The scorching sun beat down mercilessly on the rugged, hilly terrain of the Chambal ravines, a vast patchwork of jagged cliffs, dense thickets, and winding tributaries that sliced through the heart of central India. It was a landscape that seemed to defy taming, a realm where the shadows of the past still clung to the rocks and the whispers of lawlessness echoed through the narrow valleys.

It was here, in this untamed wilderness, that Arjun had been posted as a young, ambitious police officer