Driven to the brink by his pestering in-laws, who were allegedly harassing him, a 36-year-old man allegedly committed suicide late night on Friday at Northeast district’s Karawal Nagar. The man recorded live video on his mobile phone and accused his in-laws behind him taking the extreme step.
The deceased was identified as Vijay Tiwari and was married to Kiran four years ago and was father of twins aged 2.5 years, police said.
On Friday night, the deceased’s father found Vijay hanging from the ceiling in home. The body was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Police was informed about the incident by the hospital staff.
Police recovered the deceased’s mobile phone, which reportedly contained a video he shot before committing suicide in which he accused his in-laws of being the cause of his death.
Tiwari had blamed his father-in-law Avdhesh Tiwari and his sister-in-law Nisha for destroying his life and alleged there were laws in the country to protect women but there were none to protect men from their in-laws, one of his neighbours said on the condition of anonymity.
Postmortem examination of the body was conducted and the body was handed over to the deceased’s family on Saturday. According to family members, on January 2, this year, his wife had left home without telling him and returned to her parent’s residence.
He then reportedly went to his in-laws house to drop his children with his wife. The deceased’s family alleged that when he reached his in-laws house, he was physically assaulted and they threatened to file a case against him. This was the tipping point they said. Before anybody could even comprehend what was Tiwari upto, he ended his life but not before pointing a finger at his in-laws for forcing him to commit suicide, his family members said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) AK Thakur said that they are still investigating the matter and have not arrived at any conclusion. They are awaiting the autopsy report while the viscera has been preserved. No case has been registered as of now as the investigation is still in the preliminary stages, the DCP added.