Yet to receive any communication from Bengaluru, say UP cops

Police in Uttar Pradeshs Jaunpur on Wednesday said they were yet to receive any official communication from their counterparts in Bengaluru in connection with the suicide of techie Atul Subhash reported news agency PTIThe 34yearold techie who worked for a private firm in Bengaluru allegedly committed suicide on Monday alleging harassment by his wife and her family members who are from JaunpurFollowing Subhashs death a case of abetment of suicide has been registered against his wife and her family members in BengaluruHis wife Nikita Singhania had first lodged a dowry harassment FIR against Subhash his brother and parents in 2022 three years after their marriageBengaluru police have not yet contacted us over this matter of Bengaluru techies suicide Jaunpur Superintendent of Police Ajaypal Sharma told PTIAccording to Janupur police Subhashs wife Nikita had on April 24 2022 filed a case against him at Kotwali police station The case was investigated by the then woman subinspector Priyanka and the charge sheet was sent to the court on August 30 2022 police said reported PTIMeanwhile when the media reached the house of Nikitas parents at Khowa Mandi on Wednesday her brother Anurag alias Piyush Singhania and mother Nisha Singhania refused to talk to themThe brother asked the media to turn off their cameras and said that whatever I have to say I will say in front of my lawyer reported PTIWhatever allegations are made I will answer them when the time comes Whatever you want to know go and find out from the court Anurag said reported PTIWhen approached Anurags relative Surendra Singhania said that Nikita and Subhash got married about five years ago After marriage both lived in Bengaluru and used to work there he said adding the couple also has a sonFor the past two years Nikita wanted a divorce from Subhash and she had filed three or four cases in the court in her native district of Jaunpur Surendra saidDue to the dispute between the two Nikita wanted maintenance and Subhash was not in favour of it he said reported PTIAt present Nikita lives with her son in Delhi and works there he addedAdvocate Dinesh Mishra who is handling the case of deceased engineer while talking to the media said that Subhashs wife Nikita had filed cases against him several timesOne of these important cases was going on in the family court in which Nikita had applied to the court for maintenance of herself and her child The court refused to give maintenance to the wife in this case but ordered an amount of Rs 40000 per month for the maintenance of the child Mishra said reported PTIThe lawyer further said that if Subhash felt this amount was too much then he should have contacted the court or talked to those who could resolve this matter reported PTIMishra also said that he had not met or talked to Subhash since JulyMishra also said that he never felt that Subhash was depressed or a victim of mental stress reported PTINikita had lodged a complaint on April 24 2022 alleging harassment and assault for dowry She mentioned her husband his parents and brothersinlaw as accusedThe FIR was lodged at Kotwali police station in Janupur under Indian Penal Code sections 498A cruelty by husband or relatives 323 assault 504 intentional insult to provoke breach of peace 506 criminal intimidation and under provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961Nikita said she got married to Subhash on April 26 2019 She alleged that after marriage her husband and inlaws were dissatisfied with what her parents gave them during the wedding and demanded Rs 10 lakh moreShe alleged they started torturing me physically and mentally for dowry When I told my parents about the harassment and dowry my parents explained to me that everything will be fine listen and keep living with it But no improvement of any kind came in my husband and inlaws reported PTIMy husband started to beat me up after drinking alcohol and started treating the husbandwife relationship with me like a beast He used to transfer my entire salary from my account to his account by threatening me Nikita had claimed reported PTIShe also claimed that irritated by the words of her inlaws her fathers health suddenly deteriorated and on August 17 2019 he suffered a stroke due to the demand for dowry and later died during treatmentWith inputs from PTI