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Brother-in-Law of Pujara Dies by Suicide in Rajkot

Published 27 November 2025

Jeet Rasikbhai Pabari, the 30-year-old brother-in-law of former Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara, died by suicide at his residence in Rajkot, Gujarat, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.

Police from the Malviyanagar station responded to the Harihar Society apartment after family members discovered Pabari unresponsive around 11 a.m. His wife, who had been on the ground floor with his mother, found him hanging from a rope tied to a bedroom window grill on the first floor. Family members rushed him to Wockhardt Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Authorities then transferred the body to a government facility for postmortem examination, and it was later released to the family.

Officers have opened an investigation but have not identified a specific motive. Rajkot Assistant Commissioner of Police B.J. Choudhary confirmed the details, stating, "Jeet Pabari died by suicide at his home. He hung a rope from the window grill of his bedroom on the first floor. The police brought the body to the government hospital for a postmortem. The body was then handed over to the family."

The incident occurred exactly one year after Pabari's former fiancée filed a complaint against him...

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