Overview

• Mohit Yadav, a 33-year-old engineer from Uttar Pradesh, was found dead by suicide in a hotel room in Etawah on April 19, 2025, with forensic evidence confirming suicide.
• In a video recorded before his death, Yadav accused his wife and in-laws of mental torture, coercion to transfer property, and threats of false dowry cases.
• Yadav also alleged that his mother-in-law forced his wife to abort their child after she secured a teaching job in Bihar earlier this year.
• Etawah police have launched an investigation into potential abetment to suicide but have not yet made any arrests or received a response from the accused family members.
• The case has intensified calls for gender-neutral legal protections, with men's rights advocates pointing to a pattern of suicides linked to alleged misuse of anti-dowry laws.