EastEnders’ Kheerat Panesar is set to return to Walford next week, as the downfall of his enemy Gray Atkin looms following their punch-up.
Kheerat (Jaz Deol) and Gray (Toby-Alexander Smith) came to blows in a violent showdown last week, which forced the former to go on the run as the latter landed in hospital.
But Gray soon wakes up in a hospital bed, unbeknownst to Kheerat, who has been hiding out with help from his love interest Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).
BBC spoilers have now revealed that Kheerat will be forced to make a huge decision next week on the soap and could drop a bombshell before he goes on the run from the law once again.
The drama kicks off on Monday, March 7, with Kheerat still missing from Albert Square.
His mum Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) tries to postpone an arranged meeting with Ranveer, but she fails to do so.
When youngest son Vinny (Shiv Jalota) begs his mum to let him help instead, Suki reluctantly agrees after receiving some encouragement from Dotty Cotton (Milly Zero). Unfortunately, Ranveer is less than impressed by Vinny and he demands to speak to Kheerat instead.
In a surprise twist, just as the situation is turning sour, Kheerat arrives in the nick of time and quickly takes charge of the meeting.
In later scenes on Tuesday, March 8, Kheerat manages to put Ranveer's mind at ease that all is on track with the investment. But while Ranveer is pleased, brother Vinny feels pushed out.
After Ranveer leaves, Kheerat makes it clear he won't be staying long and reveals he is wanted by the police - he says he will be leaving Albert Square for good in an attempt to start afresh.
He runs into Stacey and the pair share a passionate kiss, but before he can make his escape from Walford, he is spotted by Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty).
She pleads for Kheerat’s help to protect Gray's wife Chelsea Atkins (Zaraah Abrahams) from him, but Kheerat refuses and insists that he can't get involved anymore after his attack on Gray.
However, Kheerat then seems to change his mind when he spots an exchange between Gray and Chelsea's mum Denise Fox (Diane Parish) in the street.
Kheerat rushes to the hospital to try to warn Chelsea about what's happening - but will he get to her in time?
This comes as the walls have begun to close in on Gray, following the discovery of Tina Carter’s body on the soap.
As The Carters deal with the shock news that Tina’s body has been found, will the police connect her death to evil Gray?
EastEnders airs these scenes on the BBC on Tuesday, March 8 and Wednesday, March 9.
