Air India Pilot Suicide Case: 27-Year-Old Accused Moves Sessions Court Seeking Bail, Claims He Tried To Save Her

Mumbai: Aditya Pandit, 27, the resident of Haryana, booked for abatement of suicide of an Air India pilot, Srishti Tuli has moved the sessions court for bail claiming that it was him who first found her hanging and took her to hospital.

Tuli, who lived in a rented flat in Marol area, was found dead in the early hours of November 25. A day later police had arrested Pandit, with whom Tuli was said to be in relationship.

Tuli's father had alleged that before she took the extreme step, the two stayed together for few days. However, on the day of the incident Pandit left for Delhi at around 1 PM.

It has been further alleged that the two had dispute over food preferences as Tuli was a non-vegetarian and Pandit a vegetarian. The complainant has alleged only because of the said reason, she might have committed suicide.

Pandit has claimed that he has been arrested only because an FIR was registered against him and his custody was in contrary to the provisions of law. He however, has claimed that nothing of this sort indicate abatement. In fact he tried to save her life.

"The applicant had made necessary telephone calls to the deceased and have found that the deceased is not picking up the phone, he himself has gone personally to the said premises and since, she was no opening the door, it is the applicant who has called a key maker and get the door opened and thereafter, it was found that she was hanging herself and as a law abiding citizen, he has also removed her to the Hospital in order to save her life however, the said efforts become infructuous," Pandit claimed in his bail plea. The plea would be heard on Monday.