Judge Laughed As Wife Asked Techie To Take Own Life, His Brother Recounts

Bengaluru:

The household of the 34-year-old techie who allegedly died by suicide, has demanded justice for him and strict motion in opposition to his harassers, in order that his “soul can relaxation in peace”.

Atul Subhash, whose physique was discovered hanging at his residence at Manjunath Format space in Bengaluru, had left a 24-page purported demise notice, giving in depth particulars of what he alleged was years-long emotional misery and harassment by his spouse and kin, and a decide based mostly in Uttar Pradesh, and a a number of instances filed in opposition to him, police mentioned.

Following Subhash’s demise, a case of abetment of suicide was registered in opposition to his spouse Nikita Singhania, her mom Nisha, father Anurag and uncle Sushil on Tuesday, a police official mentioned.

In the meantime, a police workforce probing the matter has reached Uttar Pradesh. The workforce will query the useless techie’s spouse and her members of the family as a part of the probe. “We’re trying into all of the allegations and the matter is being investigated from all angles”, a senior police officer mentioned.

Talking to PTI Movies in Bengaluru, Subhash’s brother Bikas mentioned, “I need my brother to get justice. I need this nation to have a authorized course of by which even males can get justice. I need strict motion in opposition to these sitting on a authorized chair and doing corruption as a result of if this continues, how will individuals count on justice.” Alleging corruption within the system, he mentioned justice might solely be anticipated when it’s corruption-free. When each get together is heard equally and arguments are accomplished based mostly on information, he added.

“….can count on justice solely when selections are made based mostly of information and if it doesn’t occur, then individuals will slowly begin shedding religion within the judicial system. It might result in a state of affairs the place individuals could get afraid to get married. Males could begin feeling that in the event that they get married, they are going to simply find yourself being an ATM for merchandising cash,” he alleged.

Subhash’s physique was discovered hanging at his residence within the Manjunath Format space, which falls underneath the Marathahalli police station limits, on Monday. A placard studying “Justice is due” was discovered within the room the place he allegedly ended his life.

Earlier than taking the acute step, he recorded an over 80-minute video on Rumble, explaining the circumstances behind his resolution.

Within the video, which has gone viral on social media platforms, Subhash could be heard saying, “I really feel that I ought to kill myself as a result of the cash I earn is making my enemies stronger. That very same cash might be used to destroy me, and this cycle will maintain going.” Subhash’s uncle Pawan Kumar alleged his nephew was being harassed and tortured for cash and that he was additionally humiliated by his spouse and the decide.

“What has occurred could be very unlucky. He was shedding the case (filed by his spouse). He was being tortured. They (spouse and household) had been continually demanding cash from him. To the most effective of his capability, he was giving her cash for little one upkeep,” his uncle claimed.

Initially, the household demanded Rs 40,000 per thirty days, doubled it later, after which wished Subhash to supply Rs 1 lakh.

Kumar additionally charged that Subhash’s spouse and her household was ‘minting’ cash from his nephew underneath the pretext of kid upkeep, for the couple’s four-year-old son.

He questioned how a lot cash could be required to lift a toddler of this age.

“His spouse even mentioned that he ought to commit suicide if he can not pay the quantity to which the decide additionally laughed. This actually damage him,” he alleged.

Kumar mentioned the household had no thought Subhash could do one thing like this. “He had made a time-table for the whole lot.” Subhash’s cousin, Bajrang Agarwal alleged that the sufferer’s spouse and household had been continually demanding cash from him. Until the time he was giving cash, issues had been tremendous.

“When he stopped paying exorbitant quantities as per their calls for, the dispute began once more and she or he began residing individually with the kid. A divorce case was occurring. They filed so many instances in opposition to him, that he broke down and he ended his spouse,” he advised PTI movies in Samastipur.

He demanded that those that had harassed Subhash needs to be punished in order that he coulf get justice and his “soul might relaxation in peace.” In the meantime, Nikita’s uncle, Sushil Kumar claimed himself harmless and mentioned that neither he nor any member of his household was current on the scene of the incident.

“I got here to know that I’m additionally named within the FIR. I’m harmless. I wasn’t even there. We bought to find out about his suicide by the media. None of our members of the family had been current on the scene of the incident. There was a case occurring within the courtroom for the final three years and on this period, we’ve got had no communication with him or his household. We’re not at fault. Case is occurring… Court docket will determine and provides the decision,” he advised PTI Movies in Jaunpur.

He additional mentioned that allegations levelled by Subhash are false and Nikita will quickly reply to all of the allegations.

In keeping with police, preliminary investigations revealed Subhash had been going through marital discord along with his spouse, who had additionally registered a case in opposition to him in Uttar Pradesh. He additionally despatched his demise notice through e mail to a number of individuals and shared it with a WhatsApp group of an NGO he was related to, the officer mentioned.

In his purported demise notice, Subhash talked about getting married in 2019. The couple had their son the next 12 months. 

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