Mumbai: CA dies by suicide after being blackmailed into paying Rs 3 crore for private video
PTC News Desk: A 32-year-old chartered accountant in Mumbai allegedly died by suicide after being blackmailed into paying Rs 3 crore. The deceased has been identified as Raj Leela More who consumed poison at his residence and left a three page suicide note.
In the suicide note, More accused two individuals of threatening him to leak his private videos and held them responsible for his death.
The note mentioned that Rahul Parwani and Saba Qureshi extorted crores of money from More in the last 18 months by threatening to circulate the video.
Officials said that the accused were aware of More's huge investments in the stock market and his high-paying job as a Chartered Accountant. With the threat, they forced More to transfer a huge amount of money from his company's account to their personal accounts.
Raj More was employed at a reputed firm and had made significant investments. He reportedly came in contact with Saba Qureshi through social media. Subsequently, Rahul Parnwani allegedly recorded intimate videos of More without his knowledge.
The officials had recovered three-page suicide note from More's room amongst which one was dedicated to his mother. In the note he apologised his family and asked them to take care of themselves.
The other note dedicated to his colleagues wrote, "Deepa Lakhani, today I have no words to apologise, because I broke your trust. But believe me, this was the last time. I had no intention to break your trust. Whatever fraud I did, I did it myself; no one came to know anything. I did not manipulate the statement (account). Shwetha and Jaiprakash had absolutely no idea about what was happening. Please do not take any action against them."
The third page mentioned More blaming Rahul and Saba for his death.
"I, Raj More, am committing suicide today. Rahul Parwani is responsible for my suicide. He manipulated me and blackmailed me for months. He forced me to break my savings and stole money from my company account. Rahul Parwani and Saba Qureshi are responsible for my death," he wrote.
- With inputs from agencies
