There is more to the murder of art director Krishnendu Chouwdhury than meets the eye, according to his closest associate Chinmoy Mandal. He suspects Chouwdhury was killed so that the conspirators could acquire hundreds of ready art concept designs from the laptop the in-demand art director was carrying with him on the day of the murder. The laptop has not been recovered.

While the Palghar police have arrested the three accused who allegedly killed Chouwdhury and recovered his car, his most valuable item, his laptop, has not been found yet. Senior police inspector of Virar police station, Anil Dabade confirmed the same. Mandal claimed the laptop contains hundreds of ready concept art designs, which could be turned into thousands with slight manipulation and sold for crores. He told mid-day, "Chouwdhury was one of the most talented people I've worked with. His laptop contains hundreds of set designs and the value of each ranges from anywhere between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh depending on the scale on which they were designed."