Gaurav is missing

Today was another action-packed episode of "Maryada".


After Karan rejected Gaurav and Mantri Ji threw him out the house, Gaurav was distraught. He told Vidya that he had ruined two lives (hers and Karan's) and he didn't deserve to live. She tried to reason with him but then the phone went dead. Vidya panicked and told Cheenu what was going on and the two set out to look for Gaurav only to get caught by Devyani while trying to leave the house. Vidya finally told the whole story to Devyani and the three of them went in search of Gaurav.

Devyani goes to ask Mantri Ji for help since she was the last person to have seen Gaurav. However, Mantri Ji hasn't forgotten the incident when she went to Devyani to ask her to help get Gaurav and Karan back together and was rebuffed. She throws Devyani's words back in her face, telling her that she wishes she could help but she has to take care of her own son.

Vidya and Cheenu arrive at the bypass road looking for Gaurav and they find Gaurav's car in a bad condition. However, there is no sign of Gaurav. Devyani also arrives. Vidya is really distraught and is convinced that something horrible has happened to Gaurav. They take her home, give her a sedative and put her to sleep. The rest of the family finds out that Gaurav's missing and Bauji registers a missing person report with the police.

Meanwhile, Cheenu tells a sleeping Vidya that he loves her, only to be overheard by Priya. Priya confronts Cheenu, telling him that Vidya is her sister-in-law and since he's her brother, by extension she is his sister-in-law as well. Plus, she's a married woman and older than him. Cheenu says that it doesn't matter if she's older than him and he still loves her. Also, her marriage to Gaurav isn't really a marriage but a compromise. Priya thinks that Gaurav is missing because Cheenu and Vidya have been having an affair. She can't believe that Cheenu would sleep with a married woman or that Vidya would cheat on her husband. Cheenu tells her to trust him and that nothing like that has happened. He says it would be better if Vidya and Gaurav separate. Priya asks "Why? So your path would be cleared?"

Pre-cap: The police call Devyani and tell her that they have found a body that matches Gaurav's description and that someone needs to come and verify if it is him.