Wanted to take grandson with him, says note.
By Sreekanth A. Nair
A 65-year old man committed suicide after killing his 10-year-old grandson for not being able to leave him behind in Shanti Nagar in Kondhwa Budruk, Pune, on March 19. Sudhir Dagdumal Shah allegedly strangulated his grandson Jinay and jumped out of the seventh floor of the apartment where they lived.
In a suicide note recovered from his house, he said that he was mentally upset and couldn’t go without Jinay.
“I will live for next 10 to 15 years. Instead of going to the court all these years, I prefer to die and get rid of this matter forever… I am taking Jinay along with me. I cannot go without Jinay. I have been taking his care. So I have taken the hard decision to take him along,” he said.
Both of them were always seen together and Shah was taking care of Jinay.
One of his family members had filed a case against him in connection with a shop in Shirur, 63 km from Pune, that they had closed down a year ago. The family shifted to the current location after ending their electronic business in Shirur.
On March 18, Jinay went to sleep with Shah in the hall and Jinay’s father Paresh Shah, 35, went to sleep in their bedroom along with his wife and daughter.
According to the police, around 1.30 AM, Shah strangulated Jinay and took his body to the staircase. Then he jumped out from the seventh floor of the apartment.
A security guard on duty and some local residents saw Shah’s body first. After some time, they saw the body of Jinay lying on the staircase.
The neighbors woke up Paresh and family and informed the police. Police found the suicide note when they searched the house. They have also found another suicide note written by Shah in December. Police suspect that he had planned to kill himself in December, but postponed the plan due to a family function.
Paresh has filed a complaint with the police and the police have started an investigation.
The police have confirmed that Shah killed Jinay and then committed suicide.
“Further probe has corroborated the sequence of events we established on the first day… search, we found another note by Shah talking about ending his life. This note was written sometime in December,” senior inspector Rajendra Mokashi told Indian Express.
“The reports of the post-mortem examination of the two also confirm our theory… thus primarily removing other possible theories,” he added.