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(vehicle honking)
Oh God! He is here!
(door shuts)
(footfalls)
- Good afternoon, Sir. - Good afternoon!
(smirks)
- Is everything ready? - Yes...almost.
(chair creaks)
Maybe you should touch up a bit. Your face seems a bit oily.
Oh! I've been running around all day. Regarding my trip.
- Your flight is at 8.30, right? - Yes. - When do you get back?
I haven't booked my return. But it'll be in 10 or 12 days.
It's our 25th wedding anniversary.
And she is over there. That's why I am heading there.
(cell phone ringing)
Talk of the devil!
Hello? Yes, we are just starting.
It's only one episode. We'll do the rest after I return.
- Sir, tea? - Thank you.
No, no... I don't prepare it beforehand.
All the cases are fresh in my head.
Ok then. I'll call you when I get to the airport.
Let me get started.
(door creaks)
Sir, things are going better than we'd hoped for.
After the 5th episode, we reached nearly 2.5 million views.
That's nice. Are you making a story teller of me now?
(chuckles)
But these are not stories. You are saying real crime chapters.
It is because of the genuinity that people are watching.
People have said that in the comment box.
There are also some threats. Noticed that?
- You read all that? - Not me...my wife.
I don't know what case you have prepared for today.
If you wouldn't consider it as over-smartness
- I actually have a request. - Go on.
- Please speed up things there. - Ok. - Go ahead.
Sir...could you speak about the Cheppanamthotta case today?
- Not that one. - Sir, please.
- I am not prepared today. - From a viewership aspect
that case has high potential.
That's your headache. How does this benefit me?
(chair creaks)
(exhales)
Sir...
Despite being a straight-forward person
I know that case put a grey shade on you as well.
- How do you know? - Hemanth told me.
Then let him come and talk about it.
Oh no, Sir... please don't be offended.
I just asked...that's all...and that's why I called it a request.
If you ever want to wash off stains on your image
no better space to do it than a channel.
That's all.
Whenever you're ready.
- Listen... - Sir?
I don't know how to sugarcoat anything.
If I just go with the flow when I speak
before the episode airs
could I see it once?
I may have to cut some bits out.
Absolutely no issues, Sir... I'll take care of it.
Thank you, Sir.
Hello...I am Udayabhanu.
I took voluntary retirement from the Kerala Police as a DySP.
I am highlighting this fact because
of the special nature of the case I am talking about today.
It's a story of two men who served at the same police station
but in different ranks - two policemen.
Not a story actually...a case file in which I too was involved.
(intense music)
CHIEF
(vehicle arriving)
(People talking in the background)
I can't do anything till the CI arrives.
(footfalls)
- Good morning. - Good morning. I am Karthik.
- I am here to join as SI. - Welcome, Sir.
- Sekharan? - Yes? - He's the new SI.
- Hello Sir. - Hello. - Where are you from, Sir?
I am from Iroor near here.
Ok...maybe you should change into your uniform quickly.
The CI will be here soon.
- I see. Where is the cloak room? - Come with me, Sir.
- I'll show you. - Go with him, Sir.
Sir, I am Harris. I know you from before.
- Oh? - My dad was the Writer... for Cheruvassery station.
- You know him... Majeed. - Oh!
I was there for only about three months.
I thought Majeed's son was an SI.
That's my brother...Farris.
- He is now the Thiroor SI. - Oh.
- This is the cloak room? - Yes. - Ok, I'll change and join you.
(car engine off)
(car door shuts)
- What's up? - Sir, we got bail for Shan Micheal.
Could you release him soon? I have some other appointments.
He messaged women and duped them out of their money.
Aren't you ashamed to get bail for an idiot like that?
He'll go to jail for sure. Unless you settle the money disputes.
(wireless crackle)
Wait for a while. Let me at least get a few blows on him.
(door creak)
- Sir - Yes? - The CI is here.
Ok. I am just finishing this coffee.
He would've known you are here. Better meet him before he calls.
- What's with the build-up? - Oh no! It's not a build-up.
(smirks)
I...am not a convict.
I am an SI. Ok?
(chuckles)
- And what is your name, Sir? - Raghu 'Sir'.
- Ok, Raghu 'Sir'... walk on. - Ok.
There they are, Sir. Yes, that's them.
You don't have to wait. I'll let him go when I feel like it.
You may go now.
(footfalls)
(wireless crackle)
- Sir. - Yes?
- It's my new posting as SI. - Ok.
The DySP had called.
- How long have you been in service? - One and a half years.
And how many transfers in that period?
This is my 5th, Sir.
You don't stay long anywhere! The way you've been running...
Are you related to PT Usha or something?
And...have you figured out what your problem is?
The problem is with my make, Sir.
I can't change my character, can I?
Looks like we have to remake your make!
Then the issues will resolve themselves.
- That's why they sent you to me. - Sir, I...
It's not for corruption or abuse of power that I am shunted about.
- It's because I don't get into all that. - I see.
So that's what we are all doing?
Actually, what is your issue? Is it your glib tongue?
- Answer me. - It's not, Sir.
It's my replies.
Sometimes you need to learn to remain silent.
At least before your superiors. Then the running can stop.
And you can learn. There are smarter guys than you
in the Department. None of them are running around like you.
Anyhow...we will work on that.
- Take this to the Writer. - Sir.
(papers rustle)
Harris...
Sir, I am Venu.
I overheard you. You just need to be tactful with him.
He is not troublesome. Just a bit short-tempered.
The SI before you...Shereef
barely got a minute to sit. But you know how it is, Sir.
He was a meddlesome fellow!
From what you've said, Venu... I think he and I are twins!
- Sekharan is our Writer. Please meet him and join work. - Ok.
Within this station, some vouched for CI Jayashankar
while others saw him as an enemy.
When I speak about this case file
I should also tell you about
two other incidents that happened a few years ago.
(doorbell dings)
(door creaks & opens)
(crickets chirping)
(sighs)
God! Do you actresses have makeup on even at night?
That too in your own house?
(sniffs)
You smell so good, my dear Rose!
Is that you or your perfume?
(chuckles)
My husband is abusive when he is drunk.
I came to the police station to complain about that.
He is now back on his ship.
And it will be six months before he comes back.
Till then...do you intend to harass me?
Oh no!
Rose...you don't know
what you mean to me! (laughs)
I know it's pure greed.
But when I think of how many people watch you on TV and
lust for you, it drives me mad!
When you called, I asked you to come
because I want to put an end to this today.
(chuckles)
I see...go on now. Get two glasses
and some ice cubes. Let's get the mood on.
- Sit down. - Ok.
(exhales)
- Hey! Rose! Just a minute. - What?
- What is it? - It's just...
before drinking...I want... in my full senses...once...
So...you have certainly
made plans for tonight, haven't you?
(laughs)
I can give you money now and then.
- How about...some for us too? - What?
I have warned you twice.
- You can bury your uniform now. - Sir...sir...no...
- No Sir, please! - Walk! - Please, no, Sir.
- I said, walk! - Sir, please! Let it go just this once.
- I swear on my kids...it won't happen again! - Just walk!
It won't happen again...Sir... I have 14 years of service!
This is humiliating for me.
- Leave me, leave me, Sir! - (yells) Stop it, you dog!
You have a wife! Aren't you ashamed to do this and plead?
Raghu got a six month suspension over that.
He had just rejoined the service.
It was around that time that the second incident
I mentioned, happened in Jayashankar's life.
(motorbike approaching)
- See you in the evening. - Ok, dear.
- Good Morning! - Good morning! You're early today?
(woman screaming in pain)
Oh no! Sunitha! Hey! Chandra!
Come on! Something's wrong!
Someone please help!
(stressful music)
(grim music)
The attacker was a hired goon named Joshi. (Irambil Joshy arrested)
His statement said he hacked the wrong person by mistake.
He was arrested.
It took nearly two and a half years
for Sunitha to walk again.
And return to her normal life.
Now let us return to the main case file.
It was three months since Karthik joined Cheppanamthotta station
as the SI.
(crow cawing)
(gasping)
Sir...here...
Sir, there is a guy in the cell called Manu Das.
He claims he was in school with you.
He asked if he could meet you.
- Manu Das? - Yes.
(chair creaks) Who is that now?
(footfalls)
Manu Das?
(suspenseful music)
Hey! What happened, man?
It's an attempt to murder, Sir.
- I did not try to kill anyone. - Then what were you doing?
- I have to defend myself, don't I? - I see.
He tried to hit me with a big stone and I moved away.
He lost his balance and fell on broken glass. It wasn't my fault.
(sobs)
I am getting married this Thursday, Sir.
- Harris - Yes? - Open it.
(metal clatter)
For thirteen years, I've had a cable TV connection business.
This guy Vinayakan, who has filed this case against me
moved here from somewhere in the high ranges
and started an office for the same business.
He was not able to get many connections.
But for the last three weeks, his men started cutting our cables.
- We'd fix them and they would cut it again - Sir, got a minute?
He has rented a place in Cheppanamthotta. I went there.
And I asked...how can you destroy someone's business for your own?
He said I humiliated him in front of his wife and
and leaped towards me, kicking me in the stomach.
He's a well-built guy and he beat me up badly.
When I got hurt, I retaliated.
And then like I said... he hit me with a big rock.
They are trapping me.
I am supposed to get married on Thursday.
It's a love marriage. Her family
is not very happy about it.
If there is any complication, they will back out.
Please help me, Karthik.
After the wedding, I'll surrender if I have to.
Please!
(metal door creaking)
- Chechi. - Yes?
- I'll be back before noon. - Where are you going?
It's about getting Joshy out of jail.
I need to go to Cheppanamthotta. Also
I need to meet the lawyer on my way back.
You should take up a 7 day prayer at Thannissery Church
on behalf of Joshy.
(birds chirping)
- Just put on the TV for her. - Ok.
Honey...I'll get you sweets when I come back.
- Be good till then, ok? - I will, Mom.
Come on, Sweety.
The deal is regarding tree felling in Marayoor.
It's good money...but to get the guys there under control
we will need at least 40 grand in hand.
(sighs)
- I have that share in Manimala. - Sir! - Oh hi! Varghese Sir!
- What's up? - Nothing... - Haven't seen you in a while.
I only come into town to collect my pension.
On those days I usually drop in here too.
- Sir! - Yes.
Venu, meet the owner of that textile place
and lock the statement. He shouldn't change it again. - Ok.
- And call that cable guy the DySP called about. - Sir, that...
(cell phone rings)
Hello? Yes, Sir?
I understand the seriousness, Sir. I just got here.
If you give me an hour, I'll do the needful.
Ok. Get him, man.
- Sir, SI Karthik released him. - What?
They seem to know each other.
I called him in! How can anyone send him off without asking me?
I told him, Sir... but he told me not to get involved.
He said he would deal with it himself.
Crap!
Who do you think you are to let him go? Know what his crime is?
I called you to ask. You can find the missed call on your phone.
I might be busy at times! Just because I didn't answer
- you send him away? - Sir, he is getting married on Thursday.
So? Are you his broker? Or
does the Department function on your family's money?
Sir, please speak in a more civilised manner.
If not, what will you do? What?
- Sir, don't talk to me like that. - Should I call you 'Sir'?
Sir, I released him because I talked to him and was convinced.
The guy he stabbed is in the ICU.
If he dies...! Do you understand the gravity of the case? Idiot!
Sir, that case is manipulated. I don't know what you heard.
- But I questioned him. - I am the SHO for this station.
- Think you can upstage me? - What is my job here?
If I have to ask you everything, what's the use of a post for SI?
- You could just bring a servant. - Mind your words!
That works both ways. You aren't funding the Department either.
Stop there! I will thrash you if I have to!
Is this how you speak to a senior officer?
You stay right here!
I will make sure you learn some discipline and decorum.
- Venu, do you know his house? - Yes, Sir - Then get the car.
(intense music)
- Sir. - What?
- Here for the same thing again? - Sir, please...
- How many times should I tell you? - Sir, only you can...
But I won't! So stop wasting your time and leave!
- Sir. - What now?
I am asking because I have no other way...is it money you want?
I will try and arrange that as well.
Because you're a woman I won't respond to that. Go away now.
Let's go!
(car engine starts)
This is that goon Joshy's wife.
She is his mistress now.
- I see! - They have been spotted together in many places.
What you saw just now was a show he put on.
- Yes? - That's just to trick the rest of us.
I see!
(intense music)
You nearly killed a man and you're enjoying company here?
- Huh? - Sir, please don't take me.
I explained everything to Karthik.
- I am being deliberately framed. - Come here.
- Sir, he is getting married in two days. - Move.
Please let the wedding happen. Don't harass us, please.
He is not someone who would do things like that.
Know what our job is? To bring wrong-doers before the law.
It is for the Court to decide about punishment. Got it?
- Walk, man! - Sir! Sir! - Please don't take my son away!
- I said you can take me if I did it. I will be right here! - Move!
- Please don't take him! - if you have an arrest warrant, show us!
- You can't just take him away. - Keep them away!
- Please don't take him! - It's his wedding!
Manu Das's wedding was called off and he landed up in jail.
In the station, the differences between Jayashankar and Karthik
got worse each day.
3 or 4 months passed thus.
And then, on the final day of festivities
related to the Cheppanamthotta Temple festival...
(Ritualistic performing)
Hello? The temple procession is going on right now.
For the past 8 days, we could barely hear a thing!
It is the final day... the festival ends today.
Sunitha's brother has come down from Kuwait.
When they return, she will go with them to her place.
Her mother is also here.
You'll get here by 8.30 tonight?
No...it will be just us...ok.
See you in the evening.
(door creaks & opens)
"CENTRAL PRISON AND CORRECTIONAL HOME, KANNUR"
- Sir? - Yes? - I will see you after two days.
Everyone else is on double duty and you are zipping around?
Oh no! No zipping around!
It is regarding partition of some land...it's about 35 cents.
I have to be there... It's at Manimala...
You haven't been able to sleep or shower the past couple of days.
There wasn't any need for double duty. It's just a festival.
You only needed to put in an appearance once.
But the CI wouldn't agree to that.
You know his problem? He is double-faced!
However much you try, you can't figure him out.
(sighs)
- Where did you say you were going? - To Palakkad...I mean
Manimala...Manimala...
See you later.
(Background sounds of festival)
- Sir, offerings from the temple. - Oh...you have some, Harris.
- I already did. - Then give some to the others. - Ok.
Hey bro...temple offerings...
It's delicious! We can get some more if one of you go around.
- Sir? - You're on duty at the temple, aren't you?
- Yes, Sir. - I am here at Jayashankar's place.
- Sir -If you aren't too busy, come over for ten minutes.
Ok, Sir.
- Why are you...? - You.... go downstairs now. - Sir.
(song playing)
Let him come. If it leads to a patch-up, let it happen.
He's a straightforward guy. Just a bit impulsive - it's his age!
That's all. Were we any better at that age?
(vehicle honking)
(vehicle approaching)
Come, Sir...they are upstairs.
(crickets chirping)
- Hi! - Good evening Sir. - Come. when I heard you were here
I just thought to say hello. Jayashankar said
you have gotten better now. That's good.
Why are you saying unnecessary things?
He isn't going to get better in a thousand years.
- You be quiet. - Sir, I am ok the way things are.
- What wrong did I do anyway? - You know what you should do?
Hold water in your mouth! That should solve your issues!
Jaya, don't make things worse. You take your cap off.
I won't ask you what you want.
This is all we have here.
Have two pegs and get back to work.
Sir, I am on duty. I don't want it.
I am the one who decides your duty.
No, Sir. Not from here anyway.
Don't hold a grudge when you're working in the same station.
- That's why. - No, Sir.
I'm...I'm good.
If he doesn't want it, let him leave. Why are you insisting?
Let him enjoy the night mist. What's it to you?
- Sir. - Ok.
- I thought I was doing a good thing! - No one asked you to.
It's all my fault, of course! You are both so stubborn!
Sir.
Sir, what happened?
- Just drive! - Sir!
(Performer vocalising)
(Ritualistic vocalisation)
(shouting)
(cell phone ringing)
What's up?
I just got here.
I just need to iron my uniform. I'll be quick.
I'll be there by 10.30. And also, Venu...
If the lawyer is there, I won't be talking to him.
Send him away. Ok. Sure.
(door creak)
(doorbell dings)
- Sir! - Who is it?
- It's me. - Oh! Prashant?
Now keep him till it's over, ok? Bash him up if he doesn't finish!
- So you didn't finish yesterday? - It was the festival's last day.
I left early for the rituals.
I had informed your wife.
(Announcement regarding a new shop opening)
- I need to go to the station. - That's ok, Sir. When I am done
I'll leave the key here. Your wife told me what to do.
- I am leaving now, Sir. Have to open my shop... - Ok.
- Shall I get started then? - Ok. Get to it.
(humming song)
(metal clatters) Oh no!
Sir?
(suspenseful music)
(gasps)
- (yells) Prashant! - Hey!
Prashant! Prashant!
Prashant!
(intense music)
Sir...she...yesterday... she was...
(wireless crackle)
What? On the terrace?
(telephone ringing)
All stations, Control answering. All stations, Control answering.
Tiger informs that all stations in the district are mobilised.
In relation to the incident reported from Cheppanamthotta
be ready to respond immediately. - Sir! - Close the gate. - Ok.
(Wireless message continues)
- Who are you? - I was the first to see.
Sir...please come upstairs.
- Sir? - Yes? - Plumber Sajeevan.
Prashant...he is a neighbour... they were the first to see.
Ok. Come.
- Come. - Ok, Sir.
(suspenseful music)
(tense music)
- Where is it? - This way, Sir.
Come here, man.
The SP will be here soon. Don't tell him I was here yesterday.
Understood?
From all this, it is pretty clear there were 3 or 4 people here.
- Also... - Just do as I say, got it?
- Venu...clear it... - Ok, Sir.
Sir, if asked, I will have to say.
Just don't!
That could damage me. I will lose control over the investigation.
I will ensure you don't get into any trouble over it.
Whose plan was it to call me here last night, Sir?
(Media clamouring at gate)
- Please give way. - Let them get out of the car.
- Please move. - Please. (Crowd murmuring)
(gasps)
Oh God!
So many people and vehicles passed this way, Sir.
There were trucks with elephants, couple of cranes...
Yesterday was the concluding day of the festival.
The music program and fireworks got over only by around 2.30 am.
- Ok. Anything suspicious? - No, nothing, Sir.
(dog barking)
Sir, there are no stairs to the terrace on the outside.
- The access is only from inside. - Got it.
Right now the forensics and dog squad are at work, right?
Let's not disturb them. Let's start the inquest.
- Set it up in a nearby house. - It's all set, Sir. - Good.
(door knocks)
Sir...the SP is here.
(crowd clamouring)
(shutter clicks)
- Do you mind if we question you in front of your wife? - No, Sir.
Udaya, go on.
- Move...move away. - How long have you known her, Jaya?
- About an year and a half. - How do you know her?
There is a man called Joshy who's in jail for attacking Sunitha.
She's his wife. Her name is Ramya.
You used to meet her?
I've met her maybe three times at the station.
Once outside the public library and then yesterday.
- Yesterday? - Yes. - Please explain that in detail.
Sir.
Sir?
Please don't tell me to get out. I'll not take long.
I've been waiting for a long time for them to leave.
- First you step outside. - Sir, please...
I'll be very quick...please just listen to me.
I don't want to hear it. The man tried to kill my wife
and you want me to get him out of the case? Free him from jail?
Your husband is a criminal - a born criminal.
And he claims he got the wrong person.
(sobs) He made a mistake, Sir... The lawyer said
all the other cases can be settled with money.
I have a life too, Sir.
I left my family behind to be with him.
We have a child, just like you.
(crying)
- What's it, man? - The bag.
- She left it behind. - I'd called her when I saw it.
But the phone was in it.
And when I called you, I got a response in Arabic.
- Honey? - Hmm? - Bye!
(car engine starts)
I'll call when we reach there.
- Ta Ta. - Ok!
- Sir... - What's that? - Please don't take this the wrong way.
I don't see any other way.
If you can keep it to yourself
there's something Joshy told me from jail
- that I can tell you. - I don't want to hear it.
Don't dare come before me with stories he has fed you.
He meant to kill her, didn't he? What if she had actually died?
Everyone thinks of only their own losses.
- Sir... - Leave! Get out, now!
(sobs)
So...she left by herself or did you drop her?
She left, crying. It must've been around 4.30 or 5.
- And she didn't come back? - No.
Sir, they were the first to see.
They were doing some work here. What's your name again?
- Sajeevan. I am a plumber. - Right...Sajeevan.
- And your name is....? - Prashant.
- Where do you stay? - This is my house, Sir.
- Have you seen that woman before? - Yes, Sir.
Yesterday evening, around 6 or 6.15, I saw her standing there.
She came in an autorickshaw.
And she had a little girl with her.
No Sir...she had no one with her.
- But I don't know how she came. - There is a mismatch
in what you both are saying. You're saying she left at 4.30
and came back one and a half hours later?
Sir, I wasn't here at that time.
I met a friend in the merchant navy and got back around 8.30.
- Why did you meet him? - I was collecting two bottles from him.
Were you drinking last night?
Yes, Sir...it being the festival and all that.
Has he ever talked about Ramya to you, Sunitha?
- He told me yesterday. - Over the phone?
No, when he came to my place yesterday.
He came to your place last night?
Yes...he did.
Didn't you just go there yesterday?
Did he tell you he'd be coming?
No, but he came over.
(suspenseful music)
Did he seem nervous? Or unlike his usual self?
(door creaks & opens)
Hey! You said you weren't coming.
You're drunk, aren't you?
(sighs)
Why do you seem like you're under some tension? Dear?
- Don't lose your sleep. Go to bed. - No.
You have to tell me what's on your mind.
He told me
all that he just said here.
That was not the main route to the temple and so
there were no cameras along the way.
The reports from the forensics and dog squad
were disappointing.
From the wall around the house
or the parapet or courtyard we found no suspicious
blood traces or suspicious fingerprints or anything.
(paper rustle)
This is the same stuff you said a week ago.
Sir, we have questioned everyone who was under suspicion.
But we haven't been able to come to a conclusion yet.
- It could take a year, right? - You saw the forensic report.
So? What are you saying? That this
fell out of the skies onto the terrace? See...
Maximum one week...we cannot prolong the arrest beyond that.
The Department won't allow it. Whether he's a policeman
or colleague...we cannot stand with him.
I understand, Sir. CI Jayashankar will be arrested
today. As the accused is a cop "Collective for protest"
there has been no move the past two weeks
to record the arrest of the accused.
Whatever brutality the police unleash
we see the Government put up an indifferent stance.
They are giving him time to cook up a story to escape this.
Ramya's murder is not the only issue here.
A 7 year old child is missing.
How much more of a noise can we make over this?
- Move! - Side...side... Arrest CI Jayashankar!
Police, be just! Arrest Ramya's killer! - Sir.- Sir.
- Move! - Sir, a woman was brutally murdered. Is the arrest
delayed because he's a high ranking official?
Sir... (sobs)
I have to go now, honey.
Sir, do we need all this procedure? As per the order...
See, there is all this media here. The consideration given to
a common man...that's all we can do...or it'll be an issue.
- Take him. - Sir.
(sobbing)
(crowd boos)
(indistinct shouting)
Just move aside!
(sorrowful music)
Alright...you can move.
Move aside, man!
(crowd shouting)
Jayashankar insists that he has not committed this murder.
But it is just not convincing. The Police Department
is trying to cover up their acts
and mislead the Court.
Exhibits 6,7 and 8,
which are the statements from plumber Sajeevan
and a neighbour, Prasanth, point to the fact that
it was Jayshankar himself who committed this crime.
And not just that, the victim, Ramya's
last mobile tower location
is in the area of Jayashankar's house.
And also, in the case of his wife being mistakenly attacked
there is a man called Joshy who is now in jail.
The murdered Ramya is Joshy's wife. This clearly leads to
the accused's motive to murder.
Also, the nature of their relationship was also murky
from what we could gather.
Ramya and Jayashankar were seen together in many suspicious
situations as per Constable Raghu's statement.
When read together, we can firmly conclude that
it was Jayshankar who carried out this brutal murder.
Public sentiment is badly hurt.
And where is Ramya's daughter? A child of just 7 years?
Whether the child is still alive or not
the police still has no clue.
For an officer in the CI rank, of good standing in the Department
like Jayashankar, we know for sure that the investigation
will be derailed.
Either the Crime Branch or any other national agency
should investigate this case. Until we have an order for that
Jayashankar should not be in police custody or granted bail.
That is my humble submission.
That's all, Your Honour.
As the accused Jayashankar
was a senior official in the Police Department
the police is asking for his custody
to protect him. The Court is convinced of this.
Neither the witness statements nor circumstantial evidence
are in his favour and thus
the Court finds he cannot be granted bail.
Therefore, this Court orders that the accused Jayashankar
be in remand for a period of 14 days.
(Media shouting questions)
(shutter clicks)
Hey! Move aside!
She left us in tears when she left home.
And now...you son of bi***
- (yells) What did you do to her? - Someone take him away!
- Leave him! - Come on! Let go!
- Let go of him, man! - You pig!
You mark my words! I am going to destroy your family!
♪ What is seen ♪
♪ what is heard ♪
♪ and the sense of self ♪
♪ all seem to have broken apart ♪
♪ Pouring rains ♪
♪ into blazing summers ♪
♪ seem to transform ♪
♪ in this instant ♪
♪ Like ships ♪
♪ the fragile lines of truth ♪
♪ into the deep ♪
♪ seem to sink ♪
♪ The skies ♪
♪ and clouds ♪
♪ into these tears ♪
♪ seem to fade ♪
♪ An unknown shadow ♪
♪ triumphantly rages on ♪
♪ while someone else ♪
♪ is taking the reins ♪
♪ These burning coals ♪
♪ that ravage my feet ♪
♪ may transform into ♪
♪ a deadly dance of fire ♪
♪ Where has the truth ♪
♪ that was to be our sustenance ♪
♪ disappeared on these shores ♪
♪ of darkness and pain? ♪
♪ Into the waves ♪
♪ of an unseen sea ♪
♪ words have merged ♪
♪ into silences ♪
♪ Words have merged ♪
♪ into silences ♪
♪ Words have merged ♪
♪ into silences ♪
Hey! Hey you! Go away!
Sir.
The Superintendent said to bring your food to you.
Someone will come...please ask if you need anything, ok?
(car halts)
The Minister enquired about you a couple of times.
- We dropped by the temple on the way. - Oh.
Hello.
- Just meet Ananthan. - Sir. - Brother.
- You may leave if that's all. - Ok, Sir.
-Ok. - Go on.
(smirks)
Come, sit.
I wished to see him in uniform once.
You weren't here last time he dropped by?
No...you know how busy I get when I am in the constituency.
- I barely get to sit or stand. - Right - But I
didn't get your salute, man!
- Hello, Lalitha. - You two sit and talk.
I have something I want to entrust to him. Come with me.
- You know that CI's case... in your station? - Yes.
It will not be investigated by the DySP anymore.
He will be mute from now on.
The charge of the investigation will be with you.
Alright? You will report directly to SP Hemanth.
He realised only now that you are my boy.
But it's not for an SI to investigate a CI's case.
Shouldn't it be the DySP? Or someone of higher rank?
The investigation will continue to be under his name.
But only on paper.
Take it up if you can.
- Ok. - Hemanth says
the accused CI and the DySP
are batchmates and close friends.
So a truthful investigation is not going to happen.
The victim was a common citizen.
And the accused is a police officer.
If we don't come to a conclusion quickly
the media will stoke the fire.
And it will turn out to be a liability for the Government.
The Police Department is under the Home Ministry.
We don't want criminals in there anymore. Just policemen.
Alright then. I will be leaving soon.
My flight is at 6.30.
Let your mother stay for a couple of days, ok?
(birds chirping)
(metal door creaking)
The Minister is what...your mom's brother or uncle or something?
A minister lasts only as long as the Government.
But the Department is not like that.
It will always be right here.
I know you fought for permission to investigate this case.
Sir...if I knew how to use my connections
I wouldn't have got 5 transfers in one a half years.
This is my first assignment, Sir.
I am looking for the offender.
Not whether it was Jayashankar who did it.
If you could hand over the files of your investigation so far
I could get started. With your blessings
and support.
- Wait outside. - Sir.
(footfalls)
(sighs)
What was Ramya's relationship with her family like?
It was all good, Sir...but
Joshy did not like them.
- Doesn't she have a brother? - Yes...Anil.
He is in Delhi or something. He is
around 14 years older than her. He thought of her as a daughter.
Like she knew Jayashankar
did Ramya know anyone else in the police department?
Yes...I don't know the name... he dropped her home in his car
one time and I asked her who it was. That's when she told me.
- But you did not see him? - No, Sir.
Also Sir...couple of months ago
that officer's wife had come here.
I was sitting here on these steps with her.
Then the lady took her inside and they talked for a long time.
She did not tell you why the lady came?
I asked. But she ignored it.
Maybe it was something she did not want me to know.
Sir! Sir!
Sir, it's me.
Oh! It was you, Prasanth? (Announcement in background)
You can get started.
(gasping)
(metal clatters)
(footfalls)
(water spritzing)
Hey you!
- What? - You are a policeman. So you probably got it easy there.
- But we'll make up for that. -If you are in for hurting a woman
we keep beating you up. Till we tire of it.
You must have beaten up so many in your station.
Now we will give you a taste of your own medicine.
(laughs)
- Do you really know me well? - Oh yes!
You are right. I am not a policeman right now.
But before you get rough with me
you need to think really hard.
- Or else I will beat the shit out of the lot of you! - Hey!
You kill a woman, put her in a sack and now boss over us?
Your wife is crippled so things were not working out for you?
Is that why you made Ramya your mistress?
(slap)
(gasps)
- Come on! Beat him up! - Hey! You!
(punch)
(screams)
(whack)
(metal door creaks)
Hey you!
(intense music)
(screams)
Sir! Sir!
Come, Sir! Come quick!
Hurry, Sir! Sir!
Where is my child?
Where is my child, you dog?
What did you do to her?
- Hey! - Calm down, you!
Move!
- Get inside, all of you! - Get them all in! Now!
Back to your cells!
- Sir...Sir! - Let go of me!
- You won't obey? Get in! Now! - Drag them in!
I said, go on inside!
- Oh, no! - Why did you kill her?
Why did you kill her?
(ambulances sirens wailing)
Where is my child?
(car door shuts)
What is it, Sir? Here to ask me why I stabbed him?
Yes, I did mean to kill him.
He killed her, didn't he?
And then...my child...
If I ever get him within my grasp, I will finish him off.
Whatever great policeman he might be!
I loved her...forced her to elope with me...
And now...it's all over.
Mine...and hers
and my child's...
All of our lives are over!
I took up any job with no hesitation.
So that I could lead a good life with her.
When you tried to hack another woman to death
was that also to lead a good life, Joshy?
And the stabbing yesterday. I am not investigating that.
I am here to find out whether it was Jayashankar
-...who murdered Ramya...or - You may have doubts about that.
But I don't. It was him.
Don't try to put that on anyone else.
I know the tricks policemen play.
(smirks) Why are you getting agitated, Joshy?
We need conclusions, Joshy, not assumptions.
- I need ten minutes with him. - OK, Sir.
We will come there.
(chuckles)
Why do you think Jayashankar did this?
She went there because he asked her to.
She went to his house
and pleaded with him and then went home.
I called her to ask what happened there.
(cell phone ringing)
- Hello, dear. - What's going on?
- Did you see him? - I got back half an hour ago.
Now he has sent an auto driver home to pick me.
He wants me to meet him. Jayashankar...
shouted at me quite harshly.
Maybe now he is feeling guilty.
So maybe he is going to agree to what we asked for.
That's what I think.
It would be good if that is what it is.
Are you going in Manaf's auto?
No...the CI sent this auto for me.
I think his name is Sinto or something.
I never told you my name, sister.
I mean, you just got a call
and I heard someone call you Sinto.
So you decided that's my name?
Whatever...that doesn't matter.
Just try to get it done
somehow. I will call you again later.
Sinto?
Did you say this name to anyone else?
I told DySP Udayabhanu.
But I did not see this name in his file.
It only says she went in an auto to Jayashankar's place.
- Isn't that right, Harris? - Yes, Sir.
(sighs)
Who actually told you to hack Jayashankar's wife?
That was Ja...
I mean, I told you I got the wrong person.
You may go, Joshy.
(dramatic music)
Sir, when we search for the name Sinto there are these many
- in the entire state. - We don't even know
- if the name is genuine. - What if it is?
Till we can find a convincing piece of evidence
all we have is this name - Sinto.
(vehicle approaching)
- Sir! - Sir!
Luck was on your side. That's why you got off with only this much.
- Got it? - How's it going?
- This is what you meant by 3 PM? - I was at Nadapuram.
- I see - How is he now? - There isn't any puss.
If we ensure there is no infection
he can be discharged in about 4 days.
- I will be careful, doctor. - Ok.
Let me see...after my rounds
- I'll come again. - I'm leaving now...see you in the evening.
Sure...Ok...and Ok, Jayan.
Do you know how long it is since I had a good night's sleep?
I need to solve this case, Udayan.
I am taking this as an opportunity to do that.
Can I ask for your help with something?
What is it, man?
(papers rustle)
His health is not in a critical condition, is it?
- No, Sir. - So all he needs is some rest.
- That is why I have decided 18 days is enough. - Sir.
It is a conditional bail. He should not leave the district.
- I don't have to explain, do I? - No, Sir.
Don't use this as an opportunity to manipulate
- the investigation. - Sir.
(crickets chirping)
- Dad? - Hmm?
Did you know that woman?
- Well, I... - Hey! What did I tell you?
- Go to the other room. - Honey, you
can skip school for a few days and come stay with me.
Very soon it will come to light that Dad did not do it.
You can go to school after that.
Whatever your Mom might say... ask me anything you want to ask.
- Ok? - Go now.
Grandma is calling you.
In a couple of days, when this pain goes down, I'll go home.
- We will go with you. - No.
I want to be alone there for a bit.
This case won't get solved unless I get into it, Sunitha.
(suspenseful music)
(gasps)
- Hey! Who is there? - Hey! Stop! - Hey you!
- What's it man? - Don't let him go.
- Stop! - What? - Who are you?
- What do you want? - Oh! No!
(gasps)
File a case for human rights violation against those guys.
What did I do for them to beat me up? I am not a terrorist.
I was not going to blow up the house with a bomb.
I just came to take a look at the surroundings and take photos.
Why do you need photos of a murder location?
That is a fair question. You seem like a decent man.
Sir, I am trying to find the true facts of this case
to write a screenplay based on it...I am a writer.
I have written three novels so far.
My name is Allappan Chandanthopu. Those men beat me for no reason.
They asked 'are you the killer?' How could I be the killer?
If I am the killer, wouldn't I slink away like a beaten snake?
I would've just left the country! Why would I come back?
Am I right?
I have lost a few teeth.
For absolutely no reason!
If I had been an animal... wouldn't you charge a case
against them for beating me up?
- It's like being a human is a limitation these days! - Hey!
- What? - Less talking! - Ok, fine.
I just wanted to let you know what happened.
I am scared of policemen, that's why.
But you seem a decent gentleman.
So please read this, Sir... The Irambil Ramya Murder Mystery.
I have really done my homework... please read it.
I am telling you the truth.
- 'Single-Headed Ravan'? - Yes!
Could you ask these officers to stand outside for a minute?
I want to talk to you personally.
It will be helpful for you.
- Stand outside. - Sir!
(door closes & clears throat)
The person who committed the murder...or is most likely
to have done it, is someone you haven't even thought of, Sir.
CI Jayashankar's wife, Sunitha.
When there is a festival going on in the temple nearby
why would she go away from home?
No one does that!
What if someone convinced her
that there was something going on
between her husband and the dead Ramya?
She does unthinkable cruelty to Ramya who showed up at her house.
She puts the body in a sack and takes it to the terrace.
Just as she was wondering how to dispose of the body
Jayashankar finds out... and sends her away to her place.
(chuckles)
When you read it, you will know how she committed the murder.
She is truly like Ravan... full of shrewd intelligence.
Hence the title 'Single-Headed Ravan'.
Man! For one... Ravan is not a woman!
- He is a man! - True, Sir.
But I can hardly call it 'Single-Headed Shoorpanakha'!
Or the audience would guess the killer at the outset!
The viewers should feel the shock only at the end.
The twist starts with the title!
You wait and watch, Sir... someday when this case is solved
you will find that the accused is named Sunitha.
I am sure of that, Sir!
(smirks)
For a while, the Ravan in this case remained hidden.
But then he showed up again. On the day that Jayashankar
left the hospital. The same night.
(sinister music)
(pouring)
- Someone set fire to the bike! - Come quickly! - I am coming!
Make way!
- Sir! - Sir!
(intense music)
"Letter of Invitation"
That wedding invitation card must have been Manu's, right, Sir?
- The one that was called off? - Hey, no chance!
- That was just a random card. - No, not a random card.
Every hook was put in with clear planning.
They won't let us relax.
They get a kick out of seeing us going around in circles.
- Shall we start? - Yes, Sir.
- Reshma? - Yes?
Next month, can you telecast this episode
on a date of my choosing?
I will try, Sir.
No...we will do it... we will do it, Sir.
Good.
(man screaming)
We get you red-handed and you try to put it on someone else?
- It wasn't me...it wasn't me! - Vinayakan? Who's Vinayakan?
- Please let me go! - Where? - They wouldn't listen to me.
- I told you it wasn't me! - Vinayakan indeed!
- Leave me, Sir! - Is he your enemy? Trying to drag him down?
You thought you could burn the bike and get away with it?
Hey! Venu! Stop it!
What do you think you're doing?
Is this how you act in a police station?
Why are you so interested in this man, Sir?
I asked DySP Udayabhanu.
And he asked you to beat this man up?
Did he? Who hired the likes of you to be a policeman?
Idiot! To go the location of a controversial murder
burn a bike there...put a picture on the door
and put his own wedding card there...do you think he is mad?
Don't think like a child, Venu!
If someone did it to make it look like he did it
it could be someone trying to get him in trouble!
And now you are doing exactly what they wanted you to do!
- Who are these guys? - They came out of jail along with him.
Venu...right now I am the SHO here.
- Sir. - If you do stuff again and say the DySP told you to...!
Get out now!
(footstep)
Do you suspect someone?
Vinayakan...I told you that time.
- Sure this is the address? - Yes, Sir.
What is the matter, Sir? I own this building.
- Why isn't this open? - It is rented to a guy named Vinayakan.
He hasn't been here in the past 6 or 7 days.
He owns a couple of autos. He said he was looking for
a place where he could park those...maybe an old house.
He is supposed to move out of here by the end of this month.
- Where's his house? - He is originally
from a place called Pattadi in Idukki. The address
is on the rent agreement. Go and get it from the shelf.
- Is there a problem, Sir? - Have his number?
- Yes. - Call him. - Ok.
- Put it on loudspeaker. - Ok.
It's not connecting, Sir.
- You said, Pattadi, right? - Yes. - Sir.
I have a batchmate called Benny. He is from Idukki.
He is in the Special Squad. Maybe I can call him...
- Ok, try calling him. - Ok, Sir.
- All of you please go downstairs. - Ok.
- Not you...you stay here. - Please move away.
- Go on! Go downstairs! - Hey! Benny!
(muffled ringing)
- Yes, Harris? - Sir, sorry... it's urgent.
We got that cable TV guy - Vinayakan.
The friend I mentioned - Benny from Pattadi is on the line.
- Shall I merge the call? - Ok. - Go on, Benny.
Sir, it's Benny. He is admitted
in a hospital here. It's near his wife's house.
A place called Peringalam. It's a bit far from Pattadi.
We will get there in the morning. Will you be there?
Oh sorry, no...I am at Theni right now. Regarding evidence
in the Vakkachan murder case.
- I will send someone from our station. - Ok.
(dramatic music)
"PERINGALAM MUNICIPAL COOPERATIVE HOSPITAL, IDUKKI"
What are you saying, Sir? For the past 5 or 6 days
I have been lying here unable to move my hands and feet.
Why on earth would I burn Jayashankar's bike?
And that too in that house where a major case investigation is on?
The cable business was no good.
But even if I have to sell our land for it, I'll make it grow.
That is how far he harmed me.
You don't know him well enough.
You should make some enquiries. It'd be hard to find another
person as vengeful as him!
If you don't believe what I say
call an ambulance. Let's go right now
and do any fact-finding you want to do.
They say bad fortune comes all at once.
- I was up on a parapet, helping someone with an AC. - Hello?
Sir, when I called Manu's number...
- Hello? Manu? - No...this is his mother.
- Who is it? - I am SI Karthik. - I see.
Haven't you had enough? He has gone away from here.
If he stays here, he will lose the rest of his life as well.
- Where did Manu go? - I don't know, Sir.
Allow him to live his life! If possible, find him for me.
(end call sound)
Damn! We made a mistake, Harris.
- We will find him somehow, Sir. - Sir?
- What? - Are you investigating
the murder case involving CI Jayashankar?
Benny did not tell me that. When Jayashankar
was in Pattadi station, a goon attempted
to slash him with a knife. Hope you knew about that.
- No. - If I remember right
the attacker's name was Sinto.
If you could come to the station, I'll find that file for you.
Look...this is Sinto.
These are the people who were with him that day.
In addition, there was a girl and a boy with them.
There was no case charged against them.
- Can you tell me the details of this case? - Sure. Why not?
This case involved the son of Shivadasan, who was an ASI
in this station at that time.
About a kilometre before you reach the mountain pass
you will be passing by his house.
If you drop in, he will give you details of the incident himself.
It's just that...Jayashankar himself suppressed that case.
It isn't right to say anything without knowing the facts.
Right...could I have a copy of the files?
Sure. I'll just get it.
- Vinod? - Sir!
Sinto...
The wrong route sometimes leads us to the right destination.
Right, Sir?
Someone is dangling a thread in front of us.
Let's follow it and see what happens.
This is him, Sir... he is a nasty fellow.
Just a goon for hire.
It's only when I got him and the rest of those morons to let go
- that my son escaped to a better place - Where is he now?
- And what's his name? - He's in Ireland, Sir...Arun.
- Arun Shivadas. - What was the incident back then?
Oh..it was just a trivial thing.
Sinto and his gang, along with a girl
went to a riverbank near here.
During the monsoon, there's a small waterfall that forms there.
It's a tourist attraction.
Finding something amiss about that group
two policemen who were on duty at that site
made a provocative comment.
Something like
"just one girl for so many of you?"
That was the comment they made. And that provoked
Sinto into attacking them.
They did not have the sense to think those were policemen.
And they completely lost control of the situation when...
(vehicle approaching)
- Isn't that one of our vehicles? -Yes, Sir. - Stop!
Go back.
(vehicle door closes)
Kill him...the dog! Never seen a woman before?
Go on! Ask us again what you asked us before! You pig!
- Stop it! - Arun! Police!
- Get them all! - Run!
- Let's go...please! - You dare to lay your hand
- on a policeman? - Stop! Stop...you pigs! (slap & splash)
- Catch them all! - Hey! Hey, you!
-Ask us what happened here first, Sir! - What happened? Shut up!
So you mean policemen can say any damn thing they please?
Yes, we can!
(gasps)
- What? - I'll slash you! - Go on! Slash me!
Hey! Go on back there!
Please! Don't do it!
(metal clink & man screaming)
(bone cracking)
Move! Move, Sir!
I said, let go of me!
(whack)
When I heard all of them were brought to the station
I rushed there and saw
this guy Sinto in the cell. Jayashankar had beaten him badly.
After the other policemen and I pleaded with him
though not very willingly, he let off my son
and the girl without charging them in the case.
I straightaway sent him to Bengaluru.
There he completed his studies and went abroad.
Sinto came here drunk a few times and threw a scene
claiming he got into trouble for Arun's sake.
He says he got a job in the Gulf but couldn't go
because of the criminal case.
I just listen patiently to whatever he says.
- Do you know where Sinto lives? - No, Sir.
He worked in the quarry here...I haven't seen him in over an year.
Ok then, Sir...if he calls or comes here again, inform me.
- Of course, Sir. - Ok.
As Karthik went forward with his investigation
Jayashankar had started an investigation of his own.
Because he had only
a few days left on his bail.
Sir, consider this.
What if this trap wasn't set up by someone on the outside
but from inside the house?
It was the last day of the temple festival.
Did someone unusual turn up at the house that day?
I left during the rituals.
I had informed your wife. - I need to go to the station.
It's ok, Sir. I'll leave the key there when I am done.
That's what I did yesterday. Your wife told me what to do.
(drilling)
- Where is Sajeevan? - Sajeevan...is upstairs, Sir.
(breathing heavily)
Hey you!
Hey! Sajeevan!
Sajeevan!
Hey!
- Hey! Stop there! - Sajeevan!
(splash)
(breathing heavily)
Sir!
He says he want to see you... but
it's ok...not important. I will take him away.
- Come on. - It's ok...let go of him.
- See? - What's it, man?
I am here for an NOC... a No-Objection Certificate.
- NOC for what? - Sir, it's just...
- I mean.... - Get on with it! I have work to do!
Remember how I told you that day how Irambil Ramya was murdered
by the CI's wife, Sunitha?
I want you to forget that.
Ok...and?
When I thought more about it
I realised she doesn't have the physical ability to
murder someone and place the body on the terrace.
Then I investigated more into who it could be.
I got some information from
an anonymous source.
The thing is...the night before Ramya's body was found
there was a drinking session on that terrace.
DySP Udayabhanu and Venu from this station
were there that night.
The DySP is CI Jayashankar's closest friend.
When two people are so close... we know
how people's minds work.
If the murder happened inside the house
the culprit is Udayabhanu
and Jayashankar was the accomplice.
But if it happened on the outside ...though it is unlikely
that would still be what the audience would like.
What do you think?
So if it was on the outside... who is it?
You! I mean
you also went to that drinking session that night, didn't you?
Didn't you? Despite not being on good terms with the CI
you went there.
Didn't you? All of you were super drunk.
You knew his wife and daughter weren't home.
What if it was you who decided to give him a shocker that night?
That shrewd and calculating Single-Headed Ravan
is in fact you, isn't it, Sir?
- Yes, I am. - I mean
if I make a movie with this story, I need you to say
you have no objection. That is the certificate I came for.
- That is what I meant by NOC. - For this? - Yes.
- You want my NOC? - Yes. - Sure.
- I will give it you right now. - It's ok...you must be busy.
- What? Here? - Get inside, you! - Sir!
- Sir, what're you doing? - Let me read your story in full.
- Why do you need to read it? I told you everything - Harris.
- Don't let him out till I say so - Ok - You weren't drinking!
- Sir...i was just...- Shut up! - Make him shut up, Harris!
- I don't need the certificate! - You heard him.
- Good morning, Sir. - Hi. - There's a development.
The number of the auto that Ramya was in...we were able to
- identify it from CCTV visuals. - How's that?
Sir, on the road in front of Ramya's house
there were only a few small shops.
They had no CCTVs. This is from
the gatecam outside a Health Inspector's house.
The residents of that house were out of town for two months.
- That is why we did not get the footage before. - In the auto
a woman and child are seen. We are sure
- that is Ramya and her daughter. - Did you get
- the auto driver's address? - We did, Sir. It is close by.
- I'll send you the location right now. - Great!
- Harris! - Sir!
(doorbell ring)
- Sir! - Is this your house, Raghu?
Yes...it is.
This is Guruvayoor? That's what you put in the leave application.
- That...I... - Where have we met?
At the station. I am a retired ASI.
- And your name? - Varghese. We have
some dealings together. I was here to talk about that.
Seems like you have many dealings in addition to service, Raghu.
I need to make a living, don't I?
The auto numbered KL13M9089. Who does it belong to?
It belongs...here.
- Where is it now? - In the backyard.
Show me.
It belonged to my father. He died two years ago.
(chuckles)
That's quite a fancy makeover you've done to it.
I don't understand, Sir.
You rented it out to Sinto for a day.
- Right? - Sinto?
And when the purpose was done, you did this to it.
The shrewd mind of a policeman!
- Harris. - Sir?
- Take a photo of this. - Ok.
Open it.
Remove the sack.
- What's this? - My brother has a shop at the junction.
A chicken stall... these belong there.
- Harris. - Sir? - Go inside and check.
- Ok. - Hey! Do you have a warrant?
Don't try to act smart in my house, ok?
Raghu 'Sir' can talk like that? Your character is worth studying!
- What did I do? What are you saying? - Raghu!
Let it go, Sir. He is a policeman after all.
The auto that took Irambil Ramya to her death is parked here.
And the blood stains in these cans...
Does all this look like trivial stuff to you?
Come on Raghu...walk!
There's nothing suspicious, Sir.
- Where were you the day Ramya was killed? - Mattannur.
Why so quick to remember? Ramya wasn't related to you, was she?
I guess you have orders from above.
To let the CI off and put the blame on some other policeman!
- Don't you dare put it on me! - I'll beat the crap out of you!
Get into the vehicle, now! Let me tally
- whatever you said and did not say! Harris! - Sir.
- Get him into the vehicle. - Sir?
Raghu was thoroughly questioned.
It seemed Raghu was lying
that he had no involvement in the case. Or it could be that
Raghu was scared of someone.
Because, that very night
that person changed the course of the game.
Mom...Mom.
Mom!
Mom! Mom! (metal gate clanking)
Mom....?
(girl crying)
Mom...
From the day of Ramya's death, the police have been
- looking for this child. - There is a lot the police need
- to find out from this child. - A case that shook the state...
- The police team has arrived at the scene. - The investigation
- will now change direction... - Let him pass. - Move.
- Move away, all of you. - Sir, we are neighbours.
- Doesn't matter....move away. - He said to stand away.
- Where is the child? - She is upset about
...what everyone is saying. She is lying down inside, crying.
Didn't Ramya's family show up on hearing the child came back?
They are on the way. They called a couple of times.
They spoke to the child.
- Shall I call her now? - Yes.
- Harris . - Yes? - Come, sit.
- Hey...come here...let's talk. - Go on.
Look here.
Was it this man who locked you up?
Yes.
Did you and your mother go in this man's auto
to a house near where a temple festival was going on?
- Yes. - Where did you go from there?
We were taken to another house.
From that first house... to the next one
- did you go a long way? - Not a lot.
How did that house look? How did you get there?
Do you remember any of that?
(girl crying)
Don't cry, honey...
Why are you crying now?
I never saw my mother after that, Uncle.
Where's my Mom, Uncle? I want to see her!
That man with the camera said
my mother is dead.
Is that true, Uncle?
(line ringing)
- Hello? - Yes.? - Sir, it's Benny.
- From the Pattadi Special Squad. - Yes...go on, Benny.
- About Sinto...- Yes? - We have information on his location.
- Is it certain? - For the past 20 days, he has been
working at a depot there, driving a JCB.
I am not in station right now... I am at Chengannur.
But I can get there in about 3 hours.
Don't inform anyone. It's confidential. I'll be there soon.
Ok. Ok, Sir.
(dramatic music)
(clang)
- What? Who are you? - Where is Sinto?
Why is everyone looking for him today?
Just before, two men tried to grab him and take him away.
He hit one of them in the head with a plate
- and ran away. - Ran away? - Yes! - Who came?
I could hardly ask their name and address! One was like
a wild buffalo and the other wore a check shirt.
- When was this? - A short while ago.
When I tried to stop them, the fair one
- slapped me across the face! - Is Sinto related to you?
No...not related to me.
He is a new driver at the depot.
He is from Kochi...but wait... who are you to ask all this?
What! You didn't figure out who we are?
Listen...if he owes you money or something
- talk to him about it! - Hey...stop!
- We are from the police. - Police?
Well...you did not tell me that, Sir.
Did Sinto bring a child to stay here?
Yes...his dead sister's child.
That's what he told me... come, Sir.
Come with me...see here...he didn't let her out of this room.
When he went to work, he would lock the door.
He would get angry if I spoke to her.
Around 5.30 yesterday
he took the child away from here.
Is this one of the men who came looking for Sinto?
Yes...it was him...I think he got badly beaten
on the head by Sinto.
Sajeevan! Hey, Sajeevan!
Just open the door, man.
(door knocking)
Sajeevan!
- Who is it? - It's Sinto, man.
- Who? - Sinto...from Pattadi.
I wanted to entrust you with some money.
- What is it? - Be quiet! - Sajeevan, open! - Who're they?
- Be quiet! - Open up, man!
(door creaking)
- Honey! What is this? - Sir!
- Let go of me! - Leave him, Sir! - Quiet!
- Venu...check inside! - Sir!
- What is your connection to Sinto? - Which Sinto?
You don't know, is it?
- What is your connection with him? - Let go of me, Sir. Please.
Please let me go!
(man gasp)
I knew this was going to land up on my head.
You are a policeman... and I know you have connections.
If I'd just left after my work that day
- I would not have landed up in this trouble - Stop it, man!
You took the key and opened the door.
And when you were done you left with the key.
- Believe me, Sir, I forgot about it. - Did you open the back door?
- Yes. - And did you close it after?
I...don't remember, Sir.
I swear on the child in my wife's womb.
Sir, the auto in Raghu's house is not the one Sinto used.
So how did both have the same number?
Lab reports say what we saw at Raghu's place wasn't human blood.
But...there is a lack of clarity
- in what Raghu says. I still have my doubts. - Next.
Manu Das...is somewhere in India at the moment
but even his family doesn't know where.
Sinto Sunnychan. The one person 100% involved
in this murder for sure
is Sinto. Sir, he is
an operator for JCBs and cranes.
So...and I am just assuming this. After the festivities ended
early in the morning or so
he used a silent hydraulic crane like this one
to place the body on the terrace. That's a possiblity.
- Hmm. - There was no crane angle so far.
Did you just cook that up?
Or did Jayashankar ask you to say that here?
- No, Sir. - This Sinto Sunnychan who you say has not been caught -
- is it true you questioned him by torture at your house?
- Yesterday? - No, Sir!
Then how did such an information get circulated?
Don't get nervous. We just had to ask, that's all.
No, Sir. I am not nervous.
- Ok. And Jayashankar's bail ends the day after? - Yes, Sir.
So you have the time till day after tomorrow.
If you haven't reached a conclusion by then
you will be expelled from this.
Sir.
(phone ringing)
- Hello? - Hello, Sir.
I can't tell you my name.
That's why I am calling from a fake number like this.
That guy Sinto you're looking for
is at SI Karthik's house right now.
He will be produced in Court tomorrow.
His statement will be against you.
He is being trained right now on what to say.
(end call sound)
(Garbled voice) Sinto is at SI Karthik's house.
He will be produced in Court... you will be truly trapped...
(phone ringing)
Sir, it's Benny. I'd called you. I have got a vital...
(phone ringing)
- Yes, Mom? - Are you free on Wednesday?
We have to get some documents back from the Society.
- I've been calling you for a long time. - I'll come over.
Don't just say so. You have to. At the last minute, don't say
you couldn't get leave or you are too busy or whatever.
- Are you listening? - Mom, I'll call you back.
(heavy footsteps)
(slam door)
(crickets chirping)
(ominous music)
It's Sinto, isn't it?
(breathing heavily)
You dump that in my house and now you're asking me?
- Stop there! - Let go! Let go of my hand!
- I said let go! - Who do you think you're up against?
(phone ringing)
- Hello? - Hello...police control room?
- Yes...go on... - I have some information.
(phone ringing)
(inhale & exhales)
- Hello? - Am I speaking to the DySP, Sir?
Calm down, man!
He would've created a ton of evidence against you
before he placed the body here. Do you think I am crazy
to kill a woman, put her in a sack and dump her on my terrace?
And then kill another man and bring him here?
Try to understand, if you can.
(approaching sirens wailing)
Everyone wants us to get trapped in this.
They want to see us lose our homes and families
and walk with our heads bowed for the rest of our lives.
(breathing heavily)
This is a game being played by someone
who knows both of us well.
With Sinto dead, the investigation is also over.
And by putting that blame on you
you will automatically be kicked out of the investigation.
(phone ringing)
It's the DySP....Hello?
Hey! You didn't go to bed, did you?
I am passing that way.
Thought I'd have a drink with you.
It's been a while, hasn't it?
You are home, right?
- Hello? - Yes.
Ok...I'll be there in ten minutes.
Leave the gate open.
Why do you sound like you have a mood-off?
Whatever it is... I am coming over right now.
You really think he is coming to my place?
For a policeman, survival is everything.
Friendship doesn't count in that.
(door opens)
To not be targeted for a crime you did not commit
you need a certain courage.
Come with me only if you have it.
(door creaking)
Someone who knows both of us well is playing a dangerous game.
This Sinto Sunnychan that you said was never caught -
Did you question him by torture at your place?
How else did such an information come to be circulated?
He would've created a ton of evidence against you
before he placed the body here.
(approaching sirens wailing)
Sinto was a connection point.
Now I have no idea where to start.
Sir, it's Benny. I've been trying to call you.
I have got a vital piece of evidence.
I can confirm it in about half an hour.
If it is as I think it is, we can close CI Jayashankar's case.
Please call me as soon as you hear this.
That is Benny from the Idukki Special Squad.
He wouldn't say 'vital evidence' without reason.
Call him.
(phone network beep)
The number you are calling is out of network coverage area.
Do you know where he lives?
Somewhere in Idukki. I don't know the exact location.
I could ask Harris.
And then we should dispose off both SIM cards.
And the vehicle too...they'll get to us quickly if we go in this.
It's a couple of hours of travel.
We can get a ride on a lorry or bus.
(raining)
(doorbell ring)
(door opens)
Benny...is this Benny's house?
- Yes - Can you call him please? - He isn't home yet.
I am Karthik...I am an SI.
And Benny's friend...this is...
I know CI Jayashankar.
When Benny called before, he said he was at the passport office
- in regard to your case. - At the passport office?
Yes...he said his phone would be off and that he would be late.
Can you do us a favour?
If you have a phone you are not using right now
could we have it? And also your car for a day?
I'll inform Benny about it.
He came here around 5 last evening.
- We are policemen. - Sir...
He came with a list of around 6 people.
He wanted to know their passport details and travel history.
He had a threatening manner. We don't have travel histories here.
- This is a regional passport office. - And how did it end?
We said we could give him the passport details.
And we gave him details of those on the list who had passports.
- This was it, right? - Yes. - Here, Sir.
This was the list he brought.
- And who among them have passports? - The two ticked ones.
Sinto Sunnychan. Arun Shivadasan.
- None of the rest had passports? - No. - He left right after.
Ok.
(phone ringing)
- Sir, it's Venu. - Ok.
Sir, it isn't out on media yet.
But the news has started to spread in our groups.
I came to the cyber cell like you said and made inquiries.
What I got know is that Benny's phone was switched off
around 7.30 last night.
Shall I send you his last tower location?
Send it, quick.
I have come this way before, Sir.
Sir...it is Arun Shivadasan.
(Rest in Peace, Arun Shivadasan)
- Sir... - What happened?
We don't know for sure yet. It happened in Ireland.
- Who is there? - Arun was living in with
his fiancee.
She was the one to call.
Come, Sir.
(man sobbing)
- My child... - Hey...
Please come.
- Was he here yesterday? - Yes.
It was shortly after we got the information of Arun's death
and the neighbours had just started to come over.
- Why did he come? - When I asked
he said there was no point in saying it anymore
and then he left.
- Ok then. - Ok, Sir.
(phone ringing)
Sir, it's Venu.
- Hello. - Sir, the news has come in all news channels now.
- Sir, if I may...did you by any chance..- Don't call again, Venu.
- I'll go into hiding for now. - Sir, it's better you surrender.
Sir, we need to find out where Benny is.
And till then we need a safe place to stay.
It's just basic amenities. He knows.
Here...this is the room.
- Is it done, boy? - Yes.
Go to Asokan's shop and get two lunch parcels.
Go on.
Sit, Sir.
You too, please.
You got out of that case, didn't you?
It's nice that you are back on duty.
You're here to nab someone. I got that!
- I'll get back to work then. - Ok.
An SI, who was the investigating officer, along with
the accused who was on bail, together murdered the co-accused.
This must be the first such incident in Kerala history.
Udaya, they could not have escaped without your blessings.
He is a prisoner whose bail is set to end tomorrow.
And you are the surety for his bail. Please stop
trusting a desperate man!
You can plan the where and how.
But I need to get them - today itself!
- At any cost! - Sir, what do you mean my blessings?
Udaya, do what I said, understood?
He said he was a policeman and asked to park his car for 2 days.
It did not seem suspicious. So I did not ask anything more.
The fact that police brutality
continues unabated to this day
is very evident. Two days ago, Sinto Sunnychan was
brought here and questioned in a very cruel manner and...
The young SI Karthik Ravindran, in one and a half years
of service has already been transferred 4 times. A notorious
police officer, no doubt.
Two days ago, Sinto Sunnychan
was brought here and questioned in a very cruel...
What? He locked us in?
Take a look.
- What? - Sir...
They did not come here.
Why do all this? Why would they come and rent a room here?
- What are you upto here? - Nothing, Sir.
Why are you here then? Go check.
Maybe your informer saw these guys.
There's no one else here.
- What is it, Sir? - He is here to visit the temple nearby.
If they are here, I'll make sure your lodge is shut down!
But Sir, there is no one here.
Why would I lie?
- Just open the door. - Oh God! Hey you!
Give me the key.
When Jayashankar was posted here, he troubled me a lot!
As if he is my Aunt's son that I would shelter him here!
You! Go and show the rest of the rooms to these gentlemen.
- Ok - Go and check. - Come, Sir.
My dear Sir...I was all set to take my family
to a movie tonight. That plan is ruined now.
What a bother!
Here...come and look...
There are about 6 more rooms here.
You can check all of them too.
Alright..come along...
Ok then.
I would never do anything
against the law! (exhales)
The number you are calling is currently switched off.
(door knocking)
Open up!
It's me.
Why didn't you just tell me?
It's not something to shout from the rooftops.
- We'll be leaving shortly. - Hmm.
(door creaking)
(phone vibrating)
- Hello, Sir...it's Harris. - Go on, Harris.
Sir...I did as you said and got the travel history
of the two passport holders.
Arun Shivadasan, who is supposed to have died in Ireland
has never travelled outside India.
I called the embassy too.
No such death has been reported.
I was cross-verifying these facts. Hence the delay.
I think we have reached our conclusion.
Arun Shivadasan... he is the one, Sir!
- Ok, Harris. - Sir!
- Sir...this is... - We need to know.
We have to get it out of him.
Benny was right... about vital evidence.
This is all we need to close the case.
And Benny's last trip
was to his house.
(sky thundering)
(doorbell ring)
(unlock the door)
I can neither sit nor lie down.
It hurts so bad!
I don't have a shoulder to cry on
or anyone to share my grief.
Don't worry, Shivadasa. We will bring him back.
- We will give him back to you. - What are you saying, Sir?
He is gone, isn't he? He is gone, isn't he?
- My son is gone forever! - Stop it, you!
Stop your play acting!
What play acting?
What do you mean play acting? What do you mean by that, Sir?
Shivadasa...whether he went to Ireland or America
there will be records of his travel by flight or ship.
There isn't any such record. The remaining alternative
is that he swam across the Arabian Sea.
And to do such a thing, he is no character
- out of the Puranas, is he? - What are you saying, Sir?
Come with me...I'll show you!
Look at these, Sir. He sent these from there.
If he never went there, how did all this come there?
Hey, you! That's enough drama! Just tell us where he is!
- Hey...! - We know full well this is all scripted
by you and your son! That's why we came back.
Out with the truth or I'll bash your face in!
- Say it! - He is right here, isn't he?
Call him!
I said call him!
(slam door)
(sky thundering)
- Let go of me! - This is the moron who started this with us.
Hit him till I tell you to stop!
- Hit him! - No, don't!
- You! - Bash him up!
- Arun...stop! - The dog!
- Say again what you said before! - Hey! Stop that!
- Get them all! - Hey! Stop!
- Hey! - Hey!
- Get them all! - This pig here is
Shivadasan's son, Sir!
- Sir, please don't...please! - Will you dare to do it again?
- Please don't, Sir! - Do you know what he did? - I do!
- It's just his age. - He gets double of everyone else!
You are a policeman's son!
- You dare hit a policeman? - I will make him understand, Sir.
Some things won't be understood by words alone!
Please don't be obstinate, Sir! That's my son!
- Is there a special law for sons of policemen? - Sir...
- Is there? - Please don't hit me. - Sir, stop it, please!
I told you I'd make him understand.
- I've never hit him in my life! - You should have!
- Then he would have grown up better...here...take this. - No.
- Hit him...go on! - I can't.
- I said hit him! - Please don't! - Sir, I told you...just once...
If you say another word, he goes to jail for two years!
The one he hit is a policeman! Have you seen his face?
Hit him! And don't stop till I tell you to!
He is like everyone else.
- No, please...- Sir, please... - Hit him!
- Dad! Don't hit me...please!
Dad...don't! Please don't hit me.
Dad....Dad...
- That's enough, Shivadasa. Stop! - Stay away, Sir!
That's my son...let's reform him in just one day!
Have you had enough?
Have you?
Arun! What are you doing?
He said he would put you in jail! It was to prevent that
that I did it...how can you be angry with me for that?
- What could I... - Let go of me. - Arun...
Stop, son...please.
Tell me, son, what do you want me to do? I'll do it!
Want me to beat him up? Kill him?
Destroy his family?
Please talk to me! You were not the only one beaten up.
No! But I was beaten up by my Dad!
And that too...in front of her...
Her...?
Shivadasan?
If you are sleepy, take leave and go home.
This is not the place for it.
(doorbell ring)
Arun...
(clicks tongue)
Hey, son!
(man gasp)
(man crying)
I won't go to jail! Not even if I have to die!
All the evidence... is against you!
(door opens)
I am not afraid. I will go to jail if need be.
If you have the guts to die
pull the trigger. I said, pull the trigger!
(dragging heavy metal)
You bloody dog!
(gun fire & clink)
(sliding)
Come on!
Benny.
You...!
You pig! What you did to my son...
(whack)
This is the end for you!
That is why you had to come here today!
- Benny! (Benny groans)
Sir...Sir...
Sir!
- Hey...hey...Sir! - Get up!
Get up!
Sir!
Hey you!
(glass shatters)
(man crying)
I am stopping because one more blow and it'll be your funeral!
Shivadasan.
Till now I thought you and your son were up to some drama.
But now I understand what your game was.
You were trying to get your son's death on the records,
weren't you? You bloody...
He firmly believed that his son's death
was solely because of Jayashankar.
He waited patiently for over three years.
He started his revenge without raising any suspicions.
You will have to keep paying till I get out of here.
I did not reveal your name to the police or Court.
But why did you tell your wife then?
That was just in case you felt like doing away with me.
That's why I told her. She won't tell anyone.
- Give her the money tomorrow. Understood? - Whenever Joshy
asked for money, he kept paying them.
Till he came to know that Joshy broke the agreement they had.
You were right about that!
There seems to be some connection between him and that girl.
- What is it? - I was sent by CI Jayashankar.
He asked if you could come over.
But I already met him today.
Is it? I don't know about that. I was asked to get you there.
That's why I am here. He also mentioned some money.
(doorbell ring)
He said he would be here.
Sister, could I borrow your phone?
- My phone isn't working - Making sure Jayashankar wasn't home
he brought Remya to his house
and after dialling Jayashankar from her phone
he removed the SIM card, ensuring her last tower location
was in the vicinity of his house. All of this was calculated
to tighten the evidence against Jayashankar.
He said to bring you to his ancestral house nearby.
It's only a couple of kilometres from here.
Near to Cheppanamthotta, an acquaintance of Shivadasan's
had a house that was put up for sale.
- He requested to stay there for a few days. - Come, honey.
You can go inside, sister. The CI is in there.
I will show the child the fish pond in the backyard.
- Come, honey, let's go see it. - Come in.
Jayashankar is waiting. Give him the money. He will accept.
Go on.
Oh no! Oh no! Let me go!
Where do you think you're going?
If you shout, your daughter won't leave her alive.
I gave your husband a contract job for 2 lakh rupees and
using the excuse that he got caught, he has made me pay
an unending amount of money! The soundrel!
It's your husband's greed that is making me take this drastic step.
I have to go!
My daughter is all alone!
- Kalesha! - I am begging of you!
Please let me go.
No one will call you for money again.
My daughter is alone. Please let me go.
Kalesha!
(whack & woman scream)
Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Mom!
Choosing the concluding day of the festival to commit the murder
placing the body on the terrace using a crane (shutter clicks)
all of this could only be planned by a policeman
with a criminal bend of mind.
Mom! Mom!
Mom!
Come, man...come in.
Where were you these past two days?
Why did you send the child back? What are you doing to me?
What do you mean what I did to you? She wouldn't stop crying!
- She kept crying for her mother. - Why didn't you ask me
- before taking her back is my question! - I've had enough, Sir!
I lost my peace of mind...and barely made it out of this.
I want 5 or 6 lakhs more.
I am leaving this place for a year or two.
- What? More money? - I need it, Sir!
Or else I will call the police station and then disappear.
I have some gold. You can sell it.
- Ok. - For now
why don't you go take a bath? You need to calm down.
I have some toddy. Go on now.
Go on.
His decision to kill Sinto, who had stood with him
through all of it, is what really surprised us.
Damn!
The murders were planned with precision
knowing full well about people who were against Jayashankar.
He even made use of the number on the rusty old autorickshaw
that was lying unused in Raghu's house.
(clank)
When asked why he hid the fact of his son's suicide
his only response was: That's what I felt like doing then.
The moment he realised the police
would arrive tracking Benny's mobile location
he started a new game.
By making it seem like his son's death had just happened
he hoped to divert attention and draw sympathy.
By claiming that the funeral took place in Ireland
he could create a convincing story of his son's death.
Get in.
Shall we?
What's the matter?
When you drove all the way to my place at midnight
did it inconvenience you that I wasn't there? Sir?
Our job is like that, man! Right?
- Let's go. Come on. - I'll come on my own.
How a criminal within the police force
went after fellow policemen
is the core of this case story. But this story does not end here.
What I am going to say in the next episode
is about someone who went largely unnoticed in this case story.
I'll be making some revelations there.
(walkie-talkie buzzing off)
(On various media) Retired DySP Udayabhanu found dead.
His wife and daughter live abroad.
- say sources. - He helped solve the Irambil Ramya murder.
(News playing on various media)
(dramatic music)
He hosted a program called 'Behind the Crime' on TV.
Right from the first episode, Udayabhanu received threats,
according to police sources.
♪ Of the fiery spiral, you're Chief ♪
♪ Of the midnight hours, you're Chief ♪
♪ You shatter the darkness of night and emerge, the Chief ♪
♪ Of menacing nights and desolate streets ♪
♪ You are the conqueror and undisputed Chief ♪
♪ You wade over a sea of flames ♪
♪ That remove the evil and shine light on the truth, Chief ♪
♪ You are the Chief You are the Chief ♪
♪ Face to face you fight and emerge, the Chief ♪
♪ Chief ♪
♪ Of the fiery spiral, you're Chief ♪
♪ Of the midnight hours, you're Chief ♪
♪ You shatter the darkness of night and emerge, the Chief ♪
♪ Of menacing nights and desolate streets ♪
♪ You are the conqueror and undisputed Chief ♪
♪ You wade over a sea of flames ♪
♪ That remove the evil and shine light on the truth, Chief ♪
♪ You are the Chief You are the Chief ♪
♪ Face to face you fight and emerge, the Chief! ♪