Married man fakes death to wed another girl

A 22-year-old married man allegedly faked his death to get rid of his wife and marry another girl, police said today.
Mehandra Rager, resident of Ajeta village of Gandoli police station area, went missing last Saturday when he was returning from Kota, Additional Superintend of Police N L Pavan said.
His car was found with blood on the steering wheel, while his shoes were found near a canal on Kota-Khatkat road, Pavan said.
On conducting inquiry, including tracing mobile numbers and call details, police found that Rajer had faked his death in order to marry a girl from Biyawar area, he said.

The police interrogated the girl who told them the youth had told her on phone that he had become software engineer in Gujarat and he had attempted to fake his death.
Rager also asked the girl to keep her mobile switched off for two months as he would take time to settle in his fresh profession, Pavan said.

The police is trying to locate the youth in Surat city on the basis of his phone number, he said, adding, the girl has been taken into custody and inquiry in the matter is on.
The Rager community, on the other hand, claimed that the youth was kidnapped.

Babulal Verma, district president of Rager Mahasabha said the youth was abducted and termed the disclosure by police as false. "If the police have located the youth, why don't they bring him here from Surat," he asked.