Pak man kills wife, dies by suicide in Kharghar, couple moved to India a few months ago: Police

According to police sources, Notan Das alias Sanjay Sachdev and his wife Sapna Notandas, both Pakistani nationals, had moved to India along with their two children aged 10 and 6 years, a few months ago on a long-term visa.

However, police said, the couple allegedly started fighting recently over domestic disputes involving a financial crisis.

Sapna’s sister, who is an Indian national, was helping them financially.

According to the Kharghar police, on Monday morning, when the younger child of the couple returned from the school — his elder sibling was still in school — he found the door of their flat in Kharghar sector-34 building locked from inside.

He then called his neighbors, who informed Sapna’s sister.

After the sister reached the flat and got it opened with the help of the police, they found the couple lying in a pool of blood.

Sachdev, who was still breathing, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to injuries, a police officer said.

The postmortem examination indicated that Sachdev might have attacked Sapna with a knife on her neck, back and shoulder, and later, using the same weapon, he stabbed in his neck, another officer from a Kharghar police station said.

Sapna’s sister told police that her sister and brother-in-law were struggling financially and that could be a reason behind the incident.

Police have registered a case under section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) against Sachdev and are further recording statements of their friends and relatives.

After the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, the External Affairs Ministry had suspended visas of all Pakistani nationals, excluding the Long Stay Visas (LTVs) issued to Hindus from Pakistan.