Good morning. - Good morning, sir. - Morning.
Good morning, sir. - Good morning.
Who are they? - That boy got an admission for engineering.
He is good at studies. But he can't afford higher education.
Your dad sent them.
But how can we help them?
We are already spending a lot of money on charity.
Your dad told us not to help when I informed him about our situation.
Shall I ask them to leave?
No. Dad sent them, didn't he?
Ask him to meet me at the bungalow in the evening. - Okay, sir.
Who is it?
Can't you hear me?
Here's your fare.
Hello, sir.
Don't tell anyone that I help you.
May God bless you.
Thank you for being so kind to us.
Okay. See you.
Hello. - Brother, it's me.
Please come here at once. - I am sorry, Preethu.
I have a lot of work here.
You can leave in a jiffy. But I want to meet you today.
Okay, I will try. - Thank you, Brother.
Even I am seeing this thing for the first time.
How can you be so sure that this thing fell off his hands?
Otherwise, this thing would never be there.
He will come again. I am sure about that as well.
Leave it. Why did you want to meet me?
Yesterday, Dad was talking about
my wedding with Kishore.
Oh! Did you ask me to come down for this?
We have decided about it long back!
Everyone is waiting for him to come back from Hyderabad
after training, to conduct the wedding ceremony.
That is the reason I asked you to come here.
I can't marry Kishore.
I am in love with someone. - What did you say?
You have to help me, please.
Nobody can help you out in this matter.
Because you are not an ordinary girl.
You are the princess of the royal family.
The Royal princess.
None of us can decide
whom you should get married to.
We have to follow the traditions we've been following for years.
According to the traditions, you have to marry Kishore.
I didn't say that I won't follow the traditions.
I love a man who can marry me according to our tradition.
Do you mean Vivek?
Why not? He's from the royal family.
That is not enough.
His mother married a man
from a lower caste against our traditions.
Right then they lost all rights of the royal family.
Still, our father forgave her because of his kindness.
He will be betraying our father if he claims you
after growing up under the shade of our father.
How can you be so old-fashioned?
Both Vivek and Kishore are related to us in the same way.
Both of them have equal rights to marry me.
But I fell in love with Vivek.
What makes him special?
Was he ever able to compete with Kishore in anything?
He never lagged behind.
Vivek became an IPS officer, just like Kishore.
It's better if we don't discuss it.
He was a useless in the IPS training.
Kishore is a gold medallist.
He loves you ever since childhood.
He will be hurt if we say this to him now.
Why don't you think about my pain?
The pain of losing the one I loved since childhood..
Whom should I share that with?
Other than you and dad.
When we were kids, both Kishore and you
never included Vivek while playing.
I gave him company, when he used to cry over it.
From that day I wanted to make sure that he doesn't fail anywhere.
I forced him to pursue IPS. He never liked it.
Because he should never feel inferior
not only to Kishore, but to anyone.
Now you tell me.
What is more important to you, my happiness or the traditions?
I don't know how to help you.
But remember that
your happiness is my prime concern.
Let's keep this between us for now.
I will tell everyone when the right time comes.
Also, ask him to call me tomorrow.
Hello, Vivek Shankar IPS. - It's me.
Why didn't go to the office today? - Just like that.
Tell me, what's the problem?
Please listen to me patiently. I am going to tell you something.
I am going to resign.
What are you talking about?
I won't fit into this uniform.
You know that I never wanted to be a police officer.
I took up this profession only because you asked me to.
Who told you that this profession doesn't suit you?
Tell me one person who hasn't said that.
I don't have the intelligence or personality of a police officer.
I look like a clown in the police uniform.
You can be a good police officer if you want to.
For that, you should keep aside your inferiority complex.
You must have an IPS degree if you want to marry me.
So don't think about resigning.
Investigation isn't everyone's cup of tea, Preethu.
I don't have the competence this job demands, unlike Kishore.
I don't want a ruthless investigating machine like Kishore.
I want a compassionate police officer.
You have it in you, Vivek.
By the way, I talked to my brother about us yesterday.
Things won't be easy. Still, he has promised to help us.
If possible, please call him right now.
I'll call him tonight. - Why don't you call now?
Kishore will receive the gold medal in today's function.
I am running late. - Then go fast.
But don't forget to call him at night. - Okay, bye.
And finally, this year's police training medal goes to
Kerala cadre. The winner is Kishore Varma.
Hello. - Preethu, Kishore here.
My hearty congratulations.
Thank you. Thanks a lot.
Is the party over? - No, it's still going on.
I thought I'd call before everyone sleeps.
Dad is not home yet.
I didn't call to talk to him. I called to talk to you.
You should have been here today.
You were on my mind when I got the medal.
Hello, why aren't you responding?
Preethu, I'll call you later. Good night.
By the way, I talked to my brother about us yesterday.
Things won't be easy. Still, he has promised to help us.
If possible, please call him, right now.
'FINGER PRINT'
The body should be moved to the lab soon after the inquest. - Yes, sir.
No one should be allowed inside without my permission. - Yes, sir.
Hello. - We are on the way, Dad.
Where did you reach?
Thampuran was asking about you.
Dad, how are uncle and Preethu?
I'll tell you once you reach. Okay.
Stop. Thampuran has ordered not to allow anyone inside.
Tell him that Krishnaprasad has come.
He doesn't want to see anyone now.
You can wait over there if you want.
Come.
I want to talk to Kishore in private.
I could have talked to Praveen for one last time
had I called him when you asked me to.
Now..
All we can do now is to find the culprit.
Uncle insists that we investigate this case.
Home minister has been called and arrangements have been made.
We are going to the IG office now, to take charge of this case.
Vivek, come.
This case has been entrusted to you on department's special interest.
Because this is a complicated case.
Also, the man who got killed was your relative.
Take it as a challenge. - Yes, sir.
We haven't found out any fingerprints yet.
Some perfume has been sprayed at the crime scene
so that it's impossible for the sniffer dog to smell.
The culprit is very smart. He has destroyed all the evidence.
Listen to this.
Even if the culprit destroys all the evidence
God will leave behind an evidence to find the criminal.
We call it God's fingerprint.
You will succeed if you're able to find it out.
All the best. - Thank you, sir.
The killer's intention was to destroy the evidence.
Because he used vegetable oil along with petrol to burn the body.
If you add vegetable oil to petrol, even the bones get burned.
The killer is very clever.
He has challenged us.
Not only here, he hasn't left any evidence
in the room where the murder happened.
Come.
At the time of death, Praveen was lying over there.
Because that's where the blood has settled down.
From there, the body was dragged out.
The killer must have been alone.
Because if there was more than one person
the body wouldn't have been dragged out.
The body would have been lifted.
This is a type of plastic named Bakelite.
This is used to manufacture the handle of knives and daggers.
It could have fallen off from the murderer's weapon.
Take a look at it.
I questioned a few people in the neighbourhood.
It had started to rain at 11:00 p.m.
When Vivek called at 10:30 p.m, the phone was off the hook.
So the murder must have happened between 10 p.m and 10:30 p.m.
But I am concerned about something.
This is Praveen's pelvic bone.
It's looks odd.
Look for all possibilities in the case.
Suspect everyone in the beginning.
Once you get enough evidence to prove people innocent
check them out of the suspect's list.
No matter how unexpected the suspect's list turns out to be
that might be the truth.
I'm telling you this as you're also members of the royal family.
Both of you must approach this case with an open mind.
Question everybody in the palace including your relatives.
Because
before you look at the outlaws, you must look at the in-laws.
I'm hurt more by this death than you both.
It's not because he was my relative or my business partner.
Praveen was my close friend.
Did he have any enemies in business? - No.
Any financial problems? - None that I know of.
The company accountant, Jayakrishnan
knows about it better than I do.
Thank you, Mr. Murali Mohan. - It's okay.
Not only because we're relatives
we need your help as a criminal lawyer also. - Sure.
Aren't you Jayakrishnan, the accountant? - Yes, sir.
Did Praveen have any financial problems?
No, sir. All his companies are doing well.
How did Praveen treat the staff?
He was just like his father. He used to help everyone.
A lot of people come here seeking help.
What kind of help? - Mostly financial help.
But he sent many of them empty-handed recently.
What's the reason?
We didn't do well in the export business this year.
Did anything suspicious happen recently?
Yes, there is something that I remember.
A few days ago, I saw a young man leaving his room, teary-eyed.
Teary-eyed? - Yes, he had tears in his eyes.
Will you be able to recognize him? - Yes, sir.
Do you remember the date of his visit?
I don't remember the exact date.
It happened between the past two weeks.
He came in the afternoon, around 3 p.m.
You have a visitor's register here, don't you? - Yes, sir.
What details do you record in it?
The visitor's name, address and their contact number.
I want the details of all visitors in the past two weeks
as soon as possible. - Sure, sir.
I want you to track down all the young men in the list.
You must take their photographs without their knowledge.
Okay, sir. - Here's the list, sir.
There are 47 entries in total.
Number one. Chandrasekharan.
Was he the one? - No.
What about him? - He's the one. I'm sure.
What is his name?
Devaraj Warrier.
I went to meet Mr. Praveen that day because his dad had asked me to.
Why was that? - For my sister, Deepa.
She studied dance at Kalamandalam.
She wanted to go to Chennai for further studies.
But our family is not well off to afford that.
We approached Mr. Praveen's father for help.
He promised to take care of all the expenses.
He asked me to collect the money from Mr. Praveen's office.
That's why I went to Praveen's office.
But Mr. Praveen told me that he couldn't give the money.
Why did he say that? - I don't know, sir.
His attitude hurt me.
He had never behaved that way before.
His demeanour was very different.
Why did you cry?
I cried because my sister's dreams were shattered, sir.
She had packed her bags and was waiting to go.
I pleaded. But he refused to help us.
Was there anybody other than you in Praveen's room? - No, sir.
But he seemed upset.
Did he receive any phone calls while you were talking to him?
Yes, sir. He had received a call.
Do you know who called him? - No, sir.
But.. - What is it? Tell us.
It might be a feeling.
I felt that he was afraid of somebody after he got the call.
Who could that be?
If Praveen had received a phone call that made him upset
that would only be Krishnaprasad's phone call.
Because Praveen was worried
after Krishnaprasad's advent.
Krishnaprasad came to meet Thampuran four months ago.
That day, there was a fight between Praveen and Krishnaprasad.
Get out of here! - Praveen!
I don't want to see you again!
The truth will remain the same even if you throw me out.
I don't want your wealth.
I just want you to accept that I am your son.
You have the nerve to say that nonsense again!
Don't you dare to come here again to say this!
Didn't you hear what father said? Get the hell out of here!
This palace is no place for bastards like you.
What did you say?
Praveen.. - I will.. - Let go.
Let go of each other! Clear out!
Don't think that it's all over. I will come again!
Everybody who called me a bastard will call me the king that day!
I know what to do.
I didn't feel he said that out of anger.
Nor was his visit coincidental.
He had some intentions.
I won't say that he killed Praveen just because of that.
But Krishnaprasad is the one
who is benefited the most by Praveen's death.
Because if Thampuran acknowledges Krishnaprasad
as his son, he would be Praveen's elder brother.
Then on Thampuran's death
Krishnaprasad would be the next in line.
Praveen didn't like anybody else being Thampuran's successor.
The dispute regarding that might have led to Praveen's murder.
Uncle, do you know who Krishnaprasad's mother is?
Nobody knows it.
There's only one person who might know that.
Thampuran's most trusted friend, Kuttan Thampuran.
I accidentally burnt by buttocks!
Uncle, we'll come back later.
We have a lot of questions to ask you.
You're not in a position to talk to us now.
I don't talk with my ass, do I?
I talk with my mouth.
Aren't you done yet? That's enough.
You never stop rubbing a good spot, do you?
You are here to know about Krishnaprasad, aren't you?
His mother was the princess of a palace that no longer exists.
She is from a royal family.
But her son doesn't possess all those qualities.
I wouldn't say it was Krishnaprasad who killed Praveen.
Because there's another person who'd be benefitted
by Praveen's death more than anybody.
Who's that? - The lawyer, Mr. Murali Mohan.
The estate worth millions
is jointly owned by Praveen and Murali Mohan.
But if one of them dies
the rights of the property will be passed on to the other person.
That law was implemented to avoid the problems
of unowned lands, after the end of the King's rule.
But I don't feel that Murali Mohan is crooked.
You won't feel. That's his advantage.
Do you know the reason he says for his wife's disappearance?
He told everyone that his wife had illicit affairs with many men.
And that she ran away with somebody.
But that's not what people think.
There's a talk that he killed his wife to get hold of her properties.
Even though the police investigated
she could never be found.
That case is still unsolved.
You have to suspect him too.
That's true.
Murali Mohan is benefitted by Praveen's death.
But he can never kill Praveen.
Because he is good at heart.
He had a good relationship with Praveen.
And Kishore, as you doubt
Krishnaprasad could never harm him.
Because he is also my son.
So, were you ready to acknowledge Krishnaprasad as your son?
I wasn't ready to accept him.
I threw him out of here, every time he came here to fight.
Later, I realised that he was right.
But Praveen didn't agree with your decision, did he?
Krishnaprasad fought with Praveen many a time for that reason.
Am I right? - Yes, you are.
Yet, Krishnaprasad isn't cruel enough to kill his brother.
I am not as intelligent as you two.
But I have a doubt that bothers me.
Why did the killer burn Praveen's body?
So that the evidence could be destroyed.
No, there is some other reason behind it.
A reason that none of us know about.
That's what you should find out.
Brother showed me this, the day before he died.
What did Praveen say about that?
He felt that somebody was watching him from the garden.
But when he went to the garden, nobody was there.
That's where he found this.
So the killer has something to do with this.
After that incident
I felt that he was afraid of someone.
You continue, I'll be right back. - Okay.
I don't know what to do, Vivek.
When he died, I not only lost a brother
but also a person whom I could depend upon for all my problems.
He had promised me that
he would talk to father about our wedding.
What is it, Dad?
I have an important thing to tell you.
With Praveen's death
the heir to the royal throne will be changed.
As per the royal system
Preethu's husband would become the new heir to the throne.
As per the custom, Preethu is supposed to be your wife.
You'd become the heir to the throne if you marry her.
The heir to the throne has the ultimate power.
Kshatriyas value the throne more than anything else.
So the most important thing for you now
is to win Preethu's heart.
Dad, is that our prime concern now?
Shouldn't we find out who killed Praveen?
Yes, I agree. But you must not forget about this.
Look at that.
Subhadra's son also loves Preethu.
You should be careful. It's a woman's heart.
It can waver.
Like you said, the investigation is more important now.
Whoever investigates the case
in the end, you must be the one who finds out who killed Praveen.
Only then, Thampuran will have hopes on you.
I know that I'm not supposed to talk to you about this
when you're devastated by your brother's death.
Still, I have to tell you this.
Your wedding should happen at the earliest.
This is life. Nobody can predict anything.
After my death, the relatives would try to get into power.
They might even take away
your very right to the throne.
Nobody can be trusted.
So I have to get you married to Kishore in no time.
Please forgive me, Dad.
It's not Kishore whom I love
but Vivek. - What?
W-What are you saying?
Hadn't you promised me that you'd never break the royal customs?
And now, you're..
What happened to you? - I know, Dad.
It just happened.
I wouldn't have stood against your wedding with Preethu
if my son had been alive.
But now, Preethu's marriage is not something
which can be decided with her consent alone.
It is also concerned with the inheritor to the throne.
I am not the one who created royalty.
It is passed on from one generation to another.
There are rules and customs in here
to see to that it's passed on to the rightful person.
Hence, I have no other option
but to marry off my daughter to Kishore.
That's inevitable.
Preethu wouldn't understand all this.
The immaturity of her age and her love for you..
She may even try to go against my decision
and marry you.
But then, she will have to leave the palace.
Just the way your mother was thrown out from here.
You know that, don't you?
That incident still haunts you.
Do you want to drag Preethu into a similar situation?
I don't want my daughter to stay here as an inmate
when she's supposed to be the princess of this palace.
So..
So, you must try to convince her that this won't work.
And then, you must end this relationship
with her consent.
But Preethu should never know that I made you do this.
You must convince her in such a way that she doesn't doubt you.
She must come out of this relation wholeheartedly.
My sister betrayed me once.
Still, I let you in this palace
and took care of you like my son.
Will you betray me like your mother did, back then?
I've been trying to reach you since morning.
Why didn't you call back?
Did you think that I wouldn't realise if you try to avoid me?
I didn't avoid your calls intentionally.
I was stuck with the case since morning.
I have to submit the report to the IG tomorrow.
I don't have you on my mind right now.
I have to find Praveen's killer. That is all I can think of now.
I knew it.
First, you wouldn't attend my calls.
Then, you wouldn't call me back.
And then, would give me infinite excuses for doing that.
Finally, you'd ask me to let go of you.
This is cowardice.
Yes, I'm a coward.
I'm not a Kshatriya to fight against your royal family.
I'm just a poor Shudra. - Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.
Vivek, your inferiority complex
is the root cause of all problems.
If you prove yourself to be a dedicated officer
everybody's opinion about you will change
including my father's.
I'll do whatever you say.
From now, I'll not call you and take your time.
But you must concentrate on the case from now.
No matter who investigates the case
you should find my brother's killer.
Sorry, I'm late, sir. Can I?
Kishore, who usually brings you here on time everyday
left without telling you today. Isn't that what happened?
Exactly, sir.
Try to make an identity of your own
instead of being somebody else's shadow.
Sure, sir.
I'll try to be an officer and a gentleman.
Okay. Let's come to the point.
I want to know about your findings in the case till date.
I mean, who is the prime suspect now?
We can't be sure yet.
But I suspect Krishnaprasad.
It was because of Praveen's disapproval that Thampuran
didn't accept Krishnaprasad as his son.
The fight for that reason might have resulted in Praveen's murder.
It is possible.
Vivek, do you have anything to say? - Sir, it..
There's a problem with Kishore's deduction, sir.
How the killer entered the bungalow is important.
There's no sign of a break in.
So Praveen must have opened the door himself.
He would never open the door to his enemy, Krishnaprasad.
So, he must have opened the doors to somebody he knew.
To be precise
the killer must be a person who was close to Praveen.
Do you suspect anybody? - I can't be sure yet.
Yet, I suspect Mr. Murali Mohan.
There are many reasons for that.
First of all
Murali Mohan would be benefitted the most by Praveen's death.
Secondly, he's from the palace.
Praveen would open the doors for him without hesitation.
The third reason. His wife's disappearance.
No, he'd never do that.
Because Murali Mohan is the one who'd be benefitted
the most by Praveen's death.
In that case, whoever investigates the case
would suspect him first.
Being a criminal lawyer, Murali Mohan knows that
better than anybody else.
So, he wouldn't do it.
I would have agreed with what Kishore said
only if Murali Mohan was an ordinary man.
But as he is a criminal lawyer, he knows very well
that anybody who investigates would think the way Kishore did.
That's his greatest defence.
He must be surely suspected, sir.
Both of you have got a point.
Krishnaprasad and Murali Mohan must be equally suspected.
So Kishore can investigate against Krishnaprasad. - Yes, sir.
And Vivek can investigate against Murali Mohan. - Sir.
I expect your report within 24 hours. - Yes, sir.
That's all for the time being, gentlemen.
Thank you. - Thank you, sir.
There's a competition between them. - Let them compete.
Only then will they think about all the possibilities in the case.
Do you think that I did this? - Never.
I summoned you for an interview. It's just a formality.
What do you do? - I run a workshop.
Where? - Near Chitra theatre, in the town.
What time do you close the workshop?
Around 7:30 p.m. - What do you do after that?
I usually go to the bar. - Which bar? - Amrita bar.
What do you drink? - Brandy.
How much do you drink? - I have two drinks mostly.
Do you mix soda or water? - Soda.
So, do you have dinner at home?
No, at the bar.
What do you eat? - 'Parotta' and chicken curry.
How many 'Parotta' do you have usually? - Four.
Did you go to the bar on the day Praveen got killed?
Try to remember. Did you go?
Yes, I did.
Didn't you have more drinks than you usually do, that day?
No. - Are you sure?
It was a regular day for me.
I had the same amount of drinks that I usually have.
What did you do after that? - I went home as usual.
I got up the next day at 6 a.m.
Was it then you found out about Praveen's death?
No, I learnt about it on my way to the workshop.
Then? - I went to the palace. But they didn't let me in.
Isn't this yours?
What is this? - Don't you know what this is?
No. It's not mine.
Okay. You can leave if you have nothing more to say.
Mr. Murali, how long has it been since your wife went missing?
It's been six months now.
What was the problem between the both of you?
She had illicit relationships with men.
Where were you the night she went missing?
I'm the secretary of the Bar Association.
We had an executive meeting that day.
I stayed at a hotel that night, with friends. That's usual.
What about the night Praveen was killed?
I was at Thiruvananthapuram that day.
I was at Kartik Prasanna's house. He's the district judge.
He's a relative of mine.
So you weren't here when both the incidents took place!
No, I was not here. That's correct.
With Praveen's death
you became the sole owner of the estate, didn't you?
Wouldn't Praveen be the sole owner if I died before he did?
Mr. Murali, do you remember where you lost this?
What is this? It's not mine.
Whose could it be then?
Isn't it your job to find that out?
Anything else? - No, you can leave. - Thank you.
Mr. Vivek, I can guess what you must have heard about me.
There's no truth in that.
Don't waste your time on me.
The real killer is getting away with every minute you waste.
Why did you ask us to come immediately, Doctor?
We have a major development in the case.
Didn't I tell you that Praveen's pelvic bone was peculiar?
What I thought was right.
This bone isn't Praveen's, but a woman's.
A woman's? - Yes.
Before Praveen's body was burnt
a woman's body was burnt in that same spot.
This bone was left unburnt because of the rain.
Who could be that woman?
It could be my brother's girlfriend.
Did Praveen have a girlfriend? - Yes.
Once, I had seen him with a woman.
He avoided me whenever I asked about her.
When I pressurised him
he admitted that she was his girlfriend.
He also made me promise to keep it a secret.
But he never told me about her whereabouts.
Drat! How do we find who she is?
We've come to a dead end.
I had thought so too.
But God has left a clue for us.
There's a surgical scar on that woman's bone.
The scar must be four years old.
Usually, people who have met with accidents
require these kind of surgeries.
Fifty-seven hospitals in Kerala have the facilities to do this.
I have sent a message to all those hospitals.
I asked them to send us the details of all the surgeries
done on women of age between 15 and 25
in motor accident cases.
Then? - They sent around 200 such cases.
This X-Ray was sent from Cherupushpam Hospital at Pala.
The scar on the deceased woman's bone
is in the same spot as the one in the X-Ray.
Excellent! Whose X-Ray is this?
Rajani. S. Nair, Mangalath House, Irapuram.
This is Rajani's house. But she doesn't have parents.
I'm her aunt.
What about her parents? - They died in a car accident.
She was the only survivor.
Does Rajani have a job? - Yes.
She works at the Eastline Company's office.
What's her position? - Private secretary.
When did Rajani leave? - On Wednesday, the 12th.
It's been so many days. Why didn't you inquire about her?
She usually goes on official tours.
Sometimes she returns home
after a week or two if she leaves for Chennai.
What kind of a girl is Rajani?
She changed a lot after the death of her parents.
But she loved me a lot.
Do you have her photo? - Yes, I do.
Did she cause any trouble, sir?
It wasn't she who created trouble. But someone else.
Please don't be upset.
Rajani was murdered by someone last Saturday. - What?
Yes, she was the one I saw the other day.
Father wouldn't let Praveen marry a private secretary.
She was from a lower caste too.
That might be the reason brother kept it as a secret.
She must have come to meet brother without father's knowledge.
She must have been killed to destroy the evidence.
But that's not the thing that confuses me.
Why would she have gone to meet him at the bungalow in the night?
We can go on with the investigation only if we know about it.
Anyway, I'll be inspecting the crime scene again.
We failed to notice something in our previous inspection.
A very important one. - What is it, sir?
The killer's footprints are spread all over here.
Look where the footprints lead to.
The killer has gone to the backyard.
I don't think he went to the backyard to escape.
Because the killer has come back again.
If that's the case, why did he go out?
That's what we failed to notice.
He must have gone to find a place to burn the body.
Not at all.
Because if he had intended to burn the body secretly
he wouldn't have burnt it in the front yard.
Then? - There's only one possibility.
He must've gone out to hide his weapon.
If the weapon was to be hidden, even after the body was burnt
it must be a weapon that couldn't be burnt.
Most probably, a weapon made out of metal.
In that case, we'll be able to find it easily.
Shekhar. - Sir.
It's an iron rod, sir. There are bloodstains on it.
There are bloodstains on this shirt too.
Does the collar have the name of the tailor shop?
Yes, sir.
Wasn't this shirt tailored by you? - Yes, sir.
When did you stitch this shirt?
Here it is, sir.
It's the uniform shirt usually used in mechanical workshops.
There was an order for four shirts.
Where have you entered the details of the customer?
I have entered it in the first column, sir.
Two of you can cover that exit.
And the other two can cover that side.
What is the matter? - I will tell you.
Where are you off to? - I'm going to meet a friend of mine.
Do you have to pack your bag for that?
Isn't this your shirt? - Yes.
How does it have Praveen's bloodstains on it?
Praveen's blood? - Yes.
We have conducted a DNA test and confirmed it.
Tell us the truth. You killed Praveen, didn't you?
I haven't killed anybody. - Okay.
According to your statement
you were at Amrita Bar from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m
on the night Praveen was killed.
You had Brandy, soda, four 'Parotta'
and chicken curry, didn't you?
The bill at Amrita bar would be Rs. 95.50 for what you ate.
This is the invoice of Amrita Bar.
They haven't given anybody a bill of Rs. 95.50
between 8 p.m and 9 p.m on that day.
Didn't you lie about going to the bar?
Catch him!
Shit!
I'm very happy that they found out my brother's killer.
My only disappointment is that you couldn't do it, Vivek.
I can't even imagine another.. - No, Preethu.
I'm not worthy enough to love you.
Who told you that? - No one told me.
But that's the truth.
No one in the palace will approve of our relationship.
The only way for us is to marry without their consent.
But it's not a right thing to do.
Why do you have to overthink?
We are supposed to separate someday. For sure!
So, it's better to put an end to this relationship by ourselves.
How can you talk like this?
We knew it wouldn't be easy, didn't we?
These problems are not new to us, are they?
Don't talk to me like this ever again.
Unlike the police think, it's not out of fear
that Krishnaprasad escaped.
His wants to take revenge.
When we threw him away from the palace, the other day
he had challenged us.
He said that he will make sure that the people
who called him a bastard, will call him the king.
Now, I understand what he meant.
He wants to become the successor
of Thampuran after his death.
He can't be the heir as long as Praveen and Preethu are alive.
That's why he killed Praveen.
So he will kill Preethu as well.
If Preethu also dies, like Praveen
Krishnaprasad will be the only successor to the throne.
So, after Thampuran's death
Krishnaprasad will be the legal heir to all the assets.
Even if he is in the jail, he can become the next king.
All the assets will be his when he returns after the sentence.
If Preethu is killed, you can never be the royal heir.
It's your need to save Preethu's life.
Likewise, it's Krishnaprasad's need to kill Preethu.
You should catch Krishnaprasad at the earliest.
Otherwise, he will kill Preethu also.
The police are doing their best to catch Krishnaprasad.
But I don't understand what you say.
My conscience says so, I don't know why.
Krishnaprasad is not the culprit. It's someone else.
If he was innocent, why would he lie to us?
Why did he escape from the police?
It might be out of fear.
You must be mistaken.
You should reinvestigate the case.
Please don't mind.
You can assign somebody for further investigation
if you're not satisfied with my inquest.
But don't tell me to investigate this case again.
This is not a normal case.
The one who is going to get punished is my son.
Don't forget that!
The one who got killed is also your son. You don't forget that.
Dad, if you are sure that Krishnaprasad is innocent
I'll tell you an idea.
We can ask Vivek to reopen the case.
Vivek? No!
I want Kishore to investigate the case.
Kishore will agree if you ask him.
Kishore won't reopen this case even if I request him.
That's why I tell you, let Vivek investigate.
Vivek can save Krishnaprasad if he is innocent.
I trust Vivek.
Vivek will agree if you say.
If I reopen a case which was investigated by Kishore
he might think that I'm challenging him.
The department might not allow it.
Dad will deal with the department.
Not only that, he'll surely oppose
if I reopen this case.
It might turn out to be a competition between us.
It will be a bad reputation for you
if your nephews fight each other.
That's why I said, I am not ready to compete with Kishore.
Please don't force me.
Vi..
Dad..
Do you believe me now?
Do you know why Thampuran is trying to save him?
It's not only the love for his son, there is another reason.
If you become the royal heir after marrying Preethu
the tile of King will be passed to our family.
Thampuran might not approve of that.
If he accepts Krishnaprasad as his son
he will become the heir to the royal throne.
Then the title of the King
will forever be with the successors in his bloodline.
That's why he is trying to prove him innocent
and free him from the sentence.
Dear, we should make use of this opportunity.
I'm not asking you to do anything wrong.
You should spare Krishnaprasad if he is innocent.
Don't put him in jail unless he is proven guilty.
But if he is the killer
he should be imprisoned.
Don't listen to Thampuran's words and let him escape.
One of my sons is dead.
I will kill myself
if they punish my other son for murdering him.
I considered Kishore and Vivek just like Praveen.
Still, they didn't help me
when I had a problem.
Don't worry, Dad.
I will request Vivek to reopen the case.
But you should promise me something in return. - What is it?
If Vivek is not able
to prove Krishnaprasad's innocence
I will marry Kishore as you said.
But if Vivek proves Krishnaprasad's innocence
I will marry only Vivek.
Dart! What nonsense have you done?
You should not have made him promise something like this.
What should have I done, then?
I'll lose dad if I don't follow the customs of the palace.
Otherwise, I'll lose you.
What else should I do in such a situation?
Dad will approve of our wedding if you save Krishnaprasad.
I never thought that he would agree to that condition
but he agreed without any discontent.
That's what makes me wonder.
But I'm not amazed at all.
Uncle knows that I can't solve the case.
That's why he agreed to this condition.
Do you know why I agreed to this condition?
Because I am sure that you can solve this.
Hey, it's not as easy as you think.
Kishore has investigated this case brilliantly.
Even if I reopen the case
I should be able to prove that the killer is someone else.
If it's proved again that the killer is Krishnaprasad himself
it will be a black mark in my career.
I will become a clown in front of the department.
That's why I say, I'm not ready to challenge Kishore.
Don't consider this as a challenge.
It's an attempt to find the truth. That's all!
You can't give up now.
I have given you all my love.
You should do this for me.
You should return the faith I gave you all this while.
Why did you love me if you're ready to lose me to Kishore?
Forget that!
What if Krishnaprasad is innocent?
Saving the innocent is as important
as punishing the guilty, isn't it?
Dad was right.
Krishnaprasad is also my brother.
I can't see Krishnaprasad being punished for Praveen's murder.
Now, you can decide.
Which part of Kishore's investigation
are you not satisfied with?
There are many doubts, sir.
I had mentioned it before.
The first one is that the murderer entered the house
when Praveen opened the door for him.
There haven't been any explanation on Krishnaprasad's matter till now.
Rajani is the answer for that.
Krishnaprasad kidnapped Rajani and went to the bungalow with her.
He might have threatened to kill her if he didn't open the door.
Praveen opened the door in order to save his girlfriend.
Krishnaprasad killed Rajani as she was the only witness.
That is what happened.
If Krishnaprasad is not the killer
how did Praveen's blood spill on his shirt?
There is only one possibility.
The actual killer is somebody else, who is very intelligent.
First, he got hold of Krishnaprasad's shirt.
Then he spilt Praveen's blood on that shirt, after killing him.
He buried the shirt in the garden where it could be spotted easily.
That's what really happened.
Why did the convict burn the body and not the shirt
which was the main evidence?
That's why I said that
the aim of the convict was to trap Krishnaprasad.
There is a clear intention behind why he burnt the body.
It's not just to destroy the evidence, as Kishore says.
If it was so, why did he burn the body in front of the bungalow?
Had he burnt it somewhere else
we might have never found out that the deceased was Praveen.
Krishnaprasad would be suspected only if the deceased
was found to be Praveen.
That's why he burnt the body in front of the bungalow.
If that was the case, body shouldn't have been burnt at all!
Rajani is the answer for that question.
He didn't want anyone to know that she had a role in this.
Otherwise, the investigation will turn towards the real killer.
That's why I said
that the killer's main intention was to burn Rajani's body.
He burnt Praveen's body along with Rajani's to hide it.
To be frank, if things had gone the way he had thought
we would've never known about Rajani's death at all.
But the rain spoiled all his plans.
If there is a murderer as you said, arrest him, Vivek.
Then I'll admit that I was wrong.
Sir, I strongly believe that Krishnaprasad is the killer.
If he was innocent, why did he escape from the police custody?
If my theories are correct, he has just started with his plans.
You might be right.
Along with that, let Vivek also investigate.
How can we again.. - What's wrong in it?
We want the case to be solved, no matter who investigates.
So I'm going to reopen the case.
Vivek, you may proceed. - Thank you, sir.
Why are you so adamant about saving Krishnaprasad?
Why are you so adamant about punishing Krishnaprasad?
If I am the one who investigated the case
I will make sure that he gets the punishment he deserves.
If I am the one who reopened the case
I know how to save him as well.
We'll see what happens! - Of course, we will!
Who is that?
I'm coming.
Who is that?
Dear Praveen. Why are you scaring your uncle?
I'll give back all the money that I borrowed
to your father. Is that okay?
Oh, God!
Whoever it is, tell me who you are!
Who knocked the door?
Come in front of me if you dare.
I'll chop your head off!
I've seen many a wars.
Even the great Tipu Sultan
was not able to find me and my hiding place.
How dare you scare me!
I'll show you!
The fever has subsided now, but there is still dysentery.
It's not because that I'm scared.
He has taken Rs. 30,000
which I had saved for my Rishikesh tour.
That's the reason for diarrhoea.
I'll have to go to Rishikesh to get better.
I don't think it will happen ever in my life.
Even though I'm from the royal family of Kochi
I might be destined to die from dysentery.
Don't worry, Uncle. I'll give you the money.
Please inform me if he comes again.
I don't think that he will come again.
I'm sure he will be somewhere near.
He has business to be finished!
There was a drawback in the way we investigated so far.
The investigation was focussed only on Krishnaprasad.
No one investigated on Rajani's death.
We can't conclude this case without knowing her part in this.
We should know how Rajani was killed.
We didn't find any other weapons, sir.
So, it might the iron rod itself.
There is one way to confirm it.
Praveen's blood type is A positive. Rajani's blood type is AB positive.
If the killer used the same weapon to kill Rajani
there must be her blood on the rod along with Praveen's blood.
Shareef, please check it. - Sir.
Well, this is Rajani's telephone diary.
There is a peculiarity in the number which is saved as Deepa.
It the number of Devaraj whom we questioned before.
So, what is the relation between Deepa and Devaraj?
This is my sister, Deepa.
Are you the one whom Thampuran had agreed to sponsor? - Yes, sir.
What do you do?
I run a dance school near my house.
How do you know Rajani? - I met her on a bus.
You were good friends, weren't you?
Yes, at first. - What happened later?
I put an end to the friendship. - What's the reason?
I realised that she was a bad woman.
What do you mean?
Don't be scared. You can tell him.
Rajani was a call girl.
Call girl? - Yes, sir.
She had many connections with rich people.
Did she tell you this?
No, but I understood from the way she talked.
Was Rajani scared of anybody?
She was scared of Murali Mohan.
Who? The lawyer? - Yes, sir.
Do you know the reason? - His wife was a bad woman.
Who? The woman who went missing?
Yes, sir. Whenever Murali Mohan was out of town
she had an affair with another man.
Rajani was the one who helped her.
She was scared that Murali Mohan
would kill her if he knows about that.
I ended my friendship with Rajani when I came to know about that.
With whom did Murali Mohan's wife have an affair?
With Praveen, who died recently.
No!
It's hard to believe, I know that.
But that is the truth.
His wife who betrayed him, Praveen and Rajani
Murali Mohan killed all of them.
That's what happened.
The things that we didn't understand all this while
got a meaning all of a sudden.
What meaning? As I told you before
my wife ran away with her boyfriend.
No, your wife had a secret affair with Praveen.
You killed them when you came to know about it.
You killed Rajani because she was aiding them.
What nonsense are you talking?
I don't even know Rajani. - You know her!
Because you're the only one in this world
who wanted to kill all of them.
Then why don't you arrest me with all the evidence?
I consider this the arrogance of a criminal lawyer.
But don't forget one thing.
There might be an evidence that you've failed to notice.
I will find it.
I'll make you pay for killing three people.
At the time of Praveen's death
Murali Mohan was in Thiruvananthapuram itself.
We have to believe the district judge's statement.
What if Murali Mohan had hired a contract killer?
That's the reason why we're not getting any evidence.
That's the reason behind his arrogance.
You're right, sir. He stayed at the judge's house that night
to avoid getting suspected.
Yes. Come.
I examined the iron rod that was used to kill.
It has Praveen's A positive blood on it.
It also has Rajani's AB positive blood.
But apart from them, there is another person's blood on it too.
It's blood type O positive.
Could it be Murali Mohan's wife's blood?
Never. Because she went missing six months ago.
Then who'd be the third person?
The killer. Who else!
Shareef! - Sir.
My theory is that
Praveen must have fought back.
Thus, the killer got a cut on his arm
which resulted in the bloodstain on the rod.
If so, we got our first clue about the killer.
His blood type is O positive. - But..
Sixty percent of the people in Kerala have O positive blood type.
How do we find the killer amongst them?
I got a sheet of paper from the dustbin in Praveen's room.
It was used to pack something.
We can see that it is folded in a circular shape.
What could have been packed inside this?
This paper was used to pack the iron rod which was used
for the murder. Hence, the circular shape!
See.
One side of the newspaper
has only the regional news from Vallarpadam locality.
That means this paper was distributed
only in the Vallarpadam locality.
So, the murderer must be from that locality.
If so, there is another thing.
This is Rajani's phone call list before she went missing.
Three numbers in the list look suspicious.
Because they came from outside Kerala.
The first call came from Delhi. The second one came from Bhopal.
The third one from Salem. - When did it come?
The call from Delhi came on the 9th at 11 a.m.
She got the call from Bhopal at 8 p.m on the same day.
And she got the call from Salem at 2:30 a.m, the next day.
What if the three calls were from the same person?
But how? The calls came from three different locations.
What if he was travelling?
Delhi, Bhopal, Salem.
All the three places are main railway stations.
An express train that starts from Delhi
reaches Bhopal and Salem
at the same time when she received the calls.
He might have called her from the public booth at the station.
If that train was to Kerala
Rajani went missing after two days of its arrival.
Nobody has seen her alive after that.
If we our theory is correct, the killer is from Vallarpadam.
He might be working in Delhi or someplace north to Delhi.
He started the journey on 9th
in an express train, at 11 a.m.
That train reached Bhopal at 8 p.m on the same day.
The next day, it reached Salem at 2:30 a.m.
If we check the railway log book
we can find out the train which followed the above timings.
Mr. Shareef, if we can get the reservation list
there would be at least one passenger from Vallarpadam
who reserved a ticket from Delhi to Ernakulam.
If so, he is the man we are searching for.
Brilliant! Outstanding! Amazing! Superb!
Which word should I use to compliment you?
I told you.
Now, do you believe that you are smart like I said?
I am investigating the case not only to find out the truth
but also for us.
I feel like I got you back.
I'll solve this case.
And I won't let anyone take away my girl.
I knew that God won't let us part ways.
When will you arrest him?
Anytime soon!
Sir, we got the message from the railway.
The train we are looking for is Kerala Express.
162 people had reserved tickets from Delhi to Ernakulam, in that.
Among them, 97 are males.
I got their addresses in Delhi from the reservation record.
In it, there was only one passenger from Vallarpadam.
He is a soldier. His name is Captain Nandakumar.
He works at the infantry unit in Chandigarh.
Shareef, come.
If that's the case, there is an important matter.
Something that none of us noticed. - What is it, sir?
There was a bloodstain on the floor of the room.
These are the photos.
See. Hundreds of blood drops are visible
and the mark resembles the one left by a perfume spray.
The faster the blood spurts, the finer the blood droplets will be.
The jet of blood must have been really fast
to produce such a blood spatter.
Do you think blunt force can produce such a spatter, Sharif?
Come.
You're right, sir. Such small drops cannot be produced
no matter how fast we beat. - True!
Because there is only one weapon
that can leave a mark like this one. See.
Look. Does this look like the one in the photographs?
Yes, sir.
I can't understand what you're..
Come on.
Even if she was beaten by the iron rod
the murderer killed Rajani using a gun.
This is very crucial in this case because the suspect is a soldier.
A guy who is an expert in using guns.
Anyway, he does a variety of jobs.
A full-time soldier and a part-time contract killer!
Shall we arrest him now? - Wait.
Contact the infantry unit in Chandigarh before that.
Collect all the details of Captain Nandakumar.
Ask them about his blood group too.
If our theory is correct, his blood type will be O positive.
Sir. - Then..
Collect another information from the infantry unit.
You should ask them if a gun has gone missing from there.
Okay, sir.
Preethu, Vivek's investigation is going out of track.
I'm saying the truth. Krishnaprasad is the killer.
His intentions won't be complete without your death.
You should be careful. If my theory is correct
he will try to kill you soon.
Where is Preethu? - She is upstairs.
Preethu.
What is it, Kishore? What happened?
Didn't I tell you not to be alone?
What happened? - Come.
Here, look!
I locked the door just now.
Even though I've assigned policemen in mufti outside the palace
he came here and escaped.
Who? - The one you are trying to save.
You're playing with Preethu's life. Don't forget that!
Mr. Vivek. - Yes. - We got the medical report
of Captain Nandakumar from Chandigarh.
But there is a problem. His blood group is not 0 positive.
It's B negative.
That means the killer is not Nandakumar.
You've gone wrong somewhere.
Sir, even I had felt that we're going on the wrong route.
Because we were following him for the last few days.
And his activities didn't seem suspicious.
Moreover, his is getting married next week.
With his customary bride.
He came here for the wedding.
All these doesn't suit the behaviour of a killer.
Doctor, as I said, my theory is right.
But we can only confirm it after we catch Krishnaprasad.
Last time, we almost got him.
I won't let him escape again!
Good luck. - Thank you, Doctor.
Kishore was right. Krishnaprasad is the murderer.
He was the one who tried to kill me.
But there is a problem.
It was just about 9 p.m when the killer tried to kill you.
Krishnaprasad knows it very well that no one in the family
would sleep at that time.
So the intention was not to kill you.
That's why I say that it was not Krishnaprasad
who came there. - Then who?
Captain Nandakumar.
Are you still behind him?
From the blood group, it's proved that he is not the killer.
I don't why but I can't believe that my theory is wrong.
Because I've got enough evidence to prove this case.
I doubt if someone has tried to mislead the investigation.
Who will do that?
There's a person who'd be benefited more than Murali Mohan
and Krishnaprasad if Praveen dies.
We didn't suspect him till now.
Who is he?
Kishore!
Kishore?
Yes. As per the preceding of the palace
he can marry you, Preethu.
But he still can't be the heir to the royal throne.
If Praveen dies, he can become the heir
by marrying you.
No, Vivek. Kishore will not do that.
Kishore will not do it. I know that.
But it could be his father who killed Praveen
to make his son the king.
Then he planted fake evidence to frame Krishnaprasad.
That could have happened.
Kishore's dad has a twisted mind.
He will do anything to make his son the king.
What are you saying, Vivek?
Kishore can't become the king if I die.
Then why would he try to kill me?
He played the game well.
He will not kill you.
Instead, he forced everyone into believing that somebody
is trying to kill you.
That would make everybody doubt Krishnaprasad.
That's why I say that Nandakumar must be a contract killer
hired by Kishore's dad.
If he gets arrested, the truth will come out.
Kishore must have altered the evidence against Nandakumar
when he learned that the evidence were against his father.
Anybody will do it to save one's father.
If Kishore has altered the evidence, don't leave him.
We should make sure that his dad gets arrested by him.
That's not easy because
he has already fabricated all the evidence against Krishnaprasad.
Only God can save him now.
I don't know if you were serious about it, Kishore.
You had agreed to give me the money that Krishnaprasad took.
Yes, I was serious about it. When do you want the money?
I don't want much. Rs. 10,000 is enough.
I am not going to Rishikesh. I am going to Rameswaram instead.
I'll give you the cheque now. You can encash it.
Praveen had also given me a cheque, two days before his death.
Are you saying that I'll also die in two days?
Can't say. I am that lucky!
It's 12 p.m now. Collect it before 1 p.m. - Okay.
Shekhar, it's me. - Sir.
I've sent Poomangalam Kuttan Thampuran
to the bank with a cheque.
Follow him once he gets the money. Okay? - Okay, sir.
Take this money and get out of here. Here.
Did I become a liability for you, Uncle?
Not at all.
I believed that someday Thampuran would accept you as son.
But now, all I pray is to save you from the death sentence.
Go away and save yourself.
Leave me..
Kishore, you shouldn't have cheated your uncle.
You shouldn't have cheated me too, Uncle.
Anyway, go to Rameswaram.
You didn't let the fact that the women you loved
gave birth to someone else's child
destroy your life and I always respected you for that.
Now, when I see you loving and protecting him
like your own son
my respect for you has only increased, Uncle.
I am telling you the truth. I have not killed Praveen.
You tried to kill Preethu, didn't you?
I have already told you, I didn't. - Damn!
He will not confess.
We can force him to tell the truth. But he will change his word.
We know that the bloodstain found on his shirt is Praveen's.
That result is enough for the court to punish him.
Would you state name and occupation for the records, please?
Kishore Varma IPS, Assistant Superintendent of Police
Special Investigation Unit.
Mr. Officer, on what basis did you charge the case
against Krishnaprasad?
Based on solid evidence.
Everything he said about the night the murder happened, was a lie.
It has been proved in the DNA test
that the bloodstain found on his shirt was Praveen's.
Also, nobody could prove that somebody else
had committed the murder.
According to your findings, what was the motive for the crime?
Krishnaprasad will get the right over the royal property
if he became a part of the royal family.
Praveen objected it strongly.
Because of which, the accused had enmity against Praveen.
That means, if Praveen gets killed, Krishnaprasad would become
the royalty and would also get assets worth Rs. 10 crores
won't he? - Yes.
No more questions, Your Honour.
Your witness. - Thank you, Your Honour.
Officer, do you know that my client, Mr. Krishnaprasad
would get the death sentence if he is proved guilty?
Yes, I do. - Who will be entitled
to the riches if Krishnaprasad gets the death sentence?
Rama Varma Thampuran and his brother-in-law, Prathapa Varma.
Prathapa Varma is your father, isn't he? - Yes.
So if Krishnaprasad gets the death sentence
your father will get assets worth Rs. 5 crore, am I right?
Yes. - Aren't you trying to frame my party to get hold of that money?
Objection, Your Honour. - Sustained.
No more questions, Your Honour. - Witness is excused.
Kishore Varma IPS and you are enemies, aren't you?
No. - Then why are you competing
each other in this case? - I'm not competing against anyone.
Then why did you reopen this case?
From the beginning, I was doubtful about the investigation.
Were you doubtful about the probe or the officer who investigated?
The mode of investigation.
Hence, you investigated the case in your own way. - Yes.
Were you able to find that somebody else committed the crime? - No.
So, you were not able to find somebody who has a stronger motive.
Am I right? - Yes.
No more questions, Your Honour.
I don't understand, Mr. Officer.
Doesn't your statement mean that you too, are convinced
about Krishnaprasad being the murderer?
No. - Then?
I still don't believe that he is the murderer. - Come on, officer.
Why do you still refuse to accept that despite all the evidence?
The prime evidence in this case is the bloodstain found
on Krishnaprasad's shirt.
That bloodstain was proved to be Praveen's through DNA test.
I am doubtful whether the test was conducted in the right way.
That means the DNA test result is wrong. - Objection, Your Honour!
The department conducted the test
in the best forensic lab in the state.
An officer of the same department has raised a doubt.
Overruled.
Mr. Officer, what is your doubt about the DNA test
that was conducted in the state's best forensic lab?
Sir, DNA test can be done in different methods.
Since this is the most important evidence in this case
the department should've conducted a detailed polymarker DNA test.
Your Honour, the prosecution is ready for a detailed DNA test.
The respected court should grant more time for that.
Request is granted.
The hearing of this case will be held again
on the 24th of this month.
The court orders to produce a detailed test result on that day.
Why did you ask me to come immediately, Doctor?
There is a problem.
I conducted a detailed DNA test as ordered by the court.
But they are not matching now.
What do you mean? - That means
the bloodstain on Krishnaprasad's shirt is not Praveen's.
It's somebody else's. - How's that possible?
Something went wrong.
If this result reaches the court, the court will set him free.
What if Vivek's deduction is true?
Based on the above circumstances, the accused is proven innocent.
Hence, the court orders to set the accused free.
The court warns the police, especially ASP Kishore Varma
for their critical default in the investigation of this case.
I don't know how to thank you.
You should thank Thampuran and not me.
Even though he was grieving the loss of his son, he helped you.
Don't forget that.
I will not come here anymore.
I don't want your riches or position.
I just wanted your acceptance.
You don't have to go anywhere.
You're also a part of the family now.
Even when I asked for your help, I didn't really believe in you.
But she was sure that you would be able to save him.
I had given her a promise for that.
Let everything get settled. I'll keep that promise.
I don't know if you remember
you had given us an advice before we went for the IPS training.
We all are born to the royal family
that enforces the law without any bias.
We should be honest in our duty as well.
That is the reason why I arrested Krishnaprasad
based on evidence, even after knowing that he's your son.
I want to know something.
Did this cheating happen with your knowledge?
What? What do you mean?
What are you saying?
Krishnaprasad escaped by cheating.
He tampered with the evidence.
He promised to follow the ethics of the royal family, but did this.
He took away Krishnaprasad's shirt that had Praveen's bloodstain
from the lab.
He kept another shirt in place with somebody else's bloodstain.
Only someone from the police department can do this.
So I checked this bag with the false evidence first.
This is a special bag for forensic use.
There is a serial number on it.
It cannot be seen in normal light.
It can only be seen with the help of ultraviolet rays.
When I examined this bag's serial number
I recognised that it's not the original bag.
The person who had the bag with this serial number
is the one who dodged the evidence.
This bag was with him.
He wanted to save Krishnaprasad at any cost.
That was his only intention.
And to marry Preethu.
Tell me. Didn't you do this to win over me?
Yes, I did it.
When you tried to win
by framing an innocent person
I tried to stop it.
If that's cheating, let it be.
I saved Krishnaprasad.
Nobody can accuse him again.
I am not the only one who created false evidence, sir.
All the evidence he collected against Krishnaprasad were fake.
He couldn't recognise the trap made by someone
to frame Krishnaprasad.
When you were about to punish him based on false evidence
I had to create false evidence in order to save him.
If he was not the culprit, you should've found the killer.
Why did he close the case file?
The person he doubted was not the culprit.
Finally, he had to stop the inquest and close the file.
He committed the biggest treason in the history of our department.
He saved the killer by accusing someone who doesn't exist.
Do you have anything to say, Mr. Vivek?
No, sir. - Do you want to enter a plea?
No, sir. - Then you are dismissed from the service
and you are under arrest.
Kishore. - Sir.
Arrest him. - Yes, sir.
Come on.
Please believe me, Kishore.
Vivek is innocent.
Please don't punish Vivek
for my mistakes.
Only you can save him, Kishore.
Please do save him somehow, Kishore.
I will try not to charge more cases against him
as he got dismissed from the service.
So that I can avoid his jail sentence.
I will do that for you, Preethu.
But in return, you should promise me something.
What promise? - You should forget him.
You have to marry me.
I am the one who deserves you.
I have seen you as my life partner since childhood.
But you forgot that at some point.
You shouldn't marry me because you promised your father.
You should marry me with all your heart.
He cheated me both personally and professionally.
This is the best situation for me to retaliate.
I shall leave all that apart.
I will save him too, but only if you marry me.
Tell me, are you ready?
Okay, I agree. But he should be released
from the jail as soon as possible.
Okay, all right.
I know the depth of your relationship with him.
But I would never let that become an issue after our marriage.
I am accepting you as the love of my life.
I love you so much.
Did you know, Preethu? Vivek has been released.
But he is not coming to the palace.
He will come if you call.
No. He won't come even if I call him.
He didn't come even after Thampuran called him.
So he has gone there to see Vivek.
I know that you will never do such a big crime
to get the girl you love.
There is some other reason.
You ended the investigation abruptly.
What is the reason?
I want to know. Where did you go wrong?
Why did you end the investigation?
According to my theory, Captain Nandakumar was the murderer.
But when we found out that the blood on the iron rod
wasn't his, I had to accept defeat.
When I enquired at the infantry unit
I got to know
that he had applied for leave on a short notice and come to Kerala.
That information drew me back into the case.
Because why didn't a man who was about to get married
apply for a leave beforehand?
I felt there was something wrong with that marriage.
I investigated more about it.
When I saw the wedding invitation, I got shocked
because we all know Nandakumar's fiancee.
It was Deepa, the girl you offered to sponsor.
Deepa?
Yes.
Devaraj's sister, Deepa, is Captain Nandakumar's fiancee.
When there wasn't anybody at Captain Nandakumar's house
we went there to conduct further investigation.
It is a decent house.
The compound walls are built of concrete blocks.
Half of a concrete block was found to be missing.
What's the use of this, sir?
That is what we want to know.
The missing half of that block
was moved from there recently. - 'Guest House, Vallarpadam.'
We couldn't find the other half of this block in that premise.
Nobody would steal a heavy block for no reason.
What could be its use?
We have to inspect the well at night, Mr. Shareef.
Did you notice its number?
This gun was stolen from the infantry unit in Chandigarh.
Shall we arrest him, sir?
Don't be excited.
It has not been proved that Nandakumar is the killer.
Isn't this evidence enough for that?
No, it won't be enough.
If Nandakumar says that somebody tried to frame him
by dropping that gun in his well
just like what happened in Krishnaprasad's case
how will we prove him wrong?
We should be able to prove that the owner of this gun
had gone to Praveen's house on the night of the murder.
Only then can we doubt Nandakumar.
What should we do then, sir?
We have one more evidence left.
Captain Nandakumar. - Yes?
You are under arrest.
No.
You were born in Vallarpadam.
You were brought up in various places in north India
because your father was in the army.
Then you became an officer in the army.
You received many awards for saving our nation's pride.
But you are a contract killer who will kill anybody for money!
Am I right? Tell me.
Who gave you money to kill Praveen?
Nobody has given me money
nor have I killed anybody.
In the institute, we were taught
not to use force to make a culprit confess.
But people like you will accept the crime only if we use force.
Tell me.
When you left Delhi in a hurry on 12th in the afternoon
your intention was not to get married.
Your aim was to kill Praveen.
You had called Rajani many times from Delhi, Bhopal and Salem.
You can plead before the court that it wasn't you
who made the phone calls from the public telephone booth.
But the railway log book shows that the train you boarded
had stopped at those stations at that exact time.
Now, you have to answer another question.
How did the gun that was stolen from the infantry unit
in Chandigarh, end up in your well?
Don't think that you can escape now.
Tell me the truth. Didn't Kishore's father
Prathapa Varma, give you money to kill Praveen?
No.
It was my decision to kill him.
He ruined the life of an innocent girl.
If somebody had raped the girl, whom you loved from your childhood
you would have done the same.
Any man who has self-respect would do this.
According to the testimony of Nandakumar
we arrested Devaraj as well.
He disclosed everything to us.
The facts that Devaraj told us about Praveen were unbelievable.
Praveen wasn't a gentleman.
He was a womaniser.
Rajani used to arrange new girls for him.
One day, in the name of sponsorship
Rajani tactically took Deepa to the estate bungalow.
She only remembers drinking a glass of juice from there.
When she woke up, she realised that she had been raped.
I went to Praveen's office to ask about that.
But he threatened me. I left the place, heartbroken.
Deepa was on the verge of suicide.
I wasn't able to console her. Finally, I called Nandan.
I hope you can imagine my situation when I came to know about this.
Deepa was my girl from childhood.
I promised her that I wouldn't leave her under any circumstance.
Finally, she came back to a normal life.
It was then that Rajani called Deepa again.
It was to inform her that Praveen wanted to sleep with her again.
When Deepa refused, Rajani began to blackmail her.
Rajani told Deepa that Praveen had taken her photos
and it would be circulated if she failed to comply.
Why didn't you inform the police?
Sir, do you think that we would get justice
if we filed a complaint against big fishes like him?
Even if the police investigates with complete dedication
she would be exhibited like a showpiece.
The media would celebrate the news for some days.
That's the reason why I called Nandan again.
The moment Devan called me
I decided to kill Praveen and Rajani.
I decided to come home soon, kill them
and marry Deepa. I applied for leave on the same day itself.
Praveen wouldn't open the door to strangers at night.
So, we understood that we could only break
into Praveen's bungalow with the help of Rajani.
So, I called Rajani and pretended to be a customer from Delhi
who was ready to pay any amount of money.
She fell into that trap.
Then we made a list of Praveen's enemies.
Krishnaprasad was the most suitable one in the list.
We stole a shirt of him on the same day.
We bought two pairs of shoes of the same company
same model and the same size.
We wore those shoes on that day.
But what we saw there was really unexpected.
The door was open.
Praveen was lying dead inside.
No! You are lying.
No, sir. I'm telling the truth.
We didn't kill Praveen.
When we reached there, he was already dead.
I went closer and took a good look.
Praveen was holding something firmly in his right hand.
I took it.
It was a red thread with an amulet.
The thread was partially broken as if it was torn in a fight.
So, it belongs to the killer for sure.
I have kept it safely.
Because that's the only evidence I have to prove my innocence.
If I get accused of killing Praveen
I will present it in the court.
That's because Praveen was killed
by someone who lives in the palace.
You'll find the killer if you find out the one
who gets benefitted the most by Praveen's death.
But it's us, who killed Rajani.
Devan's hand got injured in between.
At the same time, I confirmed her death
by giving a headshot.
Then we sprinkled Praveen's blood on Krishnaprasad's shirt
and iron rod.
And then I buried them both in the plantations.
At that time, I dragged their bodies outside.
After that, I sprayed perfume in the room.
Finally, I burned their bodies
in order to destroy the evidence.
Our motive was just to deviate the police investigation.
Sir, Murali Mohan is actually innocent.
Similarly, when I went to meet Praveen that day
he didn't receive anyone's call.
I lied just to confuse you.
Why did you try to kill Preethu?
We also did that just to deviate the police.
When the police questioned Devaraj first and then Deepa, we got scared
thinking that the investigation was moving on the right track.
So we decided to do something to deviate the investigation.
If we could prove that someone was trying to kill Preethu
I was confident that the investigation
would get deviated.
Honestly, we didn't have any plan to hurt Preethu.
Sir, please do a favour for us.
Please don't involve my sister in this case.
We persuaded her to lie that Praveen had an affair
with Murali Mohan's wife.
Deepa doesn't know that it's us, who killed Rajani.
Sir, I have a request to you. I will take all the blame.
Please do spare my brother-in-law and sister.
No, sir. It's me, who planned everything.
I will go to jail.
What would be the situation of Deepa if you go to jail?
Our love has the vehemence to wait for another 14 years, sir.
When they saw the woman they should protect being dishonoured
they made the mistake that anybody else would have.
Hence, I closed the case after I made all the loopholes
for them to escape.
Even if the court penalises them, it'd just be a slap on the wrist.
There are other reasons for what I did.
Devaraj and Nandakumar might be guilty before the law.
But they are innocent before justice.
In most of the cases
justice is attained when the law is followed.
But in few cases
justice is attained when the law is breached.
The purpose of law is to provide justice.
Aren't these the principles that you taught us?
Is it not for executing those principles
that you had to kill your own son?
How could I arrest someone who is so righteous?
I know only one person who wears a red thread with an amulet.
Then I was sure about one thing.
Either you or Preethu
I will lose one of them.
It can't be avoided. I don't want to get Preethu
by losing you.
Subhadra's son can't be unfaithful to you.
I will tell you what had happened.
There is no point in arguing
as I have already accepted Krishnaprasad as my son.
I won't allow this scoundrel to take up
the lordship as long as I'm alive.
Don't utter a word about him!
You aren't eligible for that.
You are the most wicked and unscrupulous man.
Still I forgive you because you are my son.
I don't want your consent to accept my son.
Come.
Hey! - Hey!
I will kill you.. - What the hell are you doing?
Leave.. Leave me!
What? Are you calling the police?
You didn't do anything wrong.
When the police inquire tomorrow
they'd believe that he was drunk and fell down from the stairs.
Come. Just come.
When I came to know that somebody had burned Praveen's body
I understood that another crime of significance had taken place.
Then you got trapped.
They burnt Praveen's body to hide Rajani's murder.
But you lost every evidence to prove
that Praveen's death was an accident.
But what concerned me the most was something else.
If you don't get arrested
Krishnaprasad, who is innocent, will get the punishment.
Thenceforth, I started thinking about ways to save you both.
There were no options left other than to tamper with the evidence.
But God definitely leaves behind a clue to apprehend the culprit.
The same happened in my case too.
I returned all the fake evidence in my own plastic bag.
I didn't remember that there would be a fingerprint
of God, even in a plastic bag.
I have also kept the promise I made.
I have put an end to my relationship with Preethu.
Now, you needn't defy the customs and rituals of the palace.
Anyway, Kishore deserves her more than me.
But Preethu should never know what happened in real.
Let her be Kishore's wife.
And let them live together happily, as the new heirs to the throne.
Captain Nandakumar had met me before leaving to Chandigarh
with Deepa after marriage.
In return of my wedding gift, Nandakumar gave me a gift.
That belongs to you now.
At first, I thought of saving you like I had promised Preethu.
But my conscience doesn't allow me to do so.
Because you had tried to frame my father for Praveen's murder.
Don't think you can leave smartly
after saving the culprit whom I found out.
You are under arrest.
Come on.
Thampuran told me everything.
Don't think only you can be a true paragon of virtue.