Bengaluru Suicide: Techie Atul Subhash’s father says son was “broken from inside”

Bengaluru Suicide: The father of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who committed suicide, said that his son was “broken from inside” as a result of his wife bringing many lawsuits against him and his family.

In his 24-page suicide note, 34-year-old Atul Subhash, the deputy general manager of a private company, accused his wife and her family members of harassing him before taking his own life in his Bengaluru residence on Monday. He further claimed in his suicide letter that a court had asked for Rs 5 lakh to “settle” the matter.

“There is a lot of corruption, but my son will fight because he is on the right path,” he used to remark.”He didn’t tell anyone, but he was broken from the inside out,” Pawan Kumar, Subhash’s father, told the media.

According to Kumar, who resides in Samastipur, Bihar, Subhash’s wife began bringing legal action against them in January 2021.

“She began bringing legal action in January 2021…The father said, “My son believed that she had left (their home) after Corona and that their one-year-old son would spend some time at his maternal uncle’s house. She also began bringing lawsuits against our entire family.”

A four-person Bengaluru Police squad, including a female officer, had already arrived in Kotwali, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The in-laws of Subhash live in Jaunpur.

According to the father, the judge presiding over the case also requested Rs 5 lakhs in order to “settle the case.”.

“When they went ahead for mediation, it began from Rs 20,000 and then escalated to Rs 40,000; then the judge said that if he (the deceased) wants a settlement, he should give Rs 5 Lakh,” claimed the father.

Vikas, the deceased’s brother, said that his family was unaware that the Bengaluru techie would take such an extreme action.

“We had a typical conversation with him. We were unaware that he had made such a decision. We had never anticipated that he would do so. Even his buddies, with whom I keep in contact, were unaware of his ideas,” the brother said.

In addition, the brother claimed that his brother had been subjected to mental torture and that “false cases” had been brought against him and his family.

“Just as with my brother, false charges have been brought against me and my parents. “Everyone who falsely accused my brother and subjected him to mental torture should be held accountable,” the brother said.

He said that Atul Subhash wrote to the President and the Supreme Court, among other officials and institutions, outlining his predicament in great detail.

“We hope that if those emails have been received, they will take action and create committees, platforms, or legislation that allow men to seek justice. Today, laws and policies designed to empower women are being abused,” the brother said.

The Supreme Court had voiced worry earlier on December 11 over the increasing trend of abusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which punishes cruelty committed against married women by spouses and their family members.

In another instance, a panel of Justices BV Nagarathna and N. Kotiswar Singh dismissed a Section 498A IPC lawsuit against a husband and his parents, stating that the Section had been used by a woman to vent her personal resentment at her husband and his family.

After claiming that his wife and her relatives had harassed him, Atul Subhash committed himself in the wee hours of December 9. Subhash composed a 24-page message with the words “Justice is due” on each page. In his suicide letter, he also claimed that his wife had brought nine complaints against him under different headings, such as dowry, domestic abuse, sexual misconduct, murder, and money-related harassment.