Nayattu (2021) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

After the accident that killed Jayan, civilians had witnessed the trio at the scene. Maniyan realized they would be charged with murder since Jayan died at the hospital. With Rahul (Maniyan's nephew who was driving) already fled, there were no witnesses to prove it was an accident. Fearing arrest and believing they would be framed, they chose to flee rather than turn themselves in.

• police officers
• accident
• hit and run
• flee
• Jayan death

Maniyan recorded a video before his death stating he committed suicide. The video served as a dying declaration that would later become crucial evidence. The police attempted to destroy this video to cover up the truth, but it was eventually presented in court as part of the investigation.

• Maniyan
• suicide video
• dying declaration
• evidence
• cover-up

Biju was a local political goon connected to CPO Sunitha. He was involved in prior troublemaking and was briefly detained by Praveen and Maniyan. However, he was released due to political influence from the Dalit party. Later, when Jayan (Biju's friend) died in the accident, Biju's mob attacked the scene, forcing the officers to flee. Biju's political connections created the initial chain of events that led to the officers' desperation.

• Biju
• political goon
• Sunitha
• Dalit party
• Jayan

The CM became involved because the case had significant political implications. The by-election was approaching, and the Dalit party's influence created pressure on the government. The CM authorized the police to stage a dramatic arrest and later pressured the department to cover up the mess by framing the officers, particularly to control the narrative around the death of the Dalit youth.

• Chief Minister
• CM
• political pressure
• Dalit party
• by-election

The police, with the CM's approval, staged a dramatic public arrest of the three officers. They paraded masked dummies before the media to create the appearance that the fugitives had been caught. This was a political theater to control the narrative during the election period. The plan backfired when Praveen and Sunitha discovered Maniyan had actually died during the operation.

• staged arrest
• media
• dummies
• CM
• political theater

After Maniyan's death, the police wanted to create a cover-up story that would clear Praveen and Sunitha of blame. They coerced the two officers to provide statements saying Maniyan was responsible for the death of a Dalit youth (a separate incident from Jayan's death). This would allow the department to close the case while protecting the other two officers, but Praveen and Sunitha refused to participate in this false narrative.

• frame
• Maniyan
• Praveen
• Sunitha
• cover-up
• Dalit youth

The court ordered a CBI probe after new evidence surfaced in court, including Maniyan's suicide video. The investigation uncovered the attempted cover-up, political pressure, and coercion. The higher authority recognized that the local police and political involvement compromised the investigation, requiring an independent body to examine the events surrounding the deaths, the video dying declaration, and the subsequent cover-up.

• CBI probe
• court order
• investigation
• cover-up
• video evidence

Rahul, Maniyan's nephew who was driving the vehicle, immediately fled the scene after the collision with Jayan's motorbike. His flight made the situation worse for the three officers because there was no driver to testify that the collision was an accident. This left Maniyan, Praveen, and Sunitha vulnerable to murder charges with no witness to defend them.

• Rahul
• accident
• fled
• Maniyan nephew
• hit and run

Jayan was revealed to be a friend of Biju, the political goon. When the officers realized Jayan's identity and his connection to Biju, tensions immediately rose. This connection triggered Biju's mob to form and attack the scene after Jayan died, forcing the trio to rush back to their station for safety. The personal link between Jayan and Biju transformed a simple accident into a dangerous political confrontation.

• Jayan
• Biju
• friend
• mob
• connection

Under mounting political pressure to be framed for murder, the three officers fled to Munnar to seek asylum with an old acquaintance of Maniyan. They remained hidden while the Crime Branch, led by SP Anuradha, tracked them down. Anuradha's team located their hiding place but could not immediately assault it due to the strategic layout. From there, they were eventually lured back to the city for the staged arrest operation.

• Munnar
• hiding
• Maniyan acquaintance
• Anuradha
• Crime Branch

Praveen and Sunitha were captured and arrested along with Maniyan's body. They were coerced to participate in the cover-up by framing Maniyan for the Dalit youth's death, but both refused. They were kept in custody and transported to court in a police van during the by-election. The ending shows them facing a bleak situation, forced to endure institutional injustice rather than achieving a clear victory.

• Praveen
• Sunitha
• arrested
• custody
• court
• ending