-Sir. -Yes?
I have a complaint.
What's the matter, sir?
Can I see SI sir?
What's it?
Sir, my name is Kareem.
I run a restaurant near Edappally. City Hotel.
What's your complaint?
Someone called and threatened to kill me.
A death threat?
Yes, sir. He will do as he says. He's a mad fellow.
Who's this guy?
His name is Shiju.
Where is he now?
That I don't know, sir.
He threatened me over the phone.
I have his number and address.
Read it, please.
-Note it down. -Okay, sir.
Shiju.
Cholayil House.
Venjarammoodu, Thiruvananthapuram.
Seems like a decent thief.
He didn't break in.
Took it through the window.
What do they say?
It's a liquor outlet. We must investigate.
They make huge profits.
How will losing four bottles affect them?
We have enough cases in the station. Can't we do this later?
Sir, 32 bottles of beer and 5 bottles of expensive imported bottles.
Hey, what should we do now?
-File a case, sir. -We will.
But you have to go after this case abandoning your job here.
It's not like that, sir. The thieves who stole and drank gained nothing.
They must have pissed all of it already.
Let's not spare them, sir. Please file a case.
Anyway, get the list. Let's see.
-Hello, dear. -Hello.
-Where are you, Papa? -I am here at the liquor outlet.
Did you start in the morning itself?
Not at all. There was a theft. I'm here to catch the thief.
Then the thief must have escaped already.
Papa...
Papa, I saw your photo in the newspaper the other day. Which programme was it?
Oh... that was a seminar at Rajagiri. I inaugurated it.
All newspapers had the photo, right?
So, aren't your exams next month?
Are you studying at all?
Got bored of studying, Papa.
-Can we go out somewhere? -Why not?
Where can we go, dear?
Hmm. Let's go for a movie.
Which movie, dear?
We will go watch "Traffic".
-I'll wrap it up quickly and come. Okay? -Yes!
Okay, Papa. Bye.
Hey, come.
You...
Take that bottle out.
No, not that. The imported one.
-What's happening? -Not coming out, sir.
Try again. It was taken out once, right?
I can't.
You too pissed out whatever you drank, right?
I will break your head with that bottle!
Tell me the truth. What is stolen from here?
-Only a few beer bottles are gone. -Only beer bottles?
You guys stole the foreign liquor and added them to the list, right?
Now you tell me. Should I register a case for beer theft?
If I register a case for beer theft, I'll add the foreign liquor theft too.
Do you want it or not?
No, sir. Please don't make it an issue.
You have enough pending cases at the station.
Oh, my... look at that concern for the police.
Take your damn hand out of that hole and open the shutter.
So shameless!
Sir...
Come in.
Sir, my bike... Didn't the MLA call you?
Aren't you ashamed?
Instead of paying Rs. 500 and releasing the bike, you made the MLA call me?
He too shamelessly called.
Take it and get lost.
Thank you, sir.
Come.
Sir, Sainu is here.
Sir, that case was settled.
I didn't call you to know the temple brawl case.
Tell me if you know anything about Shiju.
We worked together for six-seven months.
This fight and case happened at that time.
What type of person is he?
He is quite a character.
Very reserved.
But he is harmless, sir.
Nobody had any trouble with him.
Who can tell us more about him?
Ashraf got him a job in a shop around here.
He must be knowing.
Did he ever talk about his family?
I don't think he has a family.
When I met him last, he told me he plans to marry.
Did he get married?
Not sure about that. It's just a month since we last met.
A month?
Where was it?
He runs his own food cart at Edappally. I met him there.
Sainu, what else did he tell you?
He asked what I do these days, if I meet old friends, and so on.
When I told him of my marriage, he told his plan as well.
He said he is in love and wants to marry that girl.
He said that she is elder than him.
Did he say her name was Swapna? Remember?
No, sir. It was a Christian name.
I wonder who loves such guys.
He is harmless, sir. Girls will like him.
Yeah, sure.
-Hey, where is it? -Pull over here, sir.
Get off.
Sir, this is the food cart I told you about.
He may open it at night.
I had met him at night.
-Same food cart, right? -I am sure, sir.
Sir, shall we ask that vendor?
-Pradeep. -Sir.
Check it.
What time will this food cart open?
I think it's closed down.
It's been a while since he opened it.
Since when has it been shut?
It must have been a month.
Do you know whose food cart it is?
I don't know, sir.
I open my shop in the morning. He opens at night.
Please check with Devassy, sir. He might know.
Devassy who?
He rents out food carts, sir.
This cart belongs to him.
-You have his number? -Yes, sir.
Call him.
Not Shiju, Star Shiju.
Star Shiju?
He worked in a hotel called Star in Fort Kochi for some time.
That's how he got that name.
After that, I have seen him in other hotels.
Brother, don't you ask for address proof and other details before you rent out a cart?
I don't demand it from close acquaintances.
Oh!
So you are acquaintances.
Then, tell me, Devassy.
Where can I meet Shiju?
That... what I meant was...
Give me a number to reach him.
Sorry, sir. I don't have his number.
Where do you go to collect the rent?
I never thought he would cheat me, sir.
Will we get any details about him if we go to this Star hotel?
That's where he started working in Ernakulam.
You will surely get some leads there.
Sir?
Manoj, come by 2 o'clock for the Vallarpadam meeting.
Sure, sir.
It's been two years since the hotel closed down.
We ran out of business when big hotels opened in the area.
My father was running it.
After he died, I closed the hotel and started this photostat shop.
Was Shiju with you since you opened the hotel?
Shiju came here in the year 2000.
His brother brought him here.
He worked in our hotel for about five-six years.
Then he left the place.
To bring him here, did his brother and your father know each other?
No way.
I don't think my father knew him.
You must be having his address and phone number.
No chance.
I don't have his address.
But I know he is a native of Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram?
Right.
He is from Thiruvananthapuram, sir.
I remember my father saying so.
I have dumped things from the old hotel in a warehouse near my house.
Do you want to search there?
Why spare it? Let's go check.
All right, sir.
I will go to the ACP's office.
All right, sir. Don't worry too much.
I'm not tense, Pradeep sir.
Even if we close this as an untraceable case,
there will be no questions asked.
Actually, wasn't this an easy case to solve?
We got accurate leads from everywhere
and the investigation went on the right track.
I've no idea where we messed up.
My confidence has lessened.
Nothing like that, sir. We will nab him.
Sir, you go home and spend time with your wife. We will handle this.
Thanks. Bye.
-Hey, where is the warehouse? -Near my house, sir.
Come with us.
By the time Sreenivasan drives and reaches there, he will be gone.
We have expert drivers in the police.
To hell with this formula.
What happened?
Yeah?
What made you come home so early?
Oh, I'm still running behind the same case.
It's in a strange phase.
You mean the stage where you are stuck without any clue?
Or the stage after the murderer had a narrow escape?
Right?
You're right.
You study. I'll go and freshen up.
Hey, just sit for a while. It's been so long since I saw you in daylight.
One minute.
Tell me, Sunil.
-Sir, are you busy? -No, tell me.
Sir, my wife delivered a baby.
-Oh, congrats! -Thank you, sir.
Are the baby and the mother doing well?
Yes, sir. Both are doing just fine.
Did you see your baby?
Sir, I'm still searching the warehouse.
Vinu and Pradeep will handle it. You go and see the baby first.
Okay, sir. Thank you once again.
What are you thinking?
I was thinking about that baby.
Don't think about a baby now.
Only after I clear exams,
join the job that dad has set up for me,
spend some time together and travel, we can have a baby.
I was thinking about Sunil's baby.
Oh. Sorry.
FORT KOCHI BEACH WATER SPORTS CENTRE
-Sir. -Yes.
Here you go.
I want that.
This is for you. Take it.
Yes, Pradeep sir.
Divorce was right for you both.
For you to have more ice cream?
You guys are rocking now. Continue like this.
You were on the phone in the theatre as well.
Can you avoid calls here at least?
My dear, this is Manoj.
He has some urgent updates on the case.
Yeah, Manoj. Tell me.
Sir, we got Shiju's original address.
From the hotel where he used to work after coming to Fort Kochi.
Shiju, Cholayil House, Venjarammoodu, Thiruvananthapuram.
I called and confirmed that such an address exists.
-Ah, it's been long. When did you come? -This morning.
I want a small chicken.
Sure, one minute.
Any idea why he gave his original address only to them?
He worked in this hotel first after coming to Kochi.
He used his fake address in places where he was up to no good.
For the first time, we got a place where he did not do any such thing.
Since we couldn't trace him here, he must be hiding there, right?
Exactly, sir.
Sir, I'll go only if you order.
I don't want to jump the gun Like the last time.
Say yes, Papa. Let him create history.
-Manoj... -Sir.
I'll inform the Venjarammoodu SI.
You gather a team and go there.
Okay, sir.
Manoj, tired of running, he seems to have gone home.
Treat him nicely on your way back.
-Let's energise him. -Yes, sir.
Treat him nicely means?
Treatment... That's police jargon.
-Sunil. -Sir?
Go.
-Sir. -Sir, what about Vinu?
-Hmm. -Go ahead.
[serial playing on TV]
Sir, they have switched on the lights there.
Shit. We shouldn't have sent Vinu.
He is overzealous.
Sir, why don't we go there?
Sir!
-What happened? -Sir, we saw two men inside.
The aged guy must be Shiju's brother.
He is eating dinner. The other one must be Shiju.
They are sitting together.
Let's go.