Days after a couple and their nine-year-old daughter died by suicide in the Viso area Surat police in Gujarat have arrested the man mentioned in the three-page suicide note he left behind.
The couple and their eldest daughter died in their home on Tuesday after ingesting a toxic substance. The couple’s seven-year-old younger daughter survived, Inspector GC Jadhav of Yesu police station told PTI.
The deceased man, originally from Bihar, was a stock trader and worked from home, the officer said.
The police recovered a suicide note from the scene, accusing a person named Vaibhav Rungta of harassment. NDTV reported that the investigation revealed credit fraud.
The case of Surat triple suicide
The Surat Police team arrested the accused Vaibhav Rungta from Delhi after technical surveillance.
According to an NDTV report, the investigation revealed a series of financial violations. A three-page suicide note written in Hindi explains how the accused misused the deceased man’s credit cards. When the man demanded his money back, the accused allegedly verbally abused him and threatened to kill him. The family was allegedly pushed to the brink by constant psychological and financial pressure.
The investigation also revealed that the couple first gave the poison to their daughters before they took it themselves. This was confirmed by the only seven-year-old survivor, who told her relatives while undergoing treatment that her parents “spoon-fed her.”
According to NDTV, the deceased couple called the father-in-law to tell him that they had ingested the poison, which was said to be aluminum phosphide. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while his wife and eldest daughter died while receiving treatment in the hospital.
A case of abetment to suicide was registered against the accused, Vaibhav Rungta, and he was arrested. local The Delhi court refused remand and ordered the accused to appear in person before the Surat court instead.
Days after a mass suicide shocked Surat, the man accused of pushing the Khaitan family to the brink has been arrested in Delhi. Vaibhav Rungta was arrested after a three-page suicide note and testimony from a seven-year-old survivor, who was reportedly spoon-fed poison, revealed credit card fraud and relentless mental torture.
Further investigations are underway, and police are also investigating whether money lenders or other accomplices were involved in the harassment. The victim’s bank accounts and credit card transactions are currently being audited as evidence.
