Overview
- Mulund police registered an FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 108 against Vijay Sadashiv Dhawan, 48, following a complaint by the deceased’s brother.
- Sonali Vijay Dhawan, 40, was found hanging at the couple’s Mulund residence on November 8 and was declared dead at Agarwal Hospital.
- Vijay informed relatives that a note said she had an extramarital affair, but the family disputes the handwriting and alleges fabrication.
- Investigators intend to send the note and Sonali’s previous writing samples to forensic experts for authorship verification.
- The complaint cites years of alleged mental and physical harassment, with relatives reporting bruises seen in October; the couple married in 2014 and have two daughters.