- By Nidhi Giri
- Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:18 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
A man in Delhi allegedly died by suicide amid an ongoing business and divorce dispute with his wife. According to the police, Puneet Khurana, co-founder of a famous cafe in Delhi, was found hanging in his room in Model Town's Kalyan Vihar area on Tuesday evening. The couple co-owned the For God's Cake bakery, as well as another eatery called Woodbox Cafe, which closed a while ago.
Khurana and his wife, Manika Jagdish Pahwa, were in the middle of getting a divorce. The duo was allegedly engaged in a dispute over the business, officials said.
As per Puneet Khurana’s family, he was 'upset' with his wife. The two got married in 2016, officials said.
"We are getting a divorce but I am still a business partner...you need to clear my dues," Khurana's wife said on a 16-minute audio accessed by NDTV.
The police have taken hold of Khurana's phone and called his wife for questioning.
The case drew parallels to the recent Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash's suicide case. Subhash, who was working with an automobile company in Bengaluru, allegedly committed suicide as a demand of Rs 3 crore was made for a divorce settlement. He ended his life at his apartment in the early hours of December 9, leaving behind a 90-minute video and a 40-page death note, explaining how harassment by his wife Nikita Singhania and her family forced him to take the extreme step.
"The more I work hard and become better at my work, the more l and my family will be harassed and extorted and the whole legal system will encourage and help my harassers... Now, with me gone, there won't be any money and there won't be any reason to harass my old parents and my brother. I may have destroyed my body but it has saved everything I believe in," he wrote.
Three accused in Atul Subhash's suicide case -- his wife, her mother and brother -- who were arrested by Bengaluru Police, were sent to 14-day judicial custody.
The police registered an FIR against the accused persons under Sections 108, 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) on December 9. Bikas Kumar had lodged a police complaint alleging abetment to suicide with the Marathahalli police in Bengaluru.
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