A 28-year-old PhD student, Pragati Kharya, was found dead in her hostel room at IIT Kanpur, marking the fourth suicide by a student at the institution in the last year. The police are investigating the incident, and a suicide note was recovered from the scene, where Kharya reportedly held nobody responsible for her decision.
A 52-year-old Mumbai businessman, Philip Hitesh Shah, died by suicide by jumping off the Atal Setu sea bridge on Gandhi Jayanti. This marks the second suicide incident on the bridge in two days, following the death of a 40-year-old banker. Police are investigating the incidents and have registered cases of accidental death.
A man jumped off the Atal Setu, Mumbai’s newest sea bridge, on Monday morning after parking his car. Police have launched a search and rescue operation and are attempting to identify the man and contact his family. This is not the first suicide attempt on the bridge, highlighting the need for mental health awareness and support systems.
A 22-year-old man accused of raping a five-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh attempted suicide to escape arrest after a five-day manhunt. The accused, Sunil Korku, was finally apprehended near the Betul district border after a massive search operation involving police, local residents, and a drone.
Turkish TikTok star Kubra Aykut, known for her viral ‘wedding without a groom’ video, was found dead after falling from a fifth-floor balcony. Authorities are investigating whether it was an accident or suicide, while Aykut’s alleged suicide note expresses feelings of despair and a desire for self-love.
A family of five, including a businessman, his wife, mother, and two children, were found dead in an abandoned car in Tamil Nadu. Police suspect suicide, with a suicide note recovered from the car. In a separate incident, a civil contractor in Madhya Pradesh killed his wife and son before taking his own life.
The man accused of killing and dismembering a Bengaluru woman earlier this month was found dead in Odisha. A suicide note and a diary indicate the suspect, Muktiranjan Pratap Ray, killed Mahalakshmi after an argument and then dismembered her body. Police are investigating the incident.
The prime suspect in the gruesome murder of Mahalakshmi, whose body was found chopped into pieces and stored in a refrigerator in Bengaluru, has died by suicide. The accused, Mukthirajan Pratap Roy, was on the run in Odisha. The case bears chilling similarities to the Shraddha Walker murder case in Delhi.
The body of a young UPSC aspirant from Rajasthan was discovered in bushes in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi’s hub for UPSC coaching centers. Police suspect suicide, but investigations are ongoing. The deceased, identified as Deepak Kumar Meena, was a talented student preparing for his Mains exams. The Bhim Army has called for a swift investigation into the tragic incident.
A Tamil Nadu-based software engineer, identified as Karthikeyan, tragically took his own life by electrocution, reportedly due to depression caused by work pressure. This incident comes amidst a nationwide discussion on work-life balance and mental health sparked by the recent death of an Ernst & Young employee, Anna Sebastian Perayil, also attributed to extreme work pressure. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding Karthikeyan’s death, highlighting the urgent need for workplaces to prioritize employee well-being.
