A 25-year-old Air India pilot, Srishti Tuli, was found dead after reportedly taking her own life in her Mumbai flat.
She was discovered hanging from a data cable in her rented residence in the Marol area.
Following the tragic incident, the police apprehended her boyfriend on charges of abetment to suicide, and he has since been remanded in custody.
Police took Aditya Pandit (27) into custody on Tuesday after one of Tuli’s relatives accused him of harassing and abusing her and forcing her to stop eating non-vegetarian food, the official told news agency PTI citing the FIR.
According to the official from Powai police station, Tuli was from Uttar Pradesh and had been living in Mumbai for work since June last year. She and Pandit had met while pursuing a commercial pilot course in Delhi two years ago and got into a relationship.
Pandit was en route to Delhi when he received a call from Tuli, who told him that she would end her life.
He immediately rushed to Mumbai and found the door of her flat locked from inside. The man got the door opened with the help of a key maker and found Tuli hanging with a data cable.
Tuli was taken to the Seven Hills Hospital, where doctors declared her de.ad. No suicide note was found in the house, the official said.
Tuli’s uncle later approached the police alleging that Pandit would harass her often and even humiliate her in public. Besides, he had also pressured her to change her food habits, claimed the relative, the official said.
Based on the uncle’s complaint, Pandit was arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit section 108 (abetment of su!cide). He was produced in a court which remanded him in police custody for four days, the official added.
