ITV Emmerdale villain Amit’s real secret revealed as village favourite murdered

Emmerdale’s latest episode appeared to confirm newcomer Amit Sharma was hiding a very dark secret on the ITV soap.

It emerged the character had been messing with the heads of his sons Suni and Jai Sharma, making them think he was ill or even dying. But it was all part of a bigger plan to get them both onside following weeks of turmoil.

Not only that but his full lies unravelled, and a shocking murder at the hands of the scheming villager appeared to be exposed. Last July, a devastating death rocked the village leaving viewers heartbroken as Jai’s father Rishi Sharma, Amit’s brother, died in what appeared to be a fall.

Rishi and Jai were not on full speaking terms after Jai had found out he was adopted, and his real father was Amit. It was only months later that Amit arrived in the village, and Jai and Suni realised he was there the day that Rishi died.

Since then Jai has blamed Amit for Rishi’s death, despite him and Suni protesting it was an accident and his brother had fallen during a row. But it appears a murder twist may have been confirmed in the latest episode of the ITV soap, as sinister scenes saw Amit reveal the truth.

Amit has been desperate to get forgiveness from Jai over his parentage and also Rishi’s death. This week, he had his will written up with some changes that showed he’d left his businesses to both sons.

Suni feared it meant his dad was dying as it came out of the blue, and Jai too was suspicious over his motive. During a chat later on, he told Jai it was to secure his and Suni’s futures, and that there was nothing wrong with him.

He also said it was to say sorry for everything that had happened, promising there would be “no more secrets” and that Jai knew “everything there is to know about what happened to Rishi”. But in a chat with his solicitor Bill later in the episode, the truth emerged as Amit confessed he was using the brothers after all.

Not only that but he seemingly confirmed he killed Rishi, and gave a motive why. As he smirked, Amit revealed he and Rishi had been left a huge sum of inheritance money by their relative who had died.

Amit was planning to keep the money for himself, wanting to use it for a business venture it seems. The problem was, Rishi was in the way as he had a share of the inheritance, and so Amit went to visit his sibling resulting in his death.

It would seem their big row was about the money and Amit’s plans to use it all, and as Bill questioned the “massive convenience” that was Rishi’s demise and the way he died, Amit made a comment that suggested it was not an accident after all.

Amit had said: “Everything’s as I wanted it, lucky for me I didn’t end up having to share my inheritance with Rishi. Poor Rishi, such a tragedy. Still, it got me out of a bind, every cloud.” The way he spoke and the smirk at the end heavily hinted that Amit killed Rishi, possibly pushing him down the stairs, to get his hands on the full inheritance – but will he be found out?