

The address on Damji's record leads Vidya and Rana to a dilapidated flat. In spite of Khan's warnings, Vidya continues her search, fearing that Arnab's resemblance to Damji may have led him into trouble. Khan arrives in Kolkata and reveals that Damji was a rogue IB agent responsible for the poison-gas attack. Meanwhile, the attempts to obtain Damji's records have attracted the attention of two Intelligence Bureau officials in Delhi-the chief Bhaskaran K. Vidya and Rana break into the NDC office and find Damji's file, barely escaping an encounter with Bob, who is searching for the same information. Agnes is shot at the entrance of her house before which she is seen enjoying some music. Before Agnes can provide any further help she is killed by Bob Biswas, an assassin working undercover as a life insurance agent. Although Vidya claims that Arnab went to Kolkata on an assignment for the National Data Center (NDC), initial investigations suggest that no such person was employed by the NDC.Īgnes D'Mello, the NDC's head of human resources, suggests to Vidya that her husband resembled former employee Milan Damji, whose file is probably kept in the old NDC office. A police officer, Satyaki "Rana" Sinha, offers to help.
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