Bengaluru:
The daddy of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide, stated his son had been “damaged from inside” after a number of instances had been filed in opposition to him and his household by his spouse.
Atul Subhash, the 34-year-old deputy common supervisor of a personal agency, died by suicide on Monday in his Bengaluru condominium, abandoning a 24-page suicide word, accusing his spouse and her kin of harassment. In his suicide word, he additionally alleged {that a} decide had demanded Rs 5 lakh to “settle” the case.
“My son used to say that there’s a lot of corruption however he’ll battle as he’s on the trail of reality…He was damaged from inside, although he did not inform anybody something,” Subhash’s father Pawan Kumar informed ANI.
Mr Kumar, who presently stays in Bihar’s Samastipur, stated Subhash’s spouse began submitting instances in opposition to them in January 2021.
“She began submitting instances since January 2021…My son had thought that she had left (their dwelling) after Corona and that their 1-year-old son would develop up somewhat at his maternal uncle’s dwelling… she additionally began submitting instances in opposition to our total household,” the daddy stated.
Earlier, a four-member staff of Bengaluru Police, together with one girl police personnel reached Kotwali in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh. Jaunpur is the residence of Subhash’s in-laws.
The daddy has alleged that the decide overseeing the case additionally requested for Rs 5 lakhs to “settle the case”.
“After they went forward for mediation, it started from Rs 20,000 after which escalated to Rs 40,000; then the decide stated that if he (the deceased) needs a settlement, he ought to give Rs 5 Lakh,” the daddy stated.
In the meantime, the brother of the deceased, Vikas, stated his household had “no thought” that the Bengaluru techie would take such a drastic step.
“We talked to him usually. We had no thought he had determined to take such a step. We had by no means felt he was going to take such a step. I’m in contact with just a few of his mates and even they did not have any thought of his ideas,” the brother stated.
The brother additionally alleged that there had been “false instances” filed on him and his household too, saying that his brother had been mentally tortured.
“False instances have been filed on me, and my dad and mom, identical to they had been filed on my brother. Motion needs to be taken in opposition to all those that mentally tortured my brother and filed false instances in opposition to him,” the brother stated.
He additional claimed that Atul Subhash additionally wrote to varied leaders and institutes, together with the President and the Supreme Courtroom, explaining his state of affairs intimately.
“If these emails have reached them, we hope motion is taken and a few legal guidelines, boards, or committees are made the place males can go to hunt justice… Legal guidelines and provisions made to empower girls are immediately being misused,” the brother added.
Earlier on December 11, the SC additionally expressed concern over the rising tendency to misuse Part 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which penalises cruelty by husbands and their kin in opposition to married girls.
Whereas quashing a Part 498A IPC case in opposition to a husband and his dad and mom in a special case, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh stated that the Part turned a device for unleashing private vendetta in opposition to the husband and his household by a spouse.
Atul Subhash died by suicide within the early hours of December 9 after alleging harassment from his spouse and her household.
Subhash wrote “Justice is due” on each web page of a 24-page word. He additionally alleged in his suicide word that his spouse had filed 9 instances in opposition to him below varied sections, together with homicide, sexual misconduct, harassment for cash, home violence, and dowry.
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