Emmerdale star Rebecca Sarker has spoken out about her co-star Paige Sandhu’s soap exit – and she hinted she can’t imagine life on the soap without Meena.
Rebecca plays Manpreet Sharma in the ITV village-based soap and is the unfortunate sister of soap serial killer Meena Jutla, played by Paige Sandhu.
However, it has been confirmed murderous Meena’s time wreaking havoc in the Dales is almost over after her heinous killings were exposed.
During her time on the programme, Rebecca and Paige have worked closely together and Meena will be sorely missed in the village.
Despite her murderous nature, Paige’s character definitely shook up the Emmerdale storyline and Rebecca spoke to Inside Soap about her co-star’s impending exit.
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She pondered: “It’s a bit strange to say the least, to think that I’m not going to be with her. I can’t really imagine Meena not being part of Manpreet’s storyline or vice versa.
“There was life before Meena and there will be life afterwards, I think. I haven’t heard anything else on the contrary.”
Since the character’s debut back in 2020, Manpreet’s murdering sister has terrorised the village and murdered people including her best pal Nadine Butler, Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker.
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Although her track record says the opposite, Meena’s profession is the perfect cover-up for her heinous crimes.
As a nurse, Meena is trusted in the village which has allowed her to take her evil plan so far.
She has finally been taken to court, which perfectly ties in with the actress’ departure from the long running soap.
In a recent clip, Meena is escorted into the docks before her hearing and the judge begins to read her charges.
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She spots her sister Manpreet and asks: “Where is everyone?” before the judge tells her she is charged with an 18-count indictment including kidnapping, false imprisonment and attempted murder.
Rebecca admitted that she is excited to see what her co-star gets up to next after she’s done with her role.
She said: “That’s the life of an actor though, people come and go. There’s no doubt in my mind that Paige will go on to do brilliant things.”
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