In a piece of tragic news, one of the writers of popular sitcom ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, Abhishek Makwana, died by suicide on November 27.
As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, now, almost a week after Makwana’s death, his family has alleged that the television serial writer was a victim of cyber fraud and blackmail. The family has also stated that after Makwana’s death, the fraudsters are calling family members and friends demanding that they return the money ‘as he (Makwana) had allegedly made them guarantors in a loan’.
Meanwhile, according to the report, on November 27, the Charkop Police station had registered an accidental death record after Makwana was found hanging at his flat in a Kandivali building. According to the police report, Abhishek Makwana had mentioned financial troubles in his suicide note, written in Gujarati, but did not mention any further details.
“It spoke about difficulties in his personal life as well as financial troubles that he…