Ew, can we please stop normalizing toxic, abusive parenting? I don't know whether or not Vinayak lied to Abhay, but the truth is he was never a good father to begin with! In real life children who grow up with narcissistic parents like that end up cutting off contact themselves. And this show is supposed to be more realistic. One parent can't simply prevent the other parent from seeing a child without a court order. Are they trying to say Girija had better lawyers than Vinayak? Court wouldn't grant sole custody as Girija didn't have any income at the time. None of that makes sense. More likely Girija left but Vinayak was not bothered about them and never pursued. Maybe now in old age he's regretting not having any one to pass on a legacy, but with the type of person he is I wouldn't trust him!