MNC engineer ends life; wife, father-in-law booked

Our Correspondent

Gurugram, March 12

Two suicides were reported in the city today. An MNC Engineer hung himself to death in his house. The police have booked his wife and her father for abetment to suicide. In the second incident, body of a Bihar native was also found hanging at his rented room in Heera Nagar colony today. The police handed over the bodies to the kin after postmortem and the investigations are on.

According to the police, the MNC engineer is identified as Himanshu Shrama (37), a resident of the Sector 5 area, where he was living with his wife Sakshi. Sakshi is also working in a private company. Sharma allegedly committed suicide when he was alone at home and when his wife returned she found his body hanging and the police were called.

The family of deceased accused Sakshi and her father for abatement to suicide. Following the complaint, an FIR has been registered against the duo under Section 306 (abatement to suicide), 34 (common intention) of the IPC at the Sector 5 police station. “We handed over the body to the kin after postmortem today and it was a case of suicide only. We are verifying the facts based on the complaint and action will be taken as per law”, said Sub-inspector Ram Avtar, the investigating officer.

Meanwhile, Bihar resident Vishal Mishra (26), a native of Bihar, also committed suicide last night. His body was found hanging in his rented room in Heera Nagar colony. No suicide note was recovered from the spot. The family members have not raised any suspicion and told the police that he was working with an NGO. The police said they were investigating the same.