The most intense episode yet. Rajan’s men set fire to Meera’s shed. Ganga the cow is rescued by the colony’s children, but the shed is ashes. Meera has 24 hours to leave the basti, or "there will be an accident."

Enter (new character – Rohan Mehra), a suspended food safety officer with a grudge against Rajan. He offers Meera a deal: evidence of adulteration in exchange for a share of her route. Meera refuses to partner with a man who once took bribes. "Trust is not for sale," she says.

In the climax, Meera confronts Rajan in the middle of the morning market. She pours a glass of her pure milk onto the ground. “You see this? This is what dignity looks like. You can’t burn it. You can’t water it down.”

But the women of Purani Basti have had enough. Armed with rolling pins and empty milk bottles, they form a human chain around Meera’s charred home. The local inspector, now pressured by the viral video, reluctantly arrests two of Rajan’s men.