🔥 EPISODE 156 — "THE IVORY NEEDLE"
🎬 LOCATION: MUMBAI — MULTIPLE DISTRICTS
⏱️ TIME: 4:22 A.M. — PRE-DAWN
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🔥 SCENE 1 — INT. MUMBAI MORGUE — EARLY MORNING
💨 Fluorescent lights buzz overhead. A body lies on the slab—female, mid-30s, eyes open, mouth sewn shut.
📜 Dr. R.P. Gupta stands over the corpse, surgical mask on, scalpel in hand.
🔥 DR. GUPTA (to recorder):
"Victim number four. Same signature—no external trauma, no sexual assault, no theft. Cause of death: cardiac arrest induced by a precise injection of potassium chloride… delivered through the ear canal."
📜 He lifts a small object from the tray—an ivory sewing needle.
🔥 DR. GUPTA (quietly):
"He's not killing them. He's preserving them."
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🔥 SCENE 2 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — WAR ROOM — MORNING
📜 The board shows four victims. All women. All killed in different parts of the city.
🔥 SHREYA:
"No connection between them. Different ages, professions, neighborhoods. The only link is the needle."
🔥 IMRAN:
"Then we're dealing with a ghost. A ghost with surgical hands."
🔥 QAZI:
"No. We're dealing with a collector."
📜 Arjun pins a new photo to the board. A fifth woman—reported missing last night.
🔥 ARJUN:
"If he's following a pattern, she's already dead. We just haven't found her yet."
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🔥 SCENE 3 — INT. DR. GUPTA'S LAB — LATER
📜 Gupta examines the needle under magnification.
🔥 DR. GUPTA:
"Hand-carved. Not mass-produced. The ivory is old—pre-ban. This isn't just a weapon. It's a signature."
📜 He opens a file—an old case from 1997. A similar needle. A similar death.
🔥 DR. GUPTA:
"He's not new. He's resurfaced."
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🔥 SCENE 4 — INT. VICTIM #5'S FLAT — NIGHT
📜 The team finds the fifth victim. Same M.O.
📜 On the wall, written in lipstick:
> "She didn't scream. She listened."
🔥 IMRAN (furious):
"He's mocking us."
🔥 QAZI:
"No. He's inviting us."
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🔥 SCENE 5 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — NIGHT
📜 Shreya traces the lipstick brand—custom, imported, sold to only 12 clients in Mumbai.
📜 One name stands out: Dr. Mahesh Vaidya — retired pathologist. Lives alone.
🔥 ARJUN:
"Let's pay him a visit."
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🔥 SCENE 6 — INT. DR. VAIDYA'S HOUSE — NIGHT
📜 The house is pristine. Books on anatomy. Taxidermy. A locked basement.
📜 Vaidya is calm. Polite. Offers tea.
🔥 DR. VAIDYA:
"I've read about your team. You're very efficient. But you're too late."
📜 Imran finds a hidden door. Inside: a cold room. Five mannequins. Dressed. Posed.
📜 One of them isn't a mannequin.
🔥 SHREYA (whispers):
"Oh my god… she's still warm."
📜 Vaidya smiles.
🔥 DR. VAIDYA:
"They were never victims. They were silence. And silence… is beautiful."
📜 He lunges. Qazi fires. One shot. Clean.
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🔥 SCENE 7 — INT. BLACK SQUAD HQ — DAWN
📜 The case is closed. But the weight lingers.
🔥 DR. GUPTA (to Qazi):
"He wasn't insane. He was meticulous. He didn't kill out of rage. He killed out of design."
🔥 QAZI:
"And we broke the pattern."
📜 Arjun stares at the board. One needle remains.
🔥 ARJUN (quietly):
"Six mannequins. We only found five."
🚔 FADE TO BLACK — END OF EPISODE 156
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