Delhi air hostess suicide: Anissia Batra’s kin releases photos of domestic assault


Family of Anissia Batra, a Delhi-based air hostess who committed suicide on July 13, has released photos to prove their claim of her being assaulted by her husband, Mayank Singhvi. The family released two photos showing bruised limbs, one shows a forearm with red marks while other shows a limb with black injury mark as per shown in IndiaToday. As per the police reports, Anissia had a fight with her husband before she killed herself.

Anissia’s mother, in her statement to the police, claimed that her daughter was beaten by Mayank on the second day of the couple’s honeymoon in 2016. Mayank had beaten her daughter inside the hotel lobby on the second day of the honeymoon. Three days after Anissia’s death, Mayank was arrested on July 16 and was produced in a city court. He was then sent to the judicial custody for 14 days. The in-laws will be questioned after July 20. According to reports, Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) said Singhvi’s parents have been granted exemption from joining the probe by the court till July 20 on personal grounds.

As per the recent development, Delhi high court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Anissia’s in-laws. The husband, a software engineer in Gurgaon, had told the police that they had regular fights due to “compatibility issues”. They had an argument on the day of incident as well, following which she jumped from the terrace, police had said.