Gurugram Shocker: 36-Year-Old MNC Employee Hangs Self While Son Records It; Cops Detain Wife

A 36-year-old man employed with a multinational company was found hanging at his Surat Nagar house here, allegedly after his wife sought a divorce, police said on Saturday. According to police, the couple's seven-year-old son recorded a video on a mobile phone after seeing his father hanging, while his wife screamed for someone to take him down.

Sanjeev Yadav, 36, who worked as an associate operator at Denso, was a native of Amritsar and lived with his family in Gurugram's Surat Nagar.Sanjeev's sister, Kiran, alleged that there had been a dispute between her brother and his wife, Manpreet Kaur. Manpreet had sought a divorce, which, she believed, ultimately led to her brother’s death.

Acting on the family's complaint, police have detained Manpreet and launched an investigation.“We are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain the exact cause of death. Action will be taken as per the law,” investigating officer Mahender Singh said.

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Sanjeev Yadav was found hanging on Thursday when only his wife and their seven-year-old son were at home. Manpreet called the family members on both sides to inform them about the ‘suicide’. According to police, the couple’s son recorded a video after he saw his father hanging, in which Manpreet can be heard screaming that someone bring him down.

Sanjeev's father Ramsevak Yadav said that a dispute had been going on between his son and Manpreet for some time, adding that he suspected his daughter-in-law of conspiring with her accomplices to kill his son. Kiran demanded a thorough probe into the circumstances surrounding her brother's death, claiming that he couldn’t have committed suicide.

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She also claimed that the video of her brother hanging from a ceiling fan was suspicious as Sanjeev weighed more than 100 kg. Sanjeev and Manpreet, a resident of Ambala, had a love marriage in April 2018. They met while working at Denso. Manpreet quit the job after their son was born in 2019.

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