Nikita Singhania, the estranged wife of 34-year-old techie Atul Subhash, her mother Nisha and brother Anurag have been arrested in an abetment to suicide case, days after Atul died by suicide after accusing Nikita and his family of harassment and extortion.

The Singhanias have been produced in court and will be remanded in custody. Earlier, Bengaluru police had asked them to appear within three days.

Nikita Singhania and her family members are at the centre of massive outrage over Atul Subhash’s death by suicide and the allegations he made against them in a 24-page suicide note and an 80-minute video. The 34-year-old techie, originally from Bihar’s Samastipur, was found dead at his Bengaluru flat on Monday. Police found a detailed note at his home, with every page starting with “justice is due”.

In his suicide note and video, Subhash alleged that he married Nikita in 2019 after finding her on a matchmaking website. The couple had a son the next year. He alleged that Nikita and her family would ask him for huge amounts of money to set up businesses. Arguments broke out when he refused and she eventually left his home in 2021.