🔥 EPISODE 153 — "THE MAN IN ROOM 709"
🎬 LOCATION: MUMBAI — ANDHERI EAST
⏱️ TIME: 11:38 P.M. — TWO NIGHTS AFTER "THE GLASS HOTEL"
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🔥 SCENE 1 — INT. MUMBAI LOCAL TRAIN — NIGHT
💨 The train rattles through the city. Dim lights flicker. A man in his late 40s, unshaven, wearing a faded raincoat, sits alone in the last compartment. His eyes are blank. His hands tremble.
📜 He clutches a small black pouch. Inside: a surgical scalpel, a folded photo of a woman and child, and a hotel keycard. Room 709.
🔥 ANNOUNCER (over PA):
"Next station… Andheri."
📜 The man stands. Walks off the train. Disappears into the crowd.
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🔥 SCENE 2 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — NIGHT
💨 Rain taps against the windows. The mood is quiet. Heavy.
📜 Arjun reviews footage from the Glass Hotel case. Imran leans against the wall, arms crossed. Shreya types silently.
🔥 SHREYA:
"Local police flagged something. A hotel manager in Andheri reported a guest who hasn't left his room in three days. Paid in cash. No ID. No calls. No food deliveries."
🔥 IMRAN:
"That's not a case. That's a missing person."
🔥 SHREYA (turning the screen):
"Unless the room smells like bleach and the guest brought a scalpel."
📜 Arjun stares at the screen. The CCTV still shows the man from the train.
🔥 ARJUN (quietly):
"Send it to Qazi."
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🔥 SCENE 3 — INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR — ROOM 709 — NIGHT
💨 A narrow hallway. Dimly lit. The door to Room 709 is shut. No sound.
📜 A hotel staff member knocks. No answer. He inserts the master key.
🔥 HOTEL STAFF (nervous):
"Sir? Housekeeping—"
📜 The door creaks open. The room is spotless. Too spotless.
📜 On the bed: a single note. Written in red ink.
> "I am not the first. I won't be the last. Room 709 is only the beginning."
📜 The staff member backs away—
Then sees the ceiling.
🔥 BLOOD. A message carved into the plaster:
"THE CLEANER IS COMING."
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🔥 SCENE 4 — INT. BLACK SQUAD SUV — MOVING — NIGHT
📜 Qazi rides in silence. Rain streaks the windows. Arjun drives. Imran checks his weapon.
🔥 QAZI (reading the note):
"This isn't a threat. It's a ritual."
🔥 ARJUN:
"You think he's killed before?"
🔥 QAZI:
"No. I think he's just started."
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🔥 SCENE 5 — INT. ROOM 709 — CRIME SCENE — LATER
💨 Forensics sweep the room. No fingerprints. No DNA. No hair.
📜 Shreya finds a hidden panel behind the mirror. Inside: a USB drive.
🔥 SHREYA:
"It's encrypted. But the file name is clear."
📜 She turns the screen. One word glows:
"CONFESSION."
🔥 QAZI (to Arjun):
"Let's find out what he's confessing to."
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🔥 SCENE 6 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — TECH ROOM — NIGHT
📜 The USB plays a grainy video. The man from the train sits in front of the camera.
🔥 THE MAN (on video):
"My name is Dr. Raghav Sinha. I was a trauma surgeon. I saved lives. Until I was told to stop."
📜 He holds up a photo of a girl—his daughter.
🔥 DR. SINHA (on video):
"She died in a hit-and-run. The driver was a politician's son. No arrest. No charges. Just silence."
📜 He pulls out the scalpel.
🔥 DR. SINHA (on video):
"So I became what they fear. I became the one who cleans what the law won't touch."
📜 The screen cuts to black.
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🔥 SCENE 7 — INT. MORGUE — NIGHT
📜 A body is wheeled in. Male. 30s. Cause of death: exsanguination.
📜 On his chest: a surgical incision. Clean. Precise.
📜 Inside the incision: a folded note.
> "One down. Six to go."
🔥 SHREYA (reading the autopsy):
"Victim's name: Ritesh Malhotra. Son of former MLA. Acquitted in a vehicular manslaughter case. 2019."
🔥 IMRAN (grim):
"He's building a list."
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🔥 SCENE 8 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — WAR ROOM — NIGHT
📜 A board fills with names. Photos. Court cases. All dismissed. All tied to the same judge.
🔥 QAZI:
"He's not just killing. He's correcting."
🔥 ARJUN:
"Then we find the next name before he does."
📜 The screen updates. A new name appears:
"SAMEER KOHLI — BUSINESSMAN — ACQUITTED: 2020."
🔥 IMRAN:
"He lives in Bandra. Let's move."
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🔥 SCENE 9 — EXT. BANDRA — KOHLI RESIDENCE — NIGHT
📜 Black Squad arrives. The house is dark. No guards. No movement.
📜 They breach. Clear the rooms.
📜 In the kitchen: a man tied to a chair. Gagged. Alive.
📜 On the wall behind him:
"I wanted to kill him. But I want you to know I could have."
🔥 QAZI (reading the message):
"He's escalating. He's not just a killer. He's a teacher."
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🔥 SCENE 10 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — DAWN
📜 The city wakes. The rain stops. But the hunt has just begun.
📜 On the board: five names remain.
🔥 QAZI (to the team):
"He's not hiding. He's inviting us. And we're going to answer."
🚔 FADE TO BLACK — END OF EPISODE 153
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