A down-and-out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a journalist. The pursuit leads him to 'Paatal Lok' and to shocking discoveries in the four suspects' pasts.
Cast:Jaideep Ahlawat , Neeraj Kabi , Ishwak Singh , Abhishek Banerjee , Jagjeet Sandhu , Niharika Lyra Dutt , Swastika Mukherjee , Akdas Hayat , Gul Panag , Aasif Khan , Mairembam Ronaldo Singh , Bodhisattva Sharma , Anurag Arora , Vipin Sharma , Rishi Kulshreshtha , Anuradha Athlekar , Manish Chaudhari , Nikita Grover
Inspector Hathi Ram Chaudhary is going through his dead beat job when he lands up a big investigation. Three men and a woman have been arrested for the attempt to murder a big prime time journalist Sanjeev Mehra, and Hathi Ram is asked to build a case. Meanwhile, for Mehra, this news couldn't have come at a worse time for he struggles with problems at work and a boss who wants to fire him.
Hathi Ram and Ansari use every technique in the book to interrogate the four suspects. Finally they manage to break one of them and his points to a certain 'Master ji' from Chitrakoot. Pressure mounts on Sanjeev Mehra at the work front.
Hathi Ram reaches Chitrakoot and meets Tyagi's family and school teacher. He comes to know of the beginning of Tyagi's criminal record, and the people Tyagi worked for.
Hathi Ram gets sucked further into the case, but the investigation hits a dead end with the mysterious death of a key suspect. Sanjeev Mehra starts forming a plan to cash in on his renewed popularity.
Hathi Ram, suspended from his job, struggles to keep himself away from the case while dealing with rising issues at home. Sanjeev Mehra makes a dubious populist move that does not go well with Sara.
Hathi Ram travels into the past of Kabir and Cheeni, and that makes him further convinced that the CBI's 'terrorism theory' is fabricated. Hathi Ram's son lands into serious trouble with the bad guys.
Hathi Ram travels to Chitrakoot to pick up the missing threads from where he last left them. Further details emerge on Tyagi's mysterious 'Masterji' and Tyagi's close emotional bond with him.
Following Tyagi's political links, Hathi Ram comes across a mysterious woman who turns out to be the missing link between Tyagi and Tope Singh's story.
On the run from Gwala's dangerous men, Hathi Ram manages to piece together the entire jigsaw puzzle. Sanjeev's pride at his takeover of the business is busted by Hathi Ram's shocking revelations.