Altus Maharaj

Altus Maharaj is a main character appearing in Season 2 of Criminal Case, where he serves as the Lab Chief of the International Bureau of Justice.

Profile
Hailing from Pretoria, South Africa, Altus is the 34-year-old South African director of the Forensics Laboratory who worked as a biologist prior to his tenure in the Bureau. He is a tall man with a dark complexion, short black hair combed to the left, facial hair, brown eyes, and a small beauty mark under his left eye. Altus normally sports a white lab coat with the word "Forensic" on the left enclosed inside a blue box along with a black shirt underneath. He also wears an access badge, which is needed to get inside the laboratory; he finds it easy to wear the access badge around his neck. Altus is known to be organized and thorough in his analyses. He is also know to have a no-nonsense personality.

Gameplay
As of the release of the World Edition, the player may choose Altus from their list of "teammates" (friends who play Criminal Case and are recruited to the player's team, as well as Hanako, Leo, Chloe, Darren, Ida, and Oliver) to join the investigation of each crime scene (in any World Edition case) and provide hint bonuses. He is available as a 4-hint partner.

Note that this feature is only available on the mobile version of the game.

Trivia

 * Altus is one of the characters who animate (or move) during at least one cutscene in the game.