Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s estranged wife Nikita Singhania was arrested from Haryana’s Gurugram for abetment to suicide on Sunday. The arrest came a few days after Subhash committed suicide, claiming that his wife and her family had harassed him. He had recorded a 90-minute video and left a 24-page suicide note that described the mental pain he had endured.
The outrage after Subhash’s video went viral, Bengaluru police had registered an FIR against Nikita and her family, who were allegedly on the run since then.Here’s how the arrest was made.
Nikita Singhania was arrested from Gurugram on Sunday and her mother Nisha and brother Anurag Singhania were also taken into custody from Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.
They were produced before the court in Bengaluru and sent to judicial custody for two weeks.
The fourth accused, Nikita’s uncle Sushil Singhania, is on the run.
The accused had locked their houses in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur after getting the news of the arrival of the police to nab them.
The Bengaluru Police then pasted a notice outside her residence, asking them to appear within three days. The team also made a list of the family’s close relatives and monitored them. However, according to an However, according to an NDTV report, after an FIR was filed against her, Nikita reportedly changed her location every day and made calls only on WhatsApp, which made it difficult to track them.
report, after an FIR was filed against her, Nikita reportedly changed her location every day and made calls only on WhatsApp, which made it difficult to track them.
She had moved to a PG accommodation in Gurugram; her mother and brother went into hiding in Prayagraj district.
In the meantime, she also approached the Allahabad High Court for anticipatory bail.
One mistake
While in hiding, Nikita, her mother Nisha, and brother Anurag used WhatsApp calls to stay in touch with family members.
But Nikita did call one of her close relatives, presumably by mistake.
According to news reports, police located the tower and arrived at the PG accommodation in Rail Vihar, Gurugram.
