Gurugram: Man found hanging in Palam Vihar, wife & in-laws booked

GURUGRAM: A 35-year-old man was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his house in Palam Vihar on Friday. A seven-page note found in the room accused his wife and her parents of harassing him for years.
Ashok Kumar — separated from his wife since 2019 — alleged in the note that he was not even allowed to meet their 2-year-old son, who stayed with his mother. He claimed he was subjected to mental harassment and was even humiliated in public a number of times.
The police have booked Ashok’s wife Shalini, her mother and two brothers on the charge of abetting the suicide. The complaint was lodged by Ashok’s brother, Wing Commander Vijay Kumar Nehra.
“On Friday morning, I got a call from Rahul Dahiya (Shalini’s brother) that Ashok had died by suicide at his house. I rushed there from Shikhar in Rajasthan. When I reached, I saw him hanging from the fan. He was forced to take this step because of mental harassment by his wife Shalini, her mother Sheela, her brother Rahul and Vinod Sharma,” he added.
Ashok and Shalini got married in November 2016 and moved into a house in Palam Vihar. The couple, the police have learnt, would fight often over trivial issues. She even wanted him to work for her brother Vinod, which Ashok did not like.
“Whenever Ashok said he would move out of Vinod’s firm and work independently, his wife would threaten him with a divorce,” Nehra alleged. In 2019, Ashok eventually decided to leave Vinod’s company, which soured the ties between the couple all the more.
In December 2019, Shalini left the Palam Vihar house and moved in with her family. “Ashok made multiple efforts to bring her back, but Shalini refused. She threatened him with a divorce and kept taking money from him,” Nehra said.
Ashok, his brother alleged, was also not allowed to meet his little son. “He was traumatised at every stage. What made things worse was that he lived alone at home,” Nehra said.
On Wednesday, Ashok visited his in-laws but was allegedly not allowed to meet his son again. “Instead, he was abused and humiliated,” his brother said.
Anil Kumar, the ASI of Palam Vihar police station, said that apart from the note, they had taken Ashok’s laptop and phone from the house. “The man’s brother lodged a complaint with us. A case has been registered under sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC against Shalini Dahiya and his family,” he added.