Woman Kills Herself By Jumping From 10th Floor After Getting Divorce Notice From Husband

A woman reportedly killed herself by jumping from the 10th floor of her apartment building after her husband sent her a divorce notice. The incident happened in Panathur-Varthur Road, Bengaluru, India on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

The woman, identified as Upasana Rawat, a 34-year-old HR manager working at a private firm, reportedly got married to software engineer Nihar Ranjan Routray eight years ago. However, their relationship had become strained over the last two years due to domestic issues, the Times Of India reported.

On Tuesday, Oct. 18 morning, Rawat reportedly received a divorce letter from her husband. After she received the divorce letter, Rawat reportedly became upset. Depressed over the letter, Rawat allegedly jumped to death from the 10th floor of her apartment on Panathur-Varthur Road on Tuesday morning.

Before she committed suicide, she left a suicide note in her house accusing Nihar of harassing her, the Indian Express reported.

"I am dying because of my husband's mental abuse and torture. Let him be punished," the suicide note read.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Nihar had recorded some videos of Upasana where she was seen fighting with her husband and abusing him. When questioned by the officers, he said that he was building some evidence to prove in court that she was abusing him.

Nihar had been living separately for the past several months. The couple reportedly has no children.

"Based on the death note and the complaint filed by Upasana's family, we have booked Nihar under IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide) and detained him for questioning," an investigating officer said.

In a similar but unrelated incident, a man poured gasoline on his wife and set her ablaze by the side of the road, in full public view, after she reportedly asked him for a divorce in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India on Tuesday, July. 5, as previously reported.

The accused, identified as Raees Khan, reportedly married his 22-year-old wife, Muskan Khan, three years ago in April 2019. However, Raees recently started suspecting his wife of having an affair with another man. The suspect allegedly became abusive and started regularly beating the victim over the unfounded cheating allegations.

Muskan got fed up with the harassment, left her husband's house, and returned to her native village in Bhopal earlier this year.

Muskan then approached a family court to file a divorce against her husband. Khan, who was reportedly enraged after learning of his wife seeking a divorce, confronted the victim, doused his wife with gasoline, and set her ablaze in full view of the public. After burning his wife alive, Raees reportedly immediately fled the scene.