Woman Kills Self While Husband Records Act, Shows Video To Dad After Her Death

A woman in India killed herself while her husband recorded the act without attempting to intervene. After the wife's death, the man informed the woman's dad that she died by suicide and showed him the video, reports said.

The shocking incident that happened in Kanpur, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, came to light after the deceased woman's father filed a police complaint against his son-in-law.

The woman, identified as Shobita Gupta, tried to hang herself from a ceiling fan at her house but failed in the first attempt. However, Shobita succeded in hanging herself in the second attempt, Times Now News reported Wednesday.

Instead of trying to save Shobita, her husband, Sanjeev Gupta, filmed the act and showed the video to her dad after her death, according to the criminal complaint.

"I rushed to her house in Gulmohar Nagar and found her body on the bed. Sanjeev was busy pumping her chest, but she was lifeless. When I questioned Sanjeev, he showed me the video and I was shocked that he made no effort to save her but was busy recording the incident. He also did not rush her to the hospital," the grieving father said.

Meanwhile, police said the incident, including the video recorded by the man, is under investigation.

According to reports, the woman took the extreme step after a dispute with her husband. "The woman killed herself after a dispute with her husband. As soon as the information was received, the police seized the body and sent it for post-mortem. We are questioning the husband," senior investigating officer Anup Singh was quoted as saying by ANI News.

In an unrelated incident, a 24-year-old woman in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu killed herself in June and recorded the act on Tiktok. The woman, identified by her first name Anitha, took her life after her husband scolded her for spending too much time on the video-sharing mobile application.

If you have thoughts of suicide, confidential help is available for free at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Call 1-800-273-8255. The line is available 24 hours a day, all seven days a week.