[hens clucking]
Get me a tender chicken.
[hens clucking]
[slits]
[hen struggling and flapping wings]
Come.
Walk quickly.
Hey...
[strangles] [glass shatters]
[groaning]
[anklets jingling] [reciting and clapping dance rhythm]
[no voice]
Look... there's Sooraj.
He will come out after his class ends.
You better get his number before he gets in the car.
Go...
-Should I... -Just go.
Hmph! She reached late to home yesterday.
Mom has asked me to take her home, as soon as the class gets over.
-Come on, go... -No...
-Come on... Hurry. -Just go...
Come.
-Sooraj... -Yes.
I saw your dance.
-Are you practising any new dance form? -Yes, I am.
-Could you give me your number? -Sure.
97...
-Today's class was interesting, wasn't it? -Yes.
I'll have to do practice tomorrow.
You told me that you'd be doing it tomorrow evening. Is it confirmed?
[wind swishing]
-I'll leave now. -Okay.
Thank you.
Did he give his number to you? Superb!
Hey, superb! You have to throw a party.
Where's Divya?
-Divya... -Somewhere around here...
Where did she go?
Don't know.
-Come with me... -Okay.
[car engine starts] [car blips] Where might she have gone?
-Have anyone of you saw Divya? -No, we haven't.
[panting]
-Have you seen Divya, Rekha? -No, I haven't.
We thought she would be hanging around and chatting somewhere.
The other day she came home late
and she told me thate that she was talking with friends.
We have searched for her for so long time but couldn't find her.
It's just been a week since Divya joined this dance class, right?
And none of her school friends have signed up there either.
So who is this 'friend' of hers?
Have you ever seen this friend?
No.
She just told me about this only when I asked her yesterday.
Keerthi,
I need you to think carefully before you answer my question.
It's very important. Okay?
Did Divya ever mention the age of this friend?
Did she address this friend as,
'he', 'she', 'uncle', 'aunty'...
No, she just said she met a new friend.
-Rithika... -Sir.
My brother-in-law is really tensed. You have to find her by all means.
That's why I called you to come here.
I'll do my best, sir.
Here... We need a complete police alert issued for all locations.
Cast a wide net on trafficking, sexual assault, ransom kidnapping...
-...and the begging mafia. -Yes, ma'am.
If we don't find her within the next 48 hours,
statistically speaking, we may never find her alive.
So, let's make this quick.
Hello, can you hear me. Stay alert, everyone.
-Sidhu... Sidhu... Pass it over here. -Come on, pass it.
-Pass it over here... -Cover him up.
-Hey, look here... Pass it over here. -Hey, quick... Quick...
Look, he is coming to you. Pass it over here. What did you do? Oh!
-What's with you? -Damn! Oh no!
-Why did you kick in that manner? -You missed the penalty kick.
-Go, get the ball -Someone has to go and get the ball.
-Go, get the ball. -Go...
-You kicked it away, right? Go, get it. -Come on, go.
[screams]
The children who came here to play football saw that dead body. Yes.
Move back... Move back.
It's you who I am talking to. Stay within a distance.
The police are watching.
[overlap of voices]
Move back.
[overlap of voices]
Take it carefully.
A six year old girl was killed at a dump yard in the outskirts of the city.
The ACP and her team has arrived just now at the place where the body was found.
The police departement took this case as a challenge.
The collector ordered to solve the case in a speedy manner.
What's the progress on Divya Divakar's case?
Here's the case file, sir.
A five year old girl was abducted and murdered without even a ransom call.
Moreover, the kid was the niece of our Sub-collector Rahul.
Here...
It's the copy of the postmortem report of that girl.
Shyamlal sir performed the autopsy.
A 42-millimeter long lateral stab wound to the abdomen,
towards the left side of the stomach, beneath the rib cage.
Bleeding from an 8 cm deep wound
caused by a single-edged weapon similar to a kitchen knife
is the 'Cause of Death'.
Later, we found another dead body at Ameerpet junction yesterday.
Shyamlal sir performed this autopsy too.
He rang me up out of a suspicion, while preparing the report.
A 5-year old girl. The cause of her death was...
An abdominal stab wound on the left side beneath the rib cage,
around 10 cms deep, made by a 42-mm long single-edged weapon.
Any connection between these two children?
Except both of them were five years old and hail from upper middle-class families,
there isn't any other connection, sir.
But Shyamlal sir came to a conclusion.
Both these murders were committed by the same weapon and the same person.
Yes, sir...
We might be looking at a very different kind of crime.
This is a high-profile case involving bigwigs like the Collector Rahul Nath.
We can't open a public investigation on a mere hunch... No!
You can pursue this line. But keep it quiet.
The media should never know that we're considering this angle.
Sure, sir. I can try to keep it quiet.
But the details of this case are already in the public domain.
Any reporter can make the connection, that we just did.
If at all that happens,
the opening headline on all the primetime media will be,
"Serial killer on the loose in our city."
Well... There's one more thing, sir.
Yes.
I need a full time official from the Forensic department on my team.
See Rithika,
This is an unofficial investigation.
With just eight forensic experts from the FSL,
we've been managing all the cases in our district.
If you ask me,
there's only one person who I can assign to this case.
But you might not like this suggestion, Rithika.
He is none other than our medico-legal advisor, Samuel Johhny.
After getting back from office,
me and my wife retired to bed immediately after dinner.
I woke up to the sound of our door being broken down.
That's when, I saw a man with a mask hammering my wife with an iron rod.
I've said this for the hundredth time:
I tried to block him.
While trying to defend, he slammed my head against the wall.
I became unconscious.
When I woke up, my wife was lying dead next to me.
And my house had been burgled as well.
And this is my statement.
I'm the one who settled all the domestic abuse cases,
filed by your own wife, against you.
And that too, at your request.
[no voice]
Both of us know that you're clearly lying.
Can you prove it?
Can your prove that my testimony is wrong?
Or you produce any kind of solid evidence against me.
Unless you do either of those... If this information becomes public,
I'll become your superior and you will become my subordinate.
Huh!
-He blabbers that he wants proof! -What happened?
He did it, sir! I'm sure of it.
Can any doctor prove if his head wound was self-inflicted or by someone else?
We should get him to take a Lie-detector Test, sir.
He's a heart patient carrying a pace maker in his chest after a bypass surgery.
If we move to court for a lie detector test,
he would simply file a counter petition to abstain him from the test
by obtaining 'physically unfit' certificate from random doctor.
That's all.
That may not be necessary, sir.
Hi Sam, no duty today?
Got bored... So, I was just going through an old case file.
I'll be right back.
Are you struggling to take breath due to tense atmosphere?
No.
Is this a pace maker or an ICD?
ICD.
Be seated, sir. I need to talk to you.
[sighs]
Where did you get it implanted from?
Lissy Hospital.
[chuckles] Sir...
I feel that there is no need for a lie-detector test.
Because, he has implanted a lie detector in his body at his own expense.
His heart beat is being constantly recorded in his pace maker.
It can tell us if his heart beats, during the time of the murder
was similar to an unconscious victim
or that of a cold blooded criminal, in action.
And that would tell us if SP sir's statement is true or false.
Have some water, sir.
Hello, Rajeev sir.
Okay.
Yeah, I'll come tomorrow itself without fail.
Okay, sir.
Well, who's the investigating officer, sir?
Has anyone got an AR gun?
Hey, you used to have an AR gun with you, right?
Yeah... What's with the discussion of guns in the morning? Huh?
[laughs]
This team is having a bunch of dummies, Sam.
Anyway, the game's not half as fun without a good team.
Apparently, they'll have get admitted in the school and learn.
[laughs]
Oh! You're early today?
Ah... I'll have to work with the police department for some days.
I've been given a new case.
Where's Xavier?
He, along with Suresh have taken some cooking gear and gone to cook.
We're here with a special preparation in this episode.
Delicious Mutton! Goat!
A rare mix of goat, tomato and onion.
And it's really tasty and yummy.
Xave, just a minute.
Look, this is not for you. I'll give it to you later.
I'll have to make dad eat this and capture that moment. Okay?
Alright, go ahead.
Dad, open your mouth.
Xavier,
Oh man, just wait. I'll give you.
That's not the matter.
Give it to him and come here. I've got something important to say.
Hold it. Take that as well and put it safely.
Okay.
You know, after my PG,
I've been hanging around in medical line for some years, right?
Yeah!
Today, I got a posting in a Murder Investigation Team.
-And that too, in our city. -Awesome!
-You know who the team lead is? -Who?
Rithika Xavier IPS.
[creaks]
[indistinct chatter]
[music mutes voice]
Thank you, teacher.
Well, have you collected their statements?
I have collected the primary details, madam. Let's see.
Isn't that our medico-legal advisor, Mr Samuel, who arrived in that car?
Yes...
He is here on direct recommendation from the Commissioner.
Oh!
We'll see.
I have already requested for one more intern from the forensic department.
Let's see.
[car blips]
Samuel, there are two things:
One: 'I' am the investigating officer of this case.
And you are only the medico-legal advisor.
That's your role.
I don't want you interfering in any other matters, other than this.
And two:
Once a meeting is scheduled, you are going to be on time.
-Okay? -Okay.
Go...
Hmph!
[camera clicks]
The day when Divya went missing, there might be around 30 cars
in which the parents came to pick their children.
This is the only road by which all these vehicles pass through main gate, right?
Yes, madam.
There's an Indian bank ATM 200 metres away from the gate.
-Yes, madam. -We'll ask them for footage.
That may be unnecessary, madam.
Divya was not abducted by car.
In the post examination after autopsy,
we found three foreign samples from Divya's clothes.
The moss or green algae found in wet places,
a powdered sample of white asbestos,
and droplets of sewage water.
Further, there was a cross shaped pattern found on Divya's churidhar.
The cross shaped mark on the right side, might be due to
a scratch while walking close to the fence after the dance class.
Since the route is blocked here,
Divya might have taken this narrow passage as there was no other way.
See, the white powder we collected from Divya's dress came from this asbestos,
as the bark of this tree swiped it.
Come.
I'd told you about the swab of algae seen in wet places,
that might have come from here.
The sewage droplets we found in Divya's dress may have come from here.
And then...
Divya might have gone with her abductor, through this narrow passage.
[music playing in earphones]
Hmm... Yes.
Why don't you pick the call?
I have called you for over 10 to 20 times.
For me?
Hello Sam, where the hell were you?
Ma'am, I was busy in the lab.
Go to the hospital immediately and get the letter from the psychiatrist.
And one more thing,
I've added one more member to the team.
And she will be working with you as forensic assistant.
Hand over the phone to her.
Okay, ma'am.
Hello.
Shikha, note down my number.
Sure, ma'am.
Please hold on. Let me note the number.
Tell me, ma'am.
This is my landline number. Note it down.
Okay.
0471...
326...
47 97
You remember everything I told you, right?
Done, ma'am.
Always keep an eye on Sam, the Medico-legal Advisor.
That is the main purpose behind including you in this team.
You should inform me about the daily activities of Sam in this number.
And I expect you to do this in absolute secrecy.
Ma'am.. the phone was on speaker mode.
What? Are you serious? Cut the call, you idiot!
Uhuh! So, you're a spy.
Oh! Seriously!
[engine starts]
Isn't this the department vehicle?
Or aren't you wearing the seat belt?
I didn't understand.
Unless you wear the seat belt,
the airbags won't open up in case an accident happens. Got it?
I know all that? But, where are you going?
I am going to the psychiatrist's office.
What about you?
[car blips]
Excuse me,
Could you direct me to doctor Alphones Kurien's room?
-B block. -B block.
-Thank you. -Okay.
Wait. [knocks]
[door creaks]
-You guys are from the FSL? -Yes.
Please sit.
Rithika had called me.
Tell me.
We have got the report of Keerthi, but we need a signed letter from you as well.
Since you are the sole witness from the police side.
We came directly since she is a minor.
See, I had spent a two hour session with Keerthi after Rithika's interrogations.
Except for a minor trauma due to the loss of her sister,
her mental condition is perfectly fine.
Okay.
If you could give a letter ratifying Keerthi's testimony...
Sure. Send the details of the case.
I'll get it, sir.
Hmm... [chuckles]
Hello. This is to collect some details regarding the Divya's case.
It's not needed through Whatsapp. Tell me and I'll note it down.
Okay, just a second.
I don't need that. Just tell me.
Zero...
Hmm...
Okay.
The thing that is the marker is Alkaline.
And the thing that is the coffee is acid.
You can easily break down the alkaline by wiping with the acid.
It is so simple.
Isn't it?
-Here you go. -Thank you.
By the way, what did you say your name was?
I am Samuel Johnson.
Samuel Johnson... you mean our Ibraham sir's...
Yes, I am his grandson.
She is...
Xavier John is my elder brother.
-I am her uncle. -Okay.
-Okay, Sam. -Thank you.
Thank you.
[water rustling]
-Be careful, girl. -Careful... You'll slip.
[children laughter and overlap of voices]
Come out.
-Careful, dear. -Don't go.
Stand closer.
Play over that side. [indistinct announcement]
Smile.
Don't run...
[indistinct announcement] Shall we climb that?
-Come -Go slowly... One by one.
-Come to this side. -You too.
-Careful... -Give me that boat...
Hi dear.
[cheering]
Hey, don't hit me with water.
-Careful... Careful... -Didn't I tell you not to climb?
In conclusion,
Even after this case has gained so much attention in the media,
the killer keeps on abducting.
Which means, we have to stop the next attempt at any cost.
Divya's case garnered this much attention mainly because
the body was dumped in an open space near the corporation's compost-filling site.
To control the media exposure at such a public space...
it is not possible for us.
Our present priority is Devika, the kid missing from the amusement park.
I'm on it, sir.
Okay.
-You come with me. -Yes, sir.
Didn't I specifically ask you to be here by 8 o'clock itself?
But, why is that...
Madam, as you said,
the dead body was found on the open land next to the Corporation's Compost pit.
The perfect spot to dump a body would be, by all means, the Compost pit.
Then, why didn't killer do that?
Near the concrete wall between the compost pit and the spot where the body was found,
which is approximately 5 feet in height... Am I right?
What do you intend to say?
Suppose,
the killer was physically unable to lift up the body over this five feet wall.
Think about it.
The students from Divya's dance class, the security men at the water theme park
and the witnesses from the previous cases,
have all said cleary that they saw no one suspicious
at the abduction spots other than children.
And yet, the killer has done what he wanted to do.
How?
Look at the splash pattern on Divya's dress,
it came from the mud being splashed on her,
while walking alongside another person.
But,
the narrow passage behind the dance class is just 4 feet in height.
That means,
someone who can pass through a narrow passage,
and was unable to lift up a dead body over a 5 feet wall,
and had the least chance of being noticed by anyone
is the killer we are after.
What if the person behind all these crimes is a child?
Look Sam, I've told you this before.
You only need to do the work for the the government pay you're getting
for giving Medico-legal advice.
We have a qualified officers here, to investigate and close the case.
Don't take cues from Hollywood movies to investigate a case in India.
Ma'am, have you heard of Amarjith Sada?
We never expect a child to have done the serial killing.
And yet, crime never has an age limit.
This is Amarjith Sada.
The youngest person arrested for a serial killing case in the world.
You know his age? Just 8 years old.
He got arrested for killing his own sister and three other kids younger to him
by smashing their heads with a brick.
And this wasn't in Europe or America, but right here in India.
In Bihar.
And he's not the only one,
Mary Bell, Robert Thompson...
and many more kids aged 10 and 12 have committed severe crimes and
are behind bars in different parts of the world.
It infers, children are definitely capable of committing crimes.
Otherwise, we wouldn't need a Juvenile Criminal System.
Okay Sam, that's enough!
Talking nonsense!
It is a wild theory which you have imagined.
I've heard enough of such wild theories from you and your family in the past.
Hmph!
Do you guys know each other, from past?
Yeah, there's a small relation as well.
My brother married her right after she passed out of the Academy.
There were no issues between them
except that she was a bit over- obsessed with her profession.
They had another child, other than Nayana.
They lost that kid due to her carelessness.
The days after that incident were horrible.
Arguments, fights, family courts, divorce and so on.
It's been 6 years.
Since then, there's been no contact between my family and her.
Sam, this is Abdul Wahab sir.
-Hello, sir. -Retired SP, CBCID.
Sir has brought a DNA sample to give it to you.
You know 'Johnson Murder case', right?
You have to cross-match it with that sample.
Sure.
Whose DNA is this, sir?
This the lead that helped us to track a dangerous case
which we have made it as a cold case in the history of this state's crime branch.
This is the first case in Rithika's career
and the last one before my retirement.
In the beginning of 2010,
four children between the ages of 8 and 11 were abducted
from Burma Colony in the outskirts of our city.
Later, we found only their dead bodies.
Comparing the nature of wounds found on the victims' bodies
and the Modus Operandi of the murders,
we worked out a 'Victim Pattern' of the Serial killer.
Based on that,
we predicted the time frame of his next abduction.
We closed all access into the Burma colony and conducted a wide search.
We found a baby girl, kept drugged and
unconscious inside a school van parked by the roadside.
[camera clicks]
Soon, the driver of the school van was arrested.
This was that driver.
'BURMA COLONY KILLER ARRESTED'
Ubaid Ahmed.
Madam, is he the murderer?
-Do you have any proof? -No... Not now.
The entire press and media channels celebrated
the arrest of the 'Burma Colony Serial Killer'.
But within two months of his Ubaid Ahmed's arrested, another child was found murdered
We couldn't find out who that killer way, till date.
The same Modus Operandi... The same victim pattern...
Another abduction-murder took place in the same pattern including the minor details
known only to the police.
And on top of all that,
we collected a blood sample stain from underneath the nail of the 5th victim.
It belonged to the murderer.
It was a perfect DNA match to another blood stain obtained earlier,
from a previous victim's clothes.
But, it didn't match with Ubaid's, who was still in prison.
That is the blood sample belonging to another unidentified person.
-Okay, madam. -Isn't your duty for the day over yet?
That was the last abduction.
There were no more abductions after that.
But the message was loud and clear.
The person who we have arrested was not the murderer.
I still keep that old unidentified DNA sample that has perplexed the department.
I've run hundreds of DNA tests.
But...
The murderer may still be alive somewhere, beyond the law.
Hmm...
That's Ubaid Ahmed.
No one hired him after getting released from the prison.
He was labelled as a murderer in this society.
I took him along, after my retirement.
All these incidents have brought us together, Sam.
In the endless search that goes on forever...
[vehicle honks]
Ma'am, he is a worker of the local party.
There was a flag hoisted by the opposition, next to the spot.
He was trying to remove it without getting noticed by anyone.
That's when he witnessed an incident...
Vinod, describe to Madam exactly what you saw.
Can you remember any identifying features of this man?
Madam.. though it was night-time,
I saw his face very clearly.
It wasn't a 'man'..
He was a little boy of 11 or 12 years old, Madam.
What is this Ma'am?
How can you pin the crime on a little boy?
Are you framing a young boy as you couldn't get hold of the murderer?
Isn't this a fabricated story to save the police's face?
If you spot the boy in this image anywhere...
immediately contact the police help-line.
We'll be circulating this image to the media following this press meet.
Madam, you aren't answering our questions!
You are giving your own version.
- OK. That's all. -You have to answer us.
Thanks Dano, I guess it's over.
-Murali... -Yes, Ma'am.
Get this photo circulated, quick.
-Send it to all the channels. -Yes, ma'am.
-Shall we spread it in Social media too? -Okay.
Sam..
[clears throat]
I was a little harsh at the start.
But it's your wild theory that's become the solid lead in this case.
And that credit belongs to you.
Bye.
Why're you hanging around all alone?
Don't you have Alphones sir's session today?
That's done. It's free time now.
Then, come with me. I will show you someone.
[phone ringing]
Yeah tell me...
Your Dad is dicing chicken there.
-Say hi to your Dad. -Hi!
Hi... hi Naina, how are you?
What's going on there?
Lamb. Lamb.
Lamb Barbacoa.
Ah!
Kiddo, hope you haven't forgotten your Dad?
He looks like a joker, doesn't he?
Hello? Yes doctor.
Yeah, I'll be there.
Let's talk later.
Her Mom would kill me if she comes to know.
Doctor, may I come in?
Rithika, yeah... come in.
Since it's an urgent matter, I asked you to come personally.
Sure... go on.
Have you received any tips regarding the sketch you released yesterday?
No, not yet.
Oh, my god!
The moment I saw the sketch,
I was sure that I've seen this face somewhere.
Sometime back,
he was brought here for counselling from the juvenile home.
His name is Reuben Elliots.
Right now, he is missing.
As I was under cancer treatment,
I referred his case to our clinical therapist, Mr. Jayakumar.
He's been on leave for a while.
It was a few years back
that Reuben's case was forwarded to me.
Over a playground dispute...
this 8 year-old tried to kill two of his pals by smashing their heads with a stone.
That was the day I saw him for the very first time.
I never forgot the blank expression he had in his eyes that day.
Soon, I started therapy sessions with him.
After a long time of efforts,
I slowly began to connect with him on a deeper level.
Because of my continuous appeals,
he was eventually sanctioned to make a supervised visit
at my home, once a month.
After years of treatment, he began showing clear signs of improvement.
And then... two weeks back, everything came back to the past.
Reuben?
Reuben.
I could see the same old blank expression in his eyes again.
Reuben...
Reuben!
That was the last time I saw him.
I've been trying to find and get him back safely, all this time
until you called me in, today.
Sam...
This is enough to validate your child killer theory.
Moreover, we now have his name and other details.
Now I think it is just a matter of time.
A simpleton living on streets can't hide from our police force.
What happened to Mom?
She fell down this morning.
She's in the ICU. Come on...
Sit here, dear. Mom will be back soon.
Don't go anywhere.
She might be shifted to another room soon.
Kid...
Malavika Das, 6 years old.
This is the spot where she was last seen.
We have already secured the spot.
The child was sitting in the waiting room
and her mother went into the ICU to see someone, then she went missing.
Malavika went to purchase a chocolate from the hospital canteen
went missing around 12.30 pm approximately.
We then found a chocolate cover with the hospital sticker in the waste bin.
Isn't that S.P. Issac?
He settled the case with his money.
Not even an enquiry..
I see.
-Did she buy this chocolate here? -Yes, sir.
-Did a boy accompany her? -No, sir.
Take care of her.
A boy with long hair...
I didn't see him, sir.
Have you properly tagged all the evidence?
Yeah.
Madam, I had a doubt too,
Malavika had bought the chocolate at this Coffee Counter.
We've checked the barcode and the time stamp on the bill,
and confirmed that she purchased it from here itself.
Moreover, this lady at the counter has confirmed
that she saw Reuben with the girl.
And since we've found the chocolate here,
it's pretty clear that Reuben himself is behind this abduction.
Sir...
I say that the chocolate was deliberately placed there to mislead us.
What do you mean, Sam?
You got the chocolate from the top of the dustbin, right?
Yeah.
While examining the dustbin,
I found a movie-ticket for today's noon show at the nearby theater.
See sir...
Do you notice the soil and dirt stuck on it?
It's from the dust blown in when the sweepers swept the roads in the afternoon.
Now, the child was abducted around 12.15 pm.
The people exiting the theater must have tossed the tickets
here, after the show ended at 2.30 pm.
Later, the sweepers were on their duty...
and swept the dust and litter into the dustbin.
Just some hours before all these happenings...
this chocolate which was in the hands of Malavika who was abducted from the spot
is totally free of dirt and dust.
What do you derive by this?
Sam, come to the point.
Not at the time of Malavika's abduction...
Later, approximately after 2.30 pm, this chocolate was placed here.
There's only one person who would have placed it here,
Malavika's abductor.
What are you saying, man?
This whole area is under police surveillance since 2 pm.
[mobile rings]
Hello?
-With so many of us here... -Yes.
-how can the boy got in here? -I'm coming.
Sure.
Commissioner's meeting... about the same issue.
Come, let's go.
We really can't rule out what the Inspector said.
How can Reuben enter that police cordon and place the chocolate?
I never said it was Reuben who placed it.
Huh?
[sighs]
See, this violet outer cover of the chocolate...
It might be handled by godown employees, the ones who packed it and others.
But this machine packed golden inner foil inside...
could have been touched by only two people.
Malu, who opened the cover first
and the person who placed it at the spot.
But if this was placed to mislead the police,
they must have taken care to avoid getting their fingerprints on it, right?
Yeah, they must have... they sure must have.
But, outside this golden foil...
I found cotton threads of around 5 to 6 mm length.
Similar to the ones found in a hand kerchief.
So they must have covered the chocolate with a handkerchief
before placing it in the dustbin to avoid getting prints on it.
But, a trained Forensic eye,
can see past the cotton threads, and the skin cells,
right down to the Touch DNA within it.
-Call Murali. -Yeah.
Looks like you are bringing in weird equipment!
What exactly is this?
This is basically a device used to analyze DNA.
A Forensic Vacuum Pump.
Whenever we touch clothing, weapons or anything,
some of our skin cells get stuck to that surface.
We can separate those cells and collect a DNA sample from this device.
We can get the Touch DNA samples of the person who touched the surface.
Yes, Ma'am.
Okay, Ma'am.
Bye.
These are the two DNA samples we found on the chocolate wrapper.
This is a sample of Malavika's DNA from a bitten piece of the chocolate.
The other one is the DNA we collected from an old dress
of Reuben from the juvenile home.
Let's see if the Touch DNA from the chocolate wrapper
matches with Reuben's DNA.
The second person who touched this chocolate wrapper
is neither Malavika nor Reuben.
It belongs to an unidentified third person.
Someone who's still hiding behind Reuben.
A killer we are yet to uncover...
I'm standing before the Westmore Hospital, right now.
Earlier, the police had released the whereabouts of the minor suspect,
and assured there world be no more abductions.
But within four days, Malavika Das has been abducted.
People lost faith in Rithika Xavier, who is the in charge of the investigation.
So, their parents...
Madam, the public is in panic-mode.
No one is letting their kids outside.
Even at your daughter's school,
the parents refuse to send the children by school van
and are picking them up, themselves.
We should somehow catch that Reuben.
[phone ringing]
-Yes, Sam. -Ma'am, we have a solid lead.
I extracted a DNA from the chocolate wrapper collected,
-from the hostel. -Lenny!
I asked you not to play in the rain, didn't I?
[cheering]
Wow!
NO!
It's true that I gave you a bit of freedom in the investigation but,
don't take it for granted.
Capturing Reuben Elias is our investigation target.
That and only that!
Okay, madam.
Sam.
Apparently, the wrapper is no longer evidence.
She says she'll contact us if they need any forensic help.
Please come to the lab.
Dear, let's go.
Okay, I'll see you, bye.
Sure, I'll call you.
Yeah, I'll talk tomorrow.
Okay? Let's go.
Did you purify the sample and run it again?
I ran it thrice and cross-matched them, just to be sure.
Wahab sir brought in the Burma colony sample, right after you left.
It's an exact match!
Sir,
If the DNA we found on the chocolate wrapper and
the DNA you carry with you is a match.
Which basically means,
the Killer behind the Burma colony murders, 10 years ago
and the Child killings happening right now in the city,
is the same person.
Isn't this the spot where you found the dead bodies from Burma colony?
Yes, exactly. It's a reservoir.
This is the spot where we found the dead bodies of the three children.
This is where they buried them.
[birds chirping]
Even though such a vast dumping ground lies right here,
why did the killer choose to bury the bodies near the reservoir.
This reservoir was full of water when your police team arrived to search.
So, naturally you left it unchecked.
Yeah.
Sikha, call a piping company and get a ground-penetrating radar.
Hmm.
We need to know what lies beneath this river bed.
[device beeping]
[church bell rings]
[device buzzing]
[shouts]
[phone ringing]
-Yes, Ma'am. -Hello, Sikha,
What's going on with the assignment I gave you?
What's the update?
Ma'am, Sam is cross-checking the postmortem reports of the children.
Okay.
Did you and Sam visit that reservoir yesterday?
Ma'am, that was just a leisure trip.
Look! Do your personal things in your own time.
Forward me the final report, when it's complete.
-Sure. -Okay.
Who was on the line?
That was a personal call.
Make your personal calls after the office time. Take it.
Rithika Xavier, Dano SI, Murali Mohankumar...
What's this, Sam?
We're going to try something, no one has ever attempted in this case.
But first, we'll need both Wahab sir's and Alphonse doctor's help.
This is a complete list of every individual who entered and exited,
the range of CCTV cameras at Westmore hospital on the day of Malu's abduction.
One name on this list is our killer's.
So,
We're going to collect the DNA samples of everyone in this list
and match them with that of the killer.
This list contains over 150 names.
Besides, do you think the actual killer will readily provide his DNA sample?
He won't.
That's why we're going to collect these samples without their knowledge.
Shikha and I will collect the DNAs of a few people in the list.
You should help us in collecting the DNAs from officers in the force.
Alphonse doctor can collect the DNAs of the staff at Westmore hospital.
Sure.
We should match the DNA sample from the wrapper with every sample.
Including ours, no exceptions.
Shikha, come.
Now we should collect the remaining samples on this list,
till we find the one belonging to the killer.
[sighs]
What happened?
We are running the last batch.
No matches yet.
Okay.
Sam, just a minute.
The investigation of the child killing case,
which has created a sensation in the state is now taking a new turn.
The suspect whose sketch has been released by the CBCID team,
is reportedly holed up in the nearby church in the housing board.
ACP Rithika Xavier and team have arrived at the spot.
But, no media is being allowed inside.
Lakshmi, reporting with Ayappa, from the spot.
[indistinct voices]
-Reuben! -[gasps]
I asked you how do you know the girls in these photographs?
It was me who sent them altar of Satan!
He confessed.
Why did you ask me to come urgently?
This is the video clip of the boy's confession.
He says it is Satan who made him do it.
Watch that portion carefully.
-So you admit to the killings, Reuben? -Look at him.
-Note how he jerks his head. -Tell me, Reuben...
Reuben has poor hearing in both ears.
Hence, he is using a hearing aid.
All new hearing aids operate just like a bluetooth,
amplifying signals from the surroundings through a telecom.
So what?
So, if you could send voice signals into that device using a mobile phone,
Reuben might identify the sound, as coming from his head, isn't it?
[device buzzing]
Reuben alone couldn't abduction children amidst public by himself
without being noticed.
There is someone who is controlling him from behind.
The voice of Satan he hears belongs to that person.
[shouts]
When a person enters the cell, all his personal belongings will be removed,
except one.
His hearing aid!
Reuben.
You have obeyed all my orders to this date.
Here is my last command to you, Reuben.
[breaths heavily]
If he's wearing that hearing aid right now,
he's still under his control!
[breaths heavily]
[shouts]
Sir, that crazy boy has gotten us in trouble.
The Commissioner is arriving now.
Sir, we checked his medical report.
There wasn't any suggestion regarding a suicide risk.
There's no point in telling any of these things to me.
Look,
I cautioned you at the very beginning of this case.
No press, no leaks.
[sighs] What have you done, now?
I'm getting calls from everyone, from the sub-collector to the DGP.
Reuben was your responsibility!
An order is being issued from above for an internal inquiry
against you and your team.
It's out of my hands.
What happened?
There will be an inquiry.
But Shika, I must know something before the case is out of our hands.
If the guy was controlling Reuben's hearing aid
through a remote bluetooth device,
he must've been within the premises at the time of Reuben's suicide.
Check the footage of every CCTV within the premises.
Look for any suspicious person,
-vehicle or anything of that kind... -Sam.
Where is madam? Nayana is here.
-Why is she here? -She took the permission.
She needs to go to her hometown urgently, since her child is ill.
Okay, come.
[chaos]
Honey, look at that.
Madam!
[gasps]
Madam!
-What's she doing here? -Maid brought her.
She had to leave for her hometown on some urgent issues.
But how can she leave suddenly?
Madam,
Can I take the girl to our home for two days?
No, that won't be necessary.
Madam, ever since I joined your team,
I haven't asked your personal issues between you and Xavier.
All these years later, I have addressed you only as 'Madam.'
But right now, I'm talking for her.
Let her stay away for a couple of days.
At least until this inquiry issue blows over.
She will stay with me.
Shall I serve you the curry?
Yes, the fish fry is ready.
Naina, get ready! You like it, don't you?
-You sit, dear. -Shall I serve you?
Yeah, I'll join.
What about us?
Yeah... It's for everyone.
Here's your share.
Dear, aren't you feeling sleepy?
Let's go, dear.
Naina, go and sleep.
Come, let's sleep.
We should wake up in the morning, shouldn't we?
-Good night. -Good night.
Come, sit...
Everything is set for tomorrow.
You should be with us tomorrow.
Park, Shopping, Cinema, etc.
How many years has it been since I saw her smile?
When Rithika left home taking her away,
I didn't know.
I quit my office out of pure grief
and joined these youngsters with cooking, YouTube and stuff.
I want to make the next two days the most memorable ones for my daughter.
These days should be the best days of her life.
Hmm.
[phone ringing]
I'll just come.
-Hello, Shikha. -Hello, Sam.
I went through the visuals like you asked.
That night, there was a vehicle parked outside the Reuben's cell.
The vehicle took off immediately following Reuben's death.
The driver cannot be seen and the license plate is unclear.
But it's a blue Honda city car.
Hello.
Hello, Sam?
-Shikha, I'll call you back. -Okay.
We should deal this case very carefully. You should be alert.
-Okay? -Sir.
What's the matter?
Our Circle sir's daughter has been kidnapped.
Hello, control room! [indistinct voice]
When does the school bus usually arrive?
How's your wife taking it?
[weeping]
Trust me. We're going to find her.
-Don't worry. Let's find her. -Okay.
-Okay? -Okay.
Madam.
-Yeah. -Till the school bus arrived,
she was playing with the mobile it seems.
We've ensured that the mobile is nowhere around.
Okay.
But everyone is saying that she used to take her mother's phone several times.
So...
That means, we need to trace the GPS. Come on.
[device buzzing]
Oh! You're awake?
The famous Samuel John!
You've been chasing after us for a long time, isn't it?
The chase is going to end here.
Did you recognise it, Sam?
That's this vehicle.
It was here that I brought those four kids for the last time.
And now it's you.
It is a forest area which is very far from the city.
Westmore hospital is just a five minutes away from here.
It's the same place,
where the Rithika's daughter is undergoing counselling for many days.
All the four murders happened while Nayana was brought there alone.
Do you know how it has happened?
Shall I tell you a name that you all have forgotten by now?
Navya.
Navya Xavier!
-What's your name? -Navya.
She is not dead Sam as Rithika and the public believe.
It's her video which you just watched.
Navya Xavier, the twin of Nayana.
Do you get me, Sam?
Reuben is not the serial killer.
This video clip is proving that it's police officer, Rithika's daughter.
I never did anything wrong and yet Rithika made me a criminal.
My family and my dreams were lost.
And that's why,
her 13-year- old daughter should turn into a serial killer.
I should watch Rithika standing a mute witness to that reality.
Are you dreaming so?
Hey!
Even if I die,
you'll never be able to save Rithika and her children.
Who the hell is behind you? Huh?
Even earlier you mentioned an 'Us'.
Who's that person?
Despite running around like a dog all this time pursuing this case
and yet you still have no clue whom you were chasing after.
You're never going to know it.
[gun shots] [groans]
[firing]
-Open it and check. -Sam!
-Fast! -Come on! Open it!
-Dear! My child! -Dear!
Hold her carefully.
-We've found the girl in the courier van. -Carefully.
We are on the way to the hospital.
We're taking the vehicle and its driver into custody.
Go, chase him!
Quick, it looks like we lost him.
Block all the roads in this area.
It's a yellow DHI van. Catch him!
[door creaks] [gasps]
[breathes heavily]
Hello.
No bro, I don't see anything here.
Ah! Yes, I found it.
Sam,
The advocate has assured that we'll file an anticipatory bail today itself.
So there won't be an immediate arrest.
Alright then. Let's go.
Come.
Sir, why did you ask me to meet you immediately?
I was on my way back from the Commissioner's office...
Sam...
Sir, why he is here?
The entire police force is looking for him.
Rithika, it's not as you think.
No, Sam! Xavi... this can't be her.
It's not her. It's a fake video.
No, the video is original.
But, the girl you see is not Nayana.
It's Navya.
-What's your name? -Navya.
Now, I know where Navya is.
In this video on Ubaid's phone, you can see the newspaper that Navya is holding,
is just two days old.
I traced Ubaid's route map, before he came to my house that night
using his mobile tower locations.
He'd spent around 3 hours within this area.
So, that's Navya's location.
We don't have much time to lose.
If the real killer comes to know that I've taken Ubaid's phone,
or if the police happen to find Ubaid's dead body,
Navya's life is in danger.
So, we are leaving right now.
Fix an appointment with the advocate before this video leaks.
We also need an affidavit from Dr. Alphonse Kurien
proving mental health and counselling history of Navya.
So, I and Rithika will visit the doctor...
No, Sam.
I'm not going anywhere.
I have to find my child.
So, continue the medicines you're taking now.
And try to avoid things that disturb the mind.
Okay, doctor.
-Sam? -Doctor, there's an urgent matter.
We've to meet the lawyer.
-Give me two minutes. -Okay, I'll wait.
So, we'll follow up after two weeks, okay?
-Okay, sir. -Okay, sir.
Doctor, I've been after the killer for these past two days.
Out of the 5 dead bodies, we dug up from the reservoir on that day,
one belonged to an adult.
And it was buried several days back.
When we were testing, along with the silt soil from the reservoir bed,
we also found traces of Red loam soil commonly seen,
in the southern parts of our city.
When I tracked down the origins of this soil,
Though it was the center of a notorious environmental issue during the 90s,
I came to know about this factory named Titan chemicals.
Doctor, consider this scenario.
A chemical factory that dumps harmful chemicals into the soil,
creates severe environmental issues,
forcing the local residents to organize a protest.
-In order to avoid controversy... -[chaos]
the company are purchasing the immediately surrounding lands
at a high cost from the residents.
But, one of the residents,
had a secret buried in that soil.
To avoid getting caught,
he digs it up from there and re-buries it at a different location.
He hid it in the reservoir bed, where no one would likely look!
This is a list of all the residents who lived there, during those days.
On that list, I've marked one name with red ink.
And that's the serial killer we've been hunting all this while.
[stretcher wheels squeal]
Sofiya, the love of my life.
She was the one who taught me to be a human being.
Even after her demise, I was determined to push forward
For him, my son, Naveen.
From then on, he was my world.
[thunderstorm]
That cancer report shattered my life.
Everything changed from then.
Congratulation, you should throw a party.
My father has come. You needn't go alone in the rain.
-We'll drop you. -Thanks.
Get in.
-Hi, Maya. -Bye.
Bye.
Wow!
-Yeah! You are great! -Yeah!
I don't know how to tell you this.
If there is any chance... Let's pray.
Listen to me.
-Don't run -I can go.
-Leave my hand. -Walk slowly.
-Don't run -Here is my father. Father...
Why are you so happy?
-I was playing right there. -Is it?
Why didn't you play for some more time?
Mother brought me so earlier.
That's her nature.
Alright, you don't worry.
-Aren't we going by plane? -Yes, dear.
Uncle, what's your name?
Tell me, please. You don't have a name?
Let me see this.
What is it? Show it to me.
Uncle, why don't you smile?
Smile, smile like this.
Uncle, won't you smile?
Why are you not smiling? Smile, uncle.
Smile for once.
[muffled voice]
Smile.
-[screaming] -Oh no! My daughter is dead.
[indistinct voices]
Oh no! My daughter is dead.
As I was wreaking the vengeance for my illness, on my victims...
I took great care to keep all these secrets hidden from my son.
I was ready to do anything to prevent my son from having the same childhood,
that I had.
Naveen, what is it, dear?
Come.
Let's go downstairs.
Well, the good news is,
we've got the 'Victim pattern' of the Burma colony killer.
It's a matter of time before we arrest him.
Without fail.
-Stop. Stop. -Stop. Stop.
-Inspect all these vehicles, okay? -Okay, madam.
No vehicle should pass through here unchecked.
Take any suspicious person under immediate custody
- and get back to me. -But Rithika Xavier destroyed everything!
Hence I thought to take revenge on her.
[phone ringing]
Yes, doctor?
Alphonse, you're not going to believe this.
The results of your latest blood tests have come.
Trust me, this is highly positive news for you.
In the entire history of the Andhra police department,
-this must be one of the challenging case. -[indistinct voice]
-Bring him out. -Hey, get down!
-We've only heard of serial killers... -I cannot tell anything now.
-and psychopaths... -Please leave!
through English movies or any novels.
If you undergo a Bone Marrow Transplantation,
you can be completely cured and lead a normal life.
Alphonse?
Doctor, I'll call you back in a couple of minutes.
Okay, okay!
This may be a rarest of the rare cases in our city.
So, not just investigating the case brilliantly but also by
-vigilantly collecting the evidence, -No, questions! Please don't ask anything.
-Rithika Xavier showed her brilliance. -Ravi.
[gasps]
[breathes heavily]
Ravi.
Oh, my child!
With the arrest of this criminal, we need to keep two things in mind.
Firstly,
me and my team will make sure that no other child shall have such a destiny.
Thank you.
He saw his loving father as a depraved animal before he breathed his last.
If the news of my son's death is revealed then I felt that,
everyone would come to know about the terrace and the generator room.
All the children whom I killed...
There will not be any child killing here after.
...I burried my son just like I did for my other victims.
Rithika! Without her, none of this would've happened.
She too would've ended up as my next victim in that generator room.
But No!
She deserved much more than that!
Dear, look at that.
Navya.
My initial plan was to kill that child inch-by-inch.
But fate brought Reuben before me.
And a much more diabolical plan began to form in my mind.
That became the driving force for my life thereafter.
Abducting one more child from Burma colony,
I discredited the case against Ubaid.
Ssh!
I waited for him by the prison gates knowing that he would be released.
I manipulated Ubaid along with Reuben.
That was my master plan against Rithika.
That's what you've all been witnessing to date.
It was me waiting inside that vehicle for the children with Navya.
It was all me!
[sighs]
I'm perfectly aware why I'm alive right now.
Navya!
Whatever you find, including Ubaid's cell phone and the location,
none of you can ever reach where I hid her.
So,
she is my insurance policy.
Navya is here.
There it is.
Xavier, it's locked.
Xavier, look... It's our daughter's uniform.
Navya...
Dear!
My child.
I'm your mother.
Look at me.
I'm your mother.
Honey, I'm your mother.
Don't cry.
[phone beeps]
Doctor, your insurance policy has expired.
I don't care if you found her.
You don't have a single shred of evidence that connects me to this case.
Remember how you cross-matched my blood with that of the killer's?
What happened then?
The DNA profile is considered by every court of law,
as a unique identity marker of an individual.
And yet that too has an exception.
Transplant Chimerism.
As a part of cancer treatment,
when a person receives the bone marrow from another person,
the DNA in the blood of the receiver will change into the DNA of the donor.
But the DNA in their hair, skin, nails,
even the other epithelial cells will all remain the same.
A rare phenomenon of carrying two different DNAs within the same body.
The DNA we collected from the Malavika's chocolate wrapper,
was the old one from his skin cells,
but the blood he gave for testing contained the new DNA.
That was how Dr. Alphonse Kurien escaped.
[device beeping]
The DNA of Alphonse Kurien's skin cells,
is matching perfectly with the Burma colony killer.
It's our rock-solid evidence to lock him down!
All I need is a single hair of yours to prove you are the killer.
[tyres screeching]
[glass shattering]
[honking]
[tyres screeching]
Today, in Xaviers Kitchen, we're trying out a special Mexican dish,
Carne Adovada!
Yes, it's a fantastic dish.
Did they disconnect the camera?
Hello, Rithika, what's up. Everything is set here.
Hi, Xavier. I'm almost done.
I'll meet my sir and come fast. Okay, bye.
Here, this is why, I summoned you here.
This is the casefile of an old cold case.
I know you're spending the next couple of months with your children.
In the meantime, I want you to study this case file.
I'm tasking you with this case, as soon as you join back.
Sure, sir. I can handle that.
-Thank you. -Welcome.
-But sir... -Yes.
I'll need two more persons from Forensics in my team.
-Hello Shikha. -Yes, madam.
We have a new case.
-Okay, Ma'am. -What about Sam, is he free?
-No, he's inside. -Okay.
-Inquiry is in progress. -Okay.
I will call you when it's over.
-Okay, perfect. Take your time. -Okay.
The moment you realized that Alphonse was the killer,
if you had reported to the police,
we could've gotten him alive.
Abducting Navya, Ubaid's murder,
now that he's dead, we're facing tons of unanswered questions.
Sir, it was only once I got in the car,
that I realized that Dr. Alphonse was the killer we were all chasing.
It's very difficult for us to believe that Alphonse, who boarded the car,
with an intention to kill you, simply died in an accident.
Sir, I can't help you out with your difficulty and disbelief.
I've already said this many times,
During the struggle, I lost control over the vehicle
and Dr. Alphones died in the ensuing crash.
I escaped because I was wearing my seatbelt.
Sir, this is my written statement.
[grinding teeth]