Surat incident is not actually a seven suicides case, but one suicide, six murders case

Surat: Manish Solanki suicide case was not actually a mass suicide of seven persons but it was a suicide of just Manish Solanki. Before committing suicide, Manish had killed his family members and therefore while there was one case of suicide, the other cases pertained to cold-blooded murder as per prima facie investigation of police.

Manish Solanki was found hanging from the ceiling on October 28 at his residence, while his parents, wife, and three children were also found dead inside the house. The incident happened in the Palanpor area of the city.

Manish was into interior designing and furniture business. There were 30 persons working under him. He had kept pesticides at his house against termites as he was in the furniture business. Police found empty bottles of Devine 550 pesticide in his house.

As per a news report, Manish was associated with more than 30 sites and he was earning monthly Rs. 2 to 3 lakh. Manish in his suicide note didn’t mention any person responsible for his extreme step but he pointed out that he had lent money that was not repaid.

As per prima facie investigation, Manish fed poison to his father, wife, younger daughter, and younger son, while he choked to death his mother and elder daughter. After killing family members, Manish hanged himself from the ceiling and committed suicide.

The deceased in this case are Manish Kanubhai Solanki(37), his mother Shobhnaben(68), father Kaunbhai Vitthalbhai Solanki(70), wife Rita alias Reshma(35), daughter Kavya(16), Disha(13), son Kushal(6).

Manish had participated in community Garba on Friday evening and later at 9.30 pm he lit an oil lamp in his house and put the status of the same online. In the morning, one of the skilled laborers working under Manish called him over the phone but there was no reply. The laborer then visited Manish’s house but none opened the door. The laborer went to the backside of the house and saw Manish hanging from the ceiling through a window. The laborer then informed others about this. When the gate was opened by force, the relatives of Manish were shocked to see seven dead bodies. Adajan police is investigating the case.  DeshGujarat