Delhi: 40-year-old cafe owner dies by suicide, kin blame his wife his wife, in-laws
New Delhi: A 40-year-old bakery owner allegedly died by suicide at his residence in northwest Delhi's Model Town on Tuesday. His family members claimed that he was harassed by his wife and in-laws, and before taking the extreme step, he recorded a video detailing the harassment he had endured.
The deceased, identified as Puneet Khurana, lived with his family in Kalyan Vihar. According to Khurana's family, he was upset with his estranged wife and business partner Manika Pahwa, whom he married in 2016. The couple co-owned the For God's Cake bakery and an eatery called Woodbox Cafe, which closed a while ago.
The couple was undergoing divorce proceedings in court.
"Manika Pahwa, her parents and her sister forced my brother, stressed him out and instigated him by saying, 'you can't do anything, die by suicide if you dare'. There is a video recording shot by him for around 59 minutes on his phone," Khurana's sister told news agency ANI.
The purported audio clip of a conversation between the couple went viral, revealing an argument over business. "In the clip, the man claims that his account was hacked, but the woman denies this. She then claims that she remains his business partner and demands that he settles the dues. The conversation also touches on other business-related disagreements," an officer was qouted as saying by Times of India.
Additionally, the woman alleged that her husband repeatedly disgraced her and her family, but when confronted, he asked her to specify what she wanted.
Police have initiated an investigation and already sent Khurana's phone for forensic examination.
A lengthy Instagram post, reportedly from the woman, alleged that she had suffered "toxicity and narcissistic" abuse. However, the handle was later deleted. The woman said that she was "healing well" and "striving to be better and indifferent" after the abuses.
"Even a house help, guard, rikshawala, a tiny kid deserves respectful treatment. Once a coward fought with me that 'respect has to be earned'. Ufff! What disgrace na? I disagree, respect has to be given to each and everyone. If not then you lost the respect baby. Phew! Maybe that's why in India, we address people with aap, bhaiya, didi to even strangers, isn't it?," she asked.
She mentioned, "I wish these abusers get to see the mirror someday and understand that kindness, love, understanding, trust, wisdom, affection, and care are true virtues and hold much more importance than money, property, and gold". Adding, "Let's pray that no one else suffers because of a group of insecure cowards," the woman said, "I am free, and the beautiful ruins are a part of me".
DCP North West Delhi Bhisham Singh mentioned that the victim hanged himself with a cloth and his family took him down and kept his body on the bed.
A post-mortem will be conducted and the report is expected to come by Friday.
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If Bumrah is not fit then a score of around 200 also might not be enough: Gavaskar
Sydney, Jan 4: Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels India will struggle to defend even 200 in case premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah is unable to bowl at full throttle on the third day of the fifth and final Test against Australia here on Sunday.
Bumrah had left the field for scans during the second day's post-lunch session after bowling just one over, having experienced some discomfort. However, he returned to the dressing room after undergoing precautionary scans for an unspecified niggle.
India pacer Prasidh Krishna said his skipper had suffered back spasm.
The medical team was monitoring him as India ended the day 145 runs in front with four second innings wickets left on a SCG track which is aiding the bowlers.
"Look, if India scores 40 more runs or they put 185 on the board then they have a great chance but it all depends on Jasprit Bumrah's fitness. If Jasprit Bumrah is fit then 145-150 might be enough. But if Bumrah is not fit then a score of around 200 also might not be enough," said Gavaskar on Star Sports on Saturday.
Gavaskar also said maintaining secrecy around Bumrah's status is not going to help the Australians, who have so far struggled to counter the threat posed by the Indian pace spearhead.
"One thing that I liked was when he came back after the scan, obviously it took a lot of time because the hospital is a bit far, but he looked in good shape and his body language was such that there was no indication of the Australian team and it is very important to maintain the secrecy.
"Because, tactically you do not want to announce whether Bumrah will be available for bowling or not, and even if he is not available and this news goes across the opposition dressing room because till now Australian batsmen haven't found out a way to counter him, they don’t know whether they should attack, defend, or whether they should play on front-foot.
"So to execute this plan it is important to maintain secrecy, so Bumrah and the Indian team management managed it quite well," Gavaskar said.
The pacer has already taken 32 wickets in the series, and had figures of 2/33 in 10 overs before leaving the field, having removed Marnus Labuschagne in the morning session and Usman Khawaja on the last ball of the first evening.
