E06 — Housekeeper Overheard Argument

EVIDENCE PACK B — ROUND 3 ONLY
REF: SURT-STMT/2025/0522-HK
HOUSEKEEPER STATEMENT — CHAMPA BAI
Housekeeper, Shah Haveli | Recorded 22 May 2025
🔴 EVIDENCE
Surat Police — Crime Branch

Champa Bai has worked for the Shah family for 17 years.

"On the morning of the 20th, Kailash sahib called Prakash sahib to his study after breakfast. I was cleaning the corridor. I heard — Kailash sahib saying 'Dilip will get thirty percent. And the Mumbai office.' Prakash sahib said something I couldn't hear fully. Then he raised his voice — 'After everything I've done?' Kailash sahib told him this decision was final."

MOTIVE CONFIRMED: Prakash learned about the share reduction and the Mumbai office decision on the morning of the murder. He had the entire day to decide what to do — and 16 hours of simmering anger. By 11 PM, he acted.