AHMEDABAD: After paying Rs 1 crore over 30 years to a woman who threatened to falsely accuse him of rape, a 72-year-old retired banker killed himself by consuming poison at his home on Oct 15, Chandkheda police said on Sunday.
The deceased’s son, who is also a banker, said in his FIR that his father retired around 15 years ago, while his mother retired around 10 years ago.
“On the morning of Oct 15, the complainant’s mother telephoned him, saying his father had locked himself in his room and was not saying anything. The complainant and his wife rushed to his father’s house and forced the door open. He found his father unconscious and rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared dead,” stated the complaint.
The complainant said that his father had left a suicide note in which he accused a woman from Adalaj and her family members of extorting money from him.
“He stated in the suicide note that the woman had been blackmailing him for the past 30 years by threatening to implicate him in a rape case. According to the note, he had paid at least Rs 1 crore to her and her family during this period,” the complainant told police.
The complainant’s father also mentioned details of the bank accounts belonging to the woman and her family members into which he had deposited the money.
The deceased’s suicide note also stated that the woman and her family had abused and harassed him to the extent that he was being forced to end his life.
Chandkheda police registered a case of abetment to suicide and abetment against the woman and her five family members.