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Gaurav decided to kill Diksha as she knew about his extramarital affair (Image: LinkedIn)
According to police, both Gaurav and Diksha hail from Lucknow. They got married a year ago, but their relationship remained strained.
The manager of a luxury hotel in South Goa has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife. The accused, identified as Gaurav Katiyar, drowned his wife in the sea at Cabo de Rama Beach in Goa after she confronted him over his alleged extramarital affair, police said on Saturday.
Katiyar (29), who works as a manager at a luxury hotel operated by Marriott International in South Goa’s Colva, tried to project the death of his wife Diksha Gangwar (27) as an accident.
However, he was caught after a video shot by a bystander exposed his claims.
According to police, both Gaurav and Diksha hail from Lucknow. They got married a year ago, but their relationship remained strained.
Gaurav decided to kill Diksha as she knew about his extramarital affair, news agency PTI reported quoting police sources.
“The incident occurred at around 3.45 pm on Friday after Katiyar took his wife for a stroll on the beach, located not far from his workplace,” the official said.
He took her to a rocky area of the beach and drowned her in the sea.
Some tourists, who saw the couple venturing into the sea, raised alarm when they saw Gaurav coming back to the beach alone.
After being confronted, Katiyar created commotion and tried to pass off the crime as an accident.
Police also found Gangwar’s body near the popular beach on Friday afternoon.
“Injury marks were found on her body,” the official added.
According to the official, a video shot by a local exposed Katiyar’s claims.
The video clip shows Katiyar coming out of the beach and returning again–apparently to ensure whether his wife has really died– before raising alarm to create the entire drama, he added.
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