the next day, saro's drunk friends decide to kidnap and kill anantharaman as they are thinking of helping saro. they kidnap anantharaman while he is out for jogging but forcefully feed him poison, following which he faints. saro gets angered upon knowing his friends’ foolish plan and scolds them for their actions. however, to safeguard him and his friends, saro takes anantharaman's body to divya's house and lies that her father passed away due to a heart attack while jogging.