100+ Detective Riddles Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul

The stolen apple- Detective Riddle

A queen had a bowl of golden apples in her court which were her most treasured possession. One day, one of the apples went missing. She gathered all the members of the court together and told them that the way she would discover Jagga was by having them all touch a rusty pot with a rooster in with the lights off. The rooster would then crow when Jagga touched the rusty pot. However, the rooster didn't crow throughout the whole court, touching the rusty pot. Despite this, the queen knew who had stolen the apple. How ?

By touching the pot, the members of the court would end up with rust on their hands. The robber would have been too scared to touch the pot in case the rooster crowed, so he wouldn't have any rust on his hands.

Killing a friend - Detective Riddle

Kushal is accused of killing his friend Riya. His lawyer in his final statement declares that Riya, in fact hasn? been killed and will enter the courtroom in a minute. Everybody in the room, including the judge and the jury, turns and looks at the door, and the lawyer with the defendant looks at them. Several minutes pass and the lawyer says, 'It proves that you are not so sure that my client has killed Riya! Otherwise you wouldn't believe me!

Kushal, who was accused wasn't looking at the door. He was sure that Riya wouldn't enter as he had killed her.

The hanging man- Detective Riddle

Detective Mehul arrives at a murder scene where a man is hanging from the ceiling with nothing around him other than a large pool of water. How did the man die?

He was standing on a block of ice, and it melted.

Poisonous drink - Detective Riddle

Riya and Aalia ate dinner together. They both ordered iced tea. 
Riya drank them very fast and had finished five in the time it took Aalia to drink just one. 
Aalia died while the Riya survived. All of the drinks were poisoned. How is that possible?

The poison was in the ice. 

Vacation murder- Detective Riddle

A couple goes on a camping trip, but only the husband returns. He claims that his wife fell off a cliff and died. When Detective Mehul gets in touch with the travel agent, he immediately arrests the husband. Why?

The travel agent reveals how the husband only booked a one-way ticket for his wife, whereas he booked a return ticket for himself.

Murdered on Sunday- Detective Riddle

• The wife
• The butler
• The gardener
• The maid

A man is found murdered on a Sunday morning. His wife calls Detective Mehul, who questions the wife and the staff, and are given the following alibis:

The wife says she was sleeping
The butler said he was cleaning the closet
The gardener was declared he was picking vegetables
The maid explained she was getting the mail
The cook said she was preparing breakfast

Immediately, the police arrest the murderer. Who did it and how did the police know?

The maid 

Explanation : The maid, because no mail is delivered on Sunday.

The Parisian thief - Detective Riddle

A killer told a detective that he would commit his next crime in the only place in Paris where you couldn't see the Eiffel Tower. How did the detective end up catching him?

 The criminal was hiding in the Eiffel Tower itself

Snowy region-Detective Riddle

Raj and Rahul were friends and their house was in a snowy region. Raj called Detective Mehul and informed him about his friend's death. 
Raj said he went to meet Rahul and knocked at the door but nobody opened the door. 
He cleaned the moisture of the window glass to look into the house. He saw Rahul lying on the floor in the pull of blood. 
Mehul arrested the murderer right away. How?

Raj wouldn't be able to unfreeze the window glass because its usually icy on the inside

John the murderer - Detective Riddle

Kushal walks into his house only to hear his wife shout, 'No John, don’t shoot!' The man bursts into the kitchen where he sees his wife on the floor, and a doctor, a lawyer, and a policeman standing by her. He immediately knows who shot her. How?

The policeman had his name written on his badge

The modern murder- Detective Riddle

 Mehul shot Aalia in her car. There was no gunpowder residue on her clothing and no bullet holes in the windows or doors of the car. 
How is it possible?

Mehul shot Aalia with a camera, which means he clicked her pictures in the car.

Jagga's bad fate - Detective Riddle

Jagga is found unconscious in front of a store at two in the morning. His head is bleeding and there's a brick lying next to him. When the police arrive, they carry Jagga to jail. 
Why did they arrest him?

Jagga was trying to rob the store. He threw a brick at the store's bullet-proof window and it bounced back and hit him. 

Detective Mehul and The scary cave - Detective Riddle

Once as detective Mehul was walking around the forest trying to catch Dhamaka Singh, he came across a cave. He suspected that Dhamaka Singh was hiding inside it. But to open it he needed to solve a riddle-  "You tell it not to come, but it still comes. You tell it not to go, but it still goes by. What is it?" can you help him? 

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Gogo's lie- Detective Riddle

Gogo told a story about how he was awarded a medal for 'bravery during World War 1.' Why is this a lie?

They didn’t know there was going to be a World War 2 at the time, so they wouldn’t have said World War 1

The chicken mystery - Detective Riddle

Two chickens were found dead on the farm. What does the detective Mehul suspect?

Fowl play

Dhamaka Singh's dilemma - Detective Riddle

Dhamaka Singh escaped from the prison and ran to the countryside suddenly, on a small dark road, he saw a police car heading in his direction, Dhamaka Singh ran towards the car for some time then jumped off the road and rushed into the woods. Why did he run toward the car first ?

When Dhamaka Singh saw the car, he was in the middle of a bridge. So he had to run toward the vehicle to get off the bridge.