Yes me too. I thought that why it didn't came to their mind to harm Ranbirs character rather than Prachi as Ranbir doesn't have good reputation in front of Prachi and they could take advantage of it.
I thought the same too, but it's a good thing really given that prachi already doesn't have any feelings for ranbir so if they ruin his image in front of prachi then there's no way prachi would develop feelings for him any time soon, whereas targeting prachi means that there's ample opportunity for ranbir to prove his love to prachi by defending her and trusting her.
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