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BLACK SQUAD — EPISODE 119: "The Final Witness"
Genre: Crime Thriller | Suspense | Detective Investigation
Setting: Mumbai
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OPENING SCENE
NIGHT — MUMBAI — VICTORIA GRAND HOTEL — ROOM 607
Rain lashes the windows as a bellboy unlocks Room 607 after complaints of a foul stench. The camera follows his trembling hand pushing open the door. The room is neat — except for the sight on the bed: RAGHAV DESAI, a known crime journalist, lies dead with a single bullet wound to the head. Blood spatters on the wall.
On the table, a single bloodstained playing card — the Queen of Spades.
CCTV shows no one entering or leaving the floor for the last 6 hours.
CUT TO BLACK. TITLE CARD: BLACK SQUAD
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ACT 1 — CRIME SCENE
ACP SULAIMAN QAZI, IMRAN WANI, ARJUN RATHORE, ZOYA SHEIKH, and forensic expert DR. R.P. GUPTA arrive at the scene.
DR. R.P. GUPTA (examining body):
"Gunshot wound at close range. Death around 5-6 hours ago. No defensive marks. This wasn't suicide. Someone made it look like one."
ARJUN (inspecting room):
"Clean. No forced entry. CCTV disabled for 5 minutes at 11:30 PM."
IMRAN (picking up card):
"A calling card? Or a message."
They question hotel staff. No one saw anyone, no room service, no disturbances. CCTV from other floors intact.
ACP SULAIMAN QAZI (to Imran):
"Trace his last calls, emails, and pending stories. This man was chasing something big."
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ACT 2 — INVESTIGATION
BLACK SQUAD HQ.
The team dives into Raghav Desai's laptop — discovers encrypted files on a scandal involving MLA RAJVEER MISHRA. Documents reveal a possible link to an old human trafficking case the Black Squad cracked in Episode 45.
Zoya deciphers emails — one conversation stands out:
"Meet me at the hotel. Tonight. 11:30 PM. I have proof. After this, everything changes."
Signed — S.K.
ACP SULAIMAN (grimly):
"Who's S.K.?"
IMRAN (connecting dots):
"A contact from our past… Shiv Kumar? Shafiq Khan? Shalini Khatri? Wait — Shalini."
Arjun frowns.
"She died in Episode 45."
A dead end.
But a CCTV snippet from the adjacent parking lot shows a figure in a raincoat disposing of something in a dustbin at 11:35 PM.
They recover a mobile phone — damaged but recoverable.
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ACT 3 — SUSPECTS & TENSION
The recovered phone reveals messages between Raghav and ACP's old informant — Sameer Kale.
SAMEER KALE (called in for interrogation):
Nervous, sweating.
"Yes, I met him. He said he had proof against Mishra. I warned him not to go after it. But I left before anything happened."
IMRAN (hard, pressing):
"You disabled the CCTV."
Sameer insists he fled before the murder.
ACP SULAIMAN:
"Either you're lying, or the real killer is one step ahead."
New evidence: the bullet used matches a weapon issued in a police consignment 8 years ago — traced to a missing pistol from the old Mumbai Crime Branch locker. The officer in charge? Late Inspector Vikram Rathod.
ARJUN (shocked):
"That's my uncle."
Emotions run high. Arjun steps out, visibly disturbed.
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ACT 4 — THE REAL KILLER
Phone company logs reveal a final call made from Raghav's phone at 11:29 PM — to ACP Sulaiman's old number.
ACP SULAIMAN (stunned):
"He tried to call me."
Further digging finds a hidden safe in the hotel room — inside, a recording device.
The recording reveals a female voice threatening Raghav. It's identified as SHIKHA MISHRA, the MLA's niece — someone never on the radar, always in the shadows.
Flashbacks reveal her manipulating events in Episode 45, helping cover up the trafficking scandal.
The motive:
Raghav had proof of Shikha's involvement and was about to expose her in a press conference.
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ACT 5 — CONFRONTATION & ACTION
A rapid action scene unfolds. Shikha tries to flee Mumbai through a private airstrip.
BLACK SQUAD intercepts.
Gunfire exchange, Imran and Arjun chase on foot.
Shikha takes a hostage — one of the airport staff.
SULAIMAN (commanding):
"Arjun, flank left. Imran, steady."
A tense standoff. Shikha reveals the card was a message to Sulaiman: "You couldn't save her in 45, you won't stop me now."
Final shot — Arjun takes a clean shot to disarm Shikha.
She's arrested.
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ACT 6 — EPILOGUE
Back at HQ, the squad reviews the case.
IMRAN (reflective):
"Even years later, the ghosts of our past cases haunt us."
ACP SULAIMAN (solemn):
"That's the cost of this badge. You chase one demon, another rises."
ARJUN (half-smiling):
"At least we sent one more to hell tonight."
Closing montage:
Raghav's funeral.
Newspaper headline: "Black Squad Uncovers Political Scandal"
MLA Rajveer Mishra taken into custody.
Squad members in the rain, looking at the city skyline.
FADE OUT.
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