'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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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
