By IANS
Mumbai : The Mahajans have become a divided family following the sensational killing of Pramod by his younger brother Pravin.
The once closely-knit family is now scattered and divided, with the possibility of reuniting remote.
They included Pramod, Prakash and Pravin – whom some fondly called the Ram, Laxman and Bharat of the Mahajan family.
According to Pravin’s brother-in-law Prasad Kuliwar, since the fateful day on April 22, 2006, when Pravin targeted his licensed revolver at his elder brother with fatal results, the relations between the two families have broken.
“Pravin’s family, including wife Sarangi, children – 18-year old twins Kapil and Vrushali, and the rest of us have no relations left with the other Mahajans,” Kuliwar, Sarangi’s brother, told IANS over phone from Nagpur late Monday evening.
Even relations between the two senior most women in the two families – Pravin’s mother Prabhavati and Sarangi’s mother Shubhada have ended.
Asked for his reaction to the judgement finding his brother-in-law guilty, Kuliwar said that the family will react Tuesday – after the quantum of punishment is pronounced on Pravin.
“However, we have tightened our sleeves to appeal against the judgement and sentence before the Bombay High Court. Our team of lawyers is ready,” Prasad asserted.
For the Pramod Mahajan family, it has been two years of multiple tragedies hitting them at regular intervals.
First, it was Pramod’s shooting by Pravin, followed by his death 11 days later on May 3, 2006.
Barely a few days later, Pramod’s favourite family retainer Bibek Moitra succumbed to an overdose of drugs laced with champagne in his (Pramod’s) New Delhi bungalow. Son Rahul was rushed to a hospital in a serious condition for consuming the same volatile cocktail.
The tragedy was heightened by the fact that Rahul had gone to Delhi carrying his late father’s ashes for the final rites.
Rahul recovered but lost out to his sister Poonam, on whom the Bharatiya Janata Party betted as a potential successor to Pramod’s rich legacy.
Rahul took it in stride and got married to his childhood girlfriend Shweta, a pilot with Jet Airways. Even that marriage soured soon when Shweta accused Rahul of assaulting her.
Barely 10 months later – precisely last week, the duo decided to have a mutual divorce.