Suresh Parekh the father of Sunita Alahan, first arrived on Coronation Street with wife Mena looking for their daughter when she had fled to Weatherfield to avoid the prospect of an arranged marriage with Deepak in India. After Sunita refused to return, her parents told her she was no longer a member of the family. However, Mena forgave Sunita following an underhanded visit for a blessing from fiancé Dev Alahan, and her parents attended their wedding in October 2004.