An unassuming scholar Jongom Hanse is more at home in the world of books and physics. Until to his bewilderment he is singled out by an implacable rebel leader Anjan Phukan who wants him to write for the separatist cause. Without any warning they are arrested on their second meeting and Anjan is shot dead. Caught in a snare between the police and the rebels who hold him responsible for their leader's death Jongom is forced to flee the safe confines of the university campus. Accompanied by his lo