Author of the popular twitter handle @aapChutiyeHain, Akhil Mehta, allegedly committed suicide due to depression, according to the Finding Akhil Mehta facebook page - created to help find Mehta after his disappearance. The 27-year-old was last seen at Vijay Nagar, New Delhi on March 27.
Mehta's twitter handle described him as a proud Indian achieving ‘World peace through Insult Comedy'. The Finding Akhil Mehta revealed in a post that they fear he might have been kidnapped. Mehta would regularly receive threats from "several political and religious groups for criticising them" through his tweets as he was passionately against corruption, hypocrisy and disclosed any injustices done in society as he viewed it.
However, on March 28, the Business Standard reported that an "unidentified male" committed suicide by jumping from a high rise water tank in Tronica City, Ghazibad. Since the discovery, the Finding Akhil Mehta page confirmed the "unidentified male" was in fact Mehta.
The page also released a statement which read, "It's extremely heartbreaking for us to say that, Akhil is no more with us. It's very unfortunate to have lost him at such a young age, allegedly, to depression. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends. May God give them comfort and peace in this difficult time and his soul may rest in peace."
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In his last tweet on Valentine's Day, Mehta chose to post a heartfelt message of a mother's love.
Family and friends of Mehta have not confirmed whether Mehta was suffering from depression or what may have triggered it.
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