Police book IAF officer for abetting wife’s suicide

Mysuru – Nazabad Police have booked an IAF Officer for abetting his wife’s suicide who ended her life by jumping in front of a moving train in Mandya.

The deceased has been identified as Shubha (43), wife of Wing Commander Suraj Ganapathi Hegde, attached to 2 Air Force Selection Board in city and residing in Siddarthanagar.

Shubha’s father, who has lodged a complaint against Suraj on charges of abetting Shubha’s suicide at Nazarbad Police Station, has stated that Suraj used to harass his daughter Shubha over trivial issues and had made her life miserable. Unable to bear the harassment, Shubha had taken the extreme step and had even left a suicide note at her residence before she went missing on Apr. 4. A missing complaint was lodged at Nazarbad Police Station.

The next day, her mutilated body was found on the railway track near Srirangapatna and the Railway Police had booked a case of unnatural death and had shifted the body to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) mortuary.

Following the complaint from Shubha’s father, Nazarbad Police, who have booked a case against Suraj in this regard, are investigating.

This post was published on April 13, 2017 6:30 pm