Overview

• Nitesh Singh was found hanging at her official CB-CID residence in Lucknow on July 30 while her husband, ASP Mukesh Pratap Singh, was on duty.
• Her brother accused Mukesh of an extramarital affair and alleged that his sister endured mental harassment that led her to live with her parents for seven months.
• New video evidence allegedly captures Singh attempting to suffocate her disabled son with a pillow and later choking him a day before her death, prompting investigators to examine her psychological condition.
• Police have ordered a postmortem and are analyzing the footage alongside her medical records to reconstruct the sequence of events leading to her suspected suicide.
• Investigators are weighing potential charges under abetment and cruelty laws as they integrate family testimony and forensic findings.