Suicide or murder? Son of jeweller found dead

LUCKNOW: Mystery shrouds the death of a jeweller’s son, who was found dead in his posh Mahanagar house with gunshot injuries in the chest on Monday afternoon. The deceased, Anuj Kesarwani, 37, worked with his father in their prominent jewellery outlet in the city.
Anuj would live in his father’s house at Mahanagar, Sector B, but went to his second home in the same locality on Sunday. The house had been lying vacant for several months.

The autopsy report stated gunshot injury caused shock and haemorrhage resulting in death. Police said a forensic examination will unravel whether it was suicide or murder.

Anuj was divorced in 2013, six months after marriage. The jeweller, Sudhir Kesarwani, told police that Anuj left the shop in Khurramnagar around 1pm on Sunday afternoon with a revolver, saying he was going home. The gun had a licence in his father’s name.

Anuj, however, did not reach home. Sudhir called Anuj, but his phone was switched off.

He then called Anuj’s friends and they too were not aware about his whereabouts, said SHO Mahanagar Ashok Singh.

“Around 11am on Monday, Sudhir reached their second house, while looking for Anuj and found doors locked from inside. His knocks went unanswered. He then accessed entry through the backdoor and found Anuj lying in a pool of blood with the revolver lying beside him,” Santosh Singh, Circle Officer, Mahanagar.

Sudhir then called the cops home. Later, he gave in writing that he suspects Anuj may have ended his life by shooting self. Police are awaiting the forensic examination report.