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No, sir, monthly once his dad will come here

We have maintenance staff

Where do you work?

- MBA 2nd year

I guess sir does not feature

in your vocabulary?!

I do, Sir

We will be the owners of your place

from now on for a while

Gautham, check every nook and corner in

this place for robbers or toy guns- Sir

Nothing sir

All clear, I checked thoroughly

Trunk?

- Locked, sir

Give me the key

- We came home late last night

Do not know where the key is, sir

Search, it must be in the house

How can it vanish? Get it fast

May take time to search

- Do not give excuses to an officer

Key must be misplaced

Will you not know

where you left the key?

No idea where we kept

- So? Go, search

Let us go

There is no connection between

this murder and these 3 boys

But I am sure they are

hiding something from us

What is your intuition, Gautham?

They need to be watched closely, sir

- Good, do it

Who is AJ?

Sir, our head constable Janardhan

Park the car to a side

Tell me

When...?

Okay Address?

Here, Sir has come

- Hello sir- Sir, please move

Who called the station?

Sir, I did

I am Shruti neighbor, Ganesh

I stay in flat 2B

First witness, huh?

No, sir, I did not even

go into her apartment

Around 7 o clock Shruti friend

knocked on my door

In a state of panic she said the room was

full of blood and Shruti was missing

I had no idea what to do

I dialed 100 at once

Cannot you see the steps?

If the furniture gets damaged,

will you take responsibility?

When did you call the station?

Must be around 7:30 pm, sir

He said he will be here

in 5 minutes

But I had to wait for nearly 2 hours

That is why I called again

15 minutes ago to remind them

What Rajaiah, he called at 7:30 it seems?

Then why were we informed so late?

Sir, one minute

Sir, actually at 7:30

we were near the park

Only the new constable

was in the station

He noted down the address

but forgot to inform us I think, sir

Gautham is also new, right?

Call that constable

Sir, I do not have his phone number

Rajaiah, do not give me such excuses

Call Jana and connect me

I will talk to the guy

Your name?

- Vaishnavi, sir

Explain what happened

in detail to me

Shru

Is this flat key always with you?

- Yes, sir

Every weekend I come here from Guntur

My arrival time is indefinite

So the spare key is always with me

What do you do in Guntur?

- I work in CTS as Program Executive, sir

Do you have your bus ticket?

- Online booking sir

Are you related to Shruti?

- Friend sir, school and college mate

When did you last speak to Shruti?

Yesterday evening, sir

When did you say you came here?

I reached at 6:
30 am, sir

Approximately by 6:45 to 6:50

I came here Sir

Have you not called Shruti mobile?

It is switched off

Rajaiah

- Sir

What happened?

I called him, sir. Not picking up

I think he will call after

seeing my missed call

What happened hubby?

- Something wrong at the neighbors

Got any relatives in Hyderabad?

No, sir

You know Mr. Ganesh well, right?

Not really, I have spoken to him

a couple of times when I was here

Because we cannot allow

anyone inside the house

If you want to refresh, you can in his house

- No problem sir

Mr. Ganesh if you do not mind, can you

accommodate her in your house for few days?

Ok sir, sure

When will all this end?

We still have not got a clear picture of this

Until we resolve this...

...you need to stay only in Hyderabad

I will arrange alternate for your stay,

Do not mind- Ok sir

Where is Gautham?

I will call him, he is talking

to the watchman upstairs

Gautham

- Sir

Ask the watchman to come down

- Sir

Investigate in the other apartments

- Sir

I will send someone from the Crime Branch

Ok?- Ok sir

Sir, let me check around compound once

- Go ahead

Good morning sir- You work night shift

or day shift?- Night shift sir

Yesterday you were in night shift, right?

Yes, sir

Too many flats here

It is tough to remember

Still try to think and tell me

When did Shruti enter her flat?

Do not know the exact time when she left, sir

But when I came for work,

her scooty was parked here

When did you come?

Please do not tell the secretary

I will lose my job, sir

I had gone to my hometown

I came back only at 5:00 am, sir

When did the day shift watchman leave?

He left at 8:
30, sir

Is there a security camera?

What, sir?

Security cam, it is usually fixed

in the parking lot

We do not have all that

Sir, call from the station, he is in line

You carry on

Who?

- Suresh, the new constable

Suresh- Good morning sir

You joined work only yesterday

New atmosphere You are very young

Because of these reasons

when someone complains...

...no rules stipulate you should not

inform higher officials, Suresh

Sir, please forgive me

I thought it was a prank call

- Prank calls?

Seemed like he was telling me

a serious issue in a playful way, sir

Listen carefully Mr. Suresh.

Our network works like

When someone calls saying emergency...

...it will not come to our station

It goes to the control room

The control room will receive the complaint

And only then inform our police station

Officers in the control room will not

know the seriousness of this situation

So, they speak of everything lightly Suresh

Understood?

Sorry sir, I should not say reasons

But I am new to the job sir and thus...

It is ok. Please learn the basics

- Ok sir- One more thing

Think and let me know

Any other key piece of information

we missed?

You are in Shruti flat in Saroj Prayag

Apartments, right sir?

Yes

Shruti came to our station yesterday

and complained about eve teasing, sir

Against whom?

Did not give a proper address, sir

But she specified the area

as Ambedkar Nagar

The boys name is Mano, sir

Who is Mano?

- Sir, me- Sit

Why did they bring us?

I will ask you some questions now

Just answer yes or no

Okay...?

Do you know Shruti living

in Saroj Prayag apartments?

Yes, sir

Have you spoken to her?

Yes, sir

Have you always followed her?

No, sir

- Threatened to kill her?

- No way, sir

You said you know her

10 days ago

That girl was riding a scooty

She almost banged into our car

She apologized and accepted

it was her fault and left, sir

That is all sir

That was the first time I met her

Did she ride fast or

were you going fast?

She was the one who swerved

too much to the left

You look decent

Then why did she complain

against you for eve teasing?

When did you last see that girl?

10 days ago when this incident happened sir

- Oh

Sir, can you please tell us why

you called us to the station?

Good.. Finally looks like

you used the word sir

Shruti who lived in Saroj Prayag near your house

is missing- Complaint- Ok sir

The interesting part here is...

...she has lodged an eve teasing complaint

against a Mano residing in Ambedkar Nagar

So I think, this reason is good enough

to investigate you!

Is he the only Mano in our area?

Yes...sir!

If you do not believe me...

...check the voters list

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