Bengaluru techie suicide: What Atul Subhash's family said about harassment he faced from wife
In a 24-page-long suicide note, Atul Subhash said he was forced to take his own life due to constant harassment and extortion by his estranged wife and her family. He also left behind a 90-minute video detailing allegations of harassment and extortion by his wife and accused a family court judge in Uttar Pradesh of demanding ?5 lakh to settle cases.
Bengaluru Police have registered an FIR against Nikita Singhania, the estranged wife, and her in-laws on charges of abetment of suicide over the death of Atul Subhash, who took the extreme step allegedly due to their harassment. Subhash, originally from Uttar Pradesh, was found dead in his Bengaluru home on Monday.
Suicide note sends shockwaves
The 34-year-old, who was working as a deputy general manager at an automobile company, had blamed his wife, her family members, and even a judge for his death.
CREDIT: X/MENS LIVES MATTER
In a 24-page-long suicide note, the deceased said he was forced to take his own life due to constant harassment and extortion by his estranged wife and her family.
He also left behind a 90-minute video detailing allegations of harassment and extortion by his wife and accused a family court judge in Uttar Pradesh of demanding ?5 lakh to settle cases against him.
Judge - So what happened, even if she filed cases? She is your wife.
¡ª ? ?venom (@venom1s) December 10, 2024
Atul Subhash - Ma'am, if you look at the NCRB data, thousands of men are committing suicide due to false cases.
Nikita Singhania - So why don't you commit suicide too?
Judge - Starts laughing. pic.twitter.com/0qZrh5vPQk
Wife wanted Rs 2 lakhs as maintenance, Rs 3 crore to settle cases
In his suicide note, Subhash said his wife, who is working at Accenture and was already receiving ?40,000 every month as maintenance, demanded ?2-4 lakh more from him.
According to Subhash's family, multiple false cases were filed against him by his estranged wife, who then demanded ?3 crore from him to withdraw them.
TW : SUICIDE : BANGALORE
¡ª Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) December 10, 2024
?Atul Subhash, 34 year old
?Got married in 2019
?Driven to suicide by wife, in-laws, biased laws & system within 5 years
?Left 1.5 hr suicide video, 40 page note
?Wife demanded 3 Crores Alimony
?Wife didn't let him even see the face of his child¡ pic.twitter.com/zDoSjD9CKN
Subhash also alleged that his wife, who had custody of their estranged son, was using the maintenance amount he paid to turn the boy against his father.
The note included a heartfelt message for his estranged four-year-old son, whom he claimed was kept away from him. Subhash called for his parents to be granted custody of the child.
These included accusations of murder, sexual misconduct, harassment for money, domestic violence, and dowry demands.
Judge who was hearing Atul Subhash case, Gave 120 dates in 2 Years, that's literally every week, that too in UP
¡ª Veena Jain (@DrJain21) December 10, 2024
He was a Senior Software Engineer in Bengaluru, it's nothing but Har@ssment for him
This is not Su!c!de, This is M@rder#JusticeIsDue #JusticeForAtulSubhash pic.twitter.com/9n7ChdrXxI
What Atul Subhash's father said
Subhash's father said his son had to travel to Jaunpur from Bengaluru at least 40 times due to the multiple cases the wife had filed against him.
CREDIT: X/ Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj
¡°She (Subhash's wife) used to frame one charge after another. He must have been frustrated but never let us feel that. Suddenly, we received the information about the incident. He sent a mail to our younger son around 1 am,¡± he said.
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