Dying Nish Panesar is on the warpath against his ex-wife Suki but could he use his own grandson to get a rise out of her?
After attacking his own son Vinny Panesar, Nish (portrayed by Navin Chowdhry) was left to die by Suki and was saved seconds away from death by his granddaughter Avani. But as a new week begins in EastEnders, Nish hatches another plan to get revenge on Suki.
In recent scenes aired over on BBC One, Nish named both Avani and her brother Nugget as his main beneficiaries, prompting multiple soap fans to wonder if he would ever bond with his forgotten grandchild, Tyrion.
As regular watchers of the London-based programme know, Tyrion is the son of the late Jags Panesar and in scenes due to air next week, Nish finds a way to use the young boy against Suki (Balvinder Sopal), causing harm to her relationship with Eve Unwin (Heather Peace).
Suki spends time with her grandson Tyrion next week (
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Nish’s bitter revenge continues next week when he asks Vinny (Shiv Jalota) to reach out to Jags’ ex-girlfriend, Habiba Ahmed to arrange for Tyrion aka Tye, to visit them in Walford, ahead of Suki’s engagement party with Eve.
While there, Suki is touched to learn that Nish has arranged Tye’s visit and, urged by Nugget (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) and Avani (Aaliyah James), she asks him to join the celebrations with a hint of reluctance. Nish is touched to have his family together but the harmony is short-lived as he soon overhears Eve and Suki talking about his demise.
In later scenes, Eve makes last-minute plans for a romantic getaway to Yorkshire, where she is originally from. Unfortunately for her, Nish strikes again and resorts to another manipulative tactic to have the upper hand and Suki decides to stay home to see Tyrion.
Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) gives Eve some food for thought in other scenes, and when she eventually softens, Eve calls Suki to apologise. But what will Nish plan to do next? Could he drip more poison in Suki or Eve’s ear to rip them apart?
Diehard EastEnders fans will need no reminder – making his first appearance in Walford in October 2019, Jagvir “Jags” Singh Panesar was portrayed by actor Amar Adatia and first arrived in the Square with Kheerat when the pair decided to confront Ben Mitchell for stealing the latter’s car.
During his time in Walford, Jags embarked on a romantic relationship with Habiba Ahmed, to which Suki was firmly opposed to. After keeping their relationship a secret, Jags spilled the beans and Suki tore them apart by framing him for a robbery at Ruby’s (which was staged by his own brother Vinny).
Habiba was devastated to discover he had been sentenced to four years in prison and left Albert Square for Leeds in October, 2020. It was later revealed she was pregnant with Jags’ baby. Kheerat and Vinny payed for her rent and, months later, Habiba gave birth to a boy.
Jags was stabbed to death in prison shortly after the baby’s birth, while Habiba was hoping to discuss names with him. Habiba went on to call their son Tyrion, based on his father’s favourite Game of Thrones character.
