'Immerse my ashes in drain': UP engineer commits suicide accusing wife, in-laws of harassment
Etawah (UP), Apr 20 (PTI): A 33-year-old engineer allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room near Etawah railway station after accusing his wife and in-laws of harassment.
Before taking the extreme step, he sent a video message to his family, stating, "If only there was a law for men too. If I don't get justice, immerse my ashes in a drain."
The deceased, Mohit Yadav, hailed from Nagla Prasadpur village in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh.
According to his brother Taran Pratap, Mohit was employed at a private company in Noida, where he met a woman named Priya. After a long live-in relationship, the couple married on November 27, 2023, with the consent of both the families and without any dowry. After marriage, Mohit and his wife lived separately from their families.
According to Taran, Mohit often complained that his in-laws pressured him to transfer ownership of his house and land in his wife's name.
He also alleged that his wife frequently quarrelled with him over the property.
Mohit had informed his brother that Priya’s father Anuj Kumar had lodged a false police complaint against him, and her brother had threatened to kill him if he did not comply with their property demands. Also, Mohit's mother-in-law allegedly forced Priya to abort a three-month-old pregnancy.
On Thursday, Mohit left home saying he would stop at Etawah for a couple of days, police said. He checked into a hotel near the railway station at around 12.05 am and booked a room for two nights.
The hotel manager told police that Mohit did not leave his room or order any food throughout Friday. Concerned, hotel staff knocked on the door on Friday evening but received no response. When calls to Mohit’s phone went unanswered, they alerted the police.
Civil Lines Station House Officer Vikram Singh Chauhan said police who broke open the door found Mohit hanging from the ceiling fan using a bedsheet.
A laptop and mobile phone was recovered from the room but no suicide note was found.
Senior police officials, including Superintendent of Police (City) Abhay Nath Tripathi and Circle Officer (City) Ramgopal Sharma, reached the spot and launched an investigation.
They collected forensic evidence from the room and contacted Mohit's family using the last dialled number on his phone.
Taran Pratap said the family received a video from Mohit before his death, in which he accused his wife and in-laws of mentally harassing him over property issues and threatening him with death.
He expressed regret over not being able to make his father proud and requested that his ashes be discarded in a drain if justice was not served.
SHO Singh stated that Mohit’s body was handed over to his family after post-mortem on Saturday evening.
He said a detailed probe is on in the matter.
If I do not get justice even after my death, then flush my ashes into the drain. One more ATM has been closed permanently.
— NCMIndia Council For Men Affairs (@NCMIndiaa) April 20, 2025
33 years old Engineer Mohit Yadav from Auraiya in UP ended his life inside a hotel in Etawah because of torture and threat from his wife Priya Yadav.
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Bengal: On way to PM's rally, 3 mowed down by train amid dense fog
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.
The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.
Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.
“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.
The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.
"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.
Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.
"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.
"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.
Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".
The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.
"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.
"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.
TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.
"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.
