A pimp and blackmailer who covered up a fatal hit-and-run three years prior. After stealing ₹2 million from Armaan, he is murdered by Sanjay. He had hidden the body of Rosie/Simran, and his death forces the long-buried conspiracy into the open, directly triggering the film's central investigation.
Devrath supports the investigation that turns Shashi's death into a major lead.
The police investigation follows the missing money, discovers Shashi's body, and examines the DVD found with it.
Their secret financial arrangement sustains the central conspiracy.
Armaan had given Shashi two million rupees because Shashi had previously covered up the fatal incident involving Armaan and his friends.
Shashi's cover-up directly causes Rosie's disappearance and unresolved suffering.
Shashi is hired to conceal the hit-and-run victim, and he hides Rosie's remains. Rosie later reappears as the person connected to the buried crime.
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