On a cold winter morning in Lutyens’ Delhi, the room service staff at Nagaland Sadan discover a decapitated head. The victim Jonathan Thom, a Naga leader, was in Delhi for the important Naga Business Summit. IPS officer Ansari leads the murder investigation. Meanwhile, Hathi Ram, investigates a migrant worker's disappearance, only to chance upon a startling discovery.

DCP Bhardwaj reviews CCTV footage of Raghu Paswan and Rose Lizo. Hathi Ram hopes to join Ansari on the case but is turned down. Hathi Ram investigates a lead that leads to a drug bust but ACP Virk claims the credit. A video of three masked individuals claiming responsibility for Thom's murder stirs media frenzy. In Nagaland, a constable spots Rose Lizo.