Man gives mother clip of wife talking to lover, kills self

Ahmedabad: A 56-year-old woman from Geeta Mandir, Gauri Maru, lodged a complaint at Kagdapith police station stating that her son, Bharat Maru, had committed suicide because his wife had an affair with a man named Kalu Makwana. On the night of September 7, Bharat gave her a pen drive and two mobile phones and told her to give them to his elder brother, Deepak. On September 8, he was found hanging from the ceiling fan of the front room of the house.

On the pen drive, her son Deepak found a conversation between Bharat’s wife and Kalu. “Based on the conversation, we have lodged a complaint under Section 306 of the IPC for abetment of suicide against Bharat’s wife Daksha and Kalu Makwana, a resident of Geeta Mandir.

Inspector M A Singh of Kagdapith police station said they have detained Kalu and are sending a team to Bhavnagar to detain Daksha. He added that they had taken the pen drive and two mobile phones.

According to the FIR, Bharat went to sleep after giving her the phones and pen drive. At 6am on September 8, she looked in Bharat’s room and saw him hanging from the ceiling fan by a dupatta. “He was taken to LG Hospital but was declared brought dead,” said a police official.

After carrying out Bharat’s last rites, Deepak went through the pen drive and found the conversation between Daksha and Kalu. It was apparent from the conversation that they were having an affair, said a police official.


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