Two deaths in quick succession have disturbed the peace of UCMSR, a medical research institute located near a tribal belt. Disillusioned with his profession young Anglo Bengali forensic pathologist Ryan Ray does an autopsy on a young man who is an activist medical student allegedly killed by intentional medical negligence but can find nothing amiss. Ryan is catapulted into an exciting investigation concerning fudging and corruption of clinical trials in an investigation in the institute that proves to be a turning point in his life. He stumbles upon two other mysterious deaths and it seems someone is on a murder spree to preserve a secret related to the clinical trials conducted at UCMSR. The clinical trials are a tremendous money spinner and the institute it seems will go to any length to keep them going. With a dogged inspector Sen, Ryan tries to get to the centre of the web following a trail of fresh forensic evidence which can stop these murders before it is too late for the murderer is clever and fanatic who will stop at nothing.