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Manav Sharma Suicide: TCS employee Manav Sharma, 25, died by suicide in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. In his suicide video, he blamed his wife’s affair for his decision and urged society to “think and talk about men”.
Manav Sharma Suicide: Manav Sharma, a 25-year-old TCS employee in Mumbai, dropped his wife off at her parents’ house before ending his life.
Manav Sharma Suicide:
A Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee Manav Sharma died by suicide on February 24, hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Agra. In his suicide video, which was later recovered from his phone, he blamed his wife’s alleged affair as the reason behind his tragic step.
However, his wife, Nikita Sharma, has denied the allegations, stating that Manav unjustly fixated on her past. She claimed that after discovering it, he became violent, engaged in self-harm, and turned to alcohol. Nikita further claimed that on the night of his death, she repeatedly urged Manav’s sister, Akansha, to check on him. Leaked WhatsApp chats between the two appear to support this, showing Akansha telling Nikita to “ignore” Manav’s calls and go to sleep.
Manav Sharma suicide: WhatsApp chats between wife and sister
At around 2:00 AM, Nikita messaged her sister-in-law, saying that Manav was drunk and not listening to her.
In response, Akansha replied, “It’s okay. Ignore. Sleep.”
Nikita then told her that during a video call, she had seen Manav sitting on a chair placed on the bed, with a piece of cloth wrapped around his neck and another tied to the fan. She also warned Akansha that he was under the influence and might take his own life.
Nikita repeatedly pleaded with Akansha to talk to him, but Akansha reassured her, saying nothing would happen and urged her to “be strong” and “relax”. “Nikky, please relax. Tujhe strong hona padega ab [You need to be strong now],” she said.
Manav Sharma suicide: Transcription of the WhatsApp conversation
Nikita: Didi, bhot drunk hai Manav. Meri bilkul nahi sun rahe hain. (Didi, Manav is very drunk. He is not listening to me at all.)
Akansha: Koi na. Ignore. Soja tu. (It’s okay. Ignore. Go to sleep.)
Nikita: Nahi didi. Wo chair rakhi hai bed par. Dupatta hai sir me. Video call me dekha hai. Wo kuch kar lenge. (No, Didi. He has placed a chair on the bed. He has a dupatta on his head. I saw it on a video call. He will do something.)
Akansha: Maine message kiya hai usko. (I have messaged him.)
Nikita: Wo mujhse gussa kar rahe hain. Didi, please, aap call karo unko. Wo kar lenge kuch. Video call pe dikha ke kar rahe hain mujhe. (He is angry at me. Didi, please, call him. He will do something. He is showing me on the video call while doing it.)
Akansha: Be strong.
Nikita: Main papa ko bhi nahi bata sakti. (I can’t even tell Papa.)
Akansha: Relax.
Nikita: Wo mujhe video call kar rahe hain baar baar ki main suicide kar raha hun, dekh le tu. (He is calling me repeatedly on video, saying, “I am committing suicide, watch me.”)
Akansha: Kuch nahi hoga. Relax. (Nothing will happen. Relax.)
Nikita: Nahi didi, wo sach me kar lega. Wo bhot drunk hain is time. (No, Didi. He will really do it. He is very drunk right now.)
Akansha: Shaant reh tu. (Stay calm.)
Nikita: Sab ready rakha hai unhone. (He has prepared everything.)
Akansha: Nikky, please relax. Tujhe strong hona padega ab. (Nikky, please relax. You will have to be strong now.)
Nikita: Room me akele hain, kuch kar liya to? Main wahan nahi hun abhi. Kab se samjha rahi hun, nahi samajh aa rha hai. Bol rahe hain subha tak milunga nahi. (He is alone in the room. What if he does something? I am not there right now. I have been trying to make him understand for a while, but he is not listening. He is saying he won’t meet me until morning.)
Akansha: To akela choda kyun? (Then why did you leave him alone?)
Nikita: Papa ki tabiyat kharab ho gai thi aaj bhot to ghar aa gai thi aaj. (Papa’s health worsened a lot today, so I came home.)
Akansha: Yar ye sab drame karne aye hai yahan. (He has come here to create all this drama.)
Nikita: Main papa ko bhi nahi bol sakti. (I can’t even tell Papa.)
Akansha: Unko nahi bolna kuch. (Don’t tell him anything.)
Nikita: Han tabhi aapko call kiya. Kaise samjhaun main ab? (Yes, that’s why I called you. How do I make him understand now?)
Akansha: Message kar rahi hun use. Jab ek do baar me kisi ko samajh na aae to bar bar samjhana nahi chahiye. (I am messaging him. When someone doesn’t understand after being told once or twice, there is no point in repeatedly explaining.)
Nikita: Kuch kar lenge wo. (He will do something.)
Akansha: Nahi karega. Usko zyada call mat kar ab. (He won’t do anything. Don’t call him too much now.)
Nikita: Wo mujhe kar rahe hain baar baar. Video call kar kar ke dikha rahe hain. (He is calling me again and again. He is showing me on video call.)
Akansha: Abhi call par hai? (Is he on the call right now?)
Nikita: Cut kiya. Aap kar lo call. Samjha dijie please. (He disconnected. Please call him and make him understand.)
Akansha: Ok.
Nikita: Meri to kuch bhi nahi sun rahe. Bas mar raha hun. (He is not listening to me at all. He is just saying he is dying.)
Akansha: Leave. Soja tu. (Go to sleep.)
Nikita: Kaise didi, wo drunk hain. Kuch kar lia to? (How, sister? He is drunk. What if he does something?)
Akansha: Aankh band karke. (By closing your eyes.)
Nikita: Unhone sach me sab ready kar ke rakha hai. Bed par chair, dupatta. (He has actually prepared everything. Chair on the bed, a scarf.)
Akansha: Jaisa sochoge waisa hoga. Rehne de. Tum log kya ye sab galich harkaton par aa gae ho. Acha soch. Or soja. (What you think is what will happen. Leave it. Have you all started indulging in such disgusting actions? Think positively and sleep.)
Nikita: Sorry didi, but jab mujhse handle nahi hua tab aapko call kiya hai. (Sorry, sister, but I called you when I couldn’t handle it.)
Akansha: Subha dekhenge. (We will see in the morning.)
Nikita: Meri bilkul bhi nahi sun rahe hain. (He is not listening to me at all.)
Akansha: Handle nai karte aise situation. (This is not how such situations are handled.)
Nikita: Sirf papa hain ghar pe unko kuch bol nahi sakti abhi. (Only dad is at home, I can’t tell him anything right now.)
Akansha: Ignore karte hain. Ek baar koi galti kare to use samjhaya ja sakta hai. Salon ho gae samjhate samjhate. Isne meri kasam khayi thi ki Akku ab kabhi aisa nahi karunga. Par meri kasam isne Mumbai me tod di fir ye karke. (Just ignore it. If someone makes a mistake once, they can be made to understand. But it’s been years of explaining. He swore to me, saying, “Akku, I will never do this again.” But he broke that promise in Mumbai by doing this again.)
Nikita: Uske baad bhi kasam khayi thi. Sabka bol ke samjha dia. Tumhe alag hona hai kal hi ho jate hain, but ye sab mat karo. (Even after that, he swore again. I explained everything to everyone. If you want to separate, do it tomorrow itself, but don’t do all this.)
Akansha: Apne ko pyar karte ho to unka kuch to maan rakhoge? (If you love yourself, you should at least respect their feelings a little.)
Nikita: Ab bhi phone kar rahe hain bar bar. (He is still calling again and again.)
Akansha: Mat utha. Let it be. Leave. (Don’t pick up. Let it be. Leave it.)
Nikita: Nahi utha rahi to gaali de rahe hain. Bhot zyada drunk hain. (He is abusing me because I am not picking up. He is extremely drunk.)
Akansha: To gali message kar raha hai na? Karne de. (So he is sending abuses over messages? Let him.)
Nikita: Thik hai aap so jaiye. Sorry didi. Sorry. (Okay, you sleep. Sorry, sister. Sorry.)
Akansha: Arey. (Oh.)
Nikita: Bas dar lag raha hai bhot. (I am just very scared.)
Akansha: Tujhe bhi samajh nai aa rha kya kehna chahti hun. Galat dar hai ye. Dar lag bhi raha hai to usko mat dikha. (Do you not understand what I am trying to say? This fear is unnecessary. Even if you are scared, don’t show it to him.)
Nikita: Wo pehle kar chuke hain is liye lag raha hai. (He has done it before, that’s why I am scared.)
Akansha: Dekh le behen tu ab. Raat ko 10 baje baat cheet khatam karne ki aadat dalo. Jitni batein, utne masle. (You decide now, sister. Get into the habit of ending conversations by 10 PM. The more you talk, the more problems arise.)
Nikita: Sahi bol rahe ho aap. Kaash maine bol diya hota so rahi hun. (You are right. I wish I had just said I was sleeping.)
Akansha: Aur rahi baat kuch karne ki to ab kya bolun. (And as for him doing something, what can I even say now?)
Nikita: Meri sunne ko tayyar nahi hain bas ulta seedha bol rahe hain bhot. (He is not ready to listen to me and is just talking nonsense.)
Akansha: Mat sun fir. Ignore. (Then don’t listen.)
Nikita: Call kar rahe hain? Nahi uthaun? (He is calling? Should I not pick up?)
Akansha: Silent. Ab toh utha. Tu jagi hai. Usko pata hai. (Put it on silent. Now just pick up. He knows you are awake.)
[Six messages that Akansha sent to Nikita were deleted from her end.]
Nikita: Okay. So jao aap. (Okay. You go to sleep.)
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