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(jail gate squeaks open)

(scoffs)

She was an actor, and I am a writer.

That's why you want to film all this for publicity.

You can leak the scenes of my mortification.

(sneers) Helps boost Kerala Police's mileage.

(scoffs)

We may look spic and span on the outside.

But inside we are the raw Kerala Police you've heard of.

(sighs) Don't you force our true colours out.

You'll have a tough time, Mr. Sanjeev.

Hmm.

(grunts)

These are data retrieved from your phone.

Messages received from random numbers, right?

(sighs sharply)

Hmm.

Even though you are the murderer,

these photos were the real reason for you to commit the crime,

triggered by the story Bibin crafted

of a husband betrayed by his wife.

(Ancy complaining to her helper about the food)

(clears throat)

(door hinges squeak)

(tense music)

(music rises, stops)

I was trying to call Pinto. I'm not getting through from my phone.

(scoffs)

I'm not angry, but I feel pity seeing this despicable act of yours.

You're checking my phone not because you doubt me

but because you doubt yourself.

Because you doubt your own manhood.

(Ancy scoffs)

(clears throat)

(intriguing music)

We gotta do an awesome job on that scene!

She betrayed her own husband who lifted her up from rags.

He popped in with a surprise gift for her birthday,

but he's shocked to find his wife doing unspeakable things with his friend.

His heart is torn apart, sir.

We need to add compelling visuals to it.

Let's get some nude scenes. It must be that impactful.

He decides to finish his wife, fed up with her promiscuity.

All slutty tramps who cheat on their husbands should be killed.

(Ancy) Happy birthday, Sanjeev.

(Sanjeev grunts)

I simply wished you.

Birthday wishes to you too, Ancy.

Thanks.

Listen, today the shoot schedule will run late,

so please don't plan any dinner or party. I won't be there.

Also, don't waste my money buying a gift for me.

We are too old to celebrate birthdays.

So, you needn't make any plans. I'm out.

(sinister music sting swells)

(music stops)

(ominous sting swells)

Like you said, it all occurred concurrently.

Those photos, chats, Bibin's story,

and adding fuel to the fire was Ancy's contempt and spite.

I decided to kill her.

I'd be an utter failure if she'd abandon me, sir.

I'd be a flop in cinema and life.

I wanted to win. That's why I killed her.

I did everything the protagonist in the story did to evade an arrest.

(chuckles) Yet, I still got caught.

I'm still a failure everywhere.

But what I did was the right thing to do.

She deserved to die.

The screenshots Sanjeev received on Ancy-Williams chats were all doctored.

Cyber Cell has confirmed it.

Which means

this was all an elaborate scheme with no room for errors.

If Sanjeev had shared those photos with Ancy or asked her about them,

perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

There lies the brilliance of this plan.

When we questioned Williams,

there was something happening between them.

Ancy and Williams had ongoing chats and calls.

On the other side, Sanjeev was sinking like a stone.

Analysing both these scenarios perfectly,

Bibin designed a flawless mind game that fit these pieces together.

But, Aji...

the Bibin we're looking for and the one in Sanjeev's story are not the same.

They both are different. Then how?

To answer that question,

we need to start from Bibin's very first victim.

(monitor trills)

Renuka Mohan.

Not good enough. Couldn't score stuff.

It's been two days that I'm dry and down.

(exhales sharply)

- Marijuana is simply a downer. - What?

(snickers) It just makes you indolent. It's nothing exciting.

- Just trash. - (laughs)

Then I shall do one thing,

I'll take 2 or 3 grams of C every week.

- I'm paid here that exorbitantly. - (laughs)

Get lost, you moron!

Dude, I just gotta go off my senses with what I can afford. That's it.

Whatever shit or trash it is.

I have something with me.

Neither shit nor trash.

- But stone. - Hmm?

Just gotta powder it and snort.

Nothing like weed and C. It's full on!

- Care to try? - (scoffs)

Don't take me for a fool.

Hey, why should I joke with you?

Do you want to try?

(vicious music)

Snort a thick line in (sniffs) and it'll make you fly high.

In full swing. It'll feel like forever.

Very special and very rare.

(chuckles)

Then put a line in for me. Let me also feel the high.

(Bibin laughs)

That can be arranged, not only for once

but whenever you want.

But on one condition.

- You prick! - Hey, no, come on.

- Then what? Should I pay you? - You don't have to pay a penny.

uhm?

Not another soul, other than the two of us, should know about this.

Not a word about this in front of anyone else.

This stuff will reach you whenever you want. I'll take care of that.

You won't even have to ask for it.

- Okay. - Deal?

It's a done deal! My lips are sealed. Promise!

(lilting whimsical music)

(thuds)

(scrapes through)

(tapping)

(music continues)

It's your first time, right? Try both.

(snorts, coughs, sniffles)

(sniffles)

(snorting deeply)

(inhales deeply, coughs, sighs)

(breathing deeply)

(lilting music continues)

(suspenseful music)

(liquid dripping)

(eerie music)

(steaming and bubbling)

(dripping)

(eerie dramatic sting)

(rapid stirring, tinkling)

(hammer thuds)

(music turns dramatic)

(electronic music playing)

(screaming, yelling)

Happy birthday, baby!

- Renu... - Naveen...

(cheering, chanting)

Happy birthday... Thank you, Harsha.

I've kept your birthday gift in your car.

A very special gift for a special day.

Mum's the word. Okay?

- (chuckles) Thank you so much. - (merrily) Yeah? Okay.

I'll help you sneak out of here.

What's in the car is special just for today. Finish up the whole stuff.

Hey, dude, you are the best! (laughs)

Hey, guys, come on, come on. Let's have a shot.

Hey, Naveen, come, dude. Come on, come on.

(Renuka) Where's the light?

(cheering, laughing)

(shrieks, laughs)

- (whooping) - (loud music playing)

(upbeat merry shrieking)

(screams)

(car door shuts)

(grunts)

(tense dramatic music)

(snorts, coughs)

(coughs)

(sniffles hard)

(snorts, stifled coughs)

(breathing heavily)

(strained breathing, coughing)

(suffocating, gasping)

(gasping for breath)

(music rises)

(grunting, suffocated whimpering)

(painful choking)

(Aji) With the help of Imam Mubarak, who assisted us in Bangalore,

the substances recovered at the place where Bibin stayed as Harshan

has been sent for a chemical test.

To see if we can find any traces.

We are still awaiting the results.

But we can be sure that it is Bibin who gave Renuka

that deadly level of concentrated methamphetamine.

Many of these substances are ingredients to cook it up.

Bibin managed to kill Renuka without raising any suspicions towards him.

As per the information we have, Renuka's is his first murder.

It is the way she lived her life that made him kill her.

She had been heartless and merciless to his real parents.

The life he deserved, the one Sarah interchanged with,

was being wasted on alcohol and drugs.

More than accepting the fact that he's really Mohan and Rekha's son,

he misused this swapped life of his to ravage himself, to despise others

and to eliminate those who survived.

Renuka was the first victim of that decision.

(screen trills)

(dramatic music)

Once he zeroed in on his prey,

the effort Bibin takes to get to that person is unbelievable.

He invests years to learn about that individual,

about their personal and social life,

It's only after a thorough research on them

does Bibin make an entry into their life.

From the 1000-plus babies in Sarah's list,

he identifies a target and judges them to be right or wrong.

And instead of killing them directly,

Bibin invents a motive for the victim to die.

Pretending to be a friend, unbeknownst to them,

Bibin leads them straight to death exactly on their swapped birth dates.

From his personal vengeance triggered by Renuka,

Bibin composed this specific pattern.

Maybe the excitement the first murder sparked in him

played catalysed his rebirth as a sociopath.

The first victim of that reincarnation was Devan. Devan Kupleri.

In the killing spree Bibin started off with Renuka,

a presence of an accomplice was first noted in Devan's case.

Most probably

it's got to be someone Sarah swapped,

who was shoved to the wrong side of the equation, just like Bibin.

Someone from Sarah's list.

Without spilling the chain of secrets,

someone with whom he can make a case to join him in the killings.

By setting the trap for Devan,

Bibin killed Devan with the help of this second person.

(vehicle approaching)

(Devan) Do we have any bottles in stock?

- (Bibin) There's one in the trunk. - Get that for me.

Kalesh, if they come for brawls,

just stay clear of trouble, okay?

What about you, Devan bro?

I can handle myself.

Look out for yourself.

- (Kalesh) Hmm. - (Bibin) Devan bro.

- Naisam Ali, be careful. - Okay.

(car revving)

(bike accelerates)

(sinister music)

(gulps)

(exhales sharply)

(gulps down)

(phone clanks)

Who are you, bastard?

(groans)

I was duped.

I was cheated. Cheated, you schmucks!

(grunts)

(spits)

(grunts, gulps)

- (horn honks) - (screams) Who's there, jerk?

Who is it?

Who the hell is it?

(strains)

Who is there, motherfucker? Are you filming me?

(thuds)

Who's out there?

Devan was cheated!

I was suckered!

Who are you, fucker! Who is it?

You bloody son of a bitch!

(car door opens)

Who is it!

(grunts)

(shouts) Who's there?

(grunts, muffled scream)

(thrilling music)

Who are you, fucking cunt?

Let me go, you motherfucker!

(muffled cries)

(agitated cries)

(groans hard)

(struggled swallowing, whimpering)

(suffocated gulps)

(door opens)

(Devan breathes heavily)

(door slams)

(painful gagging)

(gagging)

(bike starts)

They used a highly toxic pesticide

containing monocrotophos to murder Devan.

Devan already being sloshed before getting killed

would have made it easier for them.

There was no sign of any resistance from him.

But, Aji...

how can a very ordinary man like Bibin

pull all this off so flawlessly?

How is it even possible?

(chuckles)

The extraordinary brain of an ordinary man. That's his weapon.

It is so evident when we explore Ancy's murder case.

Both of them born on the same day at the hospital Sarah worked at.

Destinies forged when Sarah swapped them.

But Ancy and Sanjeev did not live an ideal life as per Bibin's definition.

Both were guilty, so they became targets.

But instead of just killing them off,

Bibin pulled strings from behind the scenes.

Placing his new accomplice in the foreground,

he coerces Sanjeev to kill Ancy via a wicked mind game.

The results are the same.

One loses her life and the other his existence.

That second person, who is still unknown to us,

is Sanjeev's storyteller Bibin.

Hmm.

Sir...

the nature of this case has changed. We're in pursuit of a serial killer now.

Observing circumstantial evidence we collected during our investigation,

the briefing I just gave you about the three cases is just speculation.

This might be how it happened. Maybe it happened differently.

There are material facts supporting some.

We need to gather more evidence to prove the rest.

Only Bibin can give us an exact detailing of these three murders.

We will have to track Bibin down to prevent another murder.

But a secret investigation with limited resources like this is not practical.

We have to break this cover-up, mobilise all resources of the force

and initiate a manhunt. We do not have a moment to lose.

(brooding music)

(swallows)

What you said is right, Aji.

But when we publicise Bibin's details, Sarah's confession will also be out.

That is not a small problem.

To find one person, we will be putting many more lives at risk.

Do you think it is inevitable?

But, sir, the person we are searching for is a serial killer.

A brutally brilliant sociopath.

Many lives will still be ruined if we let him loose.

Let us discuss what can be done.

We will come to a conclusion after that.

- Okay? - (sighs)

- Sir. - Okay.

(tense music)

(door thuds open)

(salutes)

- Good job. - Thank you, sir.

Come with me.

Twelve years ago,

we tried to bury the deathbed confessions Sarah made

because there was no lawful solution to it.

The three of us still believe that the decision we took was right.

Like you said, we have to hunt Bibin down.

Before... he commits another murder.

But it shouldn't be by letting Sarah's secrets out.

The investigation should continue with the same secrecy.

We will do anything in our power to help you locate Bibin.

Anything except for breaking this cover-up.

(scoffs)

If that's the case,

I have the same question for you again, which was once left unanswered.

If I arrest Bibin, what is next?

If he is produced before the court,

there is only one reason why he did all this.

Sarah's confession.

How will we hide it there?

I'm not asking you to arrest him and produce before the court.

Then what are you implying, sir?

Aji, you must find Bibin.

But to finish him.

There is no other alternative to this

other than Bibin's death.

(dramatic music rises)