Hints

CASE CB-03  ยท  USE SPARINGLY โ€” EACH HINT COSTS POINTS
Hints are opened by group consensus only. Cost is deducted from the team's collective score at the end. Click a hint card to reveal it.

Hint 1 โ€” COST: โˆ’5 points

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The post-mortem and crime scene reports taken together raise a question the initial police account does not answer. Focus on who was physically present on the 14th floor during the relevant time window. The access control log in Pack A lists every keycard event for 6 March โ€” map each person's movements before drawing conclusions about who had opportunity.

Hint 2 โ€” COST: โˆ’10 points

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One person's stated departure time is contradicted by physical records in two separate systems. Check E02 (keycard) against what that person told the police in Pack B. Then look at Vikram's desk note recovered from his drawer โ€” the three-letter references in his working note each correspond to a document or person elsewhere in the evidence set. What does "RM" stand for? What is "HDFC 4421"?

Hint 3 โ€” COST: โˆ’20 points

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The keycard log (E02) places one person on the 14th floor from 19:52 through the entire murder window with no recorded exit until 21:18. Their police statement (Pack B) claims they left at 20:00. A witness statement in Pack B independently places a light on in their office area at 20:50. The final layer โ€” in Pack C โ€” connects a financial transaction to a registered company and links an email address to ghostwriting for a rival firm. The handwriting comparison report in Pack C addresses the forged signature on the disbursement authorisation.