Missing builder left behind suicide note

Rajkot: A 40-year-old teacher-turned-builder in Rajkot has gone missing along with his wife and 11-year-old daughter since June 11 after leaving a suicide note.
The family members of Vijay Makwana are worried as they have not heard any news about him since then. Makwana left home taking along his wife Kajal (26) and daughter Niyati on June 11 afternoon.
According to Rajkot taluka police, his elder brother Kiran approached the cops on Sunday after he recovered Vijay’s suicide note from his home. Cops said Makwana left behind a five-page suicide note in which he addressed three pages to the police commissioner and two pages to JP Jadeja.
Cops said that Makwana, who ran tuition classes in the city earlier, had entered into construction business seven years ago along with his brother and they had constructed a high-rise building on Kalavad Road a few years ago. However, facing fund shortage, Makwana took a bank loan and also borrowed around Rs 2.5 crore from JP Jadeja, a well-known builder in the city. He had also reportedly given 30% share in his newly constructed building to Jadeja and was also paying him interest regularly till last few months, the family told cops.
“For the last few months, Makwana was unable to repay the bank loan. Meanwhile, Jadeja allegedly wanted to grab the under-construction building and was not allowing Makwana to sell the flats. Makwana also started receiving notices from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) as well as from the bank and blamed Jadeja for the stalemate and left home with his family,” police sources said.