A new twist has emerged in the alleged suicide case involving three members of a family in Ahmedabad's Krishna Nagar area. All three members of the family were found dead on Wednesday. The deceased included Kunal Trivedi, Kavita Trivedi and their 16-year-old daughter Shirin.

A suicide note recovered today said that the ghost of a former deceased lover of Kunal had been "haunting" the family. This note was allegedly written by Kavita and was found among some things that Kavita had sent to her sister's home.

Earlier, a note recovered from the house on Wednesday stated that the three deceased members of the family believed they were under the influence of black magic. This led the police to believe it to be a case of suicide. The note was written by Kunal.

While Kunal was found hanging, Kavita and Shirin, their daughter, appeared to have been poisoned. The police suspect that the couple used sleeping pills to render Shirin unconscious. The deaths were discovered after Kunal's relatives, who had been trying to contact him and his family for 24 hours, got worried and called the police.

In his letter, Kunal had written that he and his family never wanted to commit suicide but had been driven to the point of no return by black magic powers.

However, today, during further investigation, the police recovered another suicide note. The note was apparently written by Kunal's wife Kavita and was addressed to her parents.

On September 8, Kavita had sent her driver to her sister's place with three bags containing clothes, gold jewellery and some cash. The total value of these things amounted to nearly Rs 10 lakh. Police suspect that Kunal and Kavita had planned the suicide in advance and that is why they had sent the things to her sister's house.

KAVITA'S SUICIDE NOTE

In her letter, Kavita wrote that Kunal had wanted to marry his former lover, but his family refused to accept their relationship.

Heartbroken, Kunal's then lover had committed suicide. In her note, Kavita wrote that Kunal believed he had been haunted by the ghost of his former lover ever since.

In her suicide note, Kavita also mentioned that she had sold her bungalow for Rs 1 crore and had repaid their debts. She wrote that she was sending the remaining money to her parents and that they should refurbish their house and do whatever they wished to do with the remaining money.

Whatever amount of money was left, it was shared between Kunal and me. I am giving you my share of the money. Whatever money I have saved till date is for our daughter Shirin, but I am taking Shirin along with me, and I am giving you her share of money also. - Kavita in her suicide note

Kavita wrote about the ghost of Kunal's former girlfriend.

She [Kunal's former lover] neither wanted to kill nor did she want us to live. After pondering over it at length, I am taking this huge step. Have you ever thought how difficult this can get for a person? - Kavita in her suicide note

Kavita wrote that the world would not understand that the couple was being troubled by a ghost and would call them "mad". She wrote that Kunal did not force her to take this step, and that she had decided to commit suicide with Kunal as it would be difficult to live without him.

She also wrote that "the ghost of Kunal's former lover had begun attacking Shirin" and that she was worried for the girl's safety.

MORE DETAILS

It is believed that Kunal was a highly superstitious person.

The police have also recorded the statement of Kunal's mother, who was found in an uconscious state.

In her statement, she revealed that Kunal had mentioned about his girlfriend to her and that he had wanted to marry her. However, when that could not happen, his girlfriend committed suicide and that there had been trouble ever since then.

According to Kunal's mother, he had temper issues that resulted in arguments between Kunal and Kavita over his dead girlfriend.

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