100+ Detective Riddles Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul

Aalia's kidnapping - Detective Riddle

• Mr Walter
• Mr Thomas
• Mr Benjamin
• none of these

On the first day of school, Aalia was kidnapped. Police suspect three male teachers and question them. They were asked what they were doing at 8:00 am.

Mr Walter: I was driving to school and I was late.
Mr Thomas: I was checking English exam papers.
Mr Benjamin: I was reading the newspaper.

The police arrested the kidnapper. How did the police find the kidnapper ?

Mr Thomas

Explanation : Mr Thomas as he cannot be checking exam papers on the first day of school.

Knock Knock - Detective Riddle

Aalia is on a blissful vacation after helping Detective Mehul catch bad guys. She is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before.
He said, I'm sorry. I have made a mistake. I thought this was my room. He then went down the corridor and into the elevator. Aalia went back into her room and called detective Mehul to arrest him. 

What made Aalia so suspicious of the man ? 

If it was his room, he wouldn't have knocked.

Gogo's safe room- Detective Riddle

After being chased for months, the most wanted criminal Gogo is finally condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The 3rd room because if the lions haven't eaten in 3 years they're already dead.

Dhamaka singh poisonous pill- Detective Riddle

Dhamaka singh had 2 pills, one was safe and the other was poisonous, he gave them to Sanjana and Aalia with some water. After taking the pill, both of them died. How did they die ?

Dhamaka singh poisoned the water.

The grandmother's ring - Detective Riddle

A woman calls up Detective Mehul to say that her grandmothers ring had been stolen. When Mehul visits her house, he sees broken glass on the lawn and dirty footprints. he arrests the woman. Why?

If someone had broken into the house, they would have left broken glass inside the house - the window was broken from the inside.

Detective Mehul strikes again- Detective Riddle

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His family called Detective Mehul who came there immediately. He went to the crime scene questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis.

The wife said she was sleeping, the cook was eating breakfast, the gardener was picking vegetables, the maid was getting the mail, and the butler was cleaning the closet. Detective Mehul instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know ?

It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail but there's no mail on Sundays!

The disloyal staff- Detective Riddle

• The driver
• The maid
• The cook
• none of them

A wealthy woman lived in a completely circular home. One morning, she is found dead in the front yard. Detective Mehul comes along and asks the staff questions. The driver says he was washing the car, the maid says she was hovering in the corners, and the cook says she was preparing lunch. Who is guilty?

 The driver says he was washing the car.
 The maid says she was hovering in the corners.
 The cook says she was preparing lunch.

The maid

Explanation : The maid - there aren't any corners in a circular house.

Whats in the bag - Detective Riddle

Mehul is quickly coming up on an open field. He’s got a bag with him. If he doesn’t open the bag before he reaches the field, he’ll be dead. What dangerous cargo is in this mysterious bag?

Mehul is skydiving, and in the bag he has his parachute.

The infamous lake trip - Detective Riddle

  One day, Aalia and detective Mehul went to a lake. They saw that Jagga was swimming and Dhamaka singh was fishing. While they were sunbathing, Aalia noticed that her bracelet was stolen. When she looked around her, there were no signs of the robbery. When Mehul got to know about this, he immediately caught the thief. Who stole the bracelet ?

Dhamaka singh, as he had a fishing rod. Only he could steal the bracelet without leaving footprints

The wordplay- Detective Riddle

Aalia shoots Mehul and then holds him underwater for 5 minutes. They then go out and enjoy dinner. How?

Aalia shoots Mehul with a film camera (takes a picture) and then develops it (holds it underwater).

The sandy criminal-Detective Riddle

Every day, Aalia was seen crossing the border carrying bags of sand on a motorbike. After some time, the border police become suspicious and stop her, but found she only had sand on her, so they let her go. What was Aalia smuggling across the border?

Motorbikes

Detective- Detective Riddle

• Mr Rakesh Gupta
• Ganpat's wife
• Bhawna
• Jason Kumar

Ganpat is found dead in his office at his desk. Detective Mehul was working on this case and had narrowed the suspects down to three people

His Friend - "Mr Rakesh Gupta"
Ganpat's wife - "Bhawna"
His Secretary - "Jason Kumar" 

All three suspects visited Ganpat on the day of his murder for various reasons as they told Detective Mehul.As we know where the police failed, Detective Mehul comes. He was able to find a note on the corner of the wall. "7891011" was written on it. Detective Mehul wastes no time in announcing the killer. Who was the killer?

Jason Kumar

Explanation : Jason Kumar - 7-July -J, 8- August- A,  9-September- S, 10-October- O, 11-November- N 

Two pills-Detective Riddle

Jaikal consecutively kidnaps people and makes them take one of the two pills. One was harmless, the other was poisonous. Whichever pill the victim took, Jaikal took the other one. The victims always took the pills and died. Jaikal always survived. How did he always get a harmless pill ?

Jaikal was tricking people. The poison was in the glass of water his victims drank, not in the pill.

The non-suicide - Detective Riddle

A body is found at the bottom of a high-rise block of flats. To the untrained eye, it looks as if the person had taken their own life.
Detective Mehul goes to each floor and finds the window looking out to where the body is. He flips a coin when he opens each window. Once he has done this on every floor, he deduces that it wasn't suicide. Why?

None of the windows were open. If the person jumped, who closed the window?

The recorder- Detective Riddle

Detective Mehul breaks into a crime scene. The victim is the owner who is slumped dead on a chair and have a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor and a cassette recorder is found on the table. On pressing the play button, Mehul hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great Lord and followed a gunshot Mehul smiles and informed the police that it's a murder.

How can a dead person rewind back the tape himself?