Just as he is about to, Karla and Lisa come running in and dislodge the gun from his hand. In the ballyhoo, Maurizio takes Lin hostage and asks him to escort him out with the money. Lin gives Zhou the money but she says she does not need it. Prabhu sits in the taxi but is soon forced to move after he sees a policeman noting his plate number. Prabhu and Lin reach Zhou’s Palace, where a mob has started converging after the revelations of what goes on there. In front of Kavita’s eyes, Nishant is shot dead in his office by Walid’s man, just after she stormed out after berating him for taking credit. Karla spots a secret passageway behind a wall and tries to break it down to get out. Walid decides to ambush Khader on his route. Little to Khader’s knowledge, Sanjay works for Walid as well and tells him of Khader’s plan. Sanjay, the cop who knew Lin’s location, actually works for Khader.Ībdullah proposes an idea to ambush Walid at his club.

All they can hope for is that a hawaldar on duty spots the car and reports. Even though Waltrip took down the plate number, due to the lack of technological advancements, they cannot get the holder’s name instantly. When Modena wakes up, he tells Lin where the money is hidden (near a railway platform) and where Lisa and Karla are. But Walid took care of them in the last episode. The cartel takes collective decisions to make sure everyone gets a piece of the pie. Organized crime is generally very “organized” and disciplined. The “Bhais and their companies” will not intervene in this chaos. He also instructs Rafiq to keep attacking Khader’s businesses across the city. Little does she know that she has inadvertently avoided death as Walid sends a man to kill whoever wrote the article. Instead, the piece has Nishant’s name as the author, which greatly upsets her. Surprisingly, Kavita is not credited with the story. Kavita’s story has sent shockwaves through the city as it descends into turmoil. The next morning, we see a paper sporting the headline, “Sex, Scandal, and Sagar Wada”. Zhou has taken Lisa and Karla captive and intends to “sell them” to the highest bidder. Lin cannot let him die and takes him to a doctor. They discover Modena, still alive but barely. Prabhu takes Lin to Karla’s place and his arrival converges with that of Abdullah at the start of Shantaram episode 12. All the Way from There just to get to here

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