A 36-year-old man working for a multinational company was found hanged at his home in Surat Nagar, allegedly following a demand for divorce from his wife, police stated on Saturday.
Investigators reported that the couple's seven-year-old son filmed a video on a mobile phone after discovering his father hanging, whilst his mother screamed for assistance to cut him down.
The deceased, Sanjeev Yadav, was employed as an associate operator at Denso. Originally from Amritsar, he resided with his family in the Surat Nagar area of Gurugram.
Kiran, the sister of the deceased, alleged that regular disputes had occurred between her brother and his wife, Manpreet Kaur. She claimed that Manpreet's push for a divorce ultimately drove her brother to take his own life.
Following a formal complaint lodged by the family, local police detained Manpreet and initiated a thorough investigation into the incident.
“We are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the exact cause of death. Action will be taken as per the law,” investigating officer Mahender Singh said.
Sanjeev Yadav was found hanging on Thursday when only his wife and their seven-year-old son were at home. Manpreet called the family members on both sides to inform them about the ‘suicide’.
According to police, the couple’s son recorded a video after he saw his father hanging, in which Manpreet can be heard screaming that someone bring him down.
Sanjeev's father Ramsevak Yadav said that a dispute had been going on between his son and Manpreet for some time, adding that he suspected his daughter-in-law of conspiring with her accomplices to kill his son.
Kiran demanded a thorough probe into the circumstances surrounding her brother's death, claiming that he couldn’t have committed suicide.
She also claimed that the video of her brother hanging from a ceiling fan was suspicious as Sanjeev weighed more than 100 kg.
Sanjeev and Manpreet, a resident of Ambala, had a love marriage in April 2018. They met while working at Denso. Manpreet quit the job after their son was born in 2019.
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(with inputs from PTI)