Bengaluru:
The daddy of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide, mentioned his son had been “damaged from inside” after a number of instances had been filed towards him and his household by his spouse.
Atul Subhash, the 34-year-old deputy basic supervisor of a personal agency, died by suicide on Monday in his Bengaluru residence, abandoning a 24-page suicide observe, accusing his spouse and her family members of harassment. In his suicide observe, 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 fact…He was damaged from inside, although he did not inform anybody something,” Subhash’s father Pawan Kumar informed ANI.
Mr Kumar, who at present stays in Bihar’s Samastipur, mentioned Subhash’s spouse began submitting instances towards 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 a bit of at his maternal uncle’s dwelling… she additionally began submitting instances towards our total household,” the daddy mentioned.
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”.
“Once they went forward for mediation, it started from Rs 20,000 after which escalated to Rs 40,000; then the decide mentioned that if he (the sufferer) desires a settlement, he ought to give Rs 5 Lakh,” the daddy mentioned.
In the meantime, the brother of the sufferer, Vikas, mentioned 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 a couple of of his mates and even they did not have any thought of his ideas,” the brother mentioned.
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 ought to be taken towards all those that mentally tortured my brother and filed false instances towards him,” the brother mentioned.
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 ladies are as we speak 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 family members towards married ladies.
Whereas quashing a Part 498A IPC case towards a husband and his dad and mom in a unique case, a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh mentioned that the Part grew to become a instrument for unleashing private vendetta towards 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 observe. He additionally alleged in his suicide observe that his spouse had filed 9 instances towards him beneath varied sections, together with homicide, sexual misconduct, harassment for cash, home violence, and dowry.
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