Infidelity, murder, patriotism:\xa0\n\nThe Nanavati Case That Shook India\n\nOn the sultry afternoon of 27 April 1959, in a posh Bombay (now Mumbai) neighbourhood, a decorated Indian naval officer entered the bedroom of his English wife's lover and shot him dead.\n\nCommander Kawas Maneckshaw Nanavati shot Prem Ahuja, a businessman, with a gun taken from his ship, and then went to the police station to confess his crime.\n\nHis high-profile trial captured the public imagination.