Air India pilot suicide: The family of an Air India pilot who allegedly committed suicide in Mumbai has said she couldn't have killed herself and said that she was cheerfully talking to her mother and aunt just 15 minutes before her death. The family has blamed her 27-year-old boyfriend for abetment of suicide.
The 25-year-old Air India pilot, identified as Srishti Tuli, hanged herself with a data cable at her rented flat in Mumbai's Andheri region on Wednesday.
1. As per the latest information, the police said that the accused is hiding information and has been sent to police custody till Monday, i.e., December 2, an NDTV report stated.
2. Sources said Aditya Pandit allegedly deleted some of his messages with Srishti on his cell phone.
3. Tuli's uncle, Vivek, filed a complaint, leading to the registration of an FIR under Section 108 of the Indian Penal Code. Subsequently, the accused was arrested and remanded to police custody for four days.
4. Srishti's uncle Vivek Tuli, while speaking to NDTV, claimed that “Police are saying she died by suicide. Then what did he do that pushed her to the edge? She cheerfully spoke to her mother and aunt. And 15 minutes later, she was dead. How did this happen? What did he tell her? What did he do? Police are probing this.”
5. It was also reported that Tuli's boyfriend harassed and abused her and forced her to stop eating non-vegetarian food, an official said, citing the FIR, as reported by PTI.
6. The incident unfolded when Srishti and Aditya reportedly had a fight, after which Aditya left for Delhi.
7. During the drive, Tuli called Pandit, saying she would end her life. On hearing this, Pandit rushed back and found the door of her flat locked from inside, the official said, as reported by PTI.
8. When he got the door opened with the help of a keymaker, he found Tuli hanging from a data cable. She was then taken to Seven Hills Hospital, where the doctors declared her dead. The official added that no suicide note was found in the house.
10. Her uncle Vivek, while speaking to India Today, said she was the first woman pilot from Gorakhpur and was even felicitated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
(With inputs from PTI)
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