Surya J, the estranged wife of a Gujarat IAS officer who attempted suicide by taking poison on Saturday, died on Sunday at Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad where she was admitted on Saturday.
Some months back she had allegedly eloped with a gangster from her native Tamil Nadu and was involved in a child abduction case there.
Surya, 45, had ingested the poisonous stuff on Saturday morning after husband Ranjeeth Kumar J instructed aides not to let her into his home in Sector-19 of Gandhinagar. Kumar is secretary of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC).
“Kumar had gone out to finalise his divorce petition with Surya on Saturday. Rattled at not being let in, she (Surya) ingested poison and called up 108 (an ambulance helpline),” said a police officer. Gandhinagar SP Ravi Teja Vasamsetty said the cops had found a purported suicide note in Tamil but declined to provide details.
Police sources suggested Surya might have gone to her husband’s home to evade arrest from TN Police in the Madurai kidnapping case of the 14-year-old boy.
Surya’s name surfaced in the case with her rumoured boyfriend and local gangster known as “High Court Maharaja”, and his aide Senthil Kumar. They allegedly abducted the boy on July 11 over a monetary dispute with the child’s mother. They had demanded a ransom of Rs 2 crore from his mother, purportedly to pay off her huge debts, but the Madurai cops managed to rescue the boy. The cops then started a search for all those involved, including Surya.
A source privy to the developments said Surya had left Kumar and eloped with “High Court Maharaja” around nine months ago. SP Vasamsetty referred to the kidnapping case as a factor. “I came to know from reports that she (Surya) was accused of kidnapping in Madurai, which could have forced her to take this extreme step,” the officer said.
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