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a busy season. They left their shop in the she could do. The son was an engineer in a
care of their son who also had a similar multinational company. Sumati reported
shop in another locality. The son within the matter to the police. The local papers
fifteen days sold his father’s shop and also carried the story but nothing ever came
his own and disappeared. Only after a few out of it. The son left Poona and moved to
days a neighbour who came to Bombay another city. The matter died its natural
met Indubhai and informed him what had death. Sumati eventually sold her house
happened. Indubhai had purchased the and went to live in an old person’s home.
shop in sons name and there was nothing (Circa 1987).
that he could do (Circa 1980). Vinod and his wife Sushila had fixed
In another similar case Surajkumar had deposits in a bank, amounting to one and
bought a four room flat on the outskirts of half crores. They were kept securely locked
Delhi. Surajkumar had one son and two in their cupboard in the flat owned by them
daughters. All the children were married where they lived with their son, daughter-
and husband and wife decided to go to in-law, and grandchild. A few years ago,
Vaishnavdevi for a pilgrimage with a the couple decided to travel abroad and
group of friends. There was an accident went on a two-week holiday. When they
and Surajkumar passed away. Once the returned they found that their cupboard
rituals connected with death were over, had been opened and that the fixed deposit
his son moved the mother into the kitchen certificates and some other important
along with her belongings. She was made documents had been stolen. Vinod was the
to sleep in the veranda, despite a protest by owner of a small manufacturing business
the sisters there was nothing anyone could and this money made up the couple’s
do. The old lady lived the life of a maid. life savings. On finding the certificates
(Circa 1980). missing, he immediately asked his son
Image courtesy – Business Outlook India he did not know anything about it. The
Ramesh if he had any knowledge of the
missing documents. Ramesh claimed that
couple then went to the bank to make
inquiries. The bank manager informed
them that their son and daughter-in-law
had produced the signed FD receipts and
to the personal accounts of Ramesh and
Sumati after her husband’s death went cashed them. The money was then credited
Anita. The senior couple realized that their
to spend a few days with her sister from son had forged their signatures and stolen
Poona to Mahableshwar. In her absence the money.
her son entered the house, stole her
jewelry, encashed her fixed deposits
and even transferred money from her
husband’s account into his. Sumati
unfortunately had left two signed cheques
in her almirah. There was just nothing that
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