Commandant Vikram Sirohi leads the Baaz Squad, an elite unit tasked with clearing land for development projects in remote Indian regions.

Complicit with corrupt tycoon Ajay Mudhalvan, Vikram follows orders to forcibly relocate villagers, unaware of the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface.

When a tunnel clearing operation unleashes an undead army led by a British colonel bent on domination, Vikram and survivors must confront their past sins and battle for survival against the supernatural onslaught.

Amidst the onslaught, sacrifices are made, and Vikram's ultimate act of selflessness triggers a cataclysmic showdown, leading to the destruction of the colonel's shrine and the release of Saanvi.

"[12] In contrast to these negative reviews, postcolonial scholar Johan Höglund's academic study of the series notes its political content and argues that the "zombie pandemic that erupts in Betaal is an attempt to render the apocalyptic violence and death that unregulated capitalism performs on ecology and precarious communities"[13]