The film begins with SP Amit Kumar ( Ajay Devgan) taking charge of the Tezpur District ( fictious) in Bihar. The area is notorious for its crime rate, with Tezpur Police under the control of local don Sadhu Yadav ( Mohan Joshi) and his son Sundar Yadav ( Yashpal Sharma) . Amit tries to instill honesty and courage in his subordinates, but in vain. Bacha Yadav ( Mukesh Tiwari) , who is a stooge of Sadhu Yadav visits his hideout, sees an infamous local goon Nunwa taking shelter there.
Fearing that arresting him would open the lid on the nexus between Nunwa and the Tezpur Police, he kills Nunwa and misleads Police that he was killed in an encounter. Suspect about the encounter, Amit Kumar summons Bacha Yadav, puts him off duty temporarily and also tries to keep him away from Sadhu Yadav and Sundar Yadav. Anxious that he would be transferred from Tezpur, Bacha Yadav, seeking the help of Sadhu Yadav, visits his home, where he finds out that he is being ditched by Sadhu and vows to settle score with them.