On November 29, 2025, 30-year-old Diksha Thakur was found dead with her throat slit inside a women's public toilet at Rose Garden in Sector 16, Chandigarh. A purse, two mobile phones, anti-anxiety medication, a tiffin box, and a 4-inch foldable knife were recovered at the scene. Diksha, originally from Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, worked as a customer care executive at Chaupal TV and had been living separately from her husband, Ritwik, an IT engineer, for about a year following intense marital discord after Diwali 2024. Reports and neighbor comments indicate Diksha suspected Ritwik of an extramarital affair and was distressed over being kept away from her 4-year-old son, while Ritwik claimed she lived apart voluntarily to treat her depression. Police are investigating both homicide and suicide angles, noting that she was left-handed and the neck wound aligned with self-infliction, while also examining local CCTV footage, mobile records, and forensic evidence.
Country: India
State/Province: Chandigarh, India
City/Region: Chandigarh
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Separated
Relationship Duration: Approximately 5 years (married 2020)
Incident Date: Nov. 29, 2025
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Approximately 5 years (married 2020)
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Chandigarh:Garden में ख़ून उगलती मिली Diksha के Engineer पति की खुली पोल!,गर्दन की चोट से पलटी कहानी
Infidelity
The relationship followed a trajectory of early romantic commitment starting with a love marriage in 2020, followed by severe conflict after Diwali 2024. The primary source of discord was the victim's suspicion that her husband was having an extramarital affair. This suspicion led to physical separation, with the victim relocating to Chandigarh and Mohali while her husband remained in Saharanpur with their young son. The separation triggered significant emotional distress, social isolation, and medical treatment for anxiety and depression, culminating in the victim's death under ambiguous circumstances.
Chandigarh Police and CFSL forensic teams are conducting a multi-angle investigation covering murder and suicide. Key physical findings include a 4-inch foldable vegetable knife recovered near the body, intact jewelry ruling out robbery, and a left-handed neck cut matching the victim's dominant hand. Investigators are scanning CCTV footage around Rose Garden and Matka Chowk, although a direct view of the washroom entrance was obscured by a tree. Police are also auditing mobile records, doctor prescriptions from Panchkula, and interviewing family members and PG neighbors.
Investigative uncertainty centers on whether the throat injury was self-inflicted during a depressive breakdown or committed by an external party. A major challenge for law enforcement is the absence of security guards at the public utility at the time of the incident, combined with a tree obstructing the primary 360-degree CCTV camera monitoring the washroom area. Additionally, conflicting statements exist between the husband—who claimed Diksha lived separately to manage her depression—and acquaintances who alleged she was forced out and blocked from seeing her child.
On the afternoon of November 29, 2025, Diksha Thakur left her workplace in Chandigarh's Industrial Area around 2:00 PM, took an auto-rickshaw to Sector 17 near the RBI office, and entered Rose Garden via an underpass. She entered the women's public toilet facility where, at approximately 3:15 PM, visitors heard a scream and discovered her bleeding heavily from a neck wound. A 4-inch foldable knife was found beside her alongside her purse containing anti-anxiety medication and identity documents. Although police initially noted self-inflicted injury patterns consistent with her left-handedness, allegations of spousal infidelity and custody denial prompted a broader homicide investigation.
The case illustrates elevated risk factors associated with marital separation, ongoing infidelity suspicion, and forced separation between a primary caregiver and her child. The victim's documented mental health struggles and ongoing treatment for depression compounded her psychological vulnerability. Furthermore, financial strain from living independently on a modest salary of ₹11,000 contributed to acute social and emotional isolation.
Severe marital disputes combined with child access deprivation can cause critical psychological deterioration in separated spouses. Investigative reliance on public surveillance requires awareness of blind spots caused by vegetation or infrastructure. Comprehensive forensic evaluation—including histopathology, blood drag mark analysis, and digital timeline mapping—is essential when physical evidence superficially suggests self-harm in high-conflict separation cases.
Early warning signals included persistent marital discord following Diwali 2024, mutual separation, the victim's acute suspicion of her husband's extramarital affair, and her subsequent diagnosis and medical treatment for severe depression and anxiety in Panchkula.
Key investigative clues included a Bihar Staff Selection Commission form inside her purse that established her identity, anti-anxiety prescriptions, intact personal gold jewelry, a 4-inch folding knife, blood drag marks inside the washroom stall, and her left-handed orientation matching the neck cut's trajectory.
Strongest evidence types include physical scene evidence (foldable knife, untouched jewelry, blood patterns), prescriptional medical documentation recovered from her purse, transport travel timeline reconstructions, and public area CCTV footage leading up to the Rose Garden entry.
Park visitors reported hearing a scream around 3:15 PM. A nearby woman checked the washroom and discovered Diksha lying in blood with a deep neck wound. The washroom security guard, Salma, stated she was absent on official leave due to a family death in Haryana. PG neighbors and online acquaintances stated Diksha was brave, loved her son, suspected her husband of an affair, and was forcefully prevented by in-laws from seeing her child.
Initial reports treated the incident primarily as a suspicious throat-slitting homicide in a public park. Follow-up investigations introduced strong suicide indicators based on anti-anxiety medications, left-handed cut geometry, and lack of trailing suspects on CCTV, while simultaneously expanding inquiries into her husband's marital conduct following public allegations.
It remains unresolved whether an unidentified individual met Diksha inside the Rose Garden unmonitored by blind-spot CCTVs, whether her death was a result of homicide or suicide, and whether claims of in-law harassment and custody denial played a direct role in the event.