Zariwala has 2 young daughters.
By Sujeet Rajan
NEW YORK: An Indian American businessman in Kennesaw, Georgia, Amin Zariwala, 27, who ran a computer and phone repair service, has been deported to India sans prison time after he pleaded guilty to trying to hire somebody to murder his wife.
Zariwala, who has two young daughters, was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security and deported to India, last week, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds’ office said, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Zariwala, who for all appearance to the public led a normal life, and declared his love and affection for his wife and children on Facebook, was, however, a disturbed man. He had many domestic disputes with his wife, whose name has not been revealed. The names and ages of his children were also not revealed in local media reports.
Last fall, in November, Zariwala made the audacious criminal move to try and hire somebody to murder his wife, which he thought was the best solution to his aggravations in life. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, he solicited a man he knew through his cellphone store on November 7, to kill his wife by shooting her with a rifle. The discussions were recorded by bureau agents.
WSBTV.com reported that Zariwala was arrested in March of this year after he extended a ‘contract’ to a hit man whom he thought would dispose of his wife, but who turned out to be an undercover agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The arrest shocked some of his customers, who had held Zariwala in high regard.
“I’m totally shocked. I thought he was the sweetest person,” said Cathy Taylor.
Taylor told Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt that she liked Zariwala’s computer and phone repair business so much she followed him from one storefront location in the Town Center area to its new location.
She often talked to him about his wife and two young daughters.
“I thought he was happy and I asked him yesterday, ‘How are the babies?’ and he said ‘Oh, they’re great,” said Josh Plancher, who knows Zariwala.
“Yeah, he loved his kids, that’s for sure. I know he’s had some stress with the wife and stuff like that. He’s mentioned it a couple of times over the years, but I never thought it would come to something like this, you know?” Joey Nicolella said.
The Associated Press earlier reported that Zariwala, who has been held without bond since being arrested on March 5, received a five-year sentence and was to serve one year with the rest on probation. They later clarified that Zariwala was to be instead handed over to the Department of Homeland Security and be deported immediately.
“This was the proper resolution to both protect the victim and bring closure to the families affected by these events,” said Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Jason Saliba, who prosecuted the case, reported The Marietta Daily Journal.