TCS Engineer Dies by Suicide; Police File Abetment Case Against Three Colleagues
Amit Abhay Brahme, a 48-year-old Tata Consultancy Services engineer in Pune, died by suicide on June 2, leaving a note alleging sustained workplace harassment by two female colleagues and a friend. Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the three named individuals, though no arrests have been made. The case has drawn attention to workplace mental health safeguards in India's IT sector, with an employee union writing to the Maharashtra chief minister seeking an inquiry.
Amit Abhay Brahme, a 48-year-old engineer at TCS's Hinjawadi office in Pune, was found dead at his Bhosari residence on June 2 in an apparent suicide by hanging. A two-page note recovered from his room alleged that two senior female colleagues, identified as Archana and Shashwati, repeatedly humiliated him in front of coworkers, pressured him to resign, threatened adverse performance feedback, and deliberately assigned him projects outside his expertise while withholding favorable ones. The note also accused a person he considered a friend, Vinod Palicha, of sending defamatory emails to the company to damage his reputation. Bhosari police registered a case of abetment to suicide against all three individuals on a complaint filed by Brahme's son; no arrests have been made as of the latest reports. TCS issued a statement saying it was ascertaining the facts and was committed to a respectful and inclusive workplace. The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis calling for a broader inquiry, also noting that a 24-year-old TCS employee, Sujal Vinod Oswal, was found dead on the same Hinjawadi campus in January under circumstances still under investigation.
What's missing
It is not yet known whether Brahme had formally raised workplace grievance complaints through TCS's internal HR mechanisms prior to his death, or whether any prior investigations or disciplinary actions had been initiated. No responses from the three accused individuals (Archana, Shashwati, and Vinod Palicha) have been reported.
How coverage differed
Both outlets reported the core facts similarly, but NDTV provided additional context by referencing the earlier January death of another TCS employee at the same campus and including NITES's broader call for systemic safeguards, framing the incident as part of a potential pattern rather than an isolated event.
What different sources said
- Times of IndiaCenter
Pune techie suicide: 3 booked, including 2 women colleagues from IT firm
- NDTVCenter
TCS Engineer Dies By Suicide, Blames Harassment By Seniors, Including 2 Women
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