MediumMurder mysteryDiwali4 suspectsAbout 40 min
The Festival of Lamps
Malabar Hill, Bombay · Diwali, 1968
On Diwali night the Mehra house glowed with a thousand lamps. At ten, Seth Govind Mehra was found dead in his study. Three people heard him alive at a quarter past nine, and everyone in the house can say where they were at a quarter past nine.
The suspects
Vikram Mehra
Govind's younger brother, mill manager, 48
Leela Mehra
Govind's wife, 50
Arjun Mehra
Govind's son, 22
Desmond Fernandes
Secretary and lawyer, 55