Dated
Rekha and then married her. He died within weeks of
Rekha's
husband Mukesh Agarwal, who committed suicide. Vinod confirmed his marriage to Rekha in a interview to Movie Magazine (October 1990). But in a 2004 television interview with
Simi Garewal, Rekha denied ever being married to Vinod Mehra, referring to him as a "well-wisher".