Rau man kills wife on Diwali, then dies by hanging; son tells police of 18-hour recording

A family was destroyed on Diwali in Rau town of Indore district. Pawan Soni, who lived in Sai Vihar Colony, killed his wife Varsha and then died by hanging himself. Police are investigating all aspects of the case.

It is being said that a man named Faizan, alias Rehan, had come between the couple. He was allegedly persuading Varsha, a mother of two, to separate from her husband.

The son of Pawan and Varsha told police that his father had made an 18-hour recording of conversations between his mother and Faizan. It was made with a voice recorder placed in his room. According to the son, the recording showed that Varsha had become completely ensnared by Faizan.

It is stated that in the recording the two discussed selling their seven-year-old daughter and killing their 15-year-old son along with Pawan. It is said that Faizan was inducing Varsha to do away with her husband and children and run away from home. Pawan was completely shattered on hearing this. Before Faizan and Varsha could take any such step, Pawan decided to remove his wife from the way.

Before the incident, Pawan had sent both children to a garden. When the children returned home at around 4 pm, their mother's body was lying in the room and their father was hanging from a noose. A chain was wrapped around Varsha's neck and a knife was lodged in her body.

According to police, Pawan, 40, was originally from Rewa. About 18 years ago he had married Varsha in a love marriage. For the past year the two had been running a paratha shop in Indore. During this time Varsha came to know Faizan. It is stated that Faizan kept drawing Varsha into his snare even though he was married.

Five months ago, Pawan had seen Varsha and Faizan talking to each other. Since then he had been continuously trying to make his wife see reason.