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ERNAKULAM-THEVARA
The situation has become so dire
that Central Stadium is now seen as Kochi's crime capital.
Once night falls, it's taken over
by antisocials, drug peddlers and sex workers.
Over the last 44 days,
around seven murders have taken place
in central Kochi and nearby areas.
Sir!
Delhi and Surat have taken the top two spots
for the highest crime rates,
according to NCRB.
We've won third place.
Sir.
-Shall I? -Yes.
Steffy...
-You're in Ernakulam, right? -Yeah.
I think I saw you on the news.
Just thought I'd check.
It was a sudden plan.
-Got here this morning. -Are you coming over?
Or are you busy?
Not sure about today.
It's close by, isn't it? Can't you just drop by?
Let me see.
The news has been pretty disturbing.
Does it...
belong to the same cop you're looking for?
Hard to say for now.
We only found blood stains.
The tests need to come back first.
The old office was better, right?
I'll call you later, Steffy.
Blood stains, skin and flesh samples were found at multiple spots.
They're fragmented.
Judging by the dryness,
they've been there for a few days.
Pick on someone your own size!
Scram!
Here we go again. This is a routine now, huh?
What's going on?
Didn't Uncle feed him extra food yesterday?
So he's back for his usual share.
If you keep doing this, dogs will get used to it, no?
Aunty, don't call him a "dog. "
Roby! Roby!
No, no. Yeah, I'll be back.
Okay, okay.
Didn't I mention that case where
a Palakkad guy who got stabbed in the stadium last year?
-Yeah. -I was on the team back then.
If there'd just been some lights and a damn CCTV there,
we'd have cracked it in no time!
It dragged on way too long.
But we finally caught the guy
from Chikmagalur.
-Heading straight to Njarakkal? -Yeah.
That stolen Rion belongs to some Augustine over there.
Nidheesh handles Njarakkal, right? I'll call him.
They've already spoken to him. He's waiting there.
Okay. Let me know if you need help.
-Hmm. -Okay.
I've been unsure for a while whether to say this or not.
Tell me.
The footage we checked yesterday to track the dog
was only from one day.
Yeah.
What if we set a buffer
and check footage from the previous days
from around the stadium for any leads?
Say, 10 days at least.
Think about it and tell me.
You filed a complaint about your car being stolen
three weeks ago.
But since then, you haven't checked on the case at all.
No calls, no visits to the station. Why not?
While looking into the history of someone we were tracking,
we came across an old prison record from Viyyur.
And in the list of the Viyyur batchmates of '87
were the names of everyone convicted in that case.
Among them was one name: Augustine.
Sir,
please don't create an issue.
My family isn't aware
about that phase of my life.
I've left all that behind.
I make an honest living now.
I swear to God!
Okay, then speak up.
The car that was reported as stolen...
Ayyappan took it with your consent, didn't he?
Yes.
So, you still have that partnership going?
Oh, no! Not at all, sir.
I quit all that a long time ago.
Okay, you don't.
But does Ayyappan still pull his old tricks?
He's now a driver somewhere in Thrissur.
So, not as much as earlier.
Which means he still does some of it?
Has Ayyappan taken your car like this before?
He's taken it around four or five times.
When?
Now and then, over the last seven years or so.
He only shows up when he needs something.
Because of our old bond, I can't say no to him.
Other than that, we have no contact, sir.
Didn't you ask him why he needed the car?
Well, he usually takes the loot to Coimbatore to sell it.
There are agents who deal with it there.
So I haven't asked him anything beyond that.
How long does he usually keep the car with him?
Around...
three to four days.
But you never reported it stolen before.
Why do it this time?
It was Ayyappan who told me to file the complaint.
What for?
He told me he's doing something fucked-up this time.
And that the cops would come looking for him soon after.
He didn't want me involved because of the car.
He said he'd leave the car at Aroor railway station...
and the police would find it and bring it back to me.
Who's the agent Ayyappan was dealing with in Coimbatore?
-Sir! -Ah!
-Sir! -Hey, it's all right.
-Didn't you go home? -No.
I thought I'd go once all this is over.
When I joined the force, I was so thrilled
I didn't go home either.
Work was all I cared about.
And by the end, no one was left at home.
What about Praveen and Shaju?
They're headed to Coimbatore.
Why? Any lead on Ayyappan?
Yeah.
We got a contact. It's one of his regular agents.
The one he uses to sell stolen goods.
Thought we'd try talking to him.
-Okay. Start the vehicle. -Okay.
So far, the ones who seem to be hiding something
are the dog shelter guys in Thrissur.
If we get their in-charge in custody, it could help us.
Yes.
Sir, will you talk to the SP?
He is an avid gambler.
If he lost money today, he'll be in a foul mood.
Er... Good evening, sir.
Sir, remember the Dog Retirement Shelter I told you about?
We'd like to bring in their in-charge for questioning.
Could you please speak to the SP in Thrissur?
Well, sir...
if we could get him here,
that would be more convenient for us.
Okay, sir. Thank you, sir.
Looks like he's on a winning streak.
(in Tamil) Many who steal from Kerala
still make their deals in Coimbatore.
Most of the agents here are youngsters.
But they don't usually stay longer than five years.
Their big ambition seems to be a "promotion" to bigger cities.
But only this guy, Selvarajan,
has stayed back in Coimbatore, even after all these years.
Make two extra cups of tea. They've come to meet you.
Kerala Police, huh?
These visuals were collected from the stadium area
with a 10-day buffer.
There seems to be a pattern to when the dogs showed up.
When we view this through our wild theories,
it's only natural to link it to our existing doubts.
But when we rewrite the case for reconstruction,
we'll be screwed.
Sir, I wandered around the stadium area during the night.
After around 10:30 p. m. ,
that area's crawling with sex workers and peddlers.
If we had to get a witness statement, even just for the heck of it,
it had to come from the regulars of that area.
Why not ask the Corporation to put up a "No Dogs" board, sir?
Maybe then the dogs will stop showing up.
This dog nuisance is getting worse by the day.
Apart from all the trash here,
some random guy from outside comes to feed them.
-Who comes from outside? -No idea who he is, sir.
But he usually carries a plastic bag with him.
He heads to that bushy corner of the ground every time.
And later, you can see dogs gathering around that spot.
At first, only one or two came.
Then more and more joined in.
How long has this been going on?
I haven't kept track, sir.
Maybe five to ten days, I guess.
Doesn't he come now?
Haven't seen him for the last two days.
The dogs still show up, thinking they'll get something to eat.
Did you get a look at his face?
Sir, in this pitch dark, you never really see faces.
Anyway, the person they mentioned
didn't enter or exit the stadium through the main entrance.
I double-checked it.
But that's not all.
There are five or ten other ways in.
And none of those spots have cameras
or proper lighting either.
Noble, we can't put anything on record
just based on assumptions and theories.
You don't yet know how law and order works here.
One misstep in our words,
and our own department will screw us over first.
Don't expect the police
to show the kind of loyalty dogs have for each other.
Sir...
these aren't imaginary cases that never happen here.
Manoj Sane killed his live-in partner after nine years together
and fed her body to stray dogs.
He's not some character from a Korean film.
This happened in Mumbai, as recently as June 2023.
And in 2022, there was...
the Shraddha Walkar case in Delhi.
Murdered by Aftab Poonawala.
We have enough examples right here in India.
And even more outside India, too.
Like Cheng Peng from China,
Robert Pickton from Canada...
also known as the Pig Farmer Killer.
He fed his victims to pigs on his farm.
This world's rotten, sir.
We can't expect criminals to act with decency.
What's the follow-up on Ayyappan?
Any lead from Coimbatore?
(in Tamil) Ayyappan is like a younger brother to me.
We've been in touch since 1982.
If the work is in Trivandrum or Kollam side,
he wraps the deal in Tirunelveli.
If it's something from central or north Kerala,
he heads straight to Coimbatore.
He is our regular customer.
Even when Ayyappan came the last time,
did you make the deal yourself?
Yes, sir.
I was the one who arranged the deal for him.
With whom?
I can't reveal that, sir. It's confidential.
It is a business secret.
Even if I tell you,
you wouldn't know him. Not by that name, anyway.
If you ask someone else,
they'll give another name.
Even that one won't be his real identity.
That's just how this system works.
All right.
What was the item Ayyappan brought this time?
I think it was some antique stone ornament.
But what it was or where it came from...
I don't ask those questions.
"An item's come in. "
"Fix a deal and connect the parties. "
That's how intel reaches me.
I assess the buyer, then find a match.
Then I connect them to the right dealer.
My commission is delivered straight to my house.
I think...
this time Ayyappan scored something big.
It could've fetched ₹15 lakh minimum.
So, the sale is already done?
It was wrapped up on that same day.
Ayyappan went back to Kerala, too.
Even from jail, your work goes on without trouble?
Sir, this is the livelihood of many people.
Auto drivers, brokers, jewellers,
lorry drivers, wholesalers, retailers...
Almost half of Coimbatore is involved, sir.
It took me years to build this clientele and network, sir.
Aren't you past retirement age, sir?
If you don't want to lose your network,
why not hand over your knowledge and contacts
to one of your assistants and retire?
Sir, people only respect you as long as you have power.
My contacts are my power.
If I hand over that power to someone else,
what value will I have then?
Huh?
If we send this guy down the spiritual path,
he could end up becoming a guru.
True that!
What's he in jail for?
A POCSO (child sexual abuse) case.
Sir, we have reached.
Dude,
Terry in C block needs his medicine dose.
Why don't you go?
I just showered and cleaned up.
Please adjust, dude.
Damn it!
Sir! Sir!
When I saw it...
the dog's belly
had been sliced open.
And that too,
with a regular kitchen knife.
Do you at least know which way he went?
Huh?
What the fuck were you guys doing?
This isn't just about the four or five of us.
We've got people above us, too.
If word gets out,
we're all getting fired!
Ayyappan was weird, sure.
But he was always affectionate to the dogs.
And the dogs loved him back, too.
But this? Did he do it because he got too high?
Or was he trying to cover something else up?
Even after such a serious security breach,
why didn't you report it?
Sir, the shelter runs on extra funds
allocated for police dog rehabilitation.
There are already two opinions in the department.
If this gets reported now,
our staff and superiors will be in trouble.
There will be action for negligence and breach,
security lapses,
Animal Welfare Board enquiry...
Sir, we're already drowning in problems.
That's why I...
And we were instructed from the top
to ask the veterinary surgeon to certify it as a normal death.
It's not like the dog's kin will come at you with protests
or bring memorandums to expose the cover-up, right?
Why the fuck do you sit there as the in-charge?
Sir, I hold the same rank as you.
Hey, hey! Shut your trap!
We can still screw you over for your fuck-up.
So shove that damn rank up your ass.
Okay?
Get going now.
What the hell is up with Ayyappan?
Even on weed, who does something like that?
We, the police, are to blame.
The Department had this itch to reform these fuckin' thieves.
As if we should get our daughters married to them!
Money was the only thing Ayyappan needed then.
It was after this incident
that he went to meet the agent in Coimbatore
in Augustine's car.
He also told his wife he'd arrange the money in two days.
Sir!
The blood and flesh samples from the stadium
are separate, apparently.
Not from a single victim.
From that, Sample A matches Ambili.
Then, Sample B...
was checked against recent missing cases,
and a match was found.
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Ayyappan.
No fucking way!
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