Wife, her brother booked for Bharuch man’s suicide

Vadodara: Navapura police on Friday booked a woman from Bharuch along with her brother after her husband named them in his suicide note as the reason for his taking the extreme step.
Father of deceased Gopal Rawal (40), Raman Rawal told the police that Gopal’s wife Manisha used to fight with his son and other members of the family frequently over any trivial matter ever since their marriage.She had also gone back to her parents’ home several times and even filed a criminal case against his son.
However, Manisha’s brother Girish intervened and the couple reached a settlement and the woman came back to live with her husband at his home near Patthargate.
But, during the lockdown, Manisha started accusing Gopal of having an extra-marital affair and again went back to Bharuch after the lockdown ended. She also gave a complaint to the police, following which cops summoned Gopal and other members of the family to Bharuch for questioning.
Later Girish called up Gopal and threatened him of ensuring that the entire family ended up in lock-up.
After dinner on February 2, Gopal, along with his daughter, went to his bedroom on the second floor of the house and committed suicide. The next morning when the father went to call him, Gopal was found hanging from the ceiling fan. A suicide note was also found from the room in which Gopal had stated that Manisha and her brother Girish are responsible for his death.
On Friday, the father approached the police and based on his complaint an offence of abetment of suicide and criminal intimidation was registered. The two accused are yet to be arrested.