Air India pilot found dead in Mumbai; friend held for abetment to suicide

According to Powai police, Tuli was recovered dormant astatine her rented accommodation down Marol Police Camp successful Andheri (East) early  Monday. Initial inquiries bespeak that she was mentally disturbed owed to harassment by Pandit, constabulary said. Pandit had been preparing for a pilot’s exam but failed to qualify, they added.

Preliminary constabulary probe has revealed that erstwhile Tuli returned location aft enactment connected Sunday, she had an statement with Pandit, who had been frequenting her spot of late. At astir 1 am, Pandit reportedly near for Delhi. Tuli called him connected his telephone and allegedly revealed that she was going to instrumentality the utmost step.

According to police, Pandit past returned to her spot but recovered the doorway locked from inside. He called a cardinal maker, got the country opened, and recovered her unresponsive, officers said.

Pandit rushed her to Seven Hills Hospital successful Marol, wherever Tuli was declared dead. Soon her household and the constabulary were informed.

Jitendra Sonawane, elder inspector of Powai constabulary station, said they arrested Pandit nether conception 108 (abetment to suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita connected a ailment from Tuli’s family. “He was produced successful tribunal connected Tuesday and remanded to 4 days’ constabulary custody,” the inspector said.

“The post-mortem study indicates the origin of decease to beryllium suicide. We person sent the woman’s phone, which is locked, to a forensic laboratory to analyse her conversations with the accused. We volition soon grounds statements from her household members, adjacent friends, colleagues and roommates,” Sonawane added.

Sources besides said that the investigators are apt to question different pistillate aviator who was a communal person of Tuli and Pandit.

Met successful Delhi 2 years ago

According to the first accusation report (FIR), the 2 met successful Delhi astir 2 years agone portion grooming for Commercial Pilot’s License (CPL). Tuli lived successful Delhi’s Dwarka during the grooming period. After the training, she got a occupation with Air India and moved to Mumbai successful June 2023.

The woman’s uncle Vivek Kumar Tuli, who runs a state bureau successful Gorakhpur, spoke to her friends and colleagues who told him that Pandit would often misbehave with her and effort to power her, the FIR stated. After Tuli missed the engagement relation of Pandit’s sister owed to work, helium refused to talk to her for astir 10 days, they said. His behaviour often near her mentally disturbed, the FIR added.

“He utilized to outcry astatine her publicly. Once astatine a party, helium shouted astatine her for eating non-vegetarian nutrient and stopped her from doing truthful again. He utilized to harm her car and permission her successful the mediate of the road. He utilized to harass her a lot, but Tuli loved him a lot,” Vivek Kumar said successful his connection to the police.

CCTV footage from Tuli’s nine shows that she reached location aft enactment connected Sunday. She besides spoke to her parent implicit the phone, showing nary motion of worry, which indicates that she died aft arguing with Pandit, Vivek Kumar alleged successful the FIR.

‘Pandit withdrew wealth from her account’

Speaking to The Indian Express, Vivek Kumar said that though the post-mortem study points to suicide, the household powerfully suspects that Pandit gave her immoderate benignant of sedative and killed her. “He utilized to retreat wealth from her slope account, and we fishy helium was blackmailing her. We person recovered immoderate transactions. We would soon stock these details with the police,” helium stated.

“Tuli was the archetypal pistillate aviator from Gorakhpur… At her cremation successful Gorakhpur, hundreds gathered to wage tribute,” Vivek Kumar said, adding that the incidental has near the full household successful heavy shock.

Srishti Tuli hailed from an Army family. Her gramps Narendrakumar Tuli died successful the 1971 India-Pakistan war, and her uncle excessively concisely worked successful the Indian Army.