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Gurugram IT Couple's Tragic Murder-Suicide Shakes Community
30 Sep
Summary
- 30-year-old software engineer allegedly strangled wife before dying by suicide
- Couple worked at IT firm, lived in Gurugram apartment
- Friend alerted police after receiving suicide video message from husband
On September 28, 2025, a tragic incident unfolded in a residential society in Gurugram, India. A 30-year-old software engineer, Ajay Kumar, allegedly strangled his 28-year-old wife, Sweety Sharma, before taking his own life.
According to the police, Kumar sent a video message to a friend on Sunday afternoon, stating his intention to end his life. Alarmed, the friend immediately alerted the authorities. When the police arrived at the couple's 13th-floor apartment in Millennium City Society, they found Kumar hanging from a ceiling fan and Sharma lying dead on the floor, with a scarf used to strangle her.
The couple, who were originally from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and West Bengal's Asansol, respectively, had been married for three years and were working from home at the time of the incident. Preliminary investigations suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the tragic events unfolded.
The police have registered a case and are conducting further investigations to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the deaths of the IT professionals. This shocking incident has left the local community in Gurugram deeply shaken.
