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Black Squad – Episode 74
Title: "The Silent Witness"
(Standalone murder mystery – Zoya Khan returns)
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[COLD OPEN – INT. PUBLIC LIBRARY – NIGHT]
A young law student, Meher Rizvi, is found dead inside a Mumbai public library, her throat slit, clutching a pen with the initials "Z.K."
The media claims it's a random killing. The librarian insists Meher was meeting someone for help on a legal case.
But the CCTV is wiped. The crime scene is too clean. And that pen? It used to belong to Sub-Inspector Zoya Khan.
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ACT 1: REOPENED CONNECTIONS
Imran, Arjun, Reet, and Danish take the case after the pen detail surfaces.
Imran hesitates.
IMRAN:
"Zoya's been off-grid since the Delhi sting op. Last we heard, she went under."
They pull her last known assignments — Zoya was assigned to infiltrate a fake legal aid NGO suspected of helping criminals escape the law.
The same NGO Meher Rizvi had contacted days before her death.
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ACT 2: THE SHADOW RETURN
As Black Squad investigates, a group of masked shooters attack a witness Meher had met — a female domestic worker who had overheard a high-profile murder confession.
During the chaos at a slum safehouse, just when Arjun and Danish are pinned down by gunfire…
Zoya Khan appears. In plainclothes, gun blazing, neutralizing two attackers with calm precision.
ARJUN (grinning):
"Took you long enough."
ZOYA:
"Told you I work better in silence."
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ACT 3: ZOYA'S SIDE
Back at HQ, Zoya briefs the team. She'd been infiltrating the fake NGO for 5 months. It's run by Aamir Siddiqui, a powerful fixer connected to multiple cover-up killings, including Meher's.
Zoya had handed Meher the pen with a listening bug inside — hoping to record the confession of a corrupt High Court judge tied to Siddiqui. But the judge found out.
Meher was silenced before the file could be retrieved.
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ACT 4: THE FINAL MOVE
The only copy of the audio is now in Siddiqui's heavily guarded NGO office — behind biometric locks and encrypted cloud backups.
Zoya leads the squad for the first time in months — showing she still has sharp instincts and field skills.
They execute a swift raid:
Reet hacks Siddiqui's server via a cloned biometric signature from a disguised Zoya.
Danish holds down the entry while Arjun and Zoya breach the office.
Imran confronts the judge and forces a confession on record with the recovered audio.
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ACT 5: BACK IN THE FOLD
Siddiqui is arrested. The High Court judge resigns publicly. Media spins the narrative, but MOD praises Black Squad's "quiet heroism."
Zoya sits with the team at HQ again, sipping coffee.
IMRAN:
"You're staying this time?"
ZOYA:
"Until the last liar is buried."
Reet pins Zoya's badge back on the squad wall.
ARJUN:
"Welcome back, partner."
BLACK SCREEN:
"Zoya Khan – Reactivated."
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