Pune: Too much love can kill you. At least, that was the case with 65-year-old Sudhir Shah and his grandson, Jinay Parekh Shah (10) of Shantinagar&rsquo;s Jain Society in Kondhwa. Sudhir killed the boy right before committing suicide because he felt the child would be uncared for after his death.
<img title="Sudhir Shah" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/mar/20-Sudhir-Shah.jpg" alt="Sudhir Shah" /> Sudhir Shah
Sudhir was known to be very attached to his grandson, who had undergone a surgery for a heart ailment at the age of three. Around 5 am on Saturday, residents of the housing society were drawn to a loud thud &mdash; Sudhir had jumped to his death from the terrace of the 11-storey building. The Shah family was alerted by the society&rsquo;s watchman, Shamsheer Bahadur.
Bahadur told mid-day, &ldquo;The residents had planned an outdoor picnic and I was checking if I could assist anyone with their luggage. Suddenly, I heard a loud thud and I rushed to find Sudhir dead. When I went to alert the family about it, I found Jinay lying outside their door.&rdquo;
The Shah family used to own a stationary shop, a medical store and a farm in Shirur, but sold all property before settling in Kondhwa to offer the boy better education opportunities. Jinay was a Std IV student of Poddar International School, Pune.
A case of murder has been filed with the Kondhwa police station. A suicide note, written in Marathi, was later found in Sudhir&rsquo;s pocket. In the note, he claimed that he had been mentally disturbed by a false case registered against him by a relative. &ldquo;The case has been filed to malign and mentally harass me. I still have 10-15 years of life. I do not want to waste my life visiting a courtroom at this age&hellip; This has made me take such a step. I cannot live without Jinay and neither can he without me, as I have raised him&hellip; With a huge stone in my heart, I am taking this step. No one can understand Jinay the way I do. I am solely responsible for the act and my son must not be tortured,&rdquo; read the note. Inspector Rajendra Mokashi said, &ldquo;Initially, we had suspected sexual abuse or that a third party may have killed Sudhir and Jinay. But after scrutinising CCTV camera footage, we have dropped the suspicion. A case of murder has been registered by Paresh against his father.&rdquo;

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