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Chapter 115 - Episode 115 — The Phantom Caller

Title: Black Squad Episode 115 — The Phantom Caller

Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller

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Opening Scene:

Nighttime. A dimly-lit Mumbai street. A young man, Akash Sharma, walks alone, his phone buzzing. Unknown number. He answers hesitantly.

Phone Voice (distorted, eerie): "Hello, Akash… remember me?"

The caller ID reads the name of Akash's dead uncle. A shiver runs through him.

CUT TO:

Moments later, Akash is found dead — throat slit, phone clutched in hand.

Title Card: Black Squad Episode 115 — The Phantom Caller

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Scene 1: Black Squad HQ, Morning

ACP Sulaiman Qazi reviews the fresh case file on Akash's murder. Imran Wani, Arjun Rathore, Zoya Mirza, SI Shreya, and Dr. R.P. Gupta gather.

Qazi: "This is the third murder in ten days. All victims received calls from dead relatives… hours before being killed."

Imran (uneasy): "It's like they're being stalked by the past."

Arjun: "Or someone's staging it to torment them."

Qazi: "We chase shadows, people. And sometimes… those shadows bite back. Let's move."

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Scene 2: Crime Scene Investigation

At Akash's apartment. Blood, staged crime scene. Phone left deliberately on.

Dr. R.P. Gupta examines the body.

Gupta: "No forced entry. Same throat slit, same timing. Death between 11:30 pm–12:00 am."

Zoya (checking phone logs): "Call came from a number belonging to Rajeev Sharma. Dead since 2022."

Shreya: "How's a dead man making phone calls?"

Imran's phone buzzes. Unknown number. He silences it. Everyone exchanges looks.

Arjun (noticing Imran's face): "Who was it?"

Imran (faking calm): "Wrong number."

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Scene 3: Forensics Lab

Dr. Gupta uncovers a pattern in the victims — all had some old, unresolved trauma connected to the person whose number called them.

Gupta: "This killer chooses victims through their emotional scars."

Qazi: "Psychological warfare."

Zoya: "I'll trace old telecom records. See how these dead numbers are reactivated."

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Scene 4: Imran's Past Awakens

Late night at HQ. Imran sits alone. His phone buzzes. Another unknown number. This time… it displays 'Ammi'. His long-dead mother.

Voice (soft, ghostly): "Imran… beta…"

He drops the phone, breath ragged. Flashbacks flood in: his mother's face, the fire, Sulaiman Qazi pulling him from wreckage.

Imran (whispering): "What do you want from me…?"

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Scene 5: Discovery of The Phantom

Zoya and Shreya uncover a pattern. All spoofed numbers trace back to defunct telecom hubs. CCTV records show a hooded figure accessing telecom servers.

Zoya: "He's ex-police. Cybercrime. Name: Inspector Sameer Desai. Presumed dead in 2018. Case led by… ACP Qazi."

Flashback: Sameer being suspended, vowing revenge.

Qazi (grim): "He was a ghost then. Now he's come for us."

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Scene 6: Stalked and Hunted

Squad members start receiving calls. Shreya's dead brother, Zoya's childhood friend, Arjun's old case victim.

Arjun: "This guy's inside our lives. Watching us."

A hacked CCTV feed plays their personal moments on HQ screens.

Qazi: "This ends tonight."

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Scene 7: The Final Trap

Tracked to an abandoned call center. A booby-trapped maze.

Arjun and Imran lead the entry. Explosives, false walls. Psychological traps — recordings of past mistakes, failures.

Imran (hallucinating): His mother's voice. Breaks down but fights through.

Arjun fights a knife-wielding thug. Brutal hand-to-hand combat.

Qazi: "Sameer, enough!"

Sameer (on speaker): "You killed my life, Qazi. Now I kill yours."

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Scene 8: Final Showdown

Imran reaches control room. Faces Sameer.

Sameer: "You forgot your past, didn't you criminal?"

A brawl. Violent, desperate. Imran gets stabbed but overpowers Sameer.

Imran: "I'm not who I was. And you… you're just a coward."

Sameer lunges at Imran. A bullet ends him. Qazi stands behind, gun smoking.

Qazi: "Justice."

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Scene 9: Aftermath

Dawn breaks. Mumbai quiet.

Zoya: "The numbers stopped. It's over."

Imran visits his mother's old house. In the rain. Leaves a flower. Whispers:

"I'm sorry, Ammi. I remember now."

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End Credits.

Dedicated to those fighting their inner demons while protecting others.

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