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Issue 1 · Case 4 · 9 August 2026

Bombay school desk · 1957 · Sushila Ketkar

The Parel Canteen Docket

A mill canteen’s ration docket changed hands before the 1957 supper bell.

REPORT: Parel, 1957. The mill canteen cannot draw its supper ration without a docket that has gone missing. Kitchen staff have counted the stores, but the supplier needs the signed paper before releasing more. The canteen manager is checking the accounts of four people involved in the supper preparations. Workers will arrive when the shift bell rings. The canteen manager checked the four accounts against the stores count and the supplier’s papers. The person who gave the false statement is responsible for this incident. Identify that person, the place they visited and the item they carried.

Library counter adds a rainy-afternoon register

The Five Gardens reading room has set aside a ruled register for borrowed umbrellas and satchels while the monsoon clouds gather over its verandah.

Shanta More's handling record names two items

In the canteen supper accounts, Shanta More carried one of two items: the Steel ladle or the Change tin.

Tram bells carry through the first drizzle

Morning riders were advised to keep their fountain-pen notes wrapped as a brief shower made the pavements near the circle slick before breakfast.

Tally desk traced to the Steel ladle record

The person carrying the Steel ladle was the visitor to the Tally desk.

Handwriting medal shared by two patient pupils

A small Matunga school awarded its copybook medal jointly after two pupils kept equally clean margins through the term, according to the head clerk.

Rear yard traced to the Change tin record

In the canteen supper accounts, the visitor to the Rear yard carried the Change tin.

CLASSIFIED

Tiffin carriers numbered for crowded trains

Churchgate Metal Mart engraves lids, clips, and brass tags. A mistaken dabba may be funny only after lunch is recovered.

Harmonium rehearsal opens the annual-day programme

A neighbourhood music teacher will lead a short harmonium rehearsal before the curtain rises, with the handbell kept by the stage manager until the final cue.

Arvind Rao's signed account enters the tally

Arvind Rao signed this account: “I carried the Change tin.”

Cycle shed key to be returned before noon

The caretaker asks families using the rain-dark shed to leave its brass key at the front office, so the younger pupils are not kept waiting at dismissal.

Kamla Jadhav's signed account enters the tally

Kamla Jadhav signed this account: “I carried the Steel ladle.”

CLASSIFIED

Palm Court Irani Café keeps the sugar jar ready

Palm Court Irani Café offers bun maska, brun pav and a strong cup of chai beside a bentwood rack of old weeklies. School satchels may rest under the table, not on it.

Witness tally flags one false claim

In the canteen supper accounts, three of the four signed statements are true; one is false.

A request-card bundle waits for a future wireless desk

The postman collected a tied bundle of song requests addressed to a small harbour studio, a quiet early note in the larger case-world archive.

Feroz Mistry's signed account enters the tally

Feroz Mistry wrote: “I visited the Pantry.”

Shanta More's signed account enters the tally

Shanta More's signed statement reads: “I carried the Steel ladle.”

Pantry traced to the Docket board record

Whoever carried the Docket board visited the Pantry.

Deduction board

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Blank → ○ possible → × ruled out → ✓ matched.

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Suspects compared with Implements
Shanta MoreKamla JadhavArvind RaoFeroz Mistry
Change tin
Meal token
Docket board
Steel ladle
Suspects compared with Locations
Shanta MoreKamla JadhavArvind RaoFeroz Mistry
Serving counter
Rear yard
Pantry
Tally desk
Implements compared with Locations
Change tinMeal tokenDocket boardSteel ladle
Serving counter
Rear yard
Pantry
Tally desk

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Icon key

Suspects
Sus 1Shanta More
Sus 2Kamla Jadhav
Sus 3Arvind Rao
Sus 4Feroz Mistry
Implements
Imp 1Change tin
Imp 2Meal token
Imp 3Docket board
Imp 4Steel ladle
Locations
Loc 1Serving counter
Loc 2Rear yard
Loc 3Pantry
Loc 4Tally desk

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