Mehra’s team located Vikram’s flat in Bandra. He was a lanky man with a nervous habit of tapping his fingers on the table. When the detectives entered, Vikram was already packing a duffel bag.
Mehra stepped forward, hand hovering over his holster. “You’re under arrest for murder, extortion, and illegal possession of classified data.”
“Take a photo of that van,” Mehra ordered. “And get me a list of all employees of Apex Solutions. Someone’s trying to silence Sameer.” Back at the CID lab, Priya and cyber‑analyst Rahul Patel worked feverishly to extract the encrypted files from Sameer’s laptop. After hours of coaxing the damaged drive, a single folder emerged—named “MidnightCipher” .
