Wife And In-Law’s Harassment Related Fourth Suicide

Now fourth suicide case has come up due to alleged harassment by the wife and her family. A 41-year-old man has left a note blaming his wife and her aunt before killing himself inside a hotel room in Mumbai. Nishant Tripathi died by suicide in his room at the Sahara Hotel Friday after uploading his suicide note on the website of the company he worked for, said police.

Nishant checked into the hotel three days earlier and had allegedly put up a 'Do Not Disturb' sign - used by guests for privacy - before hanging himself. After getting no response for a long time, the hotel staff used a master key to enter his room and alerted cops when they found him dead.

Cops said they have opened a probe and filed a case against wife Apoorva Parikh and her aunt Prarthana Mishra for abetment to suicide based on a complaint by the victim's mother Neelam Chaturvedi, a women's rights activist. No one has been arrested yet.

In the suicide note, which was secured with a password on his company's website, Nishant expressed his love for his wife and held her and her aunt responsible for his death.

Fourth Similar Case

The incident comes amid an uproar seeking gender-neutral laws in the wake of suicide cases due to alleged harassment by wives and their families in the recent past.

Four days before the Mumbai incident, a techie from Agra allegedly died by suicide, leaving a video blaming his wife. Manav Sharma was found hanging in his home on February 24 and his sister found the video in his phone two days later. Sharma had recorded the seven-minute video with a noose around his neck, highlighting the need for a law that protects men. His wife, Nikita, had denied the charges in a counter video and accused him of domestic violence in a drunken state.

The suicide of a Bengaluru-based techie Atul Subhash in December - and his charges against his wife and in-laws - had sparked a demand for gender-neutral laws to protect men from false cases.

Days later, a similar case of torture and intimidation was reported from Delhi in which a 40-year-old Delhi café owner ended his life after accusing his wife and in-laws of mental torture and unreasonable demands.