 6:45.
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[phone line ringing]
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[C.C.] I have kept a dead body
right next to gate number three.
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[phone line beeping]
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Approximately, 500 murders
are committed every year in Delhi.
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[ominous music]
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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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DELHI POLICE
PEACE SERVICE JUSTICE
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[Hargobinder]
Maybe there are some parallels overseas,
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but in the Indian context,
I haven't come across anybody
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who has committed such murders
and gotten away with them
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and that through for such a long time.
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[suspenseful music]
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[birds squawking]
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[Utkarsh]
It was the most high-profile murder case.
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If this can happen
in the capital city of the country,
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then which other city would be safe?
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[C.C.] It's an open challenge for you
to find me and crack this murder case.
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[clanging]
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[theme music]
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I am Sunder Singh Yadav.
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I was an ACP with the Delhi Police
in Mangolpuri District,
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and I am retired now.
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In 2006, I worked in the South District
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and later,
I was transferred to the West District
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to Hari Nagar Police Station.
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[Sunder Singh] On 20th October 2006,
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we received a phone call
early in the morning at around 6:30
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or 6:45.
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I was at the police station at that time.
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The duty officer was Inspector Balkishan.
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[phone ringing]
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[C.C.] Hey, you fools!
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Two of your officers are on duty.
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And those idiots are doing nothing.
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I have kept a dead body right in front
of gate number three of Tihar Jail.
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[phone line beeping]
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Inspector Balkishan called
the head constable
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who was on duty at that point of time.
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He asked him to check
if he could see any dead body there.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Sunder Singh]
The head constable went there,
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and he saw a basket lying there.
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It was packed well.
It was packed immaculately.
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When he took a peek inside,
he found a dead body in it.
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[ominous music]
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When we all reached the scene,
we found a basket there.
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This basket was made of twigs.
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It looked a lot like a fruit basket.
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[Sunder Singh] There was a dead body
inside the basket.
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The murdered victim
was about 28 or 30 years old
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and was dark complexioned.
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And, uh, the corpse was decapitated.
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[eerie music]
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His arms and legs weren't harmed.
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The body was initially covered
with newspapers so that it wouldn't bleed.
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It was covered in a cloth and, uh…
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then wrapped well with a plastic sheet.
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Not a single drop of blood
was oozing from the basket.
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Before that, Inspector Hoshiyar Singh
had found a letter inside the basket,
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and he opened it.
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The letter was filled
with appalling abuses towards the police.
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[C.C.] Everyone in the Delhi Police Force
are motherfuckers!
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All of you are fucking cunts!
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All this while, I was punished
for crimes I didn't commit.
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But this time,
I have committed a murder for real.
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You fools will never be able to find me.
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I'm not some "gangwar" and I'm not afraid
of a case being filed against me.
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I challenge you, try catching me
in this murder case if you can.
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I'm waiting for you.
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Your father and jijaji, C.C.
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[ominous music]
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Back then, everyone thought
that this was just another incident.
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And all the newspapers covered the story
in a similar way.
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But a few days later, there was a note
that was published in the newspaper
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stating that a letter has been found
along with the dead body.
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[ominous music]
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[Amit Kumar] And the content of the letter
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had also been printed in the article
with his quote, which read as,
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"Catch me if you can."
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After which the momentum of this case
changed completely.
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Everyone who is very dangerous
or is considered dangerous
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for the society, for the nation,
from all parts of the country,
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they'll be… they'll be called in
and dumped in Tihar.
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[siren wailing]
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[suspenseful music]
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[Utkarsh] The impression was that Tihar
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is a place that is considered to be
the most secured zone in the country.
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And still outside you have
bodies being found
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and there is nothing that can 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 the West District.
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[Hargobinder Singh] Depending on
where the dead bodies are found,
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the FIRs are registered at that respected
jurisdiction's police station.
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The jail comes
under Hari Nagar Police Station.
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It was the morning hours
when this, uh, body was, uh, recovered
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and, uh, the body was only
with one undergarment.
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Essentially, totally, uh, naked.
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[eerie music]
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I had a strong feeling
that the murder would call once again.
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It was a strong anticipation.
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Now, you could either call it
a coincidence or a strong gut feeling.
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I found out from Inspector Balkishan
that the murderer had called him.
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[phone ringing]
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[C.C.] What did you idiots do?
Did you investigate the body?
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Inspector Balkishan told him,
"Brother, we are on it."
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[C.C.] Oh, so I'm your brother now,
you asshole?
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You people are useless.
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Give me your SHO's phone number.
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So Inspector Balkishan gave him
the SHO Hoshiyar Singh's number.
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[phone ringing]
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[Sunder Singh]
The SHO received a phone call.
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Inspector Hoshiyar Singh asked him,
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"Why are you doing this?
What's your motive?"
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[Sunder Singh] So he replied…
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[C.C.] Do you see
the head constable Balbir?
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He had tortured me when I was in prison.
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[Sunder Singh] After that,
I took the phone from him.
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After asking him a few questions,
I gradually started losing my patience.
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Then I asked him,
"You demon, will you stop this or not?"
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[C.C.] Who do you think you are
to challenge me, asshole?
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In fact,
I'm going to challenge you openly!
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You will keep receiving such gifts.
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[horns honking]
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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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[horns honking]
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The main challenge, of course,
was to identify him. Number one.
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And also, you know, to catch him,
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so that, uh, he wouldn't be able
to destroy any evidences
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which we are likely to find.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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The person who leaked the letter
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wanted everyone to know about this case
that it was a big deal.
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If he hadn't leaked this letter, then,
there wouldn't have been any case at all.
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so every year,
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40-50 cases of unidentified dead bodies
are reported to the Delhi Police
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and these cases remain unsolved
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only because the bodies
remain unidentified.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Amit Kumar] When a dead body is found,
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they preserve it for three days,
that is, uh, the unidentified body
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is preserved for 72 hours.
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If within 72 hours, no one identifies
the unknown dead body,
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then the police will go ahead
and perform its last rites and rituals.
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After that, there will be no one to, uh…
uh, claim the unknown dead body.
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Similarly, these cases
would have also gone unnoticed.
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[ominous music]
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[Sunder Singh] Multiple strategies
are followed during investigation.
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Number one,
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we had to track the locations
from where the calls were made.
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So first, we inquired
with the control room.
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The control room informed us
that we have received two calls.
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One of the calls was made
from Nangal Raya.
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[Sunder Singh] It was the first call
that was made.
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And the second call
was, uh, made from Tilak Nagar.
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[phone ringing]
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[phone ringing]
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When we enquired
at the public telephone booth,
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there was a guy named
Ram Babu Chaurasiya sitting there.
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We asked him, "How many people
have made calls from here since morning?"
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He told us that only one call
has been made today.
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He described him as dark-complexioned,
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and of approximately
28 to 30 years of age.
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And he had an, uh, average height.
He was, uh, neither too tall nor short.
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We asked him if he could, uh,
recognize him if we showed him a picture,
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and he said,
"Yes, I can definitely do that."
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[Sunder Singh] We did take him along
with us later to get the sketch drawn.
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[suspenseful music]
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Seeing the letter,
he had mentioned that, uh…
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he had been arrested falsely.
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[C.C.] I want the Delhi police
to listen to every word carefully.
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All this while, I was being punished
for the crimes I didn't commit.
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That was his allegation against the police
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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
or anything on those lines,
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but he said that maybe he was…
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uh, hauled up or arrested
for a couple of such crimes
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for which maybe
he was not even responsible.
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In the letter that was found,
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it was written that,
"I have committed the murders."
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[suspenseful music]
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[Sunder Singh]
The dialect used in the letter
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is generally used by the people of Bihar.
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He also wrote, "I'm not a 'gangwar'."
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The word "gangwar" is used mostly
by the police or perhaps by criminals.
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Further in the letter, he also mentioned
about a dead body found in 2003.
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He wrote,
"I had left a dead body back in 2003
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and you could not do anything about it."
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In the investigation, I went back to look
for the murders that were reported
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in 2003 in the month December
in Hari Nagar, Delhi as he had mentioned.
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We all were shocked to find out
that in the same year, that is in 2003,
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a dead body was found at gate number one,
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which is a little ahead
of gate number three.
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We found this body at gate number three.
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[suspenseful music]
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A dead body was found there.
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The case had been investigated as well,
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but sadly, no clue was found at all.
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We could not find the killer
or even the victim for that matter.
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And that's the reason this case
was declared as "untraced" as we call it.
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[Amit Kumar] It was a headless body
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so we couldn't figure out
who had killed him.
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But then, when a murder happened
in October 2006,
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they found a body outside Tihar Jail
and on it, uh,
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there was a note that was found.
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That's when we realized
that there was actually someone
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who was committing
these serials murders out there.
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We began to wonder if there is
a connection between this one man
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and all the headless bodies found earlier.
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HEADLESS BODY FOUND NEAR TIHAR JAIL
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[ominous music]
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Why would somebody throw
a body in front of Tihar Jail?
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It has to be sending
a certain message in a form
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that there was a person.
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Somebody who has had a stint at, uh,
you know…
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who has undergone
some 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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or maybe the police administration
or the jail administration.
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[prison cell door closes]
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[keys jingling]
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The other thing was that
after the call we received,
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I checked Balbir's background.
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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[C.C.] Do you see
their head constable Balbir?
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He had tortured me when I was in prison.
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First of all,
I looked into Balbir's posting
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back then when he was in jail.
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And I found out that jail number three
was where he was stationed.
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[eerie music]
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[Sunder Singh] One more specialty
about jail number three
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was that it houses only convicted person.
That is only the convicted felons.
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We sent a request for three identifiers
as per the age description.
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We add five or minus five to the age.
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So we narrowed it down to a list of people
who were between 25 and 35 years of age,
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who had a dark complexion
and who hailed from Bihar.
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[Sunder Singh] So with these permutations
and combinations
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we got a list of about 30 to 35 people.
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[machine whirring]
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[suspenseful music]
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The police make efforts in the beginning,
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but after a few days, they start feeling
that this is a complete waste of time.
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They have the burden
of other cases as well.
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There are cases where they get some clues,
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so they lean towards
investigating those cases
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rather than investigating those
where the bodies cannot be unidentified.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Sunder Singh] On 25th April,
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Inspector Hoshiyar Singh
called me and said,
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"One more dead body has been found now,
please come quickly."
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GATE NUMBER THREE
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[Sunder Singh] I was shocked
to see that this body
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was kept exactly in the same place
as the last one.
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There wasn't a difference
of even a centimeter.
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It was placed at the exact same spot
as the last one.
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-[camera shutter clicking]
-[indistinct chatter]
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[Sunder Singh]
The dead body was wrapped so tight
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that we couldn't open it.
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Inspector Hoshiyar Singh also tried
and we also took turns to try to open it,
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but the knots were too tight.
We just couldn't untie it.
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[suspenseful music]
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GATE NUMBER THREE
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In the middle of these attempts
that we were making, a boy came up
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and said, "Let me try. I'll open it."
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[suspenseful music]
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[camera shutter clicks]
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We were already under a lot of pressure
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because of the first dead body.
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And now, this had worsen things.
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The second body was mutilated
in the same way.
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[ominous music]
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The first one's head was cut off,
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and this body had both its hands and legs,
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and its genitals missing as well.
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[eerie music]
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But this time,
there was no letter with this dead body.
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Of course, the method of wrapping
the dead body was exactly the same.
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[ominous music]
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And within some time,
we received a call saying that
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the missing parts of this body
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had been found near Tis Hazari Court.
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[eerie music]
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From this pattern
of how the body was dumped,
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it was pretty certain that, uh,
you know, somebody wouldn't have
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stood there for long
after disposing the body.
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It was pretty apparent that the crime
wasn't committed
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at the spot where the body was found.
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It was pretty clear to us
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 to us
that it was done for sensationalizing.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Amit Kumar]
When this incident took place,
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there were only a handful
of CCTV cameras installed in Delhi.
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There were no means to help us identify
who the person is.
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So, the police were, as they say,
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probably taking a shot
in the dark in this case.
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They had no leads or clues whatsoever.
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They couldn't identify the dead body.
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Since it would be headless,
they were unable to identify the victim.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Sunder Singh]
Generally, a police investigation
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begins with the information
about the victim, about who he or she is.
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Once the victim is identified,
we consider the case as 90 percent solved.
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But in this case,
we didn't know the victim's identity.
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No clue about the accused.
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[Sunder Singh] We didn't know
about the place of occurrence either.
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So all these things
made the case tougher to solve.
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[indistinct background chatter]
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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.
Uh, you could be hunting…
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You could be probably looking for people
who are committing property offenses.
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But, uh, there is nobody… I mean,
I don't think there is any police force
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that is actually hunting
for a serial killer.
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Because unless the crime manifests,
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you are not ready for it.
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You need a… You need a pattern,
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you need a sequence, you need a body,
you need a crime to have happened
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before you actually start
investigating it.
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[camera shutter clicking]
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[suspenseful music]
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When the pressure on the police increased,
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they started coordinating with, uh,
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all the nearby police stations.
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Forces from all the police stations
in the range besides the West District
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were put on the case.
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Because the entire Delhi Police
had been challenged.
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The team was constituted
under my supervision.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Hargobinder Singh] We had
our special staff from the West District,
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some very fine officers,
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and also from the other subdivisions
of the West District.
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So, a lot of resources
were pulled in for this.
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[sirens wailing]
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[suspenseful music]
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We worked extensively
on this case and with a lot of urgency
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because we realized that the more time
this, uh, takes to crack,
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the accused will commit
more of such crimes, so…
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Um, 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, um, his series of crimes.
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And then, of course, our area of, um…
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detection and area of, uh,
finding out further clues
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also extended
to different parts of, uh, Delhi.
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Essentially, I would say,
North West District,
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West District of Delhi Police, North East.
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While the investigation
was going on in full speed,
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shockingly on the 18th of May, 2007,
they found another dead body.
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[eerie music]
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I haven't come across
such a case in the last 23 years.
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[eerie music]
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Uh, there could be a one-off murder
that was committed by somebody.
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Maybe overseas, there are some parallels,
but, uh, in the Indian context,
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I haven't come across anybody
who has committed such, uh, murders
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and, uh, had done it almost broadly,
you know, in a patterned way.
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[eerie music]
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[Sunder Singh]
It was the same pattern, and uh,
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another note was found this time.
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The first letter was one page.
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And this one had two to three pages.
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This letter also had the same abuses,
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and it had a detailed description.
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In this letter, uh, he had mention
about the first dead body…
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as well as the second dead body
that he had left.
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[C.C.] A body was found
on 20th October, 2006.
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And you idiots failed to examine
and scrutinize that body properly.
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The name "Amit" was clearly written
on the dead body's arm.
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But you smartasses didn't even care
to print his name in the newspaper.
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He was following
the newspaper's details closely
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and was also reading
the newspaper's fine print.
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[C.C.] Let the media know
that the C.C. is extremely dangerous,
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and go ahead and announce a reward
to anyone who shares any information
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so that this game
gets a little more exciting.
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He almost knows the top reward.
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He almost knows the…
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way the police, uh,
shares the details with the media,
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and the way crimes are reported
in the media.
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[C.C.] Better make sure that the reward
is worthy of my hard work.
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And if the reward is ridiculous,
I'll surely put all of you to shame!
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He wanted his crime to be reported, to be…
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To be, you know…
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He wanted to be seen through his crime.
He just wanted that.
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[C.C.] Make sure you give this letter
to the media as well.
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I will be sending you another gift soon.
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Your jijaji and damad, C.C.
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But here is a person
who knows the system a little bit,
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who challenges the system,
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who takes thrill and pride
in what he's doing
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and the way he's doing it.
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So he was like, you know, uh…
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uh, almost getting a thrill out of it
at this stage.
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[Sunder Singh]
When both the letters were compared,
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the style of writing and, uh,
the language were the same.
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And even the words used
were almost the same.
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And the handwriting was similar, too.
So many similarities.
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[ominous music]
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Both the letters were signed by C.C.,
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which was another clue.
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WAITING FOR YOU
YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER IN LAW, C.C.
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The first impression that one gets is
that both are written by the same person.
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That's one thing.
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Not because of the comparison
of the writing.
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I'm talking about 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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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 and formed.
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In terms of quality and the content,
both are done by the same person.
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[ominous music]
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[Dr. SL Vaya] Number two,
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it clearly says
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that the person claims to have
committed certain murders in the past,
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and he also has a plan of committing
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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[C.C.] If you motherfuckers really think
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that you are your father’s
legitimate sons,
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then I dare you to come and get me.
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[Dr. SL Vaya] The kind of language he uses
in his messages
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to the authorities over here
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is an indirect way of expressing
displaced anger towards
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his own parental figures.
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See, if he had any kind
of regard, respect, and affection
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for his mother figure,
this language would not have been used.
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This is more
of a projection of his deprival
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from the so called expected figure
from whom a child would expect
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some kind of protection.
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He did not have that, and a lot of anger
is projected at the authorities over here.
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[suspenseful music]
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[Hargobinder Singh] This is somebody…
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who is feeling, uh,
really victimized by the system.
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And, uh, somebody who is…
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uh, not only feeling victimized
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but also wants to do something to undo it.
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[ominous music]
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00:26:46,666 --> 00:26:49,541
[indistinct TV chatter]
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[Hargobinder Singh]
He's not part of the system
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wherein probably,
he can go about it legally.
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But, uh, he's trying to do
whatever is in his power.
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He's trying to do it,
and also get away with it for a long time.
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I mean, it's quite a unique thing.
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While communicating,
he also says that, "If…
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I don't kill about seven
to eight people in a year,
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I won't be able to live peacefully."
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I, C.C., openly and proudly admit the fact
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that I commit at least seven to eight
murders in a year no matter what.
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Otherwise, I begin to lose my mind.
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00:27:36,166 --> 00:27:38,750
This talks about the psychological urge.
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It's an urge to…
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kill.
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[ominous music]
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[Utkarsh]
In a span of four to five months,
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you have three to four murders.
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Although different body parts were dumped
in different parts of Delhi,
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one of the sizeable portions
of the body was always…
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always placed outside Tihar Jail.
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Despite that, if you cannot catch someone,
you cannot nab the person,
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you cannot even spot the person,
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and it… and it remains a blind case,
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that speaks volumes
about the investigation
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and the competence
of the Delhi Police itself.
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See, the bodies were not found
in quick succession.
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There was a fair, uh, gap
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between one incident and the other.
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[Hargobinder Singh] And it was not
that the body was intact.
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[flies buzzing]
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It sounds very oxymoronic
that there was a pattern,
479
00:28:44,833 --> 00:28:46,875
and there wasn't one at the same time.
480
00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:49,750
[suspenseful music]
481
00:28:55,041 --> 00:28:56,625
After the discovery on 18th May,
482
00:28:57,291 --> 00:28:58,416
we had a meeting again.
483
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:01,916
We had, uh, discussions,
and after the discussions I was asked,
484
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,625
"What, uh, resources do you need?"
485
00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:06,750
I said, "Sir, I need Dilip Kaushik
and a few other officers, too."
486
00:29:06,833 --> 00:29:10,166
We don't have enough vehicles,
what do we do? Clues is all that we have.
487
00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:11,625
They asked us how many days more.
488
00:29:11,708 --> 00:29:14,083
I said, "Sir, please give us
about three more days,
489
00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:16,250
and if we are still unable
to make any headway,
490
00:29:16,333 --> 00:29:18,041
then you can take over the case."
491
00:29:18,708 --> 00:29:19,791
They said, "Okay."
492
00:29:19,875 --> 00:29:22,833
"From now, the crime team
and special cell will be on standby.
493
00:29:22,916 --> 00:29:24,250
And for the next three days,
494
00:29:24,333 --> 00:29:26,250
only Sunder Singh Yadav's team
will be on it."
495
00:29:27,791 --> 00:29:30,541
[Sunder Singh] They asked me,
"Who would you like to have on your team?"
496
00:29:30,625 --> 00:29:33,500
I asked for Narender Pehlwan,
Virender Tyagi,
497
00:29:33,583 --> 00:29:37,041
Dilip Kaushik, and Rohtash
along with two cars.
498
00:29:37,666 --> 00:29:39,666
[siren wailing]
499
00:29:42,458 --> 00:29:45,041
On 18th May,
we were under a lot of pressure.
500
00:29:45,125 --> 00:29:46,916
We were followed by the media
all the time.
501
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,208
And, uh…
And in a way, we were failing really bad.
502
00:29:51,291 --> 00:29:53,458
But at the same time,
we still had the clues.
503
00:29:53,541 --> 00:29:55,541
[suspenseful music]
504
00:29:56,375 --> 00:30:00,791
In 1997, a murder was committed
in the North West district.
505
00:30:03,541 --> 00:30:06,333
[Sunder Singh] Like in the recent murders,
and that murder case, too,
506
00:30:06,416 --> 00:30:10,458
the victim's head, hands, legs,
and genitals were severed.
507
00:30:11,708 --> 00:30:13,916
Narender investigated further
508
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,083
and he had, uh, started reaching out
to the informants for more clues.
509
00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,000
[phone ringing]
510
00:30:19,583 --> 00:30:21,541
[indistinct chatter]
511
00:30:21,625 --> 00:30:23,625
[suspenseful music]
512
00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:26,333
Police can't do anything
without the informants.
513
00:30:27,166 --> 00:30:29,666
How would the police know
what is happening outside the station
514
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:30,666
or in their homes?
515
00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:34,250
Only informants will know who did what,
when, and where.
516
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,333
[suspenseful music]
517
00:30:39,833 --> 00:30:43,208
Police officers from the special cell
move around in plain clothes.
518
00:30:43,916 --> 00:30:48,125
Their spies are aware of their whereabouts
and, uh, about, uh, who's doing what,
519
00:30:48,208 --> 00:30:50,541
and if someone's been up
to doing something illegal.
520
00:30:50,625 --> 00:30:53,291
[horns honking]
521
00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:55,375
[suspenseful music]
522
00:30:56,291 --> 00:30:58,166
[police informant]
Pictures from the crime scenes
523
00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:01,208
or CCTV footage are shared
with the spies from that area.
524
00:31:01,833 --> 00:31:04,541
The spies can identify the person
by their shoe, their height,
525
00:31:04,625 --> 00:31:06,333
and the color of their clothes.
526
00:31:06,416 --> 00:31:08,791
With these details,
they can locate the person
527
00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:11,291
as to which area the person belongs to
and so on.
528
00:31:11,833 --> 00:31:13,833
[suspenseful music]
529
00:31:14,541 --> 00:31:17,583
Today, advanced technology like mobiles
has become very common.
530
00:31:17,666 --> 00:31:19,416
Technical surveillance has become common.
531
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:24,416
But back then, the informer network
was the backbone of police investigations.
532
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:29,166
And the information on this case
was being gathered continuously.
533
00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,333
[suspenseful music]
534
00:31:40,625 --> 00:31:42,625
[police informant]
An informer is out the whole day.
535
00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:45,833
He mingles with every kind of person,
both good as well as the bad ones.
536
00:31:45,916 --> 00:31:47,458
He has a strong network.
537
00:31:47,541 --> 00:31:50,333
The informer can find out
who committed the murder and where,
538
00:31:50,416 --> 00:31:51,750
and where the dead body is buried.
539
00:31:51,833 --> 00:31:54,666
All this, only the informer can share
on the basis of that,
540
00:31:54,750 --> 00:31:56,125
the police investigates.
541
00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:58,208
[suspenseful music]
542
00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:05,875
[Sunder Singh]
Inspector Narender was working alone.
543
00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:11,125
One of his informers tipped him off
that there was a doctor in Azadpur Mandi
544
00:32:11,208 --> 00:32:13,958
who was often visited
by a man fitting their description.
545
00:32:14,041 --> 00:32:16,041
[tense music]
546
00:32:17,666 --> 00:32:20,416
Now, this investigation was being led
by Narender Pehlwan.
547
00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:22,458
I was supporting him
and following his orders.
548
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:27,250
At around 2p.m., Dilip Kaushik, uh,
Narender Pehlwan, and I set out.
549
00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:29,625
And we kept the rest of the team
on standby.
550
00:32:30,666 --> 00:32:33,375
[Sunder Singh] When we got there,
we met with the doctor in the clinic.
551
00:32:34,666 --> 00:32:37,416
There, we started
our inquiry with the doctor.
552
00:32:38,541 --> 00:32:40,500
Since I was in plain clothes,
553
00:32:40,583 --> 00:32:43,875
I showed him my ID and told him
that I am Sunder Singh Yadav,
554
00:32:43,958 --> 00:32:46,458
and I'm part of a special staff
at the West District.
555
00:32:46,541 --> 00:32:49,541
"And we have come to meet you
regarding a murder investigation."
556
00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:50,625
[phone ringing]
557
00:32:50,708 --> 00:32:52,916
[Sunder Singh] Now, as soon
as I mentioned the name,
558
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,791
the doctor got a phone call.
559
00:33:00,666 --> 00:33:04,791
Soon after the doctor hung up,
Narender Pehlwan slapped him hard.
560
00:33:06,208 --> 00:33:08,583
Quite observantly, he asked the doctor
561
00:33:08,666 --> 00:33:11,958
if, um… that murder had called him.
562
00:33:12,041 --> 00:33:13,458
The doctor said, "Yes."
563
00:33:13,541 --> 00:33:15,791
LEAVE YOUR FOOTWEAR OUTSIDE
NO ADMISSION WITHOUT PERMISSION
564
00:33:15,875 --> 00:33:19,666
[Sunder Singh] And then we took the doctor
to our office which was at Tagore Garden.
565
00:33:22,458 --> 00:33:27,125
The doctor said,
"This is the man. He has five daughters.
566
00:33:27,208 --> 00:33:31,583
All of them were born in this clinic
and his name is Chandrakant Jha."
567
00:33:31,666 --> 00:33:33,666
[music intensifies]
568
00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:43,708
The doctor told me that Chandrakant Jha
and his brother-in-law knew each other
569
00:33:43,791 --> 00:33:45,833
and, uh, they once had an argument.
570
00:33:45,916 --> 00:33:48,541
The doctor later found out
that Chandrakant Jha
571
00:33:48,625 --> 00:33:50,500
had taken his brother-in-law along.
572
00:33:50,583 --> 00:33:53,458
He knew that Chandrakant had a, uh,
criminal record
573
00:33:53,541 --> 00:33:55,208
and had committed murders as well.
574
00:33:55,291 --> 00:33:58,000
So he followed him to his quarters,
575
00:33:58,083 --> 00:33:59,625
looking for his brother-in-law.
576
00:33:59,708 --> 00:34:03,500
When he got there, he saw Chandrakant Jha
holding a knife at his throat.
577
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:04,750
[brother-in-law groaning]
578
00:34:05,625 --> 00:34:07,625
[Sunder Singh]
If the doctor hadn't arrived in time,
579
00:34:07,708 --> 00:34:09,083
Chandrakant would've killed him.
580
00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:12,208
[suspenseful music]
581
00:34:13,416 --> 00:34:16,333
He said Chandrakant
was meeting him at 4p.m.
582
00:34:16,416 --> 00:34:19,541
But since we had dragged him,
he won't be able to meet him.
583
00:34:19,625 --> 00:34:21,625
[ominous music]
584
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,458
Then I asked him to call
Chandrakant on his number.
585
00:34:30,375 --> 00:34:33,041
[Sunder Singh] So the doctor called him
and asked him,
586
00:34:33,125 --> 00:34:35,041
"He was supposed to be here, right?"
587
00:34:35,625 --> 00:34:37,791
He replied,
"I'll meet you tomorrow at 4p.m."
588
00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:47,083
On 19th, we all got there at 4p.m.
589
00:34:50,291 --> 00:34:52,291
[suspenseful music]
590
00:34:54,708 --> 00:34:55,666
[bicycle bell rings]
591
00:34:57,416 --> 00:35:00,291
All of us were in various disguises.
592
00:35:01,083 --> 00:35:04,333
And I, too, in fact, I wore a lungi-kurta,
593
00:35:04,416 --> 00:35:06,916
and disguised myself as a banana vendor.
594
00:35:07,583 --> 00:35:09,750
The frontline officers
were taking the lead.
595
00:35:09,833 --> 00:35:13,708
The other officers who were tall, like me,
the ones who could be easily recognized
596
00:35:13,791 --> 00:35:17,583
as a policeman stayed behind.
But I had to be around to guide the team.
597
00:35:17,666 --> 00:35:20,250
We always plan an ambush
as per the situation
598
00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:22,250
and then start the investigation.
599
00:35:22,333 --> 00:35:24,333
[suspenseful music]
600
00:35:40,583 --> 00:35:42,666
It was already past 4p.m.
601
00:35:42,750 --> 00:35:45,166
It was the summer months.
The heat was getting to us.
602
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,000
And the construction of the Delhi Metro
was underway.
603
00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:51,750
[Sunder Singh] There was dust everywhere.
The storms were wearing us down.
604
00:35:51,833 --> 00:35:55,041
We waited,
but the man didn't show up till 4p.m.
605
00:35:59,541 --> 00:36:03,625
Before moving on with our next strategy
we decided to go through the CDR.
606
00:36:04,666 --> 00:36:07,250
[Sunder Singh] There was one number
that belonged to Chandrakant Jha
607
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:08,833
and the other was his wife's.
608
00:36:08,916 --> 00:36:10,458
The doctor had answered one call,
609
00:36:10,541 --> 00:36:13,458
and the second call came
when Narender Pehlwan hit the doctor,
610
00:36:13,541 --> 00:36:15,250
and he said
that it was Chandrakant's wife's.
611
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,208
[keyboard clacking]
612
00:36:18,291 --> 00:36:19,458
[Sunder Singh] As for the CDR,
613
00:36:19,541 --> 00:36:22,208
Tata was the service provider
of both the numbers.
614
00:36:22,291 --> 00:36:24,708
Back then,
we couldn't get the accurate location
615
00:36:24,791 --> 00:36:27,208
of mobile numbers of Tata and Reliance.
616
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:30,833
Whenever a call was made
from these numbers,
617
00:36:30,916 --> 00:36:34,583
we would get a location range
from Najafgarh to Narela
618
00:36:34,666 --> 00:36:36,250
and Jahangirpuri.
619
00:36:38,625 --> 00:36:41,541
It was difficult to work
with a range that spanned so wide.
620
00:36:41,625 --> 00:36:42,958
It was a very broad range.
621
00:36:43,041 --> 00:36:46,291
So, we decided to filter
the list of phone numbers.
622
00:36:46,375 --> 00:36:48,375
[suspenseful music]
623
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,875
There was one number in particular
from which he had received a lot of calls.
624
00:36:52,958 --> 00:36:54,750
And that took quite regularly.
625
00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:58,416
In fact, at times, these calls lasted
for two to three minutes.
626
00:36:58,500 --> 00:37:01,083
And the location
of this number was Alipur.
627
00:37:01,166 --> 00:37:02,166
That was the address.
628
00:37:02,250 --> 00:37:04,250
[ominous music]
629
00:37:20,750 --> 00:37:23,458
[Sunder Singh]
On 20th May, we headed to Alipur.
630
00:37:28,166 --> 00:37:32,916
We split about four to five alleys among
ourselves to investigate things further.
631
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,166
The main purpose was to interrogate
people who lived there or were passing by.
632
00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:41,125
To secretly ask them about people
who lived there as tenants.
633
00:37:41,208 --> 00:37:44,833
I had clearly instructed everyone
that they should not disclose
634
00:37:44,916 --> 00:37:46,708
that this was a murder investigation.
635
00:37:46,791 --> 00:37:48,791
[ominous music]
636
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,416
Nothing was happening. I gave up
and told them that, "We have nothing.
637
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,541
Looks like the mission has failed.
638
00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:11,750
It's the 20th of May already,
the third day,
639
00:38:11,833 --> 00:38:13,125
and we still haven't caught him."
640
00:38:19,291 --> 00:38:22,250
When an investigation is underway,
you are constantly thinking,
641
00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:24,416
"Now, what should be our next move?"
642
00:38:24,500 --> 00:38:26,333
So I called the duty officer.
643
00:38:26,416 --> 00:38:28,208
I recalled that
the doctor's brother-in-law
644
00:38:28,291 --> 00:38:31,000
had been in our custody
for almost three days.
645
00:38:31,083 --> 00:38:32,875
He better tell us something now.
646
00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:37,041
The head constable on duty
got him to speak,
647
00:38:37,125 --> 00:38:39,000
and then he called me immediately.
648
00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:44,333
He told me that, "Sir, this brother-in-law
is saying that Chandrakant Jha owns a cart
649
00:38:44,416 --> 00:38:46,083
and an engine is fitted to it."
650
00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:48,166
[suspenseful music]
651
00:38:51,166 --> 00:38:54,000
After that,
I called Narender Pehlwan immediately.
652
00:38:56,541 --> 00:38:58,208
[Sunder Singh]
I requested Inspector Pehlwan
653
00:38:58,291 --> 00:39:00,416
to look out for a cart
fitted with a motor engine.
654
00:39:01,666 --> 00:39:03,375
While we were speaking, Narender said,
655
00:39:03,458 --> 00:39:06,041
"Sir, there's a cart like that
right in front of me."
656
00:39:08,708 --> 00:39:10,833
He asked me,
"Sir, where should I go? What do I do?"
657
00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:13,791
I told him, "Just get into the house
in front of which the cart is parked."
658
00:39:23,208 --> 00:39:25,208
[music intensifies]
659
00:39:28,291 --> 00:39:30,291
[music stops]
660
00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,500
[closing theme music]