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Indian Software Engineer Kills Wife, Hangs Himself – He Had Suspected Her Fidelity

by Gopalan on March 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM Lifestyle News

Information technology might evoke visions of a knowledge-driven age. But those populating that world still seem to suffer from a feudal mindset.

Witness the case of a 30-year-old Indian software engineer who killed his wife, suspecting her fidelity and went to hang himself.

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Amit Budhiraja, employed with the Infosys, a leading IT firm, was found hanging at his residence in the southern Indian city of Bangalore Sunday.

His wife Rinku Sachdev (28) was lying dead on the bed. A suicide note was found at the spot.

He first smothered his wife to death with a pillow and then hanged himself from a ceiling fan.

The incident came to light on Sunday when Rinku’s friend Urmila went to their house after her repeated calls to Rinku went unanswered. Rinku and Urmila had planned to go for a movie that day.

Finally the door was broken open, and the police recovered a suicide note left behind by Amit. It stated that unable to endure his wife’s extra-marital affair any longer he was bringing an end to their tortured lives.

While Amit Budhiraja was from the Indian capital of New Delhi, Rinku, a marketing executive, was from Mumbai, the commercial metropolis.

New Delhi and Mumbai are worlds apart, culturally, the Indian capital still struggling to catch up with modernity. It is essentially patriarchal and characterized by male chauvinism of a high order. Though Mumbai is not exactly liberated, women there do enjoy a measure of freedom.

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guest

03/25/2008

I see you deleted a few comments that contained criticism of your article. I saw no profanities but pure and logical criticism.

Glad that the comments affected you though deleting them is as bad as hiding facts.

Anyways, the comment by Vanessa has no mention how this is a region (not profession) specific problem. The argument in the comment is digressing from what actually is written in the article which pins down the irrational and tragic act to Delhi in general.

Certainly bad journalism if you count my vote.

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guest

03/24/2008

I do not think this is bad journalism. Medindia is only reporting the event as it has been described in so many papers etc. Maybe the people protesting are from the company where the person worked. It really doesnt matter wheather he was a software person or an accountant or a doctor. It is possible that people in 'high stress' profession are more likely to suffer from depression. And this can drive them to do crazy things. It is an unfortunate episode however the IT companies and other similar organisations should offer their employees some opportunities for counselling if they feel it is necessary. This may be possible online too. It wil help in overcoming to some extent these kind of episiodes.

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03/24/2008

You have a disturbed and underdeveloped mind to bias this tragedy against Delhi,needless to say killing someone is wrong.But on this sad and tragic loss of two young lifes ..don't twist your decadent mentality.Just express grief.

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