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Elderly man ends life in front of local train after severe harassment by son
- •An 84-year-old senior citizen named Gabriel Dominic Coutinho died by suicide by jumping in front of a local train near Naigaon railway station in Mumbai.
- •The victim's son, Shyam Coutinho, and his friend Sagar brutally beat the elderly man over a broken egg shelf and drove him out of the house starving.
- •Fed up with 12 to 13 years of continuous harassment and torture, Gabriel met his daughter and handed over a bag containing a suicide note before taking the extreme step.
- •A video of the deceased elderly man being beaten went viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage and grief in the Vasai area.
- •The Bhayandar Railway Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against the son Shyam and his friend Sagar.
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Gabriel Dominic Coutinho died by suicide after enduring years of continuous physical abuse, harassment, and mistreatment by his son Shyam and Shyam's friend Sagar, who brutally beat him over a broken egg shelf and drove him out of the house starving.
Following a viral video of the elderly man being beaten and the discovery of his suicide note in a bag handed to his daughter, the Bhayandar Railway Police promptly registered a case against both the son, Shyam, and his friend, Sagar, for abetment to suicide.
Before jumping in front of a running local train at Naigaon railway station, Gabriel visited his daughter at her school on September 28 and handed her a bag containing important documents, some money, and a suicide note detailing the harassment he faced.
