Team FC
The sovereign in B.P. Singh’s CID is ACP Pradyuman, played by Shivaji Satam, a former inspection officer. Over the two-decade-long run, ACP settled into some iconic catchphrases like, “Kuch toh gadbad hai (There’s something wrong here).”
Senior Inspector Daya (Dayanand Shetty) is to CID what Hulk is to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The ACP’s right-hand man, with his upper body strength, solves the problem of locked doors with muscular panache. In episode after episode, Daya breaks down doors in a manner that physics can’t explain (but destructive therapy can. Look it up).
Of all the ways to identify a substance, tasting would seem like the most obvious option as well as the most potentially hazardous one. Being basic doesn’t deter CID.