Sakkarai diligently searches for connections among the eight women, and Nandini offers him a promising lead. Sakkarai uncovers Chellappa's fraught relationship with the local private school, revealing a potential motive for its owner, Prayamvata. Just when he thinks he has a handle on the case, Sakkarai receives devastating new information-Chellappa may not be the savior he once believed him to be

10 years ago: Ravi and Naagamma are a happy, loving couple from the fishing community. Naagamma's world turns topsy-turvy when she discovers Ravi's dark secrets. She takes an extreme measure to set things right. Risking her life, she takes up the role of a protector. Chellappa gets sucked into the vortex in an effort to help Naagamma's efforts to restore a broken path.