Hours before Indian Paranormal Society founder and CEO Gaurav Tiwari was found dead at his Dwarka flat on Thursday, he had visited a girl believed to be possessed by “ghosts” in West Delhi’s Janakpuri.
According to his father Uday, Gaurav rarely shared paranormal research with the family. However, he had mentioned his latest and last project to them.
Autopsy confirms suicide
“Gaurav had been telling his wife that a negative force was pulling him towards itself. She ignored it thinking he was depressed because of the workload,” said Mr. Uday, who heads a foreign-based startup unit.
However, the police said that it was unlikely that these experiences had anything to do with his death. “It is a clear case of suicide. He hanged himself in the bathroom using his wife’s dupatta on Thursday night,” said Surender Kumar, DCP (South-West).
The preliminary autopsy report, meanwhile, has confirmed that Gaurav committed suicide. “No foul play was involved. His parents and wife were at home when the incident took place,” said the DCP. The police are now trying to ascertain what led to the extreme step. So far, the probe has suggested that the reasons could be personal.
Gaurav had attained fame after featuring in TV shows like such as MTV’s Girls’ Night Out with VJ Rannvijay and Haunted Weekends with Sunny Leone. He had also worked in Bollywood films.
However, officers probing his death said that Gaurav had no major projects lined up for the future, which left him disturbed.
“The odd projects brought in little money, but it was barely enough. This led to frequent differences with his family,” said an officer.
His family, in fact, wanted him to take up a conventional job. Police also said that the family was worried because Gaurav would return late at night and stay up for research. “On the night of his death, too, he had returned late, which led his family to scold him. It remains to be seen if this prompted him to kill himself,” said an investigator.
Gaurav’s broken mobile phone, which was recovered from his room, indicated that he was upset at being questioned.
