Atul Subhash, who labored as an AI skilled, died by suicide on Monday.
Amid the outcry over Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s dying by suicide over alleged harassment by his spouse, Nikita Singhania, particulars have emerged of a criticism filed by her in 2022, alleging harassment and assault for dowry. Ms Singhania has alleged that he handled the husband-wife relationship “like a beast” and his household’s demand for dowry contributed to her father struggling a stroke and dying.
In his 24-page suicide notice, nevertheless, Subhash has replied to just about each allegation made within the criticism.
Ms Singhania filed the criticism in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur – the place her household lives – in April 2022 claiming she was harassed and assaulted for dowry. Subhash, his brother and their dad and mom have been named as accused.
Apart from the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, the criticism additionally had costs like cruelty by husband or family members, assault, and prison intimidation beneath the Indian Penal Code.
According to information company PTI, Nikita stated she obtained married to Subhash on April 26, 2019, and her husband and in-laws have been dissatisfied with what her dad and mom gave them throughout the marriage ceremony and demanded Rs 10 lakh extra.
“(They) began torturing me bodily and mentally for dowry. When I advised my dad and mom concerning the harassment and dowry, my dad and mom defined to me that all the pieces will likely be tremendous, pay attention and hold dwelling with it. But no enchancment of any form got here in my husband and in-laws,” she stated within the criticism, based on the PTI report.
“My husband began to beat me up after ingesting alcohol and began treating the husband-wife relationship with me like a beast. He used to switch my complete wage from my account to his account by threatening me,” she added.
In his suicide notice, nevertheless, Subhash states that, based on Ms Singhania, he earned Rs 40 lakh a yr as an Artificial Intelligence skilled when she left the home in 2021 and Rs 80 lakh after that. He stated her declare of his household asking for Rs 10 lakh was “laughable”.
“We demanded Rs 10 lakh dowry is probably the most laughable allegation. My spouse has claimed that I had a CTC of Rs 40 lakhs when she left the home. My spouse additionally claimed that I’ve a CTC of Rs 80 Lakhs later within the case. Why would a person making Rs 40 or 80 lakhs would ever demand Rs 10 lakhs and depart his spouse and youngster (sic),” he wrote.
On the allegation of him beating his spouse, the techie stated she had by no means produced any proof of this.
“I used to beat her up black and blue after getting drunk. A nicely constructed man like me, if decides to beat somebody black and blue (sic), would go away an individual with damaged bones, bleeding and a minimum of some marks. Why did she not produce any photograph of it or anybody who’s a witness ( we regularly had a home maid, cook dinner and so on),” he wrote within the notice.
Father’s Death
In her criticism, Ms Singhania additionally claimed that, irritated by the phrases of her in-laws and due to their demand for dowry, her father’s well being deteriorated abruptly and he suffered a stroke on August 17, 2019. She stated he died throughout therapy.
In his suicide notice, Subhash referred to as this a “poor Bollywood plot” and claimed her father had been present process therapy for diabetes and coronary heart illness for 10 years. He stated medical doctors had given Ms Singhania’s father just a few months to reside.
“Me and my household murdered her father by asking for dowry of Rs 10 lakhs and her father obtained a coronary heart assault. This is a few poor bollywood plot. She has already confessed that her father was affected by long-term sickness in her cross examination. Her father was getting handled from AlIMS for the final 10 years for coronary heart illness, dlabetes and so on. Doctors gave him just a few months and therefore we obtained married rapidly after just some months after getting linked (sic),” he wrote.
Nikita Singhani, her mom Nisha Singhania, brother Anurag Singhania and uncle Sushil Singhania have been charged with abetment of suicide after Atul Subhash died by suicide in his home in Bengaluru on Monday.
In his notice, Subhash had stated he was dying by suicide as a result of his spouse and her family members had filed a slew of false instances in opposition to him and his household and have been attempting to get him to pay Rs 2 lakh a month as upkeep for her and the couple’s four-year-old son.
“The extra I work onerous and turn out to be higher at my work, the extra l and my household will likely 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 purpose to harass my outdated dad and mom and my brother. I could have destroyed my physique however it has saved all the pieces I consider in,” he wrote.