Antarshuba

Shailesh

Kapadvanj

Bhumika Joshi

Bhumika

Janak Sharma

A 35-year old man, who worked in London till last year, on Thursday, committed suicide by setting himself on fire at his house invillage in Nadiad. In his suicide note, he claimed that he took this step as his estranged wife and family had threatened to file false dowry case against him if he didn’t meet their monetary demands. Antarshuba police has filed asuicide case and started the investigation.Patel (35) a resident of Antarshuba village neartown, had returned to India last year after working in London for seven years. He had come back in 2016 to get married to. A year ago, the couple began facing marital issues andleft Shailesh to live with her parents. On Thursday morning, Shailesh set himself on fire and died before he could be taken to the hospital.Antarshuba police found a suicide note from his house which was written on a 20-rupee stamp. He mentioned four names Bhumika, brother-in-laws Prashant Joshi, Sanjay Joshi andand accused them of being responsible for his suicide. Shailesh said in the suicide note, “When I was in London I had sent these people some jewellery and money for business and personal use. When I returned, they not only did not give back my money they also started sought money from me. They threatened to file false cases against me.”