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