Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Thane Man Dies by Suicide During Video Call; Four Booked
A 32-year-old man named Majid Sayyed lived in a place called Nagaon, in the city of Thane in India.
His mother, brother, and other family members lived in a nearby area called Mumbra.
Majid was very upset because he had gotten into trouble with people who sell drugs.
On August 13, during an argument with those drug sellers, he hurt himself with a razor blade.
His family came to help, but he got angry and hurt his wife, so everyone went back home.
Very early the next morning, at about 4:45, he made a video call to his mother and brother.
In the call, they saw him hanging from a ceiling fan with a dupatta, which is a long scarf.
His family rushed over, broke open the door, and took him to the hospital, but doctors said he had already died.
Before he died, he recorded a video message saying four men kept asking him for money and harassing him until he could not take the mental stress anymore.
The police registered a case against those four men, and their investigation is still going on.
Majid Sayyed, a 32-year-old resident of Mumbra, died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his Nagaon home in Thane in the early hours of August 14.
He was on a live video call with his mother and brother, who rushed to his home, broke open the locked door, cut the dupatta, and took him to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
In a pre-recorded video message on his mother's phone, Sayyed named Shadab Baig, Saud Shaikh, Arshad Madrasi, and Sohel Shaikh, alleging harassment and persistent demands for money drove him to end his life.
Shil-Daighar (Daighar) Police booked the four men for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, based on the victim's brother's complaint and the video evidence.
A day earlier, on August 13, Sayyed had argued with local drug sellers and inflicted self-harm with a razor blade; police said the probe is underway and no arrests have been made.
- Who
- Majid Sayyed, a 32-year-old Mumbra resident who lived in Nagaon; his mother, brother, wife and extended family; four accused — Shadab Baig, Saud Shaikh, Arshad Madrasi, and Sohel Shaikh; Shil-Daighar (Daighar) Police.
- What
- Sayyed died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan during a live video call with his family, and police registered a case of abetment of suicide against four men based on his recorded video message.
- When
- Around 4:45 AM on August 14, following an argument with drug sellers on August 13; police reported the case on Tuesday (August 18).
- Where
- His residence in Nagaon, near Shil-Daighar, Thane, Maharashtra; his family was in Kausa, Mumbra.
- Why
- Sayyed alleged persistent financial demands and harassment by four men caused him severe mental distress; he had reportedly fallen into substance abuse.
- Victim
- Majid Sayyed, 32, resident of Mumbra
- Location
- Nagaon, near Shil-Daighar, Thane, Maharashtra
- Date and time
- August 14, around 4:45 AM
- Accused
- Shadab Baig, Saud Shaikh, Arshad Madrasi, Sohel Shaikh
- Legal provision
- Section 108 (abetment of suicide), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023
- Police station
- Shil-Daighar (Daighar) Police
- Prior incident
- August 13 argument with drug sellers; self-harm with a razor blade
- Status
- Investigation underway; no arrests made
