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The father of 34-year-old software engineer Atul Subhash, who died by suicide in Bengaluru after alleging harassment by his estranged wife and her family, has said his son was frustrated due to repeated legal disputes. Pawan Kumar said his son told him that the mediation court did not work as per law, and he had to go to Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur from Bengaluru 40 times to face cases filed by his wife and her family.
“In March, Atul Subhash told us that those in the mediation court do not work as per law, not even as per the rules of the Supreme Court. He had to go to Jaunpur from Bengaluru at least 40 times. She (Atul’s wife) used to frame one charge after another. He must have been frustrated but never let us feel that,” a teary-eyed Pawan Kumar said.
“Suddenly, we received information about the incident. He sent a mail to our younger son around 1 am. We cannot express the level of tension that our son would have been in,” he said.
Asked whether the allegations against his son by his wife were true, he said it was “100 per cent true” and said the victim faced a lot of harassment.
Atul Subhash, who was found hanging at his Bengaluru residence on Monday, left behind a 24-page suicide note and a 90-minute video detailing allegations of harassment and extortion against his wife, her family, and a family court judge in Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier, his younger brother, Bikas Modi, spoke to India Today TV and said Atul Subhash was facing nine to ten false cases and that he gave his life “fighting against the system”. He also said that his brother was battling multiple legal cases and had been subjected to demands of Rs 3 crore to settle disputes.
“For people working in Bengaluru, it’s not possible to always commute to Uttar Pradesh for a case. But he was being harassed constantly,” Modi said.
He also expressed frustration with laws that he felt were skewed against men.
“He should get justice at any cost. The laws are made for women, and a lot of women take advantage of it, especially in divorce cases. Asking for Rs 40,000 maintenance for a four-year-old child studying in Uttar Pradesh is just not maintainable,” Modi said.
