Suicide Case

Rabia Khan, mother of late Bollywood star Jiah Khan, has filed a petition in Bombay HC, appealing the ruling of a special Central Bureau of Probe (CBI) court dismissing her request for a new investigation into her daughter's murder. Khan filed a petition with the HC, asking for the trial court's judgment to be overturned. Despite wanting to undertake a further investigation, CBI did not contest the special court's ruling. 

Following the suicide of her son, a 39-year-old Bengaluru woman Leelavathi gets hit by a car after she ran "hysterically on a busy street in Vijayanagar, West Bengaluru". Reportedly, the 20-year-old son, Mohan Gowda, and a first-year B.Com student hung himself at his Marenahalli residence on August 17 at 11 am. However, the mother could not be survived despite rushing her to the hospital.

A 22-year-old engineer was found dead on July 2 inside the campus of IIT Madras. According to police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan and was working as a project assistant at the University. “He has left a note saying he was unable to cope with work,” said an official. However, preliminary investigation suggests that it was a suicide. Besides, the body has been sent for post-mortem.

The recent suicide by a 57-year-old COVID patient at AIIMS-Patna has highlighted the impact of disease on mental health. Reportedly, this was the third suicide case by a COVID patient in Bihar hospitals. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, hospital nodal-in-charge said that these patients face physiological and psychiatric problems. Informing that medical staff were trained to recognise and treat such patients, he suggested more measures to be taken to avoid… read-more

After facing an alleged financial harassment, a tattoo artist, identified as Naresh Chetiwal, committed suicide on October 27 at his workplace in South Extension of Delhi. The deceased's uncle, Amar Nath, said that the 36-year-old took the extreme step due to his landlord's "torturing". He also alleged that police was supporting the landlord accused. Meanwhile, the police informed that the investigation is underway.