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Just a little longer.

Don't move. Calm down.

Soon you will be far beyond all kinds of pain, son...

...and nothing will affect you anymore.

Bravo.

You won't die, son.

You will become immortal.

Not everyone gets the opportunity to sacrifice their life for the benefit of others.

I asked you to get coriander. Did you get coriander?

You remember to get brains every day.

Why don't you carry a phone?

What if I want to call you or remind you something?

Will you be happy if I end up dead?

Curses to anyone who wishes you dead.

Mobile phones are nothing short of atom bombs.

Its harmful rays weaken a person from inside.

Forget it. Your puny brain can never understand this.

Go and cook the brain.

You're making me commit blasphemy.

Fine. I'll cook it.

Drink it while it's hot.

Or I'll have to make it again.

What's the matter, father?

Aren't you going to laugh at me now?

As you always did before.

Mr. Devan! Mr. Devan!

I admit pollution is a serious problem in Delhi.

But what will you gain from banning firecrackers on Diwali?

Health is at stake.

Government is concerned about everyone's health.

The Government is only playing tricks.

By hurting their sentiments...

Such language... Is this the language to use on National TV.

You are not trying to understand.

The Government is doing their job.

I will keep exposing them...

- Hello. - Abhay Pratap Singh speaking.

Sahil Singh's father.

- Can I talk to Sahil Singh? - Just a minute.

Hello.

Good morning, Sahil. How are you?

I am good.

Why do you always call on a Sunday?

Cooped up at home one loses track whether it's Sunday or Monday.

It's been three months since we last month.

I'm waiting for your vacations to begin.

If you're bored then why don't you resume office again?

Sorry, papa, time for my karate class.

Okay, bye.

Come on, babies.

Come, come, come.

- How are you? - Excellent, sir.

There are some errors in these case files.

I've marked them. Update it in the system.

Sir, welcome back.

So it was true what I heard about you.

Sir!

DCP Lokendra Gupta.

- Glad to meet you. - Sir.

The Government needs men like you.

Who works unofficially even on their official leave.

It's an old habit, sir. I had no valid reason to change.

And even I had no valid reason to change you.

Please, carry on.

Just get me results.

And I'll handle the rest.

On one condition.

Whatever you do, you'll always keep me in the loop.

No surprises!

Sir.

Sir, any special reason behind KT sir and Komal's transfer?

Don't bother.

DCP Kuldeep has handed over the charge to me.

So tradition will be pretty smooth.

So along with Manpreet, Inspector Khusboo will also be on the team.

She was the topper of her batch.

She's been transferred here from Delhi.

She's handled many high profile cases.

Along with senior PI Raghav...

...and acting on your recommendation,

Awasthi's been included on the STF team.

- Sir. - It's a fresh team.

And we've many expectations from this team.

STF has been given a new case.

I really don't know what exactly happened.

Why are you crying?

- I mean someone else died. - Yes, ma'am.

Just give your statement to him.

- Yes, miss. - Okay.

Mr. Srivastav.

She looked so scared.

She could've never imagined that she will have to see this.

And you even scolded her.

Mr. Awasthi, never underestimates two things.

Crime and illness

If you survive you're lucky, that's all.

I was just giving her a reality check.

- Okay? - Okay.

Hogging all the fritters all.

I ordered these and you're feasting on it.

Gloves.

These are human bones.

But they are so extensively damaged...

...that it's hard to find any other details.

These parts are less burnt.

Run a DNA sample test on them.

Good morning, sir. Khushboo.

I joined Lucknow STF three days ago.

Why did you throw away the fritters, sir?

Otherwise, Abhay sir will shove it up my ass.

I've heard a lot about you, sir.

Not everything you hear is true.

Sir! Welcome, sir.

- Awasthi. - Yes, sir.

No pleasantries, no formalities. Straight on the case.

That's why I am a big fan of you, sir.

And this high profile dog case.

I mean real dogs.

A female was driving from Lucknow to Delhi with her dogs.

She suddenly stopped for a smoke...

- ...and took out a cigarette... - Awasthi. Case.

You see, sir, as soon as the female let her dogs out...

...then came running to that location and started digging for something.

And this is what they found.

This.

Gloves.

Looking at the ashes in the bags she thought it was human.

And she called the Police.

Ms. Sethi just confirmed the ashes found are human.

Away from the city, close to the highway.

No CCTV or tollbooth for miles.

The closest tollbooth is on Kanpur road that is around 15 kilometres away.

- Right. - Yes.

But he had to make multiple trips to dispose of this amount of bones and ashes.

CCTV cameras on the tollbooth.

He won't take that risk.

He's from Lucknow.

Khushboo, sir.

Khushboo, any other details from Forensics?

Sir, most of the bones fragments are badly charred...

...that DNA test results can take extra time.

Are these the only six bags that were recovered or did you find anything else?

No, sir, there is a total of nine bags.

But we don't know how many bodies are in them.

So we don't know the number of victims.

Nor can we find out the time of death.

- Awasthi. - Yes.

Get a list of all the missing person report filed in Lucknow in the last two years.

Sir, we can get a list of missings reports for 20-years...

...why do you want only for the last two years?

The bags in which the bodies were found are of 22 microns.

These bags were made available after the plastic ban.

Which is 2 years ago.

Maybe the murders were committed earlier...

...and the bodies were disposed of later.

But this is a chance worth taking, right?

Right, sir.

Let's go.

"Heat Energy cannot be completely transformed into Mechanical Energy."

"Heat Energy cannot be completely transformed into Mechanical Energy."

"This is the third law of thermodynamics."

Shit! Again the same mistake!

It's the second rule!

Mohit!

I told you don't disappoint me.

My father mocks me every time I make a mistake.

Try to understand the situations, rascals.

I cannot afford to fail this exam.

I need to pass this exam with a good score.

Use your brains.

The first rule of Thermodynamics is...

...if I fly an aeroplane in the air, then...

Crime is overflowing in Lucknow like the lava from a volcano.

According to recent news, Police recovered human bones...

...from garbage bags from a deserted place near the city.

Who do these bones belong to?

How many people were savagely killed?

Is Lucknow being terrorised by another serial killer?

What is Lucknow Police doing?

We could obtain DNA samples only from a few bones.

According to preliminary reports from Forensics...

...these bones belong to boys between the age group of 16 and 18.

Whose bones are these?

How many people were brutally murdered?

Is Lucknow under threat of a serial killer again?

- Awasthi. - Sir.

- Turn off the TV. - Done, sir.

That's Sonam, sir.

She's the talk of the town.

She doesn't settle down until she doesn't hear the truth.

Awasthi sir, the investigation hasn't even begun...

...and the media has already decided that some serial killer is at large.

Are you two done?

- Can we get back to work? - Sir.

Get DNA samples from the families of these 25 missing boys.

And match them with the DNA obtains from the bones.

Maybe we can identify some of them.

Sir, the killer will never utilise open space to burn so many bodies.

And if he's burning them secretly...

...then maybe he used some industrial-grade incinerator.

Sir, most of the people in the city use the crematorium for the final rites.

But yes, three years ago an electric incinerator was inaugurated in Vaikunth Dham...

...but it's in bad shape, sir.

Even the levers are jammed.

So if the city's only electric incinerator is broken...

...where is the murderer burning all these bodies?

Maybe he's using a gas-powered incinerator.

What do you mean by gas-powered, sir?

Meaning your chemistry is pathetic.

Gases which are easily combustible like methane, butane...

...if they are charged with high-powered electricity,

then anybody can be charred in 2-hours.

Oh!

But sir, that would require very high voltage electricity.

Find out from the electricity department...

...if there's been any recent complaint of overload.

Sir.

- That will be 60 rupees, sir. - Why?

If one kilo is for 200 rupees, then how much for a quarter?

50.

Do you take me for a fool?

60 rupees, huh!.

That was for a kilo.

Fine, pay 50.

See, father. He thought I was an asshole.

Why are you so worried, Dhiren?

You'll definitely score at least 99 out of 100.

One can lose a seat for a single mark.

I lost 2-marks in the mock test this time.

2-marks?

And you score 100/100 in the class.

And we get scolded.

Brother Harsh.

Sir, the DNA samples of 9-boys have matched.

Ajit went missing 2-years ago...

...and Rohan 2-weeks ago.

Anything common among the missing boys.

Sir, these 9-boys were kidnapped in last 2-years.

But interestingly they went missing before some exam.

And they were all toppers of their class, sir.

IIT...NEET...

They were all preparing for some competitive exams.

And Rohan was preparing for the Medical Entrance exam...

...but he went missing on 20th February.

Meaning he went missing eight days before the exam.

If all these boys were preparing for the competitive exams...

...then they all went to coaching classes.

Yes, sir.

All the big coaching classes in Lucknow are around Ram Bazaar, aren't they?

Yes.

But what can be the reason behind killing these toppers?

Maybe some parent is committing these murderers...

...to eliminate competition for their children.

Mr. Awasthi, if someone wants to eliminate competition...

...then they'll do so only for a single field.

One guy won't appear for Medical, Engineering, MBA entrance exams at the same time.

Sir, what if tail the next potential victim instead of looking for the murderer?

Find out the last location of these boys from their phone records.

Yes, sir.

Curses.

No.

Heat energy is transformed...

My mother used to say...

...if you cook anything too much that ruins its nutritious value.

You see when you mix oil, spices and water with anything...

...it soaks up the nutrition value.

That's why you should eat vegetables raw.

Could this be the reason why I haven't become...

...smart yet even after eating so many brains?

Huh? What did you say?

I didn't know that you're so smart.

Yes, I've always been.

You see, father didn't let me study.

Otherwise, I would've definitely cleared high school.

All my friends would ask me questions...

...and I would answer instantly.

I loved to study.

What's wrong?

Now give me whatever you've learned.

Give it to me.

Move.

Leave me.

What are you...

What are you doing?

Sleep. Sleep.

Sleep.

Are you prepared for the exam?

Yeah, Khushboo.

Sir, I checked the last location of all the victims.

Their last location is near Ram Bazaar.

Okay, fine.

Tough case, officer?

Are you hungry or you don't have an answer?

I had a late meal.

Would you like to eat anything?

What happened?

It sucks, man.

I mean I didn't enter this profession to be some big-shot news anchor.

I just wanted to do my job!

I just wanted to make a difference, that's it!

And now the same old shit!

"Cover the truth or you'll hurt this politician's sentiment."

"These advertisers will back out."

If everyone worries about their personal agenda...

...then there won't be any space for honest journalism.

There's never any space for honesty,

one has to make it.

You'll do it.

Are you hungry?

How about an omelette?

Yeah.

The last location of all the victims is Ram Bazaar.

So Ram Bazaar is the kidnap spot.

But it's a crowded area.

So if anyone tried to use force or gag the victim...

...then someone must have noticed.

Maybe he convinced or influenced them in some way.

Yes, sir, but all these boys were extremely smart...

...how can anyone convince of influence them so easily?

Not smart, they were toppers.

And they were kidnapped before the exam.

And toppers are the most stressed about exams...

...of losing their top position.

Maybe someone lured them with leaked exam papers.

Anyway...

These nine-boys were kidnapped in the last two years...

...meaning the average is one boy every three months.

The last victim was Rohan.

Kidnapped three months ago before the Medical Entrance Exam.

Which is the next Competitive exam?

Sir, AIEEE due in 10 days.

We haven't received any missing person report from that area yet.

Maybe the murderer is scouting for his new victim.

Sir, the electricity department's reports have arrived.

There are seven areas in Ram Bazaar where power fluctuation was noticed.

And the last fluctuation was recorded over 2-months ago.

Meaning a few days after Rohan went missing.

Ram Bazaar is also in Teli Baug.

Sir, I'll prepare a list of potential toppers of AIEEE.

Right.

- Let's go to Teli Baug. - Yes.

Thank you.

How is this possible that we found nothing in any of these homes?

The power surge was recorded close to the dates when those boys were kidnapped.

Maybe the killer is stealing electricity from these homes.

Call the officer from the electricity department.

- Yes, sir. - And get this checked.

Yes. Okay.

Sir, we've a list of AIEEE potential toppers.

We'll head to Ram Bazaar.

Coaching classes must be going on.

We've better chances of finding these students there.

Keep an eye on every topper.

And we'll follow the lead on leaked papers.

Listen, can I get some important papers for the upcoming exams?

No, you won't get anything here.

Anywhere else?

Check ahead.

Anybody there?

Is this your shop?

Of course, this is my shop. Whose else would it be?

I went to take a leak.

How can I help you?

- Listen. - Yeah.

I asked around the market.

This is the place where one gets leaked exam papers.

My younger brother's exams are coming up.

Can I get the paper?

Say that again and I'll smash your face!

One needs to study to pass exams. One needs to study hard.

My father would say

only with hard work, intelligence one makes it to the top.

And my father used to say the solution to every problem is this.

- How much? - Keep it.

What's wrong with youngsters today?

They think they can buy anything.

Imagine you pass the exam through unlawful means...

...what will you do in the test of life.

Listen. Listen.

Even I am preparing for the exam.

But not like you.

I have brains.

A lot of brains.

How are you, Dhiren?

Did you eat almonds today?

Yes.

God Bless you. God Bless you.

Listen...

...the coaching class guy said this is the place to get leaked exam papers.

- Is this the place? - No.

This is for my brother. I even have money.

No, no.

What did you get me into, asshole? I could've been arrested.

Rohan, Mohit, Alok, you guys are so smart. Why didn't you tell me before?

What do you want?

- I have what you want. - I see.

You're looking for leaked exam papers, aren't you?

Yes.

Look, the question paper will leak out three hours before the exam.

But I have something better.

What?

Toppers notes.

The easiest way to top the exam.

Look.

Alok. Math's topper.

Rohan. Biology topper.

This is like hitting the jackpot, mister.

Normally. I sell it for 5000.

But for you, only 3000.

Where did you find these notes?

Looks nice.

Are you blind, asshole!

Sorry, man.

What sorry? What sorry? What sorry?

What? What are you staring at?

What? What are you staring at?

Brother Harsh.

Asshole. Bastard!

Do you see this asshole?

- Do you see this? - Sorry, sir. Sorry...

- Get lost. - Sorry, sir.

Do you want to go to jail?

I am a cop.

Where did you find these notes?

Sir, I stole these topper notes from the photocopy shop.

I was only selling this for some money.

I am a student myself.

- Photocopy? - Photocopy, sir.

Sir, Dhiren's gone missing.

I found his bag.

- Find this shop owner's address. - Okay, sir.

Calm down, calm down, son.

There's no point in throwing your hands and feet.

They all tried that.

It's all my father's fault.

He called me stupid, useless, fool and thrashed me...

...that I decided to prove him wrong.

Look at this furnace.

It chars the entire body.

I made it myself.

See this, father.

Sachin taught me how to turn the electricity to fire.

He was a very smart kid.

And Mohit...

Mohit was very ingenious.

He taught me how to make a chimney...

...and how to pass the smoke in the sewer...

...so no one can smell the stench of a burning body.

"Gold is worth dust."

"And dust is worth Gold."

"Gold is worth dust."

"And dust is worth Gold."

"Speak up..."

Oh, God.

Sir.

Send the forensics and an ambulance.

I'll text you the address.

Okay, fine.

Sir, the electricity department has traced the person stealing electricity.

- The... - ...Barber shop at TJ Road.

To increase its nutritious value...

...brain should be eaten raw.

That's how I managed to swoop

you from right under the noses of all those cops.

My head.

My head.

No, sir...

"Swing along and shake a leg."

"Swing along and shake a leg."

"Swing along and shake a leg."

What's the matter, sir?