sugana or howwever you spell her name, was there to keep tabs on gauri. i had a bad feeling about this. i think they figured samar is coming close to his new found family and feels bad for his bro so they should have someone on the other side , a snitch in a way, to give ips and niks and maya a headsup on gauri and samar and what they had in mind
and the times ips lost like the karwachauth , well was probably give gauri a sense of victory and confidence so they could setup a big fall for her to take.