Raj Patel (Noshir Dalal)

Raj Patel
Noshir Dalal as Raj Patel
General Hospital
Portrayed by	Sammy Sheik (2015) Noshir Dalal (2015-16, 2019)
Current status	Deceased
Duration	2015-16, 2019
First appearance	November 30, 2015
Last appearance	March 20, 2019
Cause/reason	Killed
Created by	Shelly Altman Jean Passanante
Introduced by	Frank Valentini
Profile
Alias(es)	Mr. Roy
Gender	Male
Died	March 20, 2019 Ankara, Turkey
Cause of death	Shot by Dante Falconeri in self-defense
Occupation	Mercenary Criminal Gun Trafficker
Sammy Sheik as Raj Patel

Raj Patel was a fictional character on the ABC Soap opera General Hospital.

He was portrayed by Sammy Sheik and Noshir Dalal.

Casting

Sammy Sheik originated the role of Raj Patel on November 30, 2015. Once Raj returned, he was recast with actor Noshir Dalal who first appeared on December 30, 2015 and was on for a handful of episodes sporadically before last appearing on February 23, 2016.

Dalal returned to GH and briefly reprised the role from March 15 to March 20, 2019 as part of Dominic Zamprogna's return/exit storyline.

Storylines

Paul introduces Ava to Raj (Sammy Sheik)

On November 30, 2015, Paul Hornsby introduced his partner Raj to Ava Jerome at her gallery. Raj was delivering some paintings in crates that he would be storing at her gallery for now. Paul told Ava he had been working with Raj for a long time.

Ava and Raj

When Paul and Raj left, Ava opened a crate and discovered it was full of guns. Raj disappeared for a month and was next seen on December 30, 2015, preparing himself for the arms deal on Pier 54. It was revealed that Raj worked for the arms dealer Landon Dixon.

On January 12, 2016, Raj paid Paul for his services and they made a plan to work together again. Raj asked Ava about Morgan Corinthos because he saw Morgan asking questions about the business on the pier. On January 21, Ava called Raj and told him not to say anything to Paul about seeing Morgan on the docks. On February 16, Ava left Raj another message and said he didn't need to worry about Morgan because he would be at a wedding tomorrow.

On February 17, Raj approached Lulu Spencer, introduced himself as Mr. Roy, and asked if he could rent out The Haunted Star for a night for a private party. At first she said that he'd have to give more notice. Raj claimed that he was desperate to throw a party for his boss and that he has beef with the owner at another place. He offered to pay her double up-front as well as bring his own people and Lulu agreed. On February 19, Lulu had shown back up at the Haunted Star because she forgot something and Raj took her hostage at gunpoint.

Raj (Noshir Dalal) and Lulu

He tied her up and duct taped her mouth. He eventually threw her overboard into the freezing water and she was saved by her husband Dante Falconeri. Raj eventually disappeared as his boss Dixon was arrested after he took everyone hostage who attended Julian Jerome's wedding to Alexis Davis.

On June 28, 2018, Raj's last name was revealed to be Patel when Dante told Lulu that he would join the W.S.B. to find him and take him down since he tried to kill Lulu two years ago.

On March 15, 2019, Dante's dad, Sonny Corinthos found Raj and held him at gunpoint while demanding to know where Dante was. Dante eventually walked out and revealed himself to Sonny before a guard knocked Sonny out. He eventually ordered Dante to kill Sonny but Dante shot him in the arm and tried to convince Raj that Sonny was more valuable alive. Raj ordered his men to take Sonny down to a cell and Dante managed to get some alone time with him. Dante revealed that Raj held him prisoner for months in that cell Sonny was in and he also revealed that before Sonny showed up he had a plan to get back to Port Charles. Raj would have him return to Port Charles, resume his job at the PCPD but he would be working for him. Sonny and Dante formed a new plan to fake Sonny's death so they could escape and the plan worked at first. Raj was told by Dante that he had to kill Sonny since he tried to escape and Raj told Dante to do what he needed to do. Their plan went sideways when a guard brought a teen named Dev Cerci into his compound and Raj initially said to just get him out of there but after considering that he could be an informant Raj ordered him to eliminate Dev. Dante blew his cover and he and Sonny got into a shootout with Raj and his men.

Dante holds a gun on Raj

Dante chased Raj outside and was going to arrest him but Raj went to pull out his gun to kill Dante, who just ended up killing Raj in self-defense.

It was eventually revealed that when Raj and his men held Dante prisoner that they also tortured him as well which caused Dante to suffer from severe PTSD, that needed to be treated under the supervision of the W.S.B.

Crimes Committed

• Gun trafficking [Nov 2015-Feb 2016]
• Held Lulu Spencer hostage at gunpoint on the Haunted Star [Feb 19-23, 2016]
• Tossed Lulu off her boat and left her to drown in freezing water [Feb 19, 2016; shown on Feb 23, 2016; Dante Falconeri saved her on Feb 24, 2016]
• Held Dante prisoner, tortured him for months and brainwashed him [Jun 2018-Mar 2019; revealed on Mar 18, 2019; torture revealed on Mar 25, 2019; Dante suffered from severe PTSD from Mar 25, 2019-Mar 26, 2021]
• Ordered Dante to kill his father, Sonny Corinthos [Mar 15-18, 2019; Dante shot Sonny in the arm and convinced Raj to keep him alive]
• Had Sonny held prisoner [Mar 18-20, 2019]
• Ordered one of his bodyguards to kill Dev Cerci due to him possibly being an informant [Mar 20, 2019; Sonny saved him]
• Involved in a shootout with Sonny and Dante [Mar 20, 2019]
• Tried to shoot Dante [Mar 20, 2019; Dante shot him dead instead]

Health & Vitals

• Held at gunpoint and threatened by Sonny Corinthos [Mar 15, 2019]
• Shot and killed by Dante Falconeri in self-defense [Mar 20, 2019]