UP Police Nabs Wife of Deceased, Nikita Sharma, in High-Profile Suicide Case
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, April 5, 2025 – Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Nikita Sharma, the wife of deceased TCS recruitment manager Manav Sharma, along with her father, Nripendra Sharma, on Saturday in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, nearly a month after Manav’s suicide rocked Agra. The arrests, confirmed by sources like Free Press Journal and posts on X, mark a breakthrough in a case that’s gripped India since Manav’s February 24 death, when he hanged himself and left a viral video blaming Nikita and her family for driving him to despair.
A Month on the Run
Manav, 25, a Senior Process Associate at Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai, took his life in his Agra home under Sadar Police Station’s jurisdiction, hours after dropping Nikita at her maternal home on February 23. In a 6-minute-57-second video recorded before his death, he tearfully accused Nikita of infidelity and emotional torment, pleading, “Please think about men,” and showing wrist scars from prior suicide attempts. His father, Narendra Kumar Sharma, a retired Air Force officer, filed a complaint alleging Nikita and her in-laws harassed Manav over divorce threats, leading to an FIR for abetment of suicide against five family members.
Nikita and Nripendra had been absconding since late February, evading multiple summons and police raids across Uttar Pradesh and beyond. On March 13, Agra Police arrested Nikita’s mother and sister, who were jailed, while a Rs 10,000 reward was placed on Nikita and her father by March 26, per ETV Bharat. Non-bailable warrants followed, and after a failed anticipatory bail bid in the Allahabad High Court on March 12, the net tightened. “We tracked them to Ahmedabad,” an Agra police official told ABP Live, with the duo nabbed early Saturday and brought back to Agra for questioning.
Her Side of the Story
Nikita, in a video statement released February 27 via social media, denied Manav’s claims, calling them distortions of her pre-marriage past. “He knew everything before we wed—he drank heavily, beat me, tried to kill himself multiple times,” she told Business Today, alleging she’d saved him repeatedly and that his family ignored his mental health. She claimed the February 23 drop-off followed a fight, not coercion, and accused Manav of projecting his “demons” onto her. Yet, police secured CCTV footage from that night showing Manav, Nikita, and her parents outside her family home for over an hour, per Hindustan, bolstering the harassment narrative.
Manav’s sister, Akanksha Sharma, countered in Free Press Journal, alleging Nikita threatened legal battles and warned “divorce wouldn’t be easy,” devastating Manav after he discovered her alleged ongoing contact with another man. “He was heartbroken but stayed—then they broke him,” she said at his March 8 terhvi ceremony, where family vowed to fight on.
A Case That Stirs Debate
The arrests reignite a national conversation sparked by Manav’s plea for men’s rights, mirroring Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s December 2024 suicide—where his wife, Nikita Singhania, was also nabbed after a similar abetment charge. Posts on X hail Saturday’s move: “Justice for Manav—Nikita finally caught,” one user wrote, while another cautioned, “Hope she doesn’t get bail too soon.” The case, like Atul’s, fuels calls for gender-neutral laws, with Manav’s video—viewed millions of times—amplifying his cry: “The law needs to protect men.”
For now, Nikita and Nripendra face interrogation in Agra, with police eyeing digital evidence, including WhatsApp chats and that pivotal CCTV. As Trump’s tariffs crash markets and Gaza’s medics dodge bullets, this domestic tragedy holds India’s gaze—a tale of love, loss, and a legal reckoning just beginning.
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