02x06 - A shark's trap

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It's a small book store,
not a library.

You seem to have nestled down.

No wonder they kicked us out.

Excuse me, the store was closing,

so they requested us to leave.

Then why did you get so late?

You're not romantic.

Take some lessons from Raghav.

Ohh...

If I had money like Raghav,

I would've taken
you to Iceland instead.

The problem is not romance,
the problem is funds.

Don't worry, we'll sort it out.

- sh*t!
- What?

I forgot my lighter.
Go on I'll join you.

They just threw us out,
they won't let you enter.

It's my dad's old lighter.
They will have to open up.

I'll just come back.

Okay.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Bloody pervert.

What's wrong with the electricity?

I see...maybe it's a blown fuse then.

I'll check it out.

Niharika.

Niharika.

Pick up.

Puneet, pick up.

Pick up. Pick up. Pick up.

Why are all the lights...

So...

What happened?

Why didn't you pick up your phone?

I was driving,
and anyway I was close-by.

It was nothing.
There was a power trip.

Put a latch on your door, please.

I know.

The children in this building,
I'm telling you.

They have become so naughty.

I'm telling you,

there was someone outside the door.

And he was wearing a hoodie.

He was trying to open the door.

I think he has a key also.

Okay, please calm down.

First things first,
let's get a latch on the door.

And don't worry,
I'll stay over tonight.

No, no, I mean that's okay.

Smooth operator.

What an excuse to spend the night.

Nonsense.

See you look so much better smiling.

By the way,
I've been speaking to hell boy.

He's quite influenced
by social media,

and he sees women as objects.

But there is hope.

Hopefully,
with therapy, we'll get that sorted.

But this is a real issue.

Thank you.

And these social media platforms,

easily claim that this
is not their responsibility.

Nonsense.

It's quite a good observation,
actually.

There should be a way
to hold them responsible.

Hello.

I found something on
Natasha's web pal page.

We must discuss this in detail.

Can you come early tomorrow morning?

Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow.

He's busy with Natasha's case.

I found this 3-year old
post on Natasha's web pal page.

Was she seeing someone?

Is that all?

Yes.

Seems impossible that
one case is keeping her busy.

These posts are pretty cryptic.

And this doesn't suit
Natasha's personality.

I mean there are people who like
to keep their personal life private.

But Natasha wasn't like that at all.

I mean she was out
there on social media.

Exactly.

She posted everything
on social media.

The Pinnacle case is getting
a lot of media attention.

They have made her a star.

Keep an eye.

Yes.

I've also checked other details.

Natasha stopped posting
four months ago.

Do you think her best
friend Aarti knows something?

Even if she does she
is not going to talk to us.

She still believes Hellboy is responsible.

In fact,
she wants him arrested again.

Let me show you one
very interesting finding.

Jignesh is Hellboy.

But even this account is Hellboyy.

HellBoyy- with a 'yy'

They both have similar
profile pictures.

Can be easily mistaken
as the same person,

but actually,
they are two different people.

Meaning Jignesh was stalking her.

Along with someone else.

He was impersonating
hell boy and harassing her.

Exactly.

Tell me something.

Why didn't Webpal point this out?

Rohan, look at this.

Look at the negative mentions,

after the Natasha Lamba death.



So what?

We've seen an increase of 32%
people visiting our site.

Have you seen the engagement
rate of Natasha's fans?

It's 42% up, boss.

They are clicking more,
commenting more,

and spending more time on web pal,

which makes us loads of dough, bro.

Rohan, we all know negativity sells.

I've even heard that
the stalker attempted suicide.

Thanks to trolling.

We can't run away from
our responsibilities.

Another weird fact, Niharika.

Since I checked Natasha's profile,

her articles and prompts
are automatically...

...appearing on my newsfeed.

In fact,
even after I put it on mute,

her friend request suggestion,

keeps popping up on my timeline.

As if this Webpal app
is insisting that I stalk her.

So what you're saying is,

Webpal keeps giving you these updates

to bend your subconscious.

Almost pushing you towards
a negative behaviour.

Correct.

I think I should talk
to Raghav about this.

He's better at this stuff.

We've millions of followers.

We cannot shut down
our app for one death.

- That's not what I'm trying to say...
- Then don't lecture me.

You know India is
our biggest market.

And we've to show
numbers to California.

You deal with programming,

let me handle PR and Marketing.

Look, every day something negative
happens in the world, Mahesh.

But are you going to let
one abrasion define who we are?

Take this.

Thank you.

I was saying if you keep
inviting guests like this,

then what's the point of
getting the Pinnacle case dismissed,

or having the best lawyer
in the country at your disposal?

What are you trying to say?

Forget that I'm a politician.

Right now I'm your lawyer.

And I've to represent your
best interest in the court.

If I had to do anything,

then I would've leaked
those photographs.

I'm sure you know who my guest was...

I don't.

Sharad came to threaten me.

Threaten you?

I thought you two share
a special relationship.

He's very desperate at the moment,

he can press any
allegation against anyone.

Where is he?

I don't know.

By the way, you should know.

He has to be taken in custody,

or he can go to the media.

He's hiding in an abandoned
factory outside the city.

Very good.

- Yeah.
- Looking good.

Tell me something.

How does Webpal work?

Niharika,
you know how difficult it is,

for a single woman
to get a loan in India.

It's outrageous.

Our algorithms studies
their spending, saving patterns,

and predetermine whether they
can repay their loan, or not.

The ones who can, we just
give their profile to the bank.

They get a loan.
The bank's happy, she's happy.

It's a win-win for everybody.

But that means their personal
data is compromised, right.

Do these women even know that
their personal data is for sale?

Niharika,
they're getting their job done.

They are getting a loan.

No need to stand in long queues,
no paperwork,

guess the pros outweigh the cons.

Isn't it data-stealing?

Data mining.

Well, you're making the most profit.

Anyway, talking about Webpal,

Don't you think they are
promoting obsessive behaviour

and trolling in the
name of data mining.

What do you have to say about that?

I mean obviously, they want their
users to engage more with their app.

That's just the intent
of the algorithm.

If users will engage
with a positive post,

the algorithm will
promote that as well.

But we both know that's not the
way people choose to behave.

So basically you study
their behaviour pattern,

and push them to
buy their own product.

What kind of data mining is that?

Finally, the choice
is in the customer's hands.

No one's got a g*n to his head.

His free will is his choice.

Really not,
it's an illusion of a choice.

I mean an alcoholic who
wants to give up alcohol,

if you keep a bottle
of alcohol in front of him,

it's really not a choice,
it's a temptation.

And we're talking about a kid here.

Anyway, Mr. Client,
what case do you want to discuss?

Stumped.

Someone's filed a PIL against them.

I don't think there's
anything to worry about.

Akshay will take care of it.

Very confident of Akshay's
abilities I must say.

No, I didn't mean it like that,

I'm just talking about the case.

I mean he has no ethics.

Anyone who pays, he's going to...

I know. I know.

And I also know
you two had a history.

That's exactly what it is. History.

That's why I was only
talking about the case.

Okay, so you're trying to
say that Stumped is still viable.

It's not for sale.

I mean they were looking
for some lawyers for FDI.

And I pitched for it too,

but it went to the Jaitley's.

And that's exactly
how I know about it.

There's a venture capitalist.

He may be their investor as well.

Linn. He's an old friend of mine.

You know how these guys get
when Indian courts are involved.

So how about this?

I'm interested in Stumped,

and you want a big client.

I can talk to my old friend,

if you talk to your old friend?

Since you're interested in antiques,

why don't you talk
to Akshay yourself?

Wait a second.

I'm going to give you his number.

Here you go.

Touche.

And in return,
I shall deliver Linn to you.

Think he's going to need a lawyer.

Let's at least hope that he does.

Yeah.

All you need to do is get...

...JJ's audit team to
sign up for the due diligence.

Akshay is busy with the PIL,

so you really need
to rush through this DDR,

for our investors
to stay interested.

And I'm sure in the meantime Akshay
can have the PIL dismissed.

There are processes.

I am new,

and with my relationship
with Akshay,

it's not easy in my opinion.

You remember Sadanand,
our chemistry teacher.

You got him out of his depression.

Nobody can ignore you.

I am sure Akshay is easier than the grump.

God, you still remember.

So DDR by tomorrow.

Just close this and we'll
start the negotiations.

We're running out of time.

Don't worry, I'll get it done.

I just need Akshay
to sign off on this.

The books are clean.

Process.

Oh my God!

You're the Jaitley
family daughter-in-law,

not some bookkeeper.

C'mon Let's go get the drink.

- One second.
- Hello.

Hi, Niharika.
Where are you?

With Raghav,
leaving for the meeting.

What happened?

Can you just switch
on the TV right now?

Can we have the news, please?

Yeah, sure.

Rajat k*lled Natasha.

Rajat.

The husband of her best friend Aarti.

When I chased the IP
address of Hellboy with 'yy',

it turned out to be Rajat.

I further investigated.

I mirrored his computer,
his calls and messages,

and bingo.

We got the solid proof.

In fact, he's confessed as well.

Niharika, Jignesh was innocent.

You can relax now.

The case is over.

Well...the case is just begun.

Good job in tracing the rat.

Now I have to focus on Webpal
and that's our big ticket.

- They are all shell companies.
- Yeah.

And they are all offshore?

Not all of them, the first two.

Summon from CBI for Nishchal.

I am cooperating.

Different departments,
different investigations,

but you don't worry.

We'll try our best
to save you from custody.

Let's get back to this.

Yeah. Let's continue.

So...Goenka was diverting
his loan funds to shell companies,

where the ownership is unknown.

If there's any business transaction
between company A and company B,

but no movement.

Then it's a clear
case of money laundering.

Can't say about the
company's ownership,

but I think I know why
JJ is so interested in this case.

Be careful!

My dinner date with
Su started an hour ago.

If I don't leave now,

I'll have to go
underground like Goenka.

- I am sorry.
- You get out, I'll see you tomorrow.

Yeah.

Niharika, please don't be impulsive,

the Bar council is still
keeping a watch on us.

Okay.

Social media platforms...

...easily claim that this
is not our responsibility.

Nonsense.

The Webpal app keeps
insisting that I stalk her

Obviously, they want their
users to engage more with their app.

That's just the intent
of the algorithm.

Guys, need to make a quick call.

Okay. Thanks.
See you later.

Gitanjali,
I'm going to file a case against Webpal.

I need you to do some
research on some case law.

And I also want a cyber
expert whom I can consult.

Yup.

Hello.

Sharad Goenka speaking.

I want to meet you.

Please have your food, mom,

Akshay sir is still here.

What?

No, mom, he's not divorced.

His wife comes to the office...

Mom, I'm busy...

Want to get off the phone, please.

Yes sir.

I've to file the DDR.
Where are the bloody accounts?

I asked Devika for
Stumped's financial records.

What happened?

- I told her, sir.
- And?

And Devika madam's team
said they will talk to you.

About what?

That I don't know, sir.

Just get out.

Out!

Mr. Goenka.

Mr. Goenka.

Mr. Goenka.

Mr. Goenka.

Mr. Goenka!

Mr. Goenka!

Hello.

Yeah.

I need to report an incident.

Madam, why did you
come here at this hour?

As I already told you he called me.

How do you know the victim?

I don't know him personally,
so when he called...

Look, if I had anything to hide,

I wouldn't have called you guys.

This isn't the court, madam,

so don't argue with us.

We're doing our job.

And you're the prime witness, madam.

I need to make a call.

Where are you?
Why aren't you answering your phone?

The Police just let me off.

Goenka's dead. I found his body.

He called me to a factory.

What?

Yeah, anyway let's talk later.

What happened?

Su almost got hit by a car.
We're at the hospital.

What? How?

Is she okay?

It's okay, just a minor injury.

She will be alright.
We're heading home.

Where are you?
We're worried about you.

- Puneet...
- Listen, you know me.

I am not scared easily,
but let's just...

Just come home.
Just come soon.

Excuse me, ma'am, what were
you doing with Sharad Goenka?

No comments.

Do your clients know you
had a meeting with Sharad,

who stirred chaos in their life...

No comments.

You cannot always say no comments.

We need an answer.

I was thinking why the
media isn't asking questions.

Whistleblower and employee
lawyer Niharika Singh,

was having some sort of a secret
meeting with Sharad Goenka.

Out comes the poor heroine
from behind the poster.

Poor thing.

Sharad Goenka is a
wanted fugitive after all.

Set the mood.

Call the Bar council.

There's something on her mind.

She has photographs of Mrinalini
Singh and Sharad Goenka.

But she hasn't given
it to the media yet.

Looks like I'll have to do something.

Why did you go to meet him alone?

Wait...Wait a second. I told
you everyone's watching us.

Come on, she's safe.

And she is quite worried herself.

You were out with Su,

and he said he has some
financial documents,

and banks statements and he
wanted to meet me alone...

Imagine why would he do that?

It's a f*cking trap! He set us up!

We're lawyers with
the whistleblowers,

we're lawyers of the employees.

And you're meeting Goenka alone.

- But I can explain...
- What can you explain?

That Alak keeps fingering
you on the phone,

saying he'll remove
Nikhil's approver status.

And you wait and watch,

the bar council will call...
any f*cking moment.

Do you really want them
to revoke your licence?

Hey...
Listen, what's done is done.

The fact that she saw a dead man
today must be pretty traumatic,

so let's have no more of this.

Yeah.

Yes...

No comments.

What a f*cking surprise.

Explain it to them.

Do they know that you
were meeting with Sharad,

who's created this
chaos in their lives.

- No comments.
- You cannot keep saying no comments.

You must give an answer or
you're hiding something.

Madam...
Ma'am.

Ma'am, our money.

Ma'am...

Ma'am, please.

What is the media saying?

Why were you having a secret
meeting with Sharad Goenka?

Did he corrupt you too?

It wasn't a secret meeting...

You cannot talk to
her like this, okay.

We're defending your
cases free of charge,

and you're accusing us.

Madam only wanted publicity,

that's why she took our case.

Now we understand.

If you don't have
faith in your lawyers...

You have a right to ask questions,

but I'm ready to answer them.

I went to meet Sharad Goenka,

but only because I thought
he has some information,

that can help us in our case.

Well, in hindsight I made a mistake.

I should've informed the Police.

But Goenka's death proves one thing,

that powerful people are behind it.

And it won't be easy to fight them.

That said, I've broken your trust,

so I'm withdrawing from this case.

Puneet will take over.

No, dear.

Whatever you did
was for our own benefit.

Otherwise, this court case would've
continued for several years.

We all trust you.

But what now after Goenka's death.

Everyone will come in
to settle their accounts.

As well as the banks
who gave him secure loans.

Meaning government banks
will get their dues before us.

We've to fight against them.

And if we want to win this case,

then we must fight together.

Sharad Goenka's no more,
but they are not.

What do you want?

Your resignation.

Otherwise, the documents of these
holding companies will go public,

and people will come to know

where actually Sharad
Goenka's loans went.

Hello, how are you?

But why? I've already
withdrawn from all this.

That's not enough.

I want to thank all the
respected members of the family.

Everyone entrusted your faith in me.

But my health doesn't allow me to
take on any more responsibilities.

I want to propose Mr.
Janardhan Jaitley's name,

who can take on these
responsibilities after me.

Thank you.

Mrinalini, I know health is wealth.

I will pray to God
for your quick recovery.

And on behalf of the party,

I relieve you from
the post of Chief Minister.

And the party will
ponder over your proposal,

and soon reach a decision.

Of course.

Thank you.

I must visit the Governor,

to hand over my resignation letter.

So excuse me.
Thank you.

- Thank you very much.
- Yes.

Thank you.

Hey...

Hey.

Where were you?
Work meeting?

Took a long lunch?

No, I had to run some errands.

That's how I got late.

Why? Are you keeping track on me?

What's the update on Stumped?

Did you have a word with Simon?

No, not yet.

What about the PIL?

The hearing is this week.

I don't think it should
be an issue though.

- Great.
- Yeah.

I told you we work together.

What about that
due diligence report?

All done.

All ready?

Yeah.

Haven't seen anything yet?

I had our finance guy look it over.

Her books are clean.
I've known her for years.

That's fine, but you know I...

It's a multi-million dollar round.

I would really like...

Akshay, I just told you
I've known her for years.

And I personally
checked her accounts.

So there is nothing to worry about.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Focus on the PIL and
I'll handle the rest.

And don't be late for dinner.

Okay.

Found anything?

Sir, I stole this file from the
chief accountant's office.

Sir, if I get caught,
I'll be screwed.

I'll never get a job
at any law firm again.

Sir, can I ask you something?

You're the boss here.

So you could've just
asked for these files.

Don't think too hard.

When you ask you get
what they want you to see.

And I want to see what
they don't want to show me.

Just relax.

Your job is safe here.

Well done.

Thank you, sir.

Take this file to Wazir and Cook,

and address it to Mr.
Pushp Mehra, got it?

Will do, sir,

Good, thank you.

Let's find out what
they are trying to hide,

by ramming through this DDR.

Okay, sir.

- Hello.
- Yeah, hi. This is Raghav.

Raghav Malhotra.

I don't think you know me,
but I've heard a lot about you.

From Niharika.

- Niharika Singh.
- Yeah...

Well, Niharika has
confidence in you,

and me in her.

I've a very interesting
proposition for you,

and I'd love to discuss
it over a round of drinks.

Discuss Niharika's confidence in me?

Sure. Let's do it.

Great, I'll text you the details.

Thanks, Akshay.

Guys, I had a word
with my guy In National Mag.

and he said that the
bank sanctioned two loans,

...to Pinnacle hospitality.

What did he say?

He said there was
pressure from the top.

A phone call to sanction the loans.

Who called?

It's just a rumour,
but he said, Mrinalini Singh.

Really.

You knew?

Well, check this out.

You've had this all along?

Why didn't you do something?

Because I got it from JJ,

I'm sure he's up to something.

I mean...

Niharika, this is gold.
We've to go after him.

I mean the source can be JJ,

but this is all backed
up by Ajit's investigation.

Goenka's dead,
but she's still the CM.

Not anymore, guys.

CM Mrinalini Singh
resigns as Chief Minister.

Citing health reasons she
has retired from public life.

New CM to be announced shortly.

They are one step ahead of us.

Did you see the news?

We've only one option, if we
want to take this case ahead?

File an SLP in the Supreme
Court under article 136.

And yes start work on the basic
format of a writ petition.

She's getting better.

We're giving her medicines.
She's responding well to the medicines.

- That's great.
- She will get well soon.

That's great.
That's great.

Doctor, I've cleared the
payment, but don't tell anyone.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

- Listen, Niharika...
- Who are we to you?

Charity case of the year.

You know what, here you go.

And get out of my life.

You don't get it, Niharika.

Akshay, I'm not that naive.

You're doing it because
JJ is behind all this.

That's why you're
trying to overcompensate.

Can you stop it?

Can you not be so
cynical about everything?

It's ugly.

Can you once...

Not imagine that
actually care about you.

I wanted to do this
to show you that,

no matter what happens,

I will always,
always be there for you.

You can deduce any meaning you can.

Wow...such niceness for a second.

Sometimes you're like a demon.

You know what, I don't want it.

I don't want your niceness.

I don't want your
caring attitude for me.

I don't want your charity!
f*ck off!

Is there anything
you won't do for me?

You shouldn't be doubting me.

I know you met Mrinalini Singh,

and you've become a hurdle for her.

Think about yourself.

What do I have to do?

There's nothing you can do.

Your days are numbered.

You've no options.

Meet with Niharika Singh.

And if you can save yourself
by sacrificing someone else,

then do it.

Hello.

She is ready to meet.