Sanjay Kapoor is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Deepak Verma from 9 February 1993 to 24 September 1998.

But Meena is a constant visitor to the Square, always spying on Sanjay and keeping Gita informed of his exploits.

She goes on to refuse Sanjay access to their stall, and to Sharmilla, and then tells Meena's husband, Jerry McKenzie, about the affair.

After many insults and much provocation from Jerry, an enraged Sanjay finally admits that he'd been having sex with Meena for months, 3 or 4 nights a week.

However, Guppy is a conman, and after Sanjay gives him the money, he disappears, leaving to face huge debts, and a furious Gita.

She keeps postponing her return, and Sanjay enjoys his freedom, spending his time drinking, gambling, and flirting.

Gita announces that she is finally returning with Sharmilla in January 1998, but Sanjay is late to meet them at the train station.

They question everyone on the Square and build up a picture of a feeble, infertile womanizer who is prone to aggressive outbursts towards his wife.

Their theory is proven correct when DNA tests confirm that the blood matches Gita's type, not Sanjay's.

Sanjay spends the rest of the year gambling and drinking himself into a stupor and he eventually accepts that Gita and Sharmilla are probably dead.

Sanjay is furious, but after much soul-searching he decides he can be a loving father to this innocent new child, Arjun(Amar Malik), and give their marriage another chance.

Sanjay and Gita are happy for the short while until local reporter Polly Becker (Victoria Gould) discovers their recent scandal.

After secretly taping confessions from Sanjay and Ruth, she gets their shocking story published in the Walford Gazette.

[3] In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Sanjay 88th on their ranked list of the best EastEnders characters of all time, calling him "Handsome" and commenting that his "eye for the ladies" and "huge gambling problem" did not "go down well" with Gita.