Shanaya Rao 1 The fluorescent lights buzzed faintly overhead, casting an antiseptic glare over the chilled walls of the AIIMS mortuary. The smell of formaldehyde clung to every surface, a scent Dr. Ira Bhaskar had long since stopped noticing. It was nearing midnight, and the corridors were mostly deserted, save for the hum of distant refrigeration units and the soft thud of her footsteps echoing in the tiled corridor. Inside Autopsy Chamber 4, a body lay under a white sheet — Case #N-4521, a twenty-two-year-old woman named Niharika Sharma, found murdered in a park near South Delhi. The case had…