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100+ Detective Riddles Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul

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Put your detective skills to the test with these 100+ challenging detective riddles inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul. From crime scenes to suspects, these detective riddles will help you hone your abilities and solve the case. See how many you can solve on your own, or challenge your friends to a race to the finish.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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Suspect Dhamaka Singh- Detective Riddle

After several crimes had been committed in the city, the police decided to visit the main suspect Dhamaka Singh. 
He lived in the countryside. When the officers entered the house, they found no one inside. They searched the entire place including the attic which was a mess. Then they decided to wait for the house owner to come home. 
One of the police officers went to buy some water. When he came back he told the rest of his colleagues there was no need to wait anymore. Why ? 
The attic of the window was closed when the police arrived, but now it's open. Dhamaka Singh escaped through the window.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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The disloyal staff- Detective Riddle

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.
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Murdered on Sunday- Detective Riddle

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.
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Detective- Detective Riddle

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