Murder and The Forensics
There are interesting forensic details to be noted in the murder. The Badri Prasad look-alike who commits the murder comes from the main door, stabs Dhaniram in the stomach, switches off the light and goes back quietly through the same door.
Much later, Kaalia a petty thief, ascends to the first floor residence of Dhaniram, through a pipe and then through the open window. The lights are off. His steps fall on spilt milk. The milk got spilt by a black cat which jumps on the glass of milk, (after the murder, when Kailash Khanna comes out from the adjoining room and is trying to contemplate what happened and why, a cat is shown running around. In fact this alerts Kailash to run away from the scene himself).
Public Prosecutor Kailash Khanna enters Dhaniram's house exactly at 11.00 pm on June 30. This is proved by two points (i) When Meena asks Kailash to go to Dhaniram's house to collect the incriminating paper from him, Kailash informs her that he had to attend Bar Association's dinner that day. So he would not be free before 10.30 or perhaps 11.00 pm. Later when he is shown walking towards Dhanirams' house, a clock in the background can be heard chiming. One can easily count 11 chimes from the moment Kailash is walking towards Dhaniram's house, till Dhaniram opens the door (chiming stops after that). So the action starts at 11.00 pm.
The police surgeon's (Forensic expert's) report says that Dhaniram died between 11.30 pm and 12.00 midnight (on the night of 30th).
Kaalia is caught descending the pipe hurriedly at 00.08 am on July 1.
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