Bengaluru: In a disturbing incident, a software engineer attempted suicide near the Governor’s residence in Bengaluru, alleging that he was unable to cope with the harassment from his wife.

The incident occurred on Sunday and the individual has been identified as Junaid Ahmad, a native of Chikkaballapura district.

According to police sources, Junaid tried to take his own life by pouring petrol over himself and attempting to set himself ablaze. The police stated that he had accused his wife of mental torture and of filing a false dowry case along with several other legal complaints against him.

Junaid reportedly visited the Chikkaballapura police station to file a complaint against his wife, but alleged that the officers refused to register his grievance. Frustrated by the lack of action, he headed to Raj Bhavan to carry out the suicide attempt.

However, police officers present at the location intervened in time, detained him, and took him to the Vidhana Soudha police station. After hearing his account, the police counselled him and later released him, sources confirmed.

Series of similar cases in Bengaluru

This is not the first such incident in the city. On 7 April, a software engineer who had been separated from his wife and child for two years allegedly died by suicide in Bengaluru, reportedly unable to bear the emotional strain of separation.

In another shocking incident, a man set himself on fire outside his wife's residence in the Nagarbhavi area of Bengaluru last Thursday, after failing to convince her to withdraw a divorce petition.

Earlier, techie Atul Subhash took his own life, reportedly due to alleged harassment and a demand of Rs 3 crore from his wife Nikita Singhania as part of a divorce settlement.

In yet another similar case, a police officer allegedly died by suicide in Bengaluru on 14 December 2024, with reports suggesting that harassment by his wife and her family was the reason behind his extreme step.

IANS