'Legal genocide of men in India': Bengaluru techie's X post tagging Trump, Musk opens can of worms

A Bengaluru techie died by suicide, police officials revealed on Monday. His wife and her family have been booked for abetment already.

However, it is the last post on X by the 34-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh that has drawn eyeballs.

Atul Subhash on X tagged platform owner Elon Musk and US President-elect Donald Trump -- a duo that has vowed to end wokeism in the US -- and said "I will be dead when you read this."

Subhash stated, "A legal genocide of men happening in India currently."

He also shared a one-and-a-half hour video on Rumble where he asserted "This ATM is closed permanently."

Subhash doubled down on this and requested Trump and Musk to save 'millions' from 'woke ideologies, abortion, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and restore freedom of speech in India'.

Police sources revealed to DH that Subhash, who lived alone in Bengaluru, had left specific instructions on a printed paper attached to his cupboard, including the location of a 40-page note he wrote. Another sheet of paper with the words "JUSTICE IS DUE" was also found.

"He left behind a detailed note accusing his wife and her family of harassment,” a senior officer stated. “A case has been registered, and further investigation is under way.”

The suicide -- more importantly, the circumstances surrounding the same -- has caused uproar among many quarters, with the hashtag #mentoo popping up on social media. The hashtag is often used as a counterfoil to #metoo, which encompasses the sexual harassment faced by women in a patriarchal society.

A X page called Struggles of Men said "An innocent man has taken his life after harassment faced by the judiciary," adding, "Sorry brother, we couldn't save you."

Meanwhile, Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj who works at Ekamnyaay to help others get justice, shared several such instances where men have reached out to her saying they too have suicidal thoughts, given the circumstances of their separation proceedings. One said that some can't kill themselves due to ageing parents, while another complained how the wife had 'brainwashed' the child into thinking the man was a 'bad father'. Another said how his wife was adulterous with two men but sought maintenance, and yet another said that his wife -- who had spent around 67 days out of the five years of their marriage together -- was demanding Rs 60,000 in maintenance.

Author and internet personality Shefali Vaidya shared how Atul's story had made her reach out to three different male friends of hers who were facing a similar situation.

"In all three cases, women have weaponised access to their kids as a means to emotionally blackmail the man, and while I can’t say how good my male friends were as husbands, I can say with a great confidence that all three were great fathers.," she posted with the #justiceisdue hashtag.

Elsewhere, she took on liberal outrage over the possible doxxing of the woman accused in abetting Subhash's suicide. Responding to a person who said that calling for a social media lynching would solve nothing, Vaidya said, 'even if two other women decide not to file false cases and exploit a man financially, it would be worth it.'

Notably, retributive justice by way of social media ostracisation has been a core component of the #metoo movement as has been propagated in India.

(With DHNS inputs)