Nikita Singhania, the estranged spouse of 34-year-old techie Atul Subhash, her mom Nisha and brother Anurag have been arrested in an abetment to suicide case, days after Atul died by suicide after accusing Nikita and his household of harassment and extortion. While Nikita was arrested from Gurugram, her mom and brother have been arrested in Allahabad. Her uncle Sushil, additionally an accused, is on the run.
The Singhanias have been produced in court docket and remanded in judicial custody. Earlier, Bengaluru police had requested them to seem inside three days.
Nikita Singhania and her relations are on the centre of huge outrage over Atul Subhash’s loss of life by suicide and the allegations he made in opposition to them in a 24-page suicide observe and an 80-minute video. The 34-year-old techie, initially from Bihar’s Samastipur, was discovered lifeless at his Bengaluru flat on Monday. Police discovered an in depth observe at his house, with each web page beginning with “justice is due”.
In his suicide observe and video, Subhash alleged that he married Nikita in 2019 after discovering her on a matchmaking web site. The couple had a son the subsequent 12 months. He alleged that Nikita and her household would ask him for large quantities of cash to arrange companies. Arguments broke out when he refused and she or he ultimately left house in 2021 with their son.
The subsequent 12 months, Atul alleged, she filed a litany of circumstances in opposition to him and his relations underneath critical expenses of cruelty in opposition to a lady, dowry harassment and even homicide. The Singhanias accused Atul and his relations of harassing Nikita’s late father for dowry, resulting in his loss of life. This case was, nevertheless, later withdrawn.
Atul Subhash mentioned earlier than his loss of life that Nikita and her relations had filed a number of circumstances to harass him and extort an enormous sum as alimony and upkeep. He mentioned Nikita had demanded Rs 3 crore to settle the case. He additionally mentioned that the court docket had requested him to pay Rs 80,000 month-to-month as upkeep to Nikita and his son, however she wished extra.
Also concentrating on the judicial system of favouring ladies in such circumstances, Subhash wrote within the observe, “The extra I work onerous and turn into higher at my work, the extra I and my household will probably be harassed and extorted and the entire authorized system will encourage and assist my harassers… Now, with me gone, there will not be any cash and there will not be any motive to harass my outdated dad and mom and my brother. I could have destroyed my physique however it has saved every part I imagine in.”
He additionally accused Nikita and her mom Nisha of instigating him to die on two events.
Following his loss of life, his brother Bikas Kumar filed an abetment to suicide case in opposition to Nikita, her mom Nisha, brother Anurag and uncle Sushil Singhania. Atul’s household alleged that he was underneath extreme stress due to the authorized battle and that he needed to journey between Bengaluru and Jaunpur 40 instances. They additionally mentioned that Nikita refused to let him meet their son and demanded cash for that too. Nikita’s uncle Sushil Singhania earlier informed the media that Atul’s allegations are baseless and that they’re harmless.
Atul Subhash’s loss of life has sparked huge outrage, with many pointing to the misuse of the Dowry Prohibition Act and the regulation to guard ladies from cruelty by her husband his kin.