Here is the tragic story on the death of 23 year old Neha Chhikara, who was reported missing from Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Monarch of the Seas on December 31, 2009 near the Bahamas in the Atlantic on New Year’s Eve.
More disturbing information available are:
- Neha Chhikara, a former air hostess was the wife of Ankit Dalal, a crewmember of the same cruise ship.
- Later it was found from the vessel’s security camera footage that she jumped overboard from the 11th deck of the vessel.
- Indian press reports that
- the reason for her death as dowry harassment by Ankit Dalal who married her in 2008.
- few hours before going overboard, she had sent an e-mail to her brother Anuj Chhikara in India that reads: “Ankit has been beating me up every day… I have lost the strength to live and am very depressed. I do not think he wants me to work on this ship. He has threatened me that he would get my appointment cancelled… I am under extreme torture…”
- U.S Coast Guard launched a search operation by deploying their aircrafts and Coast Guard Cutter Cormorant but she could not be located.
- Ankit Dalal reported about her disappearance only after nine hours of the incident, a possible reason for the unsuccessful search operations.
View a video clip (Audio in Hindi): Air Hostess commits suicide, family says she was tortured by husband
Read more from Indian Express and The Times of India.
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What a pity that India is still seeing such incidents. But more shockingly what has diluted the whole Dowry related issues in India is the fact that people are misusing the Law which are made for their safety. I have been following up the story closely and discovered it in different news articles that Neha was actually a Pscychiatric patient and was on strong antidepressent medicines, sources even confirm that the doctor whom she was taking treatment under cover has been found. Also it has been commented that she tried twice in past suicide attempt, her Real parents were fully aware of the whole situation but kept it a secret and now after this unfortunate incident are misusing the law just to get some money out of her parents in law. Its a shame that now a days such incidents are happening every now and then and out of 10 dowry incidents atleast 6-7 incidents are reported to be a misuse of the law for financial gains..its become a practice. Her real parents must be the one to be punished. The poor husband and his family have lost their daughter in law and wife were already under tremendous pressure and on top such misuse of law has put them no where. As far as her email is concerned known psychiatrist say it is a know fact that such patients have a tendency of hallucinations and they can either say or wite things under that condition. Law agencies in India have to really think and act to help such parents-in-law. may Neha rest in peace and her parents be punished by god !!
Robert, hope u hv a sister n she dies this way…if her husband hd treated her nicely she wudnt hv died….i pray tht ur loved one die this way…who hs poof she attempted suicide twice earlier..marriage is such a bliss thing tht it can make ppl forget their miseries,why she didnt die before marriage…if she got gud treatment at inlaws place she wudnt hv died..pray ur loved one die dis way too then sumbdy see which law u take resort to
I agree with Robert, Dowry law is being misued in India, news papers and infinite sites are living proof to it.
As for Kirti she seems to belong to same corrupt members of the society who misuse Dowry laws, Kirti what a shameful comment that u have posted, hope this site doesn’t encourage such comments in future.