Emmerdale's Rishi dead in tragic scenes as actor quits role after 12 years

27 July 2023 , 19:26

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Emmerdale's Rishi dead in tragic scenes as actor quits role after 12 years

Emmerdale has aired the heartbreaking death of Rishi Sharma - as Bhasker Patel quits the role after 12 years.

In tragic scenes at the end of tonight's episode, Rishi was seen lying lifeless at the bottom of the stairs after failing to show up to Jai and Laurel's wedding. The pair tied the knot with all their family and friends there including Georgia but he was notably absent.

As the final scenes played out, fans were horrified to see Rishi dead as Jai and Laurel celebrated their wedding day and future together, they were none the wiser about what had happened to Rishi.

Earlier in the episode, Rishi had admitted that his brother had had an affair with Georgia, and that the brother was Jai's real father.

"I was his secretary, very young and very stupid," Georgia admitted as Rishi explained: "We were friends and well I was worshipping from afar, I really loved your mother, but him being my younger brother, I felt I had to protect him too. So when I found out she was pregnant, I thought it was the honourable thing to prevent - our family was very conservative. You can't imagine the scandal!"

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Rishi and Jai had a blazing row the last time they spoke (ITV)

As Rishi continued to explain why they decided to cover up the true identity of Jai's father, he admitted that he had kept it a secret for the sake of his mother, after vowing to her that he would never tell about the real identity.

Jai and Rishi were locked in a furious row, as Jai told him to take some responsibility for his lies with Rishi angrily saying this was the gratitude he had got for a lifetime of caring for him. Jai said: "If you want to come into that church and pretend to be my dad, then you need to act like one. You don't get to guilt trip me, not today."

"You'll be welcome at the wedding, but only if you could do it with good grace and drop the stink of burning martyr," Jai said as Rishi angrily replied: "I hope you both have a wonderful day and maybe one day you can show me the videos."

Jai's parting words to Rishi were "you'll need to live a long time," as Rishi left the house and returned to his own. Later, Georgia asked if Rishi was invited, but Jai didn't seem keen - but he eventually relented and asked his mum to contact Rishi and invite him too.

Jasmine Allday