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A 25-year-old Air India pilot, who allegedly died by suicide at her flat in Mumbai, reportedly faced constant harassment and public humiliation from her boyfriend.

Details available in the first information report (FIR) registered against 27-year-old Aditya Pandit, who has been arrested, revealed that he also pressured the woman, Srishti Tuli, to change her food habits and stop eating non-vegetarian food.

The FIR, which was filed at Powai police station based on a complaint by Srishti’s uncle Vivekkumar Narendrakumar Tuli, cited several instances where Aditya allegedly ill-treated his girlfriend, leaving her disturbed.

The uncle said that, in November last year, his car was used by Aditya to take his daughter Rashi and Srishti shopping in Delhi. An argument broke out between the couple, during which Aditya used derogatory language against Srishti in front of Rashi, and even rammed another vehicle with the car in anger.

Vivekkumar said his car suffered damage but Aditya appeared unaffected by it.

Argument Over Food

Another incident where Srishti was allegedly again publicly humiliated by Aditya took place in March this year, when the couple had gathered with Rashi and her friends for dinner in Gurugram.

Aditya reportedly insulted Srishti when she and the others suggested they have non-vegetarian food. After an argument, the couple eventually left to have vegetarian food but minutes later, Srishti called up Rashi, saying Aditya had left her on the road and gone home.

Vivekkumar said after the incident, Srishti told his daughter that she had been suffering because of the relationship but was unable to cut ties with Aditya since she loved him.

The complaint also listed another such incident, which took place days later.

Vivekkumar said that Aditya had to attend a family function and wanted Srishti to accompany him. He allegedly kept pressuring his girlfriend to attend the event despite knowing that she was supposed to pilot a flight that day. As another argument erupted, Aditya blocked Srishti’s phone number for around 10 to 12 days, leaving her anxious.

The complaint said that Srishti was always worried as Aditya would often humiliate her in public and block her number for trivial reasons.

Arrested For Abetment

The couple had met two years ago while the woman was pursuing a commercial pilot course in Delhi and the two began a relationship soon after, the FIR claimed.

Srishti’s body was found in her rented flat at Kanakia Rainforest building in Andheri’s Marol area on Monday. Police said she allegedly hanged herself with a data cable earlier that day, but no suicide note was recovered.

Aditya was arrested on Tuesday section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He was produced in court, which sent him to police custody till November 29.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha by-election from Kerala’s Wayanad, will take her oath as a Member of Parliament tomorrow, joining her brother Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi in the House.

The Lok Sabha seat was vacated by her brother who won from both the seats – Wayanad and Rae Bareli. In her poll debut, Priyanka Gandhi won the seat from a thumping margin of over four lakh voters, surpassing her brother’s victory margin in the 2024 General elections. 

Ms Gandhi will now join a list of MPs who have at least one family member in either house of the Parliament.

Sonia Gandhi was elected to the Rajya Sabha after she decided to not contest the 2024 general elections from Rae Bareli. Her children, Rahul and Priyanka, will now sit in Lok Sabha. 

Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav, are both members of the Lok Sabha. Mr Yadav won from Kannauj in the Lok Sabha elections and his wife was elected from the Mainpuri seat in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav’s cousin, Akshay Yadav, won from the Ferozabad seat, while his other cousin, Dharmendra Yadav, won from Badaun. The Akhilesh Yadav family is also related to Lalu Yadav’s family.

Pappu Yadav won the Purnia Lok Sabha seat in Bihar as an independent candidate, with a margin of over 23,000 votes. His wife, Ranjeet Ranjan, is a serving Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, from Chhattisgarh. She was elected to the House in 2022. 

Sharad Pawar is an incumbent member of Rajya Sabha who was elected to the House in 2014. His daughter, Supriya Sule, is a sitting Member of Parliament from the Baramati Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra.

Family Members In Vidhan Sabha

Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi is a member of the Bihar Assembly, along with her sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav. During the term of the Mahagathbandhan, a grand alliance of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United and Congress, Tejashwi Yadav was Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Deputy until Mr Kumar joined hands with the BJP-led NDA months before the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.

In the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, both Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and his wife Kamlesh Thakur are members of the Legislative Assembly. They are members of the Congress.

Jharkhand’s Chief Minister-elect Hemant Soren, whose party Jharkhand Mukti Morch (JMM) secured a majority in the recently concluded state elections, will be joined by his wife Kalpana Soren in the Legislative Assembly. JMM won 34 seats in the polls, BJP secured 21 and Congress came third with 16 in the 81-member Assembly.