24-Year-Old Man Dies By Suicide After Fiancee, Her Family Pressurised For Rs 3 Lakh To Marry

A resident of Ramol, Ahmedabad, Gujarat has accused his younger brother’s fiancee and her family for driving the 24-year-old man to end his life.

Case:

Mehtab Sheikh, now deceased, used to live with his brothers in Faisal Nagar. According to his brother Imtiaz, Mehtab came in contact with one Firdaus who hailed from Faizabad, however, lived in the same locality earlier.

According to Imtiaz’s statement to the police,

Mehtab and Firdaus would talk to each other regularly and Mehtab would exhaust all his salary to fulfil Firdaus’s demands. The family tried to explain the situation to Mehtab, but in vain. In the end, they agreed to a match between Mehtab and Firdaus.

The victim’s brother also added,

Two years ago, Firdaus went back to Faizabad. Mehtab would send her money regularly. The two families met in July this year and agreed that the couple would get married in 2021.

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However, shockingly 10-days before Mehtab’s suicide, Firdaus and her father started demanding Rs 3 lakh and if the man failed to pay up, they threatened to cancel the wedding. The victim had confided in his brother (complainant) about the matter and Imtiaz assured him that he would speak with the woman’s father.

Before things could be settled, Mehtab hung himself on Thursday (December 3) and also left behind a suicide note. In the letter Mehtab wrote how Firdaus humiliated him since he was unable to pay Rs 3 lakh to her. He wrote,