'All incidents and characters in this film are fictitious, bear no resemblance'
'Greetings!'
'This is SD Ramesh Selvan, the director of this movie, speaking.'
'All my movies are taken with a feeling of social concern.'
'This Nungambakkam is also the same.'
'I have taken this film by not hurting anyone's mind even a bit.'
'In a public place... in front of our eyes...'
'when a mistake is happening, either we have to question it...'
'...or stop it from happening.'
'If both are not possible...'
'...then please try to inform those who have to be informed.'
'If it has happened to someone today, won't it happen to us tomorrow?'
'Only if the society is good, we as well as our friends...'
'can be safe.'
'Thank you. Greetings.'
'SD Ramesh Selvan.'
'Nungambakkam'
'Ajmal'
'Mano Ayra'
'A. Venkatesh G. Gnanasambandam'
'R. N. R. Manohar Rajkanth'
'Munnar Ramesh Ganesh'
Your attention please.
Use dustbins and help railways...
in keeping the surroundings clean.
Travellers, in order to keep the station's surroundings clean...
…please help us.
Use dustbins and help railways in keeping the surroundings clean.
Travellers, in order to keep the station's surroundings clean...
…please help us.
Greetings... today's important news...
In electrical engineer Sumathi's murder case...
…when the police tried to arrest the murderer Rajkumar...
…he slit his neck with a blade.
15 stitches have been put on his neck.
When the Government chief madical doctor spoke regarding this...
We have put stitches where Rajkumar had slit his neck.
Because his muscles are cut...
…it will atleast take 2 days for him to talk.
Sir, sir...we have just put the stitches on him.
- Shall I... - Nothing will happen doctor.
Bring him quickly.
Ok, sir.
You are taking him covering his face, sir...!
Has he done such a big mistake?
Give way... give way...!
They are taking my son, by covering his face.
Push...
Where are they taking him?
- Oh sir... - Manage his parents.
- Ask them to stay away. - My son...
Sir... sir... I am very upset.
Come back a bit.
Oh Rajkumar...
Rajkumar...
They are taking my son!
In all the policemen's life...
there will be some case which will be important.
But for all the police of Tamil Nadu...
this is a very very important case.
Because the time of murder and the place of murder...
the way the murder was done.
- Be careful. - Ok, father.
- Have you taken the phone? - Yes I have.
- Father, I am leaving...bye - Bye
- Tell me. - A girl has been slashed.
- Tell... what? - In Nungambakkam!
Sir, in Nungambakkam railway station a murder has taken place.
That comes under Railway police control.
We are not connected with that.
Sir, ever since they came they are only watching the fun.
Is it so?
Where exactly did the murder take place in the railway station?
Sir, inside the railway station in platform No.2...
…this murder has taken place there.
To the left of the railway station is under our control.
That comes under Nungambakkam police station control.
You call them.
Greetings. Today's headlines...
This morning, in Nungambakkam railway station...
Sumathi, a system engineer...
has been hacked to death by an unknown person.
Oh pity!
In the morning someone has killed a girl mercilessly.
He has killed her...don't know whose child she is...!
We are unable to save her.
See sir...see. All of you see.
Now what else can be done?
Oh God...!
All of you give way... move.
Give way... give way...!
- All of you move. - Sir.
- Don't take photos with the phone. - Go...go.
You too madam... move.
- Why sir? - Go...go.
Go... go.
Where are you?
Sir, a murder at Nungambakkam railway station.
I am going to that spot, sir.
That comes under the control of Choolaimedu station.
Why are you going there?
Sir, we are already very late.
We have to secure the evidence and have to control the spot, sir.
If not we will earn a bad name.
Then send the SI and you come to my office.
Ok, sir.
- Satish... - sir...
ACP has asked me to come.
You take care of it.
- I will call you later. - Ok, Sir.
What sir, you have still not covered the body?
SP is coming. We are waiting for him.
Sumathi... oh...!
Oh... Sumathi...
Mercilessly...
- Sumathi... - Sumathi...
Oh... my dear...
Sumathi...
You have left me to suffer and gone...
Sumathi...
What happened Satish? What is happening there?
Couldn't do anything, sir.
They are saying that SP has to come.
They have not covered the body with a cloth, sir.
What are you saying, Satish.
Even after death, our law aims to protect the prestige of everyone.
- You tell them that. - Ok, sir.
SP is on his way, sir.
Sir, give some way.
- Move... move...! - Sir.
- When did this happen? - Between 6:36 to 6:40, Sir.
Go... go...!
You clear everyone. Go madam... go.
Ask them to go. Send them.
Don't watch the fun. Go... go...!
He is that girl's father, sir.
What time does your daughter go to work?
6:30, sir.
Do you drop her?
I will only drop her daily, sir.
Where is she working?
Acharapakkam, sir.
- Are you the one who saw him? - Yes sir, I saw him.
- How was he to look at? - He was lean, sir.
He was wearing a black coloured pant, sir.
He was wearing checked shirt, sir.
He just crossed and went, sir.
He killed that girl with one slash, sir.
He killed her and went away.
Then he came back again and took the cell...
and ran away, sir.
Did you see anything else with him?
Think properly and tell.
He had a bag behind his back, sir.
He had a bag, sir.
What sort of a bag?
I think it was black color, sir.
Oh...which way did he go?
He came this way and went away in the same direction, sir.
See if there is a CCTV footage in the direction he went.
As this has happened in the broad daylight in the midst of public...
it has caused a lot of fear among the people of Chennai.
A special report on this.
This morning around 6:30, at Nungambakkam railway station...
Sumathi has been killed by an unknown person.
The girl who was slashed, died on the spot in a pitiable state.
As this incident occurred in the main area of Chennai, Nungambakkam...
This morning at around 6:36...
at Nungambakkam railway station...
...a girl has been hacked to death in a mysterious way.
The body of the girl who was hacked to death...
has been taken over by the railway police
and are conducting an enquiry.
When I saw her she was already dead.
At Nungambakkam railway station a girl has been killed cruelly.
The railway police have watched the fun for 3 and a half hours.
When I think of it, I feel very bad.
Are you all humans?
A girl has been slayed...
and you are watching the fun... more than the person who slashed her...
you people who watched, are worse than him.
Had it been your sisters, would you have watched the fun like this?
Watching fun has become your job.
Even if the goat, cow get hurt...
there are people who come to help them.
But when a person has got hurt...
these people stand around and watch the fun.
In the broad daylight a man has slayed a girl at the railway station
public are standing and watching the fun.
To top it up there is a discussion
whether it is railway police who are coming or city police.
After this WhatsApp and Facebook arrived the Nation has gone to dogs.
They are sending the photo and asking for likes!
Where are they going to prosper?
All and sundry are taking the photo and sending it and asking for likes.
Had they taken the photo of the murderer
it would have been of help to the police.
You say police is your friend.
If we handover the culprit, you don't behave like a friend.
First you behave like a friend.
At the railway station, a man has slayed a girl and ran away...
when asked to come...
you are saying, that area is not mine but his...
I am not the police but he is the police.
The one who goes in Audi car, doesn't call the ambulance...
when an injured person is seen he reports to 108.
He is the only living person and what about others?
It is so sad to hear...
if we had said that there is bomb at the railway station...
…won't you all have come immediately?
That girl has been slayed and suffering...
…does it take 3 hours to come?
Even now you have come only for the news.
Which way is our Country going, sir?
For the past 3 and a half hours
that body was being watched by the police along with the public.
This evening after the autopsy is done...
…Sumathi's body will be handed over to her parents.
The excitement which was there the entire day...
…in the system engineer Sumathi's murder case...
…the photo of the suspected murderer...
…has been brought out by the railway police.
- What is your name? - Bashir, Sir.
- How do you know Sumathi? - I know her through the office.
Was Sumathi in love with someone?
Do you know whether Sumathi loved someone?
- I don't know, sir. - Who told you that Sumathi is dead?
My friend told me, sir.
- Friend... means? - Indu.
How long do you know Sumathi?
I and Sumathi know each other for 7 years.
Both of us worked in the same office.
Will both of you travel together in the train?
- Yes sir. - Why you didn't come that day?
That day there was a small function at home.
I called Sumathi and told her that I won't be able to come.
Do you know if Sumathi loved someone?
No sir, she is not that type of a girl.
She doesn't have such thoughts.
- What is your name? - Shiva, Sir.
- How long have you been driving? - For 4 years, sir.
Hey what is the problem between the murdered Sumathi and you?
Sir, that girl was fighting with someone over the phone.
I looked at her through the mirror.
That girl got angry and scolded me.
In return I also scolded her, sir.
In the mean time, that girl called the company and lodged a complaint.
Because of that I lost my job, sir.
- Is it so? - Yes Sir.
I will have to question you again regarding this case.
- I will come, Sir. - Understood?
- I understand, Sir. - You should not go out anywhere.
Should come whenever you are called.
- Ok Sir. - Ok?
- Ok... Go... first go to haircut. - Ok Sir.
The court has condemned the police department
In the system engineer, Sumathi's murder case...
the laid back attitude of railway police and Tamil Nadu police...
on the day of the murder even after a long time...
the delay which took place as to who will file the FIR...
this act was strictly condemned by the court.
To top it up, why so much delay in arresting the murderer...
is the question, the court has raised.
After the court's condemnation...
...today the Nungambakkam railway station
was visited by Chennai commissioner and law and order DGP
to inspect the site.
This case, Tamil Nadu police...
Deal carefully.
All the best.
- Nungambakkam police... - Thank you, Sir.
In such a difficult situation...
they handed over this case to me.
Before I took this case...
in the social media about this...
many reviews were waiting.
This itself was a big challenge for me.
Sir, I was the one who dealt that case on behalf of the railways.
I read everything.
Was there anything in the report which couldn't be divulged...?
There is nothing of that sort, sir.
Ten days back, an altercation between a call taxi driver...
and that girl took place, sir.
I called him and enquired thoroughly.
He is not involved in this case, sir.
Sumathi's family gave a petition to the Chief Minister's special cell...
is there any pressure from the Government's side?
It is nothing like that, sir.
Dhinakaran, a teacher, had given lots of interviews in the papers.
Hope there is no report about him!
Sir, a week back some boy slapped Sumathi on her cheek...
that girl got into the train without showing any resistance...
that teacher is believed to have said in the interview.
What he said was totally a lie, sir.
For his own self publicity...
that man has given such an interview.
I warned that man and sent him, sir.
- Name? - Shankara Subbaratnam, Sir.
Do you have any suspicion on anyone?
A person was following my daughter, sir.
I advised him not to follow my daughter.
He again followed and my daughter had scolded him.
I have a doubt that it could be him.
Why didn't you complain to the police that day itself?
No sir... she is a grown up girl...
I was scared that there may be some problem.
Give me your mobile number.
My number is 9700351529.
If you have doubt on anyone, inform me.
- Ok Sir. - Bye.
Bye.
Akshayan, how long do you know Sumathi?
What sort of a girl is she?
Sumathi is the centre of attraction in our team, sir.
Wherever she is there will be happiness, sir.
We didn't expect that such a thing would happen to her, sir.
In a crime, one can feel many people are involved.
But who has to be followed and who shouldn't be followed
the success of a police man lies in the decision he takes.
If the correct route is taken...
it is like half the case is won.
That route will be shown the inner feelings of a sincere policeman.
Some such indications...
even I can't find.
The murderer didn't want to hide his face.
His aim was that Sumathi should know as to who is killing her.
This has given rise to lot of discussion amongst people.
- Isn't that theft case? - Yes.
It was finished at that time itself.
- Sir... - Sir...
Good morning
- Sir... - Very good morning
All of you have studied the case thoroughly.
- Sir. - Where do we start this case from?
Sir, that girl has worked in a bank for one year.
I doubt, that the problem has started from there, sir.
I don't think so.
Sir, the sickle he used, seems to be like the one used in Karnataka.
No, even in our state, such a sickle is being used.
Sir, that girl's friends and her parents...
have said that this girl doesn't have any love affair.
Because everyone's answer is the same...
I have a doubt in that area.
If we enquire Sumathi's friends Indu and Bashir properly...
there is a possibility to get some lead.
Sir, looking at the method of murder...
I feel a trained killer has done this for money.
No, it doesn't seem that a trained killer has done this for money.
If his aim was to kill...
he should have slashed her neck.
He has aimed and slashed her mouth.
There is a close connection between this and the case.
Sir, this could have happened naturally also.
If he had slashed her mouth once, we could consider it as natural.
If he has slashed her mouth repeatedly...
he has planned and done it.
That too he must be known to Sumathi.
Sir, as per the cyber crime report...
...they have trapped nearly 6 lakhs calls.
None of them can be doubted.
Sir, like you say, if he is a known person...
they should have talked over the phone.
There is no need that known people have to talk over the phone.
Sir, she maintained the account of a big shot...
based on that this murder has taken place...
is the news that has appeared in social media.
Oh... let us not follow these rumours!
Sir, where do we start this case from?
There must be some way. We will find out.
- Selvam... - Sir...
you check if there is a CCTV footage of the killer anywhere in Saurashtra Nagar.
Sure... ok sir.
Let us see if we get some lead from the cyber crime.
- Shakul - Sir...
Ask Sumathi's friend Indu to come to the station.
Sir, Police Inspector Shankar from Nungambakkam has come to meet you.
- Regarding what? - Regarding Sumathi's case.
Ask him to come.
- Yuvaraj... - Hi sir.
Hi
Sir I have already given you all the details about Sumathi's case.
For the last one year all the incoming calls and outgoing calls
received by her has been checked by me...
and have tracked nearly 6 lakhs calls, sir.
There is nothing to track after this, sir.
Yuvaraj, we are not going to trace Sumathi's number.
We are going to trace the number of the person who killed Sumathi.
It seems funny, sir.
We don't know who killed her, sir.
How can we track his number?
It can be done, Yuvaraj. As per your report...
that morning when Sumathi died...
at 6:10 her mobile has got connected to Choolaimedu tower.
At 6:25 it has connected to Nungambakkam tower.
- Am I right? - Yes sir.
At that time Sumathi has come from Choolaimedu to Nungambakkam.
At the same time, from Choolaimedu to Nungambakkam tower...
see how many mobile numbers have got connected.
Why is it needed sir?
The accused would have followed Sumathi from house to Nungambakkam station.
Then all the numbers which travelled along with her...
the number of the accused would surely be there.
Sir, that will be in thousands.
Let it be. You track.
Shall I track Nungambakkam, Choolaimedu area fully?
Ok, track.
Sir, the time that you had said...
totally 12567 phone numbers have travelled, sir.
How to follow so many people, sir?
Accused wouldn't have followed suddenly on that one day.
Atleast he would have followed for 1 week to 10 days.
Out of this 12567 numbers... in the last 10 days...
check how many numbers have travelled to Sumathi's number.
Ok, sir.
- Track 10 days... - Ok sir.
Sir, totally there are 73 numbers.
Can't accused's number be one among these 73 numbers?
You are too good! Great sir!
Yuvaraj, give me the detailed list of those 73 people.
- Sure sir. - Check these 73 people immediately.
- Sir... list. - Thank you.
- Are you Thangaraj? - Yes it is me, sir.
A small enquiry.
9840337943...
- Is this your number? - Yes, sir.
Give me your ID card.
Everyday in the morning between 6:00 to 7:00
why do you come daily via Nungambakkam, Choolaimedu?
The house is at Kodambakkam and my shop is at Aminjikarai.
I have to go via Choolaimedu, sir.
- What is it, sir? - No nothing... a small enquiry.
- Tell me sir. - Are you Santosh?
- Yes sir. - Daily morning 6 to 7...
Everyday I go to work by train.
- What is it madam? - Sir, my name is Indu.
I am Sumathi's friend.
Inspector had asked me to come regarding Sumathi's case.
- Is sir there? - You sit there... he will come.
Ok, sir.
Sir, this girl was working with Sumathi in the same office.
You had asked her to come.
- Are you Indu? - Yes sir.
- I am Sumathi's friend. - Sit down.
You have said in your statement that a dark coloured person followed Sumathi.
- Yes sir. - Ramaswamy...
Bring him.
- Have you seen him somewhere? - No.
Near your office, at the railway station, wherever you go...?
I have not seen, sir.
See nicely and tell.
Surely I have not seen, sir.
You have said that Sumathi didn't have any love affair.
As far as I know... nothing, sir.
Did you tell anyone that you are coming to the station?
No sir...didn't tell anyone.
Give me your phone for a minute. Give.
- I rang up Bashir and told him, sir. - Why?
If anyone from our friends' circle is called for an enquiry, he...
asked us to ring him up and inform him.
What else did he say?
When the enquiry gets over he asked me to call him once I come out.
- Call him. - Sir...
Call...put it on speaker.
- Tell Indu. - Bashir...
this is Inspector Shankar from Nungambakkam.
Sir, tell me, sir.
You come to the station immediately.
Ok sir, I will come.
Candyfloss... candyfloss...!
Rs.10... candyfloss.
- Tell me Bashir. - Nungambakkam station Inspector...
has called Indu and enquired, sir.
Now he has asked me also to come, sir.
You come to the station and wait.
I will come.
- Both of us together will go. - Ok, sir.
- Bashir... - Tell me, sir.
Find out what that girl told the Inspector.
I will ask, sir.
Not on the phone. Go in person.
Ok sir.
What happened? Why Indu is not to be seen yet?
Why are you so late?
Tell Indu... what did they ask?
What Bashir...I called you to the station and you have come here!
Sir, I wanted to talk to Indu and then...
wanted to come to the station, sir.
Ok, talk to her and come. I will wait.
Sir...
let us go.
Shall we go?
Satish...you come.
- Talk Bashir...! - Sir...
- Lawyer isn't it? - Yes sir.
Say that we are coming.
- Hello. - I am near the station, Bashir.
Where are you?
I am coming to the station along with the Inspector.
Sir... sir.
Sir, where are you taking me?
We have arrested a person whom we suspect.
You have to see that person and tell us.
Sir...sir...!
- Did he say something? - No sir.
- Hasn't he said anything? - He is refusing to say, sir.
Hit him till he says. Hit.
Bashir, this is called open treatment.
In this the way they hit...
each bone will break but no one will know.
Unable to bear the beating, truth will come out automatically.
- What? - Sir, I will Tell, sir.
Sir... sir...!
- Sir, I will tell sir. - Tell.
Sir, don't hit. I will tell.
Tell.
Sir, I stole the jewellery from judge's house.
Please don't hit, sir.
Why didn't you say earlier?
I know Sumathi and Indu through office.
All three of us are very close friends from the beginning.
No... what happened, why are you looking so sad?
- Nothing. - Have they fixed your marriage?
- Yes. - Hey... it is a good news!
He says that he doesn't need kids for 4 to 5 years.
Hey super...you can be very happy.
I want to have 5 to 6 kids in 4 to 5 years and enjoy.
Hey...!
- Five kids? - Yes.
All her activities made me see Sumathi as a lover and not as a friend.
- Indu, you go. - Ok, fine.
What is this... you have come to the temple!
It is for you. Sumathi, I love you.
Shall we both marry?
- What are you saying? - Sumathi...
- What? - I didn't ask anything wrongly.
- Are you interested or not? - I will Tell.
I need some time.
- Time means? - I will tell tomorrow.
I saw her for the last time here, sir.
Last... when?
- Two days prior to her death. - What did she say?
I told you someone is following me for a long time...
however much I tell, he is not willing to understand.
That day I scolded him very badly...
and slapped him on his cheek.
I am tensed from that day onwards.
Hey...is this any problem?
No...I slapped him on his cheek.
That is why, out of fear, I ask father to drop me daily.
Why didn't you say this to me all these days?
Come, let us lodge a complaint in the police station.
No need...he looks very innocent.
I showed him to father also. He said he is a very small boy.
That is why I left it just like that.
- Do you know who he is? - I don't know, sir.
This is the relationship between me and Sumathi, sir.
If I tell these truths, police will file a false case on me...
is what the advocate told me.
This is what had happened.
Otherwise there's no connection between me and Sumathi's murder.
Why do you come to Nungambakkam?
Sir, daily I go to Central from Nungambakkam station.
Were you there at the time of murder?
Yes sir... I was in the opposite platform.
By the time I could come and see, that girl had died, sir.
- What is your name? - Satish sir.
- Your mobile number. - 9600032414
Do you have an ID card? - Yes, I Have, sir.
How long have you been here?
I am here for 10 years, sir.
Why do you come to Nungambakkam station surrounding daily morning?
Yes sir. I work there.
I am a sales executive.
- Is that your office time? - Yes sir.
- Tell Mahadevan... - Other than 3 numbers in this list
I have checked the remaining numbers, sir.
There is no one whom we can suspect, sir.
Is it so? Whose are those 3 numbers?
Sir, all 3 numbers are outside numbers, sir.
One is Vellore, next is Chidambaram and the third is Sengottai, sir.
I don't think any of these 3 numbers are of any use to us, sir.
Mahadevan, only if we check those 3 numbers
will we know if it is useful or not.
You go to Choolaimedu immediately.
Sir, I have collected all the CCTV footage
from Choolaimedu and Nungambakkam area.
Great... organise immediately so that we can see all that.
- I will come now. - Ok sir.
Sir.
Sir I have checked everywhere without missing any place.
Totally in 16 CCTV cameras his footage has been recorded.
Wait wait...play that.
- Satish... - Sir...
- Send everything to Forensic Lab. - Ok sir.
That is the one... that one... that one...!
Hold on... wait.
That's the one... from there till there.
Rewind... play.
Left... right...
he is going straight.
- Satish... - Sir...
Send this footage to the Press immediately.
Ok sir.
His last footage recorded...
is in the CCTV footage which is on the 16th street?
Yes sir.
The moment I saw that I had a spark in my mind.
Because after that his footage isn't recorded in any other camera.
So, he must be staying in that 16th street.
Sumathi's mobile has, for the last time
got switched on and off in that same area.
If we see carefully the way he walks...
left, right, U turn... there is no such diversion.
He didn't hide even though he crossed many crowded areas.
He didn't even look back to see if someone is chasing him.
He has come straight to this street as if he is used to it.
So I decided that he is staying there.
I immediately alerted my team.
I turned the attention of all the Police Department towards that area.
The hotel, tea stall, house, mansion, mosque
that are there... everywhere if his photo is shown and enquired...
I believe that we will get some news.
Sir, have you seen the person on photo somewhere?
- No sir. - See properly and Tell.
No sir, not seen.
Have you seen him anywhere? Do you know him?
- I know, sir. - How do you know?
- He is my roommate, sir. - Room mate?
- Where are you staying? - KS mansion, sir.
KS mansion?
Sir...!
Sir... please...
the security has been tightened in the entire area, sir.
Here, there are 4 mansions in total.
He was staying in this KS mansion, sir.
Sir, his name is Rajkumar.
Sir, this is the floor where he was staying.
Room No.207.
- Sir this side... - Wait.
Sir...
Tell me.
Sir there are 37 rooms in this mansion.
In that 74 people are staying.
52 people are working in day shift...
the remaining are doing night shift.
- Now where are they? - They all are in our custody.
His roommate Gopal is under SI Selvam's control.
Ok, sir.
Sir, this is the room where Rajkumar was staying.
None of the things that are here are his.
Everything belongs to his roommate.
The last thing that he left was this bag and his shirt which was inside it.
Sir, he is Rajkumar's room mate. His name is Gopal.
What are you working as?
- Watchman, sir. - What was he working as?
I don't know sir.
He will look very peaceful, sir.
It is very surprising to think that he has done this!
All his things are still in the room.
When did you see him last?
I saw him at 7 in the evening on the day of murder.
He was reading a paper peacefully, sir.
He said he is going to his native place in the evening.
Which place was he going?
- I don't know sir. - Does he have any other friends?
Don't know about it, sir.
Go.
Sir, he is the mansion manager, Selvam.
- How long did Rajkumar stay here? - He stayed for 3 months, sir.
- Do you have the ID? - Yes, I have, sir.
Rajkumar, son of Balasingham. Meenakshipuram...
Sengottai.
- Do you have his phone number? - Yes I have it, sir.
Mahadevan, check if this number is there in those 3 numbers.
Yes, it is there, sir.
Rajkumar, son of Balasingham, Meenakshipuram, Sengottai, sir.
What are you saying?
We immediately gave intimation to Sengottai.
What?
Sir, there is a fax from Chennai Commissioner's office.
- Ms.Vijaya... - Sir...
Who is this boy? What is he doing now?
Is he still in Meenakshipuram?
I want the full detail of his family immediately.
- Ok sir. - it is a very high profile case.
- Deal carefully. - Sure sir.
When you go you take 2 constables along with you.
Ok sir.
- You go in mufti. - Yes sir.
Hey take. Take... take.
Hey...!
Hey... what... what...?
Hey what are you looking here? Look here... hand...!
Hey... where are you running?
Don't pamper You go and graze the sheep
Wait, I will go
As per our records, almost he is the accused.
Sir, what are you thinking?
10 special force, nearly 200 police... 8 days...
So much tension, so much pressure...!
Quietly we will send 2 people and shoot him dead, sir.
Sir, sir... we can't do like that.
So far as we have enquired... where that girl worked...
we haven't got proper reply to some of our questions.
I have given those details and informed sir.
Sir, he is always like this.
Is she a MP or MLA?
She is an ordinary system engineer, sir.
Someone has hacked her to death.
What mystery will be there in this, sir?
He should be killed, sir.
Only then there will be fear.
You can't take it lightly.
The next day after the murder took place...
two famous actors of this Country...
have shared the news on Facebook that it was Bashir who killed her.
Why did they do like this?
There are so many questions like this.
- Not only... - Wait... Wait.
That girl studied in Chennai.
She has worked in Bengaluru for few days.
Again she has worked in Chennai.
What is the connection between this case and Sengottai?
As per the news we have...
only in Sengottai, there are many contract killers.
There is more chance of him being a contract killer.
After committing a murder in such a hot seat...
he is casually going and rearing goat in a village!
Yes sir. Correct.
He has not gone quietly after slashing.
He has taken her phone.
Then is he alone or is someone there with him?
We don't know anything.
First we will have to send our team...
...he has to be arrested alive.
Only then we can come to a conclusion.
Do whatever has to be done for that.
Sir, this is Inspector Shakti speaking.
Shakti, listen to me carefully.
- It should be highly confidential. - Ok sir.
We will do the same, sir.
Ok sir. Tell me sir... I will do sir.
Switch off the siren.
- Ask them to switch off the main. - Ok sir.
- Can switch off the main. - Ok sir.
Who is there at home?
- Who is it? - Open the door.
- Oh wait, I am coming. - Open the door.
- Who is it? - Is Muthukumar there?
There is no one called Muthukumar, sir.
Who has come?
- Police. - Police?
Why have they come?
Why the police has come at this hour?
What is your son's name?- My son's name is Rajkumar.
- Where is he? - He is sleeping in the back yard.
Sir... he is escaping sir.
- What are you saying? - Sir... he is running.
Hey stop... stop.
Hey stop.
Hey... you go that side.
Sir...
Hey don't try to escape. Stop.
Hey stop... stop...!
You come here sir.
Sir, sir... wait sir... wait sir.
Sir... my son is a very nice person.
What is the problem? Tell me, sir.
Sir... he wouldn't have done anything wrong sir.
He is a very nice person, sir.
- Why did they catch our son? - Police is not saying anything.
- Oh...! - Oh Rajkumar...!
Why have they taken my son?
In the system engineer, Sumathi's murder case...
when the police tried to arrest the murderer Rajkumar...
he slit his throat with a blade.
Because his muscles have got cut...
it will atleast take 2 days for him to talk.
10 special force, hundreds of police officers...
we have arrested the culprit with great difficulty.
As per the statement of Rajkumar...
he alone is the culprit.
We have come to know that there is no one else.
Commissioner's interview has given rise to many debates.
When the case is pending...
to satisfy whom the commissioner spoke like that...
and that he has spoken against the law
is the view expressed by many people.
The doctor who performed the operation...
has said that it would take 2 days for Rajkumar to speak.
When it is so...
the very next day Rajkumar has accepted his crime...
and has given a statement is what the Commissioner is saying.
Not only that...
Rajkumar alone is the culprit...
the Commissioner says that there is no one else along with him.
What a big contradiction is this!
At this time when no enquiry has been completed...
on what basis is
the Police Commissioner saying that Rajkumar is the culprit?
A thorough trained hardcore killer has only killed Sumathi...
is what the Railway police are categorically saying.
But our Tamil Nadu Police...
have arrested Rajkumar who has no past criminal records.
This itself can't be believed.
Like in Socrates story...
like a hole for a cat to come and another on for the kitten to come...
was he having 2 blades?
One for shaving and the other for slitting the throat?
All this is police set up, sir.
The photo of Rajkumar with his neck slit...
had appeared in the paper with the blood oozing.
Then did the police go with the camera to catch Rajkumar?
In that blade there is no trace of Rajkumar's blood!
Why didn't that girl and her family go and complain to the police?
When doctor herself has told the police that Rajkumar can't talk...
how can he talk only to the police?
In the first photo published by the police
there is no vermilion on Rajkumar's forehead.
After that all the photos that they published has vermilion.
Doctor says that if nerve of our neck is cut, then we can't talk.
So did Rajkumar himself slit the throat...
or did someone else slit it so that he doesn't talk?
There are many such questions which arise, sir.
Don't you know that, to reveal the identity is unlawful?
Why didn't you follow the procedures laid down by the high court?
Sir... tell me sir.
Actually what happened there?
Sir, what happened there was...
when we went to arrest...
Hey... stop.
Hey... stop... stop.
Hey... hey... stop.
Come here sir.
Sir... sir... wait.
Hey... stop...
Sir, my son is a very nice person.
What is the problem, tell me sir.
He wouldn't have done any mistake sir.
He is a very good person, sir.
After committing murder are you rearing the sheep?
- Why are they catching my son? - No idea
Oh Rajkumar...
Hey... you...
Hey... hold the hand...
This... this is what the police would have done.
- What is he saying? - Can't understand anything.
Some policemen stopped you at the entrance itself...
why the rest of the police had to go out?
The police slitting your son's throat...
shouldn't be seen by you...
How many cases I would have seen?
By making your son not able to talk...
the police is trying to save someone else.
Now that I have come, I will trouble the police to such an extent...
I will save your son.
You need not be scared of anything.
You just listen to what I say.
For having arrested Rajkumar, we have received lot of appreciations.
The same way the accusations levied on us are also very harsh.
Though we had the answers to all that...
we can say that only in the court.
Because of that, in so many cases that had been closed...
the media says that there are many unanswered questions.
Such questions and criticisms...
attract people a lot.
That itself is the reason for a rift between the public and the police.
This morning, around 3:30...
the police brought Rajkumar to Chennai Royapetta hospital...
from Nellai, under heavy protection.
Due to security reasons...
police department's Inspector Shankar...
saw the ward of the prisoners.
- Sir... - Sir...
Sir... this side, sir.
This is the bed, sir.
- Doctor, register please. - Yes sir.
When did these two prisoners were admitted?
Yesterday, sir.
- What disease? - Both are having chest pain, sir.
- Both of them? - Yes sir.
Shift both of them to another ward.
Why sir?
In this case there is a chance of someone being there behind Rajkumar.
When I see them, I have a doubt.
They don't seem as if they have chest pain.
They could have taken treatment in the jail itself.
They have intentionally come here and got admitted.
Because everyone knows...
that we are going to admit Rajkumar here.
Get the medicine ready. Note the time.
Yes doctor.
- That bed. - Yes sir.
- Ok sister. - Ok sir.
Selvam... you catch the leg.
You hold a bit.
- Careful... careful...! - Slowly... slowly...!
Slow, slow, slow.
Ok.
Sir... - Sir...
Sir, you please go out.
IPC 302 they have registered a murder case against you...
...do you know?
Did the police tell you?
I know, sir. They told me.
The news that they have registered a case of death against you...
...do your relatives know?
They know, sir.
Did the Central Railway police hit and torture you?
No sir.
When you were brought from Nellai to Chennai...
...did the Chennai police hit and torture you?
- No sir. - Ok.
Do you wish to say anything more than this?
There is nothing, sir.
They want to take you under police custody.
Do you wish to go with them?
I don't wish, sir.
I am giving an order that...
...you may be kept in Puzhal prison till 18th, under judicial custody.
You should not try to commit suicide.
The judge has condemned the police department.
In the system engineer, Sumathi's murder...
the one who is accused of murder, Rajkumar's photo with his neck slit
how it appeared in newspaper and in TV...
the judge has posed a lot of questions to the police department.
This has caused a big setback to this case.
Publishing of Rajkumar's photo...
will, in the identification parade...
- Video... - Create a lot of problems.
More over, we were very particular that
media shouldn't come to know.
I am going to CM's meeting. Finish everything and come there.
- Yes sir. - Deal carefully.
Each one is asking questions.
Sir...Inspector Shankar...
- Shanmukapandiyan. - This is his case handover details.
Oh... he...?
Hero... he shook the whole of Tamil Nadu!
Sir, it is a sensitive case.
Take care.
He has already tried to commit suicide.
Wear this shirt and be a jailer. I will be an Inspector.
Sir, inside there are 1470 prisoners.
We know how to take care of them.
- Ramachandran... - Sir...
- Check him. - Ok sir.
- Sir... - Wait.
Sir, he has been in my custody for the past 4 days.
He doesn't have anything.
Sir, they bring drugs inside this.
They bring the sim card by sticking it in the tongue.
They operate the thigh and keep cocaine in it.
We know sir... you came and handed over...
now go.
You go, sir.
Hey... check him thoroughly.
Hey... take out... take out...
- Hey... - Remove the baniyan.
Remove. Remove.
- It is paining, sir. - Check thoroughly.
Let him wear the dress and take him in.
Ok, sir.
Take... come.
Ok, ask them to come.
Shivakumar...
Sir... he is the one, sir.
He is the one.
Surely is he the one?
I remember very well, sir. He is the one.
See him properly and tell.
Sir... I saw sir. I saw properly, sir.
He is the one, sir.
- Ok, you can go. - Ok, sir.
Change the order and make them stand.
Sir.
Ask him to come.
Sangarasu Muthurangam.
Sir... he is the one sir.
He is the one who killed my daughter Sumathi.
He is the one who followed my daughter Sumathi and tortured her.
At that time itself my daughter asked him not to follow her.
I too told him lot many times, sir.
He didn't listen to me and killed my daughter mercilessly.
Don't leave him without punishing, sir.
Please sir. I fold my arms in front of you, sir.
Don't leave him just like that, sir.
What happened to my daughter shouldn't happen to any other girl.
I beg of you, sir.
First you take him away.- I beg you sir.
Yes sir.
He has killed my daughter mercilessly, sir.
Please don't cry. Come.
I educated my daughter and saw her grow up.
- I understand. - I have lost her.
- Oh...! - Sir, sir.
- Sir... - Don't leave him without punishing.
Don't leave him without punishing, sir.
Inorder to stop unnecessary debates...
we decided not
to let the media people inside the court.
Constable, you control.
You control.
- Sir... - Sir, Sir...
Is he the only culprit or is there anyone else?
Sir, only one question. Please wait sir.
Sir, sir... Rajkumar who can't talk
Commissioner says he spoke...
did he confess or was he made to confess, sir?
What is your opinion, sir?
Wait... please wait. Only now...
Commissioner himself says that he is the only culprit, sir.
Be patient. I will come back and tell, ok?
Sir, answer this and go, sir.
- Sir... - Sir...!
Sir, tell us sir... Please sir.
You may start.
Your honour, as per 161 (3) CrPc...
I request you to order that Rajkumar
be kept in police custody for 5 days for investigation.
Your honour, on July 1st...
the police who arrested Rajkumar, themselves...
have slit his throat is what we suspect.
So, if you send Rajkumar to police custody...
surely there is threat to his life.
Because of the injury to his neck...
he is under pressure as he is unable to talk properly, your honour.
Now he needs proper treatment.
So the application given by the police that he should be
taken in their custody for interrogation...
should not be accepted is what I beg of you.
Objection your honour.
What my learned friend says is not correct.
The Government doctor, Ravikumar, who treated Rajkumar
is here... you can ask him.
How is Rajkumar's health?
Sir, Rajkumar's health is fine.
All the treatment that has to be given to him has been given.
Your honour, like how the police have tutored him...
...doctor is talking very beautifully.
After Rajkumar slit his throat...
he was given treatment by doctors in Nellai.
At that time, they said it would take 2 days for him to talk.
But the very next day, Rajkumar confessed to his crime...
and gave a statement, is what the police are saying.
When doctor says, it would atleast take 2 days to talk normally...
how can Rajkumar speak to the police the very next day?
Ok, even if we believe what police says is true...
Rajkumar has already given the statement...!
Then where is the need for custody and interrogation?
Whether this murder was done by Rajkumar alone...
or he has other accomplices...
inorder to find out if there is any motive behind this murder...
custody should be granted by the court is what I request.
The very next day after Rajkumar was arrested...
Commissioner called the Press...
Rajkumar alone is the culprit...
and there are no accomplices is what he has said very clearly.
But now you see, suddenly the public prosecutor...
says Rajkumar has accomplices...
so he has to be interrogated about that.
Which one of these is true, your honour?
To say conflicting things... is this any sort of a game?
It a person's life.
Though there is truth in what lawyer Dorai says...
the interrogation of Rajkumar is the beginning stage of the enquiry.
So, only for 3 days, this court orders...
Rajkumar to be taken under police custody for interrogation.
On all those 3 days, morning and evening...
daily for 30 minutes...
I am granting Rajkumar's lawyer to meet him personally.
At that time, I order you,
the investigating officer... to be present there.
How you take Rajkumar...
the same way you have to bring him back.
Ok, sir.
Rajkumar...
by beating, kicking and slowly threatening...
I don't believe that a person will tell the truth, Rajkumar.
You have to talk... and you are going to be with me for 3 days.
Before that whenever you want to talk...
you talk at that time.
But you have to definitely talk.
Shall we talk, Rajkumar?
I like you a lot.
Do you know why?
I like those who speak the truth.
On whose instruction did you murder.
Without any partners...
you couldn't have murdered alone and escaped.
I had told you, sir.
She scolded me badly.
So I slashed her.
- What is this? - I slashed her with this, sir.
This is another one.
The sickle which you used was a bit sharper.
Don't I know, sir?
I was staying with this for 4 days.
I was angry at her, sir.
That turned into fury.
Didn't know how to fulfill it.
At that time Murugesan, from my village...
brought this sickle to cut the banana tree.
As soon as I saw that, I decided to slash her mouth.
But because of this my life got ruined.
Hey... Rajkumar... ok. Your emotion is ok.
But it is not convincing.
If your aim was to slash her...
why did you take her mobile phone?
Her photos would be there in her mobile.
I took it as her remembrance, sir.
No Rajkumar, you are lying.
There is some secret in that.
You have taken it to be given to someone else.
Who is that?
If there was something in the mobile...
you yourself would have seen in the Google server, sir.
Sumathi's blood...
They say that you are the only culprit.
If it is so, this shirt has to be burnt.
Or else you should have taken along with you to your home town.
To keep this shirt inside the bag in the room...
it means that you have a partner and he will come and destroy it.
No sir... I didn't know what to do at that time.
I was angry at her, sir.
That is why I slashed her.
I really didn't think that she would die, sir.
- Who was that? - It is me, sir.
Why did you shake your hand?
After slashing Sumathi and escaping...
I jumped the railway compound, sir.
The glass that was there injured my palm and blood was oozing.
That is why I shook my hand, sir.
Come on, show me the hand.
I was standing there, sir.
She was sitting here, sir.
I could only hear her scolding me.
I came and stood in front of her, sir.
I called her, Sumathi.
She stood up.
At that time I took the sickle and slashed her mouth.
She fell down.
Then I took her phone and went away.
To hand over a case to CBI...
for officers like me...
is a very big insult.
Your honour, looking at the way Sumathi was slashed...
it shows that more than one killer is involved in this.
But the police says that Rajkumar is the only murderer.
That Sumathi scolded Rajkumar very badly...
Rajkumar, getting emotional because of that...
with an aim to take revenge on her...
the police say that he slashed her mouth.
Only a well trained killer alone...
can do such a murder, by planning well in advance...
properly and very accurately...
is the opinion of media.
Rajkumar is an ordinary student who studied engineering.
He cannot do such a planned murder...
and will not be able to do also.
Your honour, Sumathi and Rajkumar became friends through Facebook.
They have spoken through sms and phone calls for more than a month.
If they had spoken... when Sumathi's number was being traced...
all the information that were there in that...
should have got registered in Metadata.
The police have to give that Metadata to us.
If it is examined...
surely there won't be any information.
Because this is a false case prepared by the police.
Rajkumar is not a culprit.
If the real culprit has to be found in this case...
this case has to be transferred to CBI...
is what the court should order.
Sir I am not going to give any explanation for this.
I will give all the details about the case.
You decide.
As regards this case...
just keeping the news that appeared in the papers...
one can't ask this case to be transferred to CBI.
One has to submit some evidence.
Looking at these evidences... in this case...
police haven't seen any caste, religion and class differences...
and on the basis of evidences...
in a very sincere way...
have seemed to have interrogated this case.
So there is no need to transfer this case to CBI.
So I am ordering this case to be dismissed.
- Sir, sir... Rajkumar's case... - What happened to Rajkumar's case?
Sir, what did the judge say? Tell us, sir.
What is this... he is giving the sheep to the butcher.
If there is any threat to Rajkumar's life...
police and this court are responsible.
Police department, Government doctors all these people...
are working against Rajkumar.
I will find this out and surely tell the public.
See the Facebook and WhatsApp.
Everyone clearly says that Rajkumar is not the culprit.
But these people are not agreeing.
Police will give the case file.
He will go through it all alone and say everything is fine.
If everything is fine...
it can be given to the Press, isn't it?
Sir did the judge listen to your argument... tell us sir?
Sir, just one more question, sir.
How are you Rajkumar?
Sir, put me in any jail.
I don't want to go to Puzhal jail, sir.
I don't have that power, Rajkumar.
- Shakul - Sir...!
Rajkumar, walk from that mark to this mark.
Rajkumar, the police will ask you to walk.
You should limp.
Only then I can save you.
Rajkumar... after reforming no one forgets their mistake.
Sir, Rajkumar's parents have come.
- Ask them to wait. - Ok, sir.
Rajkumar, see where a split second anger has brought you?
Your parents would have loved
to see you as a big engineer working in a big company.
Now do you see where they have come to see you?
In all the case that I take...
I will not think that it is my aim to arrest the culprit.
I will think that I should do something to reform him.
In today's papers the news is about you only.
Many boys are threatening girls to accept their love taking your name.
Did you see what a wrong example you have set?
If someone doesn't like you...
you should think of a way to make them like you.
Instead there is no use of getting angry.
Where the anger loses the love wins.
You should understand this nature.
All the interrogations have been completed with Rajkumar.
Now the charge sheet has to be filed in the court.
When he was with me...
he was saying that he doesn't want to go to Puzhal jail.
I didn't understand the reason for that.
Why our son is not to be seen yet?
- He will come. - Rajkumar...
Rajkumar...
Dear... dear...
Why did you do like this?
Don't worry.
Dear... why did you do like this?
You won't do such things...!
Be brave, Rajkumar.
Don't worry.
You will get bail very soon.
The lawyer has said.
Brother, the time is over. Come, let us go.
Rajkumar...
I, Shankar...
is the Inspector of Nungambakkam police station.
Last 27/6/2016...
crime number 161/3 CrPc...
was appointed as the investigation officer of Sumathi murder case.
As evidences to catch the killer...
the CCTV footages got from Saurashtra Nagar...
the mobile number of the killer got from cyber crime
the statement given by the railway canteen worker Sivakumar...
and the identifications given by Gopal, staying in KS mansion...
on that basis, we arrested Rajkumar, belonging to...
Sengottai Meenakshipuram.
The reason for killing...
the back ground of the murder...
to enquire about all this...
we took the permission of the court.
Only for 3 days this court orders...
Rajkumar to be taken under police custody for interrogation.
First I saw her in the temple, sir.
It seemed as if God has shown her to me.
As soon as I saw I started following her.
Her house, office...
railway station... to follow her to all these places became my job.
Whenever I saw her...
I felt happy as if there is a drizzle from Kutralam, in our village.
Indu I have come to the station.
Yes... just now...
I will be there in a short while.
But she got to know that I am following her.
He's the one.
Hey wait.
Who are you and why are you following my daughter daily?
Look, you are following my daughter with a wrong notion.
If I see you following her again...
...you will be in the police station. Go.
But I couldn't stay without seeing her.
A question would arise within me as to what right do I have to love her.
I felt that being a man was good enough a reason to love a girl.
What... what is your problem?
Won't you understand if told once?
Won't you listen if you are asked not to follow?
Didn't I warn you through my father that day?
You are still following me.
Look at your face. Look like a monkey.
Look like a monkey... look like a monkey.
Don't say like that, Sumathi.
I am going on telling you...
henceforth you dare not follow me.
She could have hit me any number of times.
But she called me a monkey, that disturbed me very much.
I got a feeling that this society is seeing me as a monkey.
Unable to bear this insult, I went to my home town.
To find out what Rajkumar said was true, we took him to the temple.
There the priest and the flower vendor told us that they saw him.
Nungambakkam, Acharapakkam where Sumathi worked...
we enquired in all those places.
Rajkumar's statement was true.
The person on CCTV footage that we had already got...
was confirmed to be Rajkumar by Forensic department.
The finger print on the sickle used to slash Sumathi
and Rajkumar's finger prints were the same.
Similarly, the blood stain on Rajkumar's shirt...
and Sumathi's blood were the same.
Why are you shaking your hand?
The person who shook his hand in Sumathi's CCTV footage...
was confirmed to be this same Rajkumar.
This I have submitted as an evidence and as a statement also.
That is why I shook my hand, sir.
When looking at the evidences that we have got...
it is very clear that Rajkumar has committed this murder.
But what I will inform the court...
is that, Murugesan about whom he mentioned....
and the video sent by Sengottai AC Vijaya after questioning him...
which I have attached to this.
At that time Murugesan from my village...
inorder to cut the banana tree...
brought this sickle.
After seeing that I decided to slash her mouth.
Sumathi... Sumathi...
- Sir... - Tell me.
Rajkumar committed suicide in Puzhal jail, sir.
What? What are you saying?
Yes sir.
- Wait here. - Ok sir.
Sir... put me in any jail, sir.
Don't put me in Puzhal jail.
Sir put me in any jail, sir.
Don't put me in Puzhal jail, sir.
You have earned a bad name to the entire police department, sir.
Sir, if he commits suicide, what can we do sir?
You are the jailer. You are responsible!
You are talking without understanding!
You know that he has already tried to commit suicide.
So you should have taken more care.
If you say he committed suicide will the people believe?
Look sir, I am not bothered about the people.
We did our duty, sir.
Your duty was to safeguard him, sir.
The media is already saying that the police slit his throat.
Do you know with so much difficulty we have caught him, sir?
When we have collected all the evidences
and were about to prove that he is the culprit...
you let him die like this irresponsibly, sir.
So then you have missed a medal. That is your problem.
What are you talking, sir?
This case was the prestige of the entire police department, sir.
Many people are saying that Rajkumar is not the real culprit.
You have proved it true, sir.
Constable, don't allow anyone. Control the Press.
Constable...
Sir you killed and made it appear that Rajkumar has committed suicide?
Sir, sir... say something and go.
If answer is needed to all these questions...
...as to what happened inside the prison...
...an enquiry has to be conducted under a sincere police officer...
...and to bring out the truth to the public...
...is the duty of our police department.