‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ writer Abhishek Makwana dies by suicide

Team Udayavani, Dec 4, 2020, 3:16 PM IST

Abhishek Makwana, one of the writers of ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, has died by suicide. He was found hanging in his Mumbai flat on November 27 and his suicide note mentioned financial troubles.

Makwana’s family claimed that he was a victim of cyber fraud and blackmail. The family also claimed to have been receiving threatening phone calls from people.

According to Mumbai Mirror,  Abhishek was found hanging in his Mumbai flat on November 27, and his suicide note mentioned financial troubles. His brother, Jenis, was quoted in the report as saying that he became aware of these issues after Abhishek’s death, when he began receiving phone calls.

He also said that he got multiple phone calls from different numbers demanding to be paid back loans Abhishek owed someone. One call was a number registered in Bangladesh, one in Myanmar and others were from different states of India

A case has been registered in Charkop   Police station