Dhairya demands Mallika open a locked door, but when she delays, he breaks it down. Mallika puts on an emotional act while Vishaka escapes disguised as a doctor. Mannat unknowingly encounters her on the way.
Elsewhere, Vikrant tries to manage Shruthi’s distress and the upcoming rituals despite the absence of household staff. He arranges new servants through an agency. In the post-mortem room, Mallika continues her drama until Aishwarya unexpectedly sneezes, revealing she is alive. Mallika quickly imitates the sneeze to conceal the truth. Ravinder completes the cover-up as Aishwarya wakes and begins planning her next step.
Back home, Neetu asks Mannat to interview the newly arrived servant. Aishwarya appears as “Aasma,” a Muslim woman with a fabricated backstory about raising her daughter alone. Though Mannat senses something unusual, Aishwarya hides behind nervousness and a supposed cold. Her slip of referring to Mata Rani draws suspicion, but she cleverly justifies it.
Mannat becomes faint, prompting Vikrant and Dhairya to fuss over her. Neetu scolds them for teasing her. Meanwhile, Aishwarya moves ahead with her agenda—tasking Mallika with planting a pendrive in Vikrant’s room to expose his secret.