12 Acquiring Media Channel

The remaining men of Sayeed thought it was an accident, considering Sayeed had explosives on him. Stephen was focused on his family at the time and did not investigate the matter further.

After eliminating Sayeed, Raj contemplated taking over NPTV, the top media channel in Kerala. It would be advantageous for manipulating the general public and could serve various purposes. He managed to acquire around 37% of the shares in the market. Dr. Sanjeev and Arundhati collectively held around 45% of the company's shares.

To gain complete control over the NPTV channel, He first has to deal with Dr. Sanjay and Arunddhati, as they hold the majority of shares in the company.

"We need to find out who bought around 37% of our shares from the market. What are his motives, and is he planning to interfere with the management of the company?", Arunddhati said to Sanjiv. They decided to call Raj and arrange a meeting with him, and Raj agreed to meet with them.

Sanjiv and Arunddhati were waiting for Raj while talking to each other, a very handsome young man ahe between 25-30 years, wearing black glasses and a black suit entered the restaurant. There were also two men following this handsome gentleman. They must be his bodyguards.

Raj entered the restaurant, he spotted the married couple. Remembering their roles on the screen, first aiding Bobby and later Stephen, Raj's eyes fixated on Arundhati. She appeared even more beautiful in person than on screen.

Arundhati, in her mid-thirties, had a captivating figure emphasized by the tight jeans she wore, drawing attention to her alluring curves.

Raj felt a surge of attraction towards her. Being single in this life, he had spent most of his time establishing himself in this world, but now he felt he could afford to indulge a bit. But he did not act on his impulses. He had already planned how to eliminate Sanjiv.

Raj had a friendly conversation with both of them. He also made it clear that he would not involve himself in any management decisions, ensuring that both of them would have sole control over the channel. Both of them were very happy because of this arrangement.

She was also slightly attracted to him; he was handsome, well-built, and adept at conversation. As a wealthy young businessman, she couldn't help but compare him to her husband. They often argued about their differences, She was discontented with her husband as Sanjiv didn't pay much attention to her, always prioritizing his channel. A few years ago, he even began publishing fake news, which went against the moral principles they had when they started the channel, hoping to work as true journalists. Despite all this, she still loves her husband, as she understands that he is doing everything to save their media channel.

Their friendship grew, Raj eventually revealed to them that he had acquired an additional 10% of the shares from creditors, in addition to the 37% he initially bought. He explained that this move was made to settle the company's debt, as they had previously given their creditors shares as leverage. Raj emphasized that he had no intention of taking control over the company, reassuring them of his commitment to their shared vision.

He was planning to take care of Dr. Sanjiv, but he was waiting for the perfect opportunity to eliminate him without raising suspicion. As he happened to know the perfect opportunity to carry out this task, Raj waited patiently.

And the opportunity presented itself when Raj knew that the Commissioner of Police would be eliminated by Stephen, so he planted a camera in that house. When Stephen eliminated the Commissioner, at that time, Dr. Sanjiv and Arundhati were about to head home. Sanjiv received a call from Alok, saying they had important news for him. Since Alok was Stephen's man, Sanjiv assumed it must be important. He informed Arundhati that he was heading to Stephen's place as Alok had important news for him. So she decided to head home alone.

Before leaving the office, she noticed Raj entering. Raj's plan was to delay her so that when she arrived home, Stephen would be waiting. He wanted her to believe that Stephen had killed her husband and had come to warn her. To make the timing plausible, since Sanjiv had just left the office, if she went straight home, she would think Stephen was there, making it impossible for him to have killed Sanjiv and arrived at her home in time.

Since they were friends and Raj was a majority shareholder of their channel, it was common for him to visit their office.

After a friendly conversation with Raj, Arundhati planned to head home by taxi since Sanjiv had taken their car. Raj offered her a ride, and she didn't refuse his offer as they had become friends. Raj flirted with her during the drive, and she found herself enjoying it. When they reached Arundhati's home, he dropped her off, choosing not to enter her house to avoid encountering Stephen for the time being.

Arundhati stepped into her home, still basking in the glow of her conversation with Raj, her smile dissolved upon spotting a man seated on the couch. His features were cloaked in shadows, but when he turned towards her, she instantly recognized him. It was Stephen Thomas.

People were unaware that Stephen was PKR's son, and even Stephen himself was oblivious to this truth. They all knew him as Stephen Thomas.

He wondered why Arundhati was alone and where her husband was. His intention was to give the couple a warning and convince them to work for his sister Priyadarshini, by offering financial support.

Arundhati was scared because she knew her husband had used Aparna to defame Stephen on the NPTV channel. At that time, her husband didn't know that Aparna's confession was a lie.

She believed Stephen had come to take revenge on them because their channel had disclosed Aparna's confession about being molested by Stephen to the public, which resulted in Stephen spending days in jail. When Aparna confessed that her accusation was a lie, only then did the judge grant bail to Stephen.