MBA hangs herself on cellphone camera

MUMBAI: A 24-year-old management professional hanged herself at her home in MIDC, Andheri (East), on Tuesday. Nidhi Singh committed suicide between 9.45 am and 10 am soon after her husband Samdashi (25), an assistant manager at a private bank, had left for work.“She recorded her suicide on her cellphone. She also left behind a note, which was in Hindi but scripted in Roman alphabets, holding no one responsible for the act. She also apologized to her husband,” said MIDC senior police inspector S L Hujband. “Besides, she mentioned she wanted to be a part of both her and her husband’s family in her next birth and did not want to hurt anyone.”The cellphone footage is 1.33minutes long. In it she says she was depressed and had regrets about her lovemarriage, which took place in February. “The couple hail fromUttar Pradesh and was staying in the rented flat (on the first floor of GoldenApartments, Kondivita Lane) for four months,” the husbandsaid.When Singh’s father did not get an answer afterrepeatedly calling her till Tuesday evening, he asked a distant relative, whotoo resides at MIDC, to check if things were right with her. “Our relativecontacted me at my workplace and said my wife was not responding to myfather-in-law’s repeated calls,” read Samdashi’s policestatement. “Around 9.30 pm, I went along with my relative to the flat. Butwhen my wife did not answer the knocks, we informed the police. The fire brigadewas called and they broke open the door to find her hanging from theceiling.”The police said that Singh had frequent argumentswith her husband. “But the suicide note, which was found by Samdashi whenhe searched the house, did not indicate any ill-treatment from him,”Hujband said. “Samdashi said that around 9.30 am, when he was leaving forwork, Nidhi requested him to talk with her for 10 minutes. He complied but sheagain tried to stop him. He ultimately left as he was getting late for work.Around 10 am, he received an SMS from her saying ‘sorry’. But he didnot take it seriously.”