Sun Feb 15, 2026 | Updated 06:00 AM IST
Netflix’s ‘Kohrra’ returns with a second season that deepens its emotional stakes while unravelling a brutal murder. Set against the wintry landscape of Punjab, the series blends crime with grief, guilt and generational rot. This time, the story centres on the murder of Preet, an NRI woman found dead in her own home. What initially appears to be a tangled family dispute slowly exposes something far darker.
Mona Singh joins the cast as Inspector Dhanwant Kaur, bringing quiet intensity to the role. Barun Sobti reprises his character, Assistant Sub-Inspector Amarpal Jasjit Garundi. Together, they investigate a case clouded by lies, betrayal and buried secrets.
From the outset, suspicion circles Preet’s inner world.
Preet had sent a legal notice to Bajinder (Baljinder) Atwal, demanding her rightful share of the ancestral property. Strikingly, she was killed on the very day of the court hearing. The timing alone places Bajinder firmly under scrutiny.
Her estranged husband also becomes a key suspect. Dhanwant discovers he is involved with the nanny, confirming his infidelity. Yet he insists he never wanted to leave Preet and had repeatedly asked her to return home ‘for the sake of the kids’.
Then there is Johnny Malang, Preet’s dance partner. He disappears on the morning of the murder. The police later learn that Preet transferred ₹10 lakh to support his career. Johnny is tracked down in Himachal Pradesh. He admits to cheating on Preet but denies killing her.
Every lead seems plausible. Every motive feels personal. Yet none fully explains the violence of that night.
As the investigation intensifies, both officers grapple with their own fractured lives.
Dhanwant mourns the loss of her teenage son, who died in a bike accident. She is undergoing IVF, hoping for another child, while her husband drowns in guilt and alcohol. Their marriage strains under the weight of grief.
Amarpal’s world unravels when Rajji appears heavily pregnant. His brother Jung reveals that the unborn child is Amarpal’s, prompting Silky to leave him. The personal and professional pressures mount as Dhanwant faces threats of being removed from the case.
Meanwhile, a young boy named Arun arrives from Jharkhand searching for his father, Rakesh Kumar. His search leads him to Bajinder’s farmhouse, where a fire kills three labourers from Jharkhand. One survives. Arun learns his father is alive.
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In a devastating twist, the killer is revealed to be Rakesh Kumar, a househelp in Preet’s home.
Rakesh, mentally unstable and disoriented, wanders into the house on the night of the murder after Preet argues with Johnny. She finds him inside and, feeling sympathetic, asks him to leave and return home. In a sudden, uncontrolled fit of rage, Rakesh kills her.
He does not fully comprehend what he has done. Even after his arrest, he appears unaware of his actions.
The revelation shifts the narrative. This was not a calculated act of revenge or greed. It was the tragic outcome of neglect, exploitation and untreated trauma.
While Bajinder is not Preet’s killer, his family hides horrifying truths.
Bajinder and his father had trafficked vulnerable men from Jharkhand, luring them to Punjab with promises of jobs. Instead, they kept them confined in a barn and forced them into labour. When the barn catches fire, the truth spills out along with the ashes.
Bajinder shows little remorse, appearing almost incredulous when confronted about keeping men imprisoned.
Preet had been fighting against this injustice. She demanded that the men be freed. She also fought for her rightful share of the property, land Bajinder had claimed for himself and even passed on to his affair partner. Her battle was not just legal but deeply personal, rooted in the systemic sidelining she faced as a woman.
Rakesh Kumar is arrested, though questions remain about whether he is mentally fit to stand trial. In a heartbreaking final moment, Arun and his father find themselves in neighbouring jail cells. Their reunion is tender yet tragic.
Arun, driven by desperation, may face prison for killing Raju Sirda, another casualty of a system that pushes the powerless to the edge.
The series closes on a fragile note of hope. Amarpal and Silky’s future remains uncertain but not entirely broken. Dhanwant begins to confront her grief, choosing to acknowledge her husband’s pain rather than drown in her own.
In ‘Kohrra’, justice arrives, but it is messy, incomplete and deeply human.
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