Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Mumbai Police Book Business Partner After Young Man’s Death
Laxman was a 21-year-old man who lived in Kurla, Mumbai.
He was working in a fiber optics business with Manish Mohan Pardeshi.
Laxman’s mother told police that Pardeshi often criticized and harassed him.
She said Laxman wanted to leave the partnership.
On October 3, his family found him hanging inside their home.
He was taken to a hospital, where doctors said he had died.
Police have booked Pardeshi under a law concerning abetment of suicide.
The booking follows the mother’s complaint and is not a finding of guilt.
Police say they are investigating.
Laxman alias Lucky Madhav Arsule, 21, was found hanging at his Kurla home on October 3.
His mother, Radhika Madhav Arsule, alleged that business partner Manish Mohan Pardeshi persistently harassed and humiliated him.
Police booked Pardeshi under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for alleged abetment of suicide.
The family said Laxman wanted to leave their fiber optics business partnership and find other work.
Police took Laxman to Rajawadi Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, and said their investigation is continuing.
- Who
- Laxman alias Lucky Madhav Arsule, 21; business partner Manish Mohan Pardeshi, 55, has been booked after a complaint by Laxman’s mother.
- What
- Laxman was found hanging at home and later declared dead; police booked Pardeshi for alleged abetment of suicide.
- When
- October 3; the article does not specify the year for this date.
- Where
- Kurla, Mumbai; the family home was in Sandesh Nagar, Bail Bazar, Kurla (West).
- Why
- Laxman’s mother alleged that persistent harassment and verbal humiliation by his business partner contributed to his distress.
- Deceased
- Laxman alias Lucky Madhav Arsule, 21
- Accused
- Manish Mohan Pardeshi, 55
- Complainant
- Radhika Madhav Arsule, Laxman’s mother
- Police station
- Vinoba Bhave Nagar police
- Legal provision
- Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, concerning abetment of suicide
- Business
- Fiber optics cable partnership
- Hospital
- Rajawadi Hospital; doctors declared Laxman dead on arrival