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A day after Marathi film-maker Atul Tapkir’s death, police on Monday booked his wife, Priyanka Tapkir (30), and three others for abetting the suicide.
Priyanka Atul Tapkir, 30, her cousin Bappu Thigle, and her adopted brothers Kalyan Gavhane and Balu Gavhane were produced before a magistrate court which remanded them in a day’s police custody till Wednesday.
The arrests followed a complaint lodged against them on Monday by Bajirao Tapkir, Atul’s father, Patel said.
A case has been registered under sections 306 (abetting suicide) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the trio by the father of the deceased, Bajirao Tapkir (57).
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On May 14, Tapkir, 35, posted a ‘suicide’ note on Facebook before consuming a poisonous substance and ending his life in a locked room of Hotel President in the posh Deccan Gymkhana area of the city.
After the post went viral, the hotel authorities summoned the police, who broke open the room door to recover his body lying on the bed.
In his ‘suicide’ post, Tapkir had blamed his wife and the two Gavhane brothers for his extreme step, saying she constantly quarreled with him, threw him out of their home six months ago and prevented him from meeting their children, son Vishwajit and daughter Sakshi.
He also accused the Gavhane brothers and some others of threatening and thrashing him at his wife’s instigation, which was corroborated by his father Bajirao Tapkir in his police complaint.
Tapkir has urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that “the police must listen to a man’s side of the story too when a woman lodges a complaint”.
He said his last wish was that since his wife cannot look after their children, his father should raise them.
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