Baba Kalyani

Baba Kalyani was sent to Kochi after receiving a tip about suspicious youths staying at a lodge. With official permission from IG Bose Ninan, he was posted to the Law and Order department to lead the investigation with a team of newly inducted IPS officers. The posting allowed him to conduct a coordinated operation against the emerging threat.

Earlier, Baba spotted crucial clues during the initial searches at the lodge and wanted to follow up personally.

A bundle of counterfeit currency was discovered at a local bank and traced to a charity organization run by Issa Mohammed Haji. This money trail revealed a hawala network that was funding terrorist operations. The financial crime connected to the charity suggested broader illicit operations with possible extremist links.

The counterfeit money was the first concrete evidence that pointed toward a larger conspiracy beyond ordinary crime.

Babu is Issa Mohammed Haji's son-in-law and a college lecturer who secretly leads a terrorist organization. He had trained a cadre of youths in Pakistan for a major operation and was behind the planned attack on Palani. He used his position as a lecturer to conceal his extremist activities while transferring funds through the hawala network.

Issa claimed ignorance about hawala dealings, but the cash trail pointed to his son-in-law Babu as the actual operator.

During a raid on the house where the suspicious youths had stayed, Baba's team found prints, maps, and photographs that revealed the planned strike on Palani, a revered pilgrimage center in South India. This evidence allowed Baba and his team to anticipate the militants' moves and coordinate with local Tamil Nadu authorities.

The Muslyar and locals had expressed concerns about suspicious activities near the mosque, which pushed the team to intensify surveillance.

Issa Mohammed was chosen as a negotiator because he was Babu's father-in-law. Authorities hoped family ties might convince Babu to surrender. However, Babu shot Issa during the negotiations, revealing how personal loyalties collided with deadly ideologies.

Issa's posture had shifted from a respected businessman to a man who may be protecting a dangerous child-in-law while trying to shield his family.

When Babu shot Issa during negotiations, it revealed the depth of betrayal and how ideological commitment had overridden family loyalty. The militants vowed to press on with their plan, escalating the crisis. The ATS then prepared and executed a decisive commando strike to neutralize the threat.

This violent act demonstrated that Babu had completely severed personal ties in pursuit of his extremist goals.

The ATS, working with Tamil Nadu IG Raghupathi, seized trucks suspected of carrying explosives, cutting off the supply chain. When negotiations failed after Babu shot Issa, the ATS launched a full commando operation that neutralized all the jihadis including Babu, effectively aborting the catastrophic plan.

The team had been mapping routes, caches, and fail-safes while racing against time to disrupt the plot.

Madhumitha Ashokan is the daughter of Advocate Ashokan and Baba's ex-girlfriend. They had a personal history that created tension when Baba clashed with her father in Kochi. This personal conflict complicated the investigation, but they eventually reconciled after the crisis was resolved and married.

Their clash in Kochi occurred early in the investigation, highlighting how personal relationships intersected with professional duties.

The Muslyar of the mosque noticed concerning behavior from a group of youths who had been seen at the mosque. Together with other locals, he expressed doubts about their intentions, which prompted warnings to Baba Kalyani. This information pushed the team to intensify surveillance and ultimately led to the raid that uncovered the explosives storage.

The warnings came after Issa himself informed Baba about the suspicious youths seen at the mosque.

The counterfeit currency discovered at the bank was traced through the hawala system to Issa Mohammed's charity organization. The money transfer was actually conducted by his son-in-law Babu, who used the charity as a front to channel funds for terrorist operations. This connection revealed how financial crime and terrorism were intertwined in the plot.

Issa denied knowledge of hawala dealings, but the investigation uncovered his son-in-law's hidden role.