Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) a thief steals money from Sahadev Sharma a school teacher (Dalip Tahil) and gets imprisoned for a year. In jail| he gets to know that Sahadev Sharma’s son had died because of him stealing the money. Shankar decides to beg pardon from Sahadev Sharma for causing him such a terrible loss. On reaching his village Shankar finds out that it is being ruled by local strongman Jai Singh (Jackie Shroff). After observing the pitiable condition of his fellow villagers| Shankar takes oath of the holy Ganges river to end the reign of terror in his village.