Goa hotel manager kills wife to hide affair, tries to make it look like an accident; Caught when…

The manager of a luxury hotel in South Goa has been arrested for the murder of his wife. The accused, identified as Gaurav Katiyar, drowned his wife in the sea off Cabo de Rama beach in Goa after she confronted him over his alleged extramarital affair, police said on Saturday.

Katiyar (29), who works as a manager at a luxury hotel run by Marriott International in Colva, South Goa, tried to present the death of his wife Deeksha Gangwar (27) as an accident.

However, he was caught after a video shot by a bystander exposed his claims.

According to the police, both Gaurav and Deeksha are residents of Lucknow. They were married a year ago, but their relationship remained strained.

According to the news agency, Gaurav decided to kill Diksha because she knew about his extramarital affair. PTI The news is based on police sources.

“The incident occurred around 3.45 pm on Friday when Katiyar took his wife for a walk on the beach, not far from his workplace,” the officer said.

He took her to a rocky area on the beach and drowned her in the sea.

Some tourists, who had seen the couple going into the sea, raised an alarm when they saw Gaurav returning to the beach alone.

When protested, Katiyar created a ruckus and tried to call the crime an accident.

Police also found Gangwar’s body near the popular beach on Friday afternoon.

“Injury marks were found on his body,” the officer said.

According to the officer, a video shot by a local exposed Katiyar’s claims.

The video clip shows Katiyar coming out of the beach and returning again – to ensure that his wife was really dead – before raising the alarm to enact the entire drama, he said.