It's Thursday, 11:47 PM. A security guard at Innosphere Business Park, Koramangala makes a call that will make the morning headlines.
Rohan Mehta — 34-year-old co-founder and CEO of PaySpark Technologies, one of Bengaluru's most-watched fintech startups — has been found dead on the pavement below the building's 14th floor executive terrace.
The initial police assessment is suicide. A typed note was found on his desk. He had recently been under stress, according to colleagues. PaySpark was in the middle of a tense Series B fundraise.
But something doesn't add up. The toxicology report came back unusual. The suicide note was typed — not handwritten. And the CCTV footage has a gap that no one can explain.
You are the investigating team called in by PaySpark's board, who don't trust the police's hasty conclusion. You have access to the evidence. You have 90 minutes.