HOTTEST NEWS TODAY!!! EastEnders’ Ravi drops colossal bombshell that leaves Priya devastated
Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) and Priya Nandra-Hart’s (Sophie Khan Levy) relationship is hanging on by a threat in EastEnders.
It was bad enough discovering that her man was running a drug trafficking operation, but when Priya learned that Ravi was exploiting a vulnerable adult in Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho), she struggled to forgive.
Back in August when the two reunited, Priya was adamant that Ravi give up his criminal tendencies, something the Square’s pre-eminent bad boy agreed to, then almost immediately went back on as he sought to fix his families financial issues, after Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) cleared out the Panesar-empire bank accounts, leaving them broke.
He turned to fearsome Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) for a drugs contact to make some fast money, ignoring her warnings that the contact she was providing was incredibly ruthless and not to be trifled with.
Ravi managed to keep his lives separate for a while and lavished his family with designer clothes and holidays with his new-found plunder, but upon turning control of the operation over to his lieutenant, Okie Okyere (Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu), things very quickly started to go pear shaped, as the power went straight to Okie’s head and his behaviour started to become more dangerous and reckless.
Ravi and Okie had previously held Harry hostage, and despite Ravi’s orders to release him, Okie’s lust for torturing his new captive took over and he kept Harry chained to a bed. This proved to be his undoing, as Kojo, who’d since been utilised as a drug mule, was determined to save his best friend.
Kojo and Harry escaped and, while Okie lost his life, Ravi faced the wrath of the law, forced to become an informant to escape prison for his numerous crimes.
Jack has become Ravi’s handler
Arriving back on the Square and immediately learning that former enemy, Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) is to be his new police handler, Ravi realised just how many residents were disgusted by what he’d done, and after Priya came face to face with Kojo, she too understood the gravity of her partners crimes.
With Ravi’s hard exterior finally cracking and although sick to her stomach over the depths he’d plummeted to, Priya agreed to let him stay, though next week, things are set to explode again when Priya realises that he’s continuing to deal drugs.
They go head to head, with children Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) and Davinder ‘Nugget’ Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) drawn into the escalating battle, forcing Suki (Balvinder Sopal) and Eve Panesar-Unwin (Heather Peace) to step in and calm things down, while in the midst of their adoption assessment.
Ravi returns to the Square badly beaten
With the assessor gone, Ravi admits that he’s still deeply involved in drug dealing. Eve and Suki ask him to leave the house, worried his criminality will impact on their dreams to adopt a child, though as Ravi accepts their request, he’s taken away by a group of very threatening men. Returning the next day beaten and bloodied, Priya begs Ravi to get away from crime when she sees the state of him.
Will Ravi turn his back on his old ways? Or is the drug money just too strong a lure? While we won’t reveal his choice, he does move out of No. 41, though demands Priya and the children stay put for their own protection.
Can Priya and Ravi’s relationship survive the carnage he’s created? Can Ravi survive at all?