DigitEye India Fact Checkers
Following Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s suicide note that has gone viral, his wife and in-laws have become the target of social media focus and one such post purportedly showing the photo of his estranged wife has surfaced.
Subhash, in his suicide note, alleged harassment by his estranged wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha Singhania, her brother Anurag Singhania and her uncle Sushil Singhania. He said that he faced emotional distress due to harassment and cases filed by his wife and her family, before ending his life. Currently, Bengaluru police have registered a case of abetment of suicide and the investigation is ongoing.
In this context, while several social media users rallied behind him seeking justice, they also shared an alleged photograph of his wife Nikita Singhania demanding her arrest. See one such X post by @ShashiShekhar that has gone viral.
Meet Nikita Singhania, the lady who slapped false cases on her husband #AtulSubhash, and demanded 3 cr to settle the cases.
She was being given 80000 per month by Atul for maintenance by the order of court while she herself works in Accenture.
Look at the conversation in… pic.twitter.com/ciBswI6r0Q
— Shashi Kumar (@iShashiShekhar) December 10, 2024
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FACT-CHECK
When Digiteye India received a request for fact-checking such post on WhatsApp, we searched for the original picture of Atul Singhania’s wife Nikita Singhania on Google and found the one featuring Singhanias. A simple comparison shows that the woman claimed to be Nikita was not matching. Along with it, we could trace counter-claims on social media where the users denied the claims on photos.
🚨🚨🚨ALERT
ये अतुल की शादी की तस्वीर है , जिस लड़की की फोटो पूरे देश में वायरल हो रही है वो कोई और है ,
कृपया जल्दबाजी में किसी और का जीवन तहस नहस न करें,
जब हमने इंक्वायरी की और शादी वाली फोटो से वायरल वाली फोटो को मिलाया तो अलग निकली ।#AtulSubhash #JusticeIsDue pic.twitter.com/S9D63xLqY1
— खुरपेंच (@khurpenchh) December 10, 2024
Further search revealed that the viral photo was taken from an Instagram account of another woman, also named Nikita Singhania, but not the same woman alleged in Atul Subhash’s suicide note. The photo actually belonged to a LinkedIn user based in Raipur, not Atul Subash’s estranged wife, who reports so far suggested that she works at Accenture in Delhi. Hence, the viral photograph being shared currently is not of Atul Subhash’s wife Nikita Singhania.
Claim: Image claiming to be of Nikita Singhania, who allegedly slapped false cases on her husband Atul Subhash.
Conclusion: Misrepresentation. The photo being shared actually belonged to a different LinkedIn user based in Raipur, not Atul Subash’s estranged wife.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
