Mumbai: A fortnight after his wife committed suicide, a man ended his own life in Shivaji Nagar area. The wife allegedly took the extreme step as her former boyfriend had been blackmailing her for the past few days, asking her to have an illicit relationship with him as he was in possession of certain photographs of her in a compromising position. Unable to cope with his wife’s suicide and inaction on the part of the police, the man hanged himself.
According to police officials, Noor Mohammed Idrisi (25) committed suicide at the very same spot where his wife was found hanging 15 days ago in Shivaji Nagar. Minutes before committing the deed, Idrisi recorded a video of himself pleading with the police to help him get justice.
Deepak Pagare, senior police inspector, Shivaji Nagar police station, said, “We got a call from Idrisi’s family members who themselves gave us his video. After investigation, we will register a case of abetment based on the complaint.”
Idrisi married Sakina four years ago and bought a house at a chawl in Bainganwadi, Shivaji Nagar. The couple has two children. According to Shivaji Nagar police, “Idrisi was working in a shoe factory nearby and was happy with his family but his wife’s suicide left him shattered. On September 15, Sakina’s boyfriend Mustafa met Idrisi and showed him lewd pictures and intimate videos of Sakina that he had shot before the latter got married to Idrisi. Shocked and agitated, Idrisi confronted Sakina and the duo had a fight. Sakina told Idrisi that she had left Mustafa after which he started blackmailing her with the pictures and videos.
The police said that a fight ensued between Idrisi and Mustafa after which Sakina hung herself to death. Idrisi tried to file a case against Mustafa but the police only filed an accidental death report. In his dying declaration, Idrisi claimed that he had been seeing Sakina in his dreams where she questioned him as to why he had not got Mustafa arrested. In his video shot just before he committed suicide, Idrisi pleaded with the police to arrest Mustafa for abetment of his wife’s suicide.
In his video, Idrisi said, “My wife has been haunting me in my dreams to get her justice and get her killer arrested. Even I am being harassed by her blackmailer which I cannot tolerate and am ending my life,” according to a police official. Idrisi recorded the video on his mobile phone before hanging himself with Sakina’s dupatta.
