Sanjay Singh, the first husband of actress Pavithra Gowda, died in Rajasthan after a long illness. His death is reported to have happened seven to eight months ago, but the news about it has only recently come to light as a matter of public interest and not because of the attention Pavithra Gowda and the Renukaswamy murder case have received in recent years.
Sanjay Singh had been suffering from serious health problems for several years and was being treated in Rajasthan, according to news reports. His health deteriorated even though he was undergoing treatment and died later, they said. Family members and people who were connected with the family have said his physical and emotional suffering had been going on for many years before he died.
Sanjay Singh came to the fore once again in the investigation into the Renukaswamy murder case in which actress Pavithra Gowda was arrested. At that time, he had travelled from Rajasthan to Bengaluru and met with media persons, and in those exchanges he spoke openly about his relationship with Pavithra Gowda and their marriage and several personal aspects of their life together.
His interviews attracted great attention in Bengaluru; his interviews gave the actress a glimpse into her personal life in the years when she was at the centre of media interest. Sanjay Singh returned to his hometown in Rajasthan after his media interviews in Bengaluru. He died within a few months after his return, but the truth of his death remained largely unknown to the public until now.
Sanjay Singh and Pavithra Gowda were in a relationship before getting married around 2007-08. They had a daughter and were happy to be a family. But eventually, differences would emerge between them, and that would see them having marital discord. Their relationship deteriorated, and they ended up getting divorced from each other in 2011 through a formal divorce.
The separation left both individuals with very little contact with each other since the divorce. Some sources say that Sanjay Singh was emotionally devastated by the separation and struggled with depression after the end of the marriage and later developed alcohol dependency. These stories have been made in the media, but his health deterioration and death have not been confirmed.
Pavithra Gowda remains in custody over the Renukaswamy murder case, one of the most well-publicised criminal investigations in Karnataka in recent times. The discovery of Sanjay Singh’s death has again brought back into the public eye her personal life and old relationships.
The late disclosure of the news was surprising to many, in fact, because Sanjay Singh was interviewed by the media just months before his death; the media had seen pictures of him in a news conference before he died. As we know, more and more details of the incident have come out; people who knew him personally and those who have followed his story and the public who watched him during the current controversy have expressed their condolences.
His death ends a chapter that arrived at a close in public with one of Karnataka’s most closely watched legal cases. Although the exact circumstances of his last days are not clear, those who have been close to him recall him as a person who suffered a lot of pain during his divorce years.
