The suicide note indicated that the couple's children had deceitfully acquired ownership of three plots and a car through manipulation and quarrels
Harassed by their children for property, a 70-year-old man and his wife allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the water tank of their house in Rajasthan’s Nagaur. The elderly couple left a note pasted on a wall, mentioning the atrocities committed against them.
The couple’s suicide note revealed that the couple’s son and their daughters-in-law beat them up several times, threatened to kill them in their sleep if they went to the police, and starved them. They allegedly asked the mother to “take a bowl and beg”.
According to media reports, Hazariram Bishnoi, 70, and his 68-year-old wife Chawali Devi’s bodies were recovered from a water tank inside their home in Nagaur’s Karni Colony on Thursday. The couple had four children, two sons and two daughters. In their two-page suicide note, they wrote that one of their sons, Rajendra, thrashed them thrice while the other, Sunil, twice.
The note mentions Rajendra and his wife Roshni; Sunil, his wife Anita and son Pranav; and the couple’s daughters Manju and Sunita, along with a few relatives. The couple said their children wanted their property and the relatives had influenced them.
The note indicated that the couple’s children had deceitfully acquired ownership of three plots and a car through manipulation and quarrels. It described how the car was transferred to Rajendra, Manju, and Sunita, while Sunil and his wife Anita took control of a house in Karni Colony.
No Food, Death Threats
After taking everything from their parents, the children reportedly denied them food and verbally abused them over the phone daily. The note said that their son Sunil called them and said, “Take a bowl, beg for food. I will not give you food. If you tell anyone, I will kill you.”
Nagaur Superintendent of Police Narayan Togas said they received information on Thursday that no movement had been seen in the house of Hazariram and Chawali and when they searched the compound, they found the bodies in the tank. He said police were investigating “all angles”.
“The key of the house was found in Hazariram’s pocket and a forensic team has collected evidence. We are trying to find the video recording of a CCTV camera inside the house and the bodies have been sent for a post-mortem. A suicide note has been recovered,” said Togas was quoted as saying by NDTV.
One of the sons, Sunil had submitted a memorandum to the Nagaur Superintendent and the administration, citing his parents had talked about implicating the children in a suicide case.
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