Public enemies.
Hidden in the crowds of common Bengalis,
lay monsters in human disguise!
This tale is about the beginning of an indomitable life of crime...
Sajal Barui.
-Hey, quick!
-Move aside!
-My name is...
Sajal Barui.
In this story...
I'm the victim.
Hey... the police are doing what they can.
You should stop thinking about it for now.
We are here for you.
-There's this saying in English...
"We can't choose our family.
But thank God, we can choose our friends!"
What my friends have done for me & what they continue to do...
Come.
Let's start from the beginning.
When I was eight,
I suddenly got to know that my parents are separating.
Dad just brought me with him one day.
No one bothered to ask me who I wanted to stay with.
I found out that Dad had another wife.
That I had an elder brother too!
In this small family,
confined within people with even smaller minds,
I... have no existence.
-Did you get the gram flour?
You forgot? Still checking the list, you idiot!
Can't you memorize it?
He needs it all written down!
-Slap number 718.
At least since I started counting...
It reaches a thousand...
and the game ends right there!
-Uncle, what's the time? -9:30 pm.
Oh no, it's so late already? Let's go. Bro, let's go.
Let's pack up.
Come, let's leave.
Bye. -Come.
Hey...
Won't you go home?
-What's the point? -Why?
There's no difference between me and a stray dog.
What are you saying?
If there's food left over at home, only then will I get to eat.
Or else not.
Why do you even live with them?
-Bugger, are you deaf? Turn off the TV!
-784.
810.
-Where's the rest?
-962.
Just 38 more...
Welcome back to World News This Week.
This is Prantik Roy, your host.
What rubbish are you watching?
There's a Hindi film going on, change the channel.
Let me watch this.
Will you change it or shall I slap you?
-He cleaned the murder weapon with mustard oil to remove all traces
of protein, fiber and...
What did you do with the money?
Where's it? Tell me!
-What money? -Money.
Don't know what I'm talking about? Kajal has told me everything!
Listen!
Do whatever you have to, just give it back to me by tomorrow morning!
Why did I bring this burden along...
-Hmm?
-984.
I can't take it anymore.
I can't take it anymore...
I can't...
Sir, a 16-year-old...
Is it correct to put him in the interrogation room?
-Hmm... You think I haven't thought of that, Bakshi?
But the incident is very sensitive.
We could've spoken somewhere outside.
-Hmm. -The kid could have gotten spooked.
Or could've gotten influenced.
-Hmm.
But sir, exactly what do you think happened?
Look, possibilities are wide.
Subal Barui's huge electrical equipment shop at Chiriamore.
He got rich suddenly.
I hear he visited Dubai too.
From the slums, straight to the flat.
You understand, right? So he could've had enemies.
-Right? -Yes.
But I have my doubts about one thing.
Sir, may we come in?
-Come in. -Hey, come.
Come on in...
Have a seat.
Sit.
Is the pain any better?
-Hmm...
-We needed some information from you.
Can you talk to us now? Can you?
Well... exactly how many people were there yesterday?
-Seven men. -Hmm... seven of them.
Did you know them?
Can you identify them now?
Can't you... identify them?
Two of them had turbans.
Okay...
And they all spoke in Hindi.
Really?
When did they arrive? The time?
The Bengali news was on the TV.
At 7:30 pm...
the doorbell suddenly rang.
When I opened, they barged in... I was about to scream.
They gagged my mouth.
Ma too tried screaming.
They gagged her and held a knife to her throat.
They said the cops were after them.
I see.
They'd leave in the morning.
If we made any noise, they'd slice our throats in two.
They had already tied me to the chair with ropes.
Meanwhile, around an hour had passed.
Suddenly the doorbell rang.
Ma opened the door...
Dad and my brother came in.
Didn't your dad or brother try to stop them?
Or try to shout and gather people?
Can two stand against eight men?
Oh, and then?
They gagged my father, brother & mother.
Dragged them to the next room.
I could understand that they were being tied up.
Their voices were beginning to muffle.
Couldn't hear them properly.
After some time, I understood...
that they were being hurt.
They gagged me too.
Hey... Do you want some water?
Jayanta! Get a glass of water!
-Mr Bakshi.
Come outside, let's give him some space.
-Sir.
-That a 16-year-old will have to go through this...
no one expects that.
I was prepared though.
I knew what was coming.
I just needed to gather the thoughts in my head and be prepared.
Sometimes, all you need is to jostle yourself a little.
-Water.
-Say something about Sajal Barui.
It's best to talk as little as possible about Sajal Barui.
Some people are predisposed from childhood
to carry the gene of criminality.
This predisposition to criminality, and juvenile delinquency,
Sajal Barui is a perfect example of just that.
Sajal chose to walk on a path
that anyone with a normal mind or intelligence would not.
He had this thing about him, he used to stay aloof.
No emotions showed on his face, nothing affected his mind.
He earnestly spoke with the police whenever he was called.
The power to convince, or lead.
That is very important. Sajal Barui had that.
-Give me a cigarette.
-What's the update?
-The cops are doing their job.
But they aren't the CIA, right?
So, Bappa, where are you watching World News This Week these days?
Why... there's a TV at my aunt's place.
Listen to hit songs, check out girls...
But you choose to watch that boring news show!
-Don't blabber about what you don't know.
When this case ends...
that shop, the business...
that flat...
It will all fall on my shoulders!
What other choice do I have but to grow up early?
-Come on!
Did you watch Shah Rukh Khan's new film?
-Saw it. Baazigar. It was great!
Why did you bring me here?
Have you seen Baazigar?
I watched it yesterday.
Really good, you know, Bakshi!
Haven't seen it yet? Unimaginable!
He made the entire department go on a wild goose chase!
You're a gambler at heart, and you didn't watch Baazigar yet?
What are you saying?
-Sir, I can't understand what you're saying.
Oh... you don't understand, eh?
Look, Sajal...
The lies that you told us...
You need to clean them up, right?
For example...
You said that your dad came home at 8:30 pm.
If that's the case, how did he close shop at 9:30 pm?
Then, say...
They beat you up a lot, right?
Your clothes looked like they took a knife & stabbed you many times!
But you barely had a scratch on you!
Then you know that your hands were tied to the back of the chair.
So then, you shouldn't be having blood on your hands.
Where did the blood come from?
We know whose blood it was.
Answer...
Speak!
In that room...
I mean, my parents and brother...
They were being beaten up.
Then they came to my room.
They had blood on their hands.
Actually, the ropes tying my hands had loosened.
So, those boys--
Boys?
Bakshi? The men have become boys!
Aha? So how many boys were there?
Seven.
Seven?
Can two stand against eight men?
That day you said, "How can two stand against eight men?"
Why did you say that?
Actually...
Sir, I probably made a mistake...
No, no.
No... You can't make so many mistakes!
The boys became men by mistake.
Seven became eight by mistake!
How can you make so many mistakes? You need to tell us the truth.
We know it already.
Those boys have been caught.
Hey!
What? The murderers are caught, why aren't you happy?
You should be happy!
Hey! You should be happy, why aren't you smiling?
This won't work, sir.
Sir...
You can't hit me.
I'm a minor.
You're a minor?
Sir.
It seems he reads a lot of English crime novels.
Baazigar?
We aren't the Scotland Yard.
This is India.
We have third degree torture designed for minors too.
Constable.
Give me.
-Sir... -Hurts? Now watch!
-Sir... -Hey!
Sir, no! Sir, no!
No!
Please stop!
Sajal, he won't stop, tell us now!
I don't know anything, sir.
You don't, do you?
No! Sir, no!
Speak up! Or he won't stop!
Tell us who it was!
-They were my friends! -Ah!
Now you're talking. So, tell us everything right from the start.
He wouldn't have gotten caught. He nearly had the police convinced.
Sajal was overconfident.
And this overconfidence led to his downfall.
That's what gave him away to the police.
That he was cold hearted, that he had a criminal mentality,
no one could guess that from his appearance.
You could say, Sajal had it in him. The talent, the intelligence...
A very important thing in criminal psychology.
-Speak.
They tortured me a lot, sir.
After forgiving a hundred crimes of Shisupal, even Lord Krishna
took up the Sudarshan Chakra in his own hands.
But I still endured till it reached a thousand.
I couldn't leave.
You see, this shop,
this flat...
Who would look after these then?
Oh, okay...
Kajal is incompetent!
I swear!
An unworthy son, sir!
But I...
I have responsibilities, right?
Lord Krishna...
had the Sudarshan Chakra.
And I?
I had some close, trusted friends.
But I knew.
Just five of them won't be enough.
So we got hold of two more guys.
The mastermind of this entire plan...
is me.
-Open it!
Not everyone is as smart as me, right?
I told you...
This one is mine!
My life's first murder...
I may have stumbled a bit.
But...
I don't feel scared.
I feel excited!
Finish him.
Go on.
-Kill him!
-There are very few examples in human history,
where, over three hours,
someone has killed his step-mother, father, and half brother.
Planning and executing such a crime at his age...
It's massive!
Only someone intricately calculative can plan so meticulously!
We didn't have YouTube or such things back then.
But there was a show on World News This Week.
That program ran a story about a crime.
That's where Sajal Barui first got his plan from.
Then, he used that idea to suit his plan.
People think that TV can influence criminality.
Criminal behaviour is something innate from birth.
After birth, the environment they're in...
that environment inculcates criminal behaviour in them.
World News This Week!
It taught me a lot, you know.
Using mustard oil...
to remove blood stains from the murder weapon...
Or how to remove the fingerprints...
I learnt all of that.
Or how to destroy evidence.
You know... it's so interesting!
Some strange incidents also bore into my mind.
At a restaurant in USA, the murderer, after a killing,
sat and ate there.
He even paid for it, left a few dollars by the plate.
I found that very fascinating!
It was so cinematic!
I'm sure you can make out what happened next, sir.
They tied me up...
And then...
Almost a perfect murder.
Isn't it, sir?
But, sir, I hope you understand...
the victim here...
was me!
Just think.
Not once or twice.
A thousand times.
Bakshi?
Write the report, and file the charge-sheet.
Sir.
-I got caught, eh?
But will they be able to keep me inside?
It's not so easy to keep me locked up.
I am...
Sajal Barui...
Remember the name.
-He probably read up on law at that time too.
He stayed aloof, and when his verdict was declared,
he clapped there, standing at trial in court.
As if it wasn't a big deal. The 'don't care' attitude.
It's not that he just committed one crime.
He believed in it, that no one will be able to punish him.
And that's why he committed many more crimes in future.
The High court repealed the death penalty,
and charged Sajal Barui and his friends,
to a lifetime behind bars.
-He said again and again in court,
"I have no mother. Who's my mother?"
He kept saying over and over, "I detest, I hate this world.
Because this world didn't respect me!
Didn't teach me love.
It only taught me hatred."
Physical & mental torture, the biased attitude of his father,
lack of a mother's love... it all triggered him.
So, the blueprint was ready in his genes,
the environment triggered it.
Parents need to understand this.
If we fail to understand someone,
endless Sajal Baruis will be created by this world in times to come.
They all hung out across my shop.
I didn't know what they talked about.
After I heard what had happened,
I realized this is what they discussed.
Sometimes they sent over their grocery list.
I used to deliver it to their home.
On the day of the incident...
On that night...
I was supposed to deliver some goods there.
But I got busy with something else, so I couldn't go.
Still feels strange... gives me goosebumps...
The crime for which he got caught...
A very senior cop told me that it was nothing.
It was just 10% of his crime, that the police had learnt about.
The rest 90%, the cops had no idea!
When Sajal was released from jail,
he worked for the police.
I was in contact with him due to that.
I spoke with him at length.
If you permit me, I'll try to reach him.
I had his number back then.
If I can find his number from that time... let's see...
'SAJAL BARUI HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 2017.'
'HE MAY BE LIVING AMONG US, WITH SOME OTHER NAME AND IDENTITY.'
The world of crime is like a magnet.
After this incident, Sajal answered the call of the criminal world,
and got lost within its darkness.
Similarly, another criminal got addicted to murdering people.
At Bardhaman's Kalna region.
Bengal's infamous serial killer...
Kamruzzaman Sarkar.
Aka, Chain Man!
Watch in the next episode!