Dombivli: Mother wants justice after son committed suicide citing harassment

The arrests in the Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash suicide case which sparked widespread outrage online and calls for justice for the deceased have emboldened a grieving mother to seek justice for her son Ronak Nagda who took his own life due to alleged harassment by his estranged wife and inlaws in Dombivli on November 29As justice seemed elusive in the alleged atrocities against the salesman hundreds of people gathered at the Marine Drive promenade on Sunday to stage a sitin protest They held banners and placards demanding justice for Atul Subhash and Ronak Nagda Though an abetmenttosuicide case has been registered against seven people including the estranged wife and inlaws of 26yearold Nagda at the Dombivli police station on December 3 no arrests have been made so far said the grieving mother SangitaRonak Nagda the deceased right Sangita Nagda the deceasedrsquos motherldquoThe cops are not taking any action against the accusedhellip they always turn us away saying that investigations are ongoing I have lost my son who was mentally harassed to the core by his wife Palak Furia and inlaws His fatherinlaw Vipul Jayantilal Furia would always extort money from my son to allow him to see his wife and daughter who will turn one on December 22rdquo said Sangita a homemakerldquoRonak and Palak entered into a court marriage in Thane on October 20 2023 when she was almost six months pregnant But she never stayed with us She always lived with her parents She delivered a baby girl on December 22 last yearrdquo added SangitaldquoMy son was desperate to see his daughter and meet his wife but Vipul would always stop him Vipul had brainwashed his daughter to not meet or talk to my son who had become very disturbed One day my son was made to stand outside his inlawsrsquo house for an entire day After this daylong harassment when he entered the house he was brutally assaulted by his inlaws This happened in March this yearrdquo alleged Sangita who claimed to have all the medical documents related to the injuries Ronak sustained during the assaultShe further alleged ldquoLater my daughterinlaw filed a false domestic violence DV case against all of us including me my husband Ronak and my younger son who is just 19 Everybody knows that Palak never lived with us even for a single day after the marriage yet she had the audacity to file a false DV case We are still struggling to get rid of this legal messrdquoldquoI am also a woman but she Palak has been misusing the powers that the law grants to women This practice must come to an end and the accused must be severely punished to set an example and deter others from misusing the lawrdquo she added Speaking further Sangita said that since Ronak was not allowed to meet his daughter and his relationship with his wife had soured within a few months ldquoHe would remain very upsetrdquo she saidldquoMy son had been staying at his grandmotherrsquos house in Dombivli On November 26 he recorded a video on his cellphone holding his parentsinlaw responsible for this tragedyrdquo said Sangita She further mentioned that Ronak had been maintaining a diary in which he detailed every expense for his wife and daughter whom he could not meet for the last eight monthsIn the suicide video Ronak said ldquoHello guys I am going to die by suicide Vipul Jayantilal Furia and Nita Vipul Furia are responsible for my suicide because they have snatched my wife and daughter from me Today I am all alone despite doing everything for them I have not met my child for the last eight months I know how broken I feel from within So guys goodbye Take carerdquoldquoHe hanged himself from a ceiling fanrdquo recalled the grieving mother sobbing as she narrated the incident ldquoIt is frustrating that the cops have not taken any action against the accused so far Only an FIR has been registered against seven people including Palak Vipul motherinlaw Nita uncle Piyush Sanghoi aunt Alka Sanghoi and cousins Deep and Jineshrdquo she addedldquoI am thankful to NGO Vaastav Foundation for amplifying my voice in seeking justice for my son who was just 26rdquo said the grieving mother ldquoHad the police taken timely action against the accused my son would still be alive I have lost faith in the Thane police which is why I turned to the NGO for helprdquo she saidThe founder of Vaastav Foundation Amit Deshpande said ldquoAccording to the National Crime Records Bureau every six minutes a married man dies by suicide in India with lsquofamily issuesrsquo being the cause of 35000 male suicides every year While we have laws for women true gender equality will be achieved when men also receive support under the same laws Men should be included in domestic violence laws which would address financial emotional and sexual violence just as it does for womenrdquoldquoCourts generally adopt an approach that breaks the resolve of men pushing them toward settlements acceptable to women in matrimonial cases False accusers should be punished Men are forced to fight numerous false cases filed in different parts of the country All of this needs to change A consolidated litigation in a single court supported by remote attendance should be enough to uncover the truth in matrimonial casesrdquo added DeshpandeDombivli police statementAn officer familiar with the investigation said ldquoWe have confiscated the deceasedrsquos cellphone and sent it to the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory in Kalina for further analysis He named only two people in his suicide video while his mother has named seven people in the FIRrdquo ldquoWe have already registered an FIR in this case but we are still awaiting witness statements and the detailed postmortem reportrdquo added the officer