100+ Detective Riddles Inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul

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 Walter
• Mr Thomas
• Mr Benjamin
• none of these

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 ? 

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?

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 driver
• The maid
• The cook
• none of them

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 ?

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?

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 ?

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?

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 ?

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?

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?

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.

Why did he think so?

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 ?

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

  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 ?