At this time, there was a knock outside the cottage. A maid servant was standing outside meekly and further became terrified when the Inspector opened the door to ask about her business. She introduced herself as Kantabai and upon seeing a woman inside the house, eased up a little bit. She explained that she's Adarsh's maid and that he had telephoned her to come up to the cottage yesterday. However, due to an urgency in her family, the maid could neither come up to the cottage nor call ahead to inform of her absence. Today, while on her way to the cottage, she saw the divers and the police and came to know that something had happened to Adarsh saab. When the Inspector nodded in affirmation, the maid broke down in tears, possibly at the loss of her employer, but probably at the loss of her employment. Inspector Samarth ignored the maid and tried to think if it was a good idea to keep Mini in custody for the night in case she tries to make a run for it at nighttime, but instead decided to post an officer at the exit to keep watch.
