Missing builder, family yet to be traced in Rajkot

RAJKOT: The Rajkot-based builder Vijay Makwana (40), who went missing on Sunday with his wife Kajal (26) and 11-year-old daughter Niyati are yet to be found, said police on Monday. Three teams have been formed to trace the missing family who had left a suicide note at their home.
Vijay had left home with Kajal and Niyati on June 13 afternoon. His brother Kiran had informed police about him being missing with family and produced a note that Vijay had left behind.The note mentioned that Vijay was planning to end his life with his wife and daughter.
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone II), Rajkot city, Manoharsinh Jadeja told media persons on Monday evening that three teams had been formed to trace Vijay and his family.
“Teams consisting of personnel from Rajkot taluka police station, detection of crime branch and Malviya Nagar police station have been formed to trace Vijay and his family. We are contacting his close as well as distant relatives to find out his whereabouts and are also trying to track him using mobile phone location,” said Jadeja.
Vijay, a teacher turned builder, had left a five-page note in which he has addressed three pages to the police commissioner and two pages to J P Jadeja, a city-based real estate developer. Police said that Vijay had entered into the construction business seven years ago along with his brother Kiran and they had constructed a high-rise building on Kalavad Road a few years ago. However, facing a fund shortage, Makwana took a bank loan and also borrowed around Rs 2.5 crore from J P Jadeja.