Pilot, 25, dies by suicide, family claims boyfriend insulted her over non-veg food

A 25-year-old Air India pilot was found dead on Monday at her rented apartment in Mumbai’s Andheri on Monday morning.

Her family claimed that her 27-year-old boyfriend, who was arrested in Delhi, for abetment of suicide, insulted her for consuming non-veg food at an event.

According to the police, Srishti Tuli belonged to Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and was being abused by Aditya, and was struggling with mental health issues. In one instance, Aditya insulted her in front of others for eating non-vegetarian food at an event in Gurugram, police said. An argument broke out between them, after which Aditya left her midway and went home.

When Srishti returned from work on Sunday evening, she fought with Aditya, who was at her house. After that, the man left for Delhi around 1 am on Monday. Srishti then called him and said that she was going to die by suicide, following which Aditya returned to her house. However, when he reached her house, he found that the door was locked, and she didn’t respond.

Aditya broke open the lock with the help of a keymaker and found her unconscious. Srishti was rushed to a hospital, where she was declared dead. Her family members filed a complaint with the police against Aditya alleging that he used to abuse her, following which he was arrested on charges of abetment of suicide.

He said that Srishti reached her house around 12.30 am on Monday. She had dinner with Aditya and also spoke with her mother over the phone. Vivek also questioned why Aditya didn’t inform the police when Srishti mentioned her intention to die by suicide.

He alleged that Aditya tampered with the crime scene. However, the Mumbai Police said that the house was intact. Police also said that there was a transaction of Rs 65,000 from Srishti’s bank account to Aditya last month.

Aditya was produced in court on Tuesday and sent to four-day police custody. A postmortem report showed that Srishti died due to strangulation. No suicide letter was found in the pilot’s room.