Kerala Crime Files (2023) s02e05 Episode Script

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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.
Ayyappan.
No fucking way!