Shweta Noorani

Dr. Shweta Noorani (Hin: श्वेता नूरानी) was a suspect in the murder investigation of university student Sunil Dhudwar in Plagued by Death (Case #21 of the World Edition).

Profile
Shweta is the 41-year-old head of the Science Department of Jayamahal University in Bangalore. She has black hair, earrings, red tilaka mark and red glasses. She dons a red shirt underneath a lab coat, and a blue and yellow dupatta around her neck. On her lab coat, she has a university badge and an elephant brooch. It is known that Shweta eats spicy food and drinks mango lassi.

Events of Criminal Case
Shweta became a suspect after the player and Jack identified her on a computer at the victim's university. She was shocked to hear Sunil was injected with the virus, but not so much at the fact that it was man-made, especially considering her claiming she and the victim made it. Jack was angered at hearing she was responsible for creating the virus, but Shweta said it was never supposed to leave and only university students and staff could get in. She was not aware it was gone until the epidemic, and had been spending her time trying to find a cure since. After her interrogation, Jack pondered on the fact she pointed out only students and staff of the university could get in, and there was no report of a break-in. This meant that Sunil's killer had a university access badge.

Shweta was interrogated again regarding a message she received from O.M. MediLab, which according to Dupont, was a bribe to test the virus she made. She said she was contacted by O.M. MediLab a year ago requesting her to test an antiviral drug they wanted to commercialize. However, she quickly realized the drug could breed a brutal virus, so she isolated the dangerous components of it and created a pure super virus. When suggested she caused the epidemic with Sunil's murder, she said she refused to test the virus on humans and she did not accept the bribe.

Shweta was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated Ayush Patil for Sunil's murder, as well as for unleashing the virus. However, she was interrogated by the player and Angela about blood from someone immune from the virus found at the university. She said the vial probably fell out of her bag, she wished to test if it was immune, and she was going to share her findings with The Bureau afterwards. Shweta said she was going to try mixing the blood with a plant called Gloriosa superba, which was located in the botanical gardens. This prompted the player and Angela to investigate the botanical gardens another time in order to find the plant.

Case appearances

 * Plagued by Death (Case #21 of World Edition)