Special 26 (2013) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Ranveer Singh was suspended because the minister whose residence was raided demanded action against the officers responsible for the security breach. Since the con artists posing as CBI officers had successfully infiltrated the minister's home, the minister insisted on punishing Ranveer and his colleague Shanti for their alleged negligence, leading to their suspension to protect the minister's public image.

• ranveer singh
• suspension
• cbi
• minister
• shanti

After being suspended from the CBI, Ranveer Singh felt disgraced and sought out CBI officer Waseem Khan in New Delhi. The two decided to collaborate, combining Ranveer's knowledge of the first con operation with Khan's investigative skills to track down Ajay Singh and his crew.

• waseem khan
• ranveer singh
• team up
• cbi investigation

Yes, in the final twist, it is revealed that Ranveer Singh was never a legitimate Sub-Inspector. He was actually part of Ajay Singh's con team from the beginning. When Khan confronts Ajay at the airport, he realizes that Ranveer was a plant designed to feed information to the con artists and throw the CBI off their trail.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Ranveer conveniently contacts a local police station to offer support for Ajay's raid, which seems oddly helpful for a stranger.

• ranveer singh
• impostor
• con artist
• twist
• reveal

Sharma betrayed Ajay by diverting the bus away from the meeting point, directing it instead to meet Ranveer Singh. Under pressure from Khan and Ranveer's interrogation, Sharma revealed the crew's plans. This betrayal was driven by fear of getting caught, as Khan and Ranveer threatened him during their confrontation.

• p.k. sharma
• betrayal
• ajay singh
• bus diversion

On the day of the jewelry store heist, Khan arrived at the store before Ajay's crew and cleverly switched the real valuables with replicas. This allowed him to monitor the crew's movements while ensuring the actual jewelry remained safe. When the con artists fled with the fake items, Khan had already secured the real merchandise.

• khan
• jewelry heist
• fakes
• switch
• replicas

After the heist is executed, Ajay meets Priya at the airport, where he tells her they can now be together since he has enough money from the operation. This scene marks the culmination of their romantic subplot, with Ajay finally ready to pursue a life with Priya away from his criminal pursuits.

• ajay
• priya
• airport
• romance
• heist

Ajay sent a cryptic money order to Khan as a playful acknowledgment of their cat-and-game. The money order symbolized Ajay's respect for Khan's intelligence and served as a humorous conclusion to their rivalry, showing that despite being on opposite sides, there was mutual admiration between the con artist and the investigator.

• money order
• khan
• ajay
• ending
• acknowledgment

Khan discovered that Ajay had posted a job advertisement seeking '50 dynamic graduates' as cover for their heist preparations. Khan cleverly posed as one of the candidates and underwent their training, which included a mock raid. This infiltration allowed him to gather crucial intelligence about the crew's operations, though the specific details of the actual jewelry store heist remained hidden.

• khan
• infiltration
• job advertisement
• training
• mock raid

The con artists specifically targeted wealthy politicians and businessmen because these individuals typically stored large amounts of black money in their homes. By posing as CBI or Income Tax officials, the crew could raid these properties and seize the illicit wealth without raising immediate suspicion, as the victims would never report the theft to police since they couldn't explain the source of their money.

• black money
• wealthy
• target
• corruption
• con artists

The Kolkata raid was more complex as it targeted a trading business rather than a minister's residence. Ajay and his team posed as Income Tax Department officials to infiltrate the business. Though more challenging than the first raid, they successfully executed it, which emboldened them to plan the even more ambitious Mumbai jewelry store heist.

• kolkata
• trading business
• income tax
• raid
• heist