St Stephens Professor Kills Himself After Forcing Mother To Commit Suicide

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St Stephens Professor Kills Himself After Forcing Mother To Commit Suicide

BY BHAVIKA BHATIA
OCTOBER 22, 2019


On October 19, an ad hoc Philosophy Professor, Allen Stanley at St Stephens College perpetrated suicide by jumping in front of a train post forcing his own mother to end her life at their Pitampura house. The 27 year old Allen Stanley’s body was found near platform 3 at Central Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla Railway Station. While his mother Lissy, who was 55 was found hanging from the ceiling fan. Her mouth was stuffed with a cloth and her limbs were tied.

After further investigation, it was found that the two had a case of abetment of suicide registered against them in Kerala, their home state. The case was filed by Lissy’s second husband who passed away last year, and was on anticipatory bail.

The teacher left a four-page suicide note in which he clearly mentioned the case and said he and his mother were upset and depressed about it. Allen Stanley was a temporary Professor of Philosophy at Stephen’s college and was doing his PhD from IIT Delhi.

The police reported Stanley and Lissy had an ongoing property dispute with her second husband’s first wife. The police received a call at 12:30 PM on Saturday from a relative of Lissy stating she was not responding to calls and her house door was closed.

“When the police team reached her apartment in Pitampura and checked the handle of the door, it opened. She was found hanging from the ceiling fan and her mouth was stuffed with a cloth. The police tried contacting her son Allen but he could not be reached” a police official was quoted as saying.

It was suspected that someone must have forced her to perpetrate suicide since the cloth was stuffed in her mouth, a case of murder was registered at Rani Bagh police station. Meanwhile, Allen’s friend who is an associate professor, tried calling him but the phone was answered around 1:30pm by a Government Railway Police (GRP) officer who informed him that Allen has committed suicide on the railway tracks.

The investigating team revealed that Stanley had told a colleague on 15th October that he was thinking of perpetrating suicide. “He had tried to force his mother to end her life five days back but she did not agree,” Koan said.

The police also stated Allen was very depressed over police investigations against him and his mother.

“His friends and relatives who stayed in Delhi had even visited their house after he had attempted to force his mother to commit suicide. They tried telling them that things would be fine but Stanley wanted to end his life. We suspect the mother had cloth in her mouth because Stanley wanted to make sure she didn’t scream,” said a police office

Friends blame ''malicious'' news report for death of DU prof, mother

    

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Friends blame ''malicious'' news report for death of

 DU prof, mother

New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Friends and colleagues of DU professor Alan Stanley,

 who allegedly committed suicide, on Monday blamed "malicious" a news

 report published against Stanley and his mother for the tragedy.

The decapitated body of Stanley, who was an ad-hoc professor in Delhi

 University''s (DU) St Stephen''s College, was found on the railway tracks at

 Sarai Rohilla here on Saturday and his mother Lissy was found hanging from

 a ceiling fan, with her mouth stuffed with a piece of cloth, in their Pitampura

 flat.

According to a friend of Stanley, who requested anonymity, "He had faced a

 lot of hardship. He lost his father when he was in the final year of college.

 Later, he ensured that his mother remarry, despite facing opposition from his

 elder brother, who drifted away from them."

The mother-son duo was in depression because of an abetment-to-suicide

 case pending against them in Kerala and both were on anticipatory bail.

Stanley''s friends accused the regional media in Kerala for a news report

 published on October 15, portraying his mother in bad light by apparently

 comparing her to the prime suspect in the Koodathai serial murder case.

One of the professor''s friends recalled him as a person who was never

 greedy for money.

"He valued human relationships more than money. On top of that, he was

 earning quite well from his teaching job at St Stephen''s. I remember the

 board inside his room in IIT''s Shivalik hostel, which had the details of who

 all he owed money to and who all had borrowed money from him," he said.

He also recalled Stanley as a "religious person" who would go to the Hauz

 Khas church every evening.

The crime branch of Kerala Police is probing the abetment-to-suicide case

 registered against Stanley and his mother in Idukki district of the southern

 state. The case was registered on September 17, TA Antony, Deputy

 Superintendent of Police (DSP), District Crime Branch, Idukki, said.

The case was lodged by the son of Stanley''s stepfather.

"He had alleged that Lissy forced her husband to transfer some of his cash

 to her account. Most of his liquid funds were transferred to her account. 

The stepfather became depressed and even consulted a psychiatrist," 

the DSP said.

The psychiatrist advised treatment and care for Lissy''s husband Wilson, 

but she allegedly demanded a flat from him, forcing him to take his life, the

 officer added.

Wilson committed suicide by hanging himself.

"At that time, the police had investigated the case as one of unnatural death.

 Later, Wilson''s family levelled allegations against Lissy, saying she had 

driven him to commit suicide. There are allegations that a total amount of

 Rs 70 lakh was transferred to her account and that she is a nominee to her

 husband''s deposits of Rs 2.25 crore," the DSP said.

A case was registered under sections 305 (abetment of suicide of child or

 insane person) and 380 (theft in dwelling house, etc.) of the Indian Penal

 Code (IPC) against the mother-son duo, he added.

Principal of St Stephen''s College John Varghese said the college will hold a

 condolence meeting for Stanley.

A colleague of Stanley recalled him as a professor with whom students

 could connect since he was only a few years senior to them. PTI SLB RC

Disclaimer :- This story has not been edited by Outlook staff and is 

auto-generated from news agency feeds. Source: PTI

DU prof, found dead on railway line, may have forced mother into suicide pact: Cops

DU prof, found dead on railway line, may have forced mother into suicide pact: Cops

Police have also recovered two knives from the bedroom of the Pitampura flat, where the 55-year-old woman was found hanging from the ceiling fan on Saturday afternoon.

DELHI Updated: Oct 22, 2019 05:57 IST

Karn Pratap Singh
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Investigators said the man’s colleagues and family friends had been regularly talking to them and trying their best to discourage them from ending their lives.(Representational Image)


Investigations into the deaths of St Stephen’s College adhoc assistant professor and his mother has revealed that the man may have allegedly forced his mother into a suicide pact some days ago. The plan, however, didn’t materialise at that time because she backed out, police said.

Investigators said the man’s colleagues and family friends had been regularly talking to them and trying their best to discourage them from ending their lives.

“A witness has confirmed that the man had told him that he had tried to force his mother to commit suicide once earlier, but she had backed out then,” said A Koan, deputy commissioner of police (outer)

Police have also recovered two knives from the bedroom of the Pitampura flat, where the 55-year-old woman was found hanging from the ceiling fan on Saturday afternoon. The woman’s mouth was stuffed with clothes and her limbs were tied, leading police to suspect that the ad hoc assistant professor may have allegedly murdered his mother.

“The presence of knives suggest that the man may have used them to threaten his mother and dissuade her from raising an alarm,” said an investigator.

Police said the duo was facing an abetment to suicide case that was reportedly filed in a police station in Kerala, allegedly by the family of the woman’s second husband’s former wife. The woman’s first husband reportedly died (reason and cause not known) in 2016 in Kerala’s Kottayam. She then married for a second time in 2018.

“Her second husband killed himself in December 2018. We don’t know the reason behind his extreme step. His first wife’s family members filed an abetment to suicide case against the woman and her son. We are yet to get a copy of the FIR,” said Rajender Singh Sagar, additional deputy commissioner of police (outer).

Police said the ad hoc assistant professor was pursuing his PhD from IIT-Delhi. An official from IIT-Delhi said the two were reportedly distressed by some media reports about their case.

On Sunday, a few family friends of the mother-son duo took to social media and blamed a few media organisations in Kerala for their deaths. They accused the media houses of allegedly publishing stories in which the woman was blamed for her second husband’s death, causing “unbearable public humiliation” to her and her son.

“He had taken classes on Friday and the students are shocked that he took this step,” a third-year student of St Stephen’s College said, requesting anonymity.

St Stephen's lecturer had suicidal tendencies: Delhi Police

St Stephen's lecturer had suicidal tendencies: Delhi Police

Delhi Police claimed to have been informed by the people close to the 25-year guest lecturer of St Stephen's College that the he had tried to 'convince' mother to commit suicide just five days ago.
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Indo-Asian News ServiceNew DelhiOctober 20, 2019UPDATED: October 20, 2019 21:04 IST



Stanley, an ad-hoc faculty of philosophy at St Stephen's College, was pursuing PhD from IIT-Delhi. (Photo: Facebook)

In the 'murder and suicide' case of a 25-year guest lecturer of St Stephen's College of Delhi and his mother, the Delhi Police claimed to have been informed by the people close to the mother-son duo that the son had tried to 'convince' mother to commit suicide just five days ago.

When Alan Stanley's mother Lissy refused to listen to him and commit suicide, he killed her, as per the primary investigation. Stanley had suicidal tendencies and had tried to commit suicide earlier too. They belonged to Kottayam of Kerala.

"Statements by many neighbours and some of Stanley's friends have hinted that Alan had suicidal tendencies and was even trying to 'convince' his mother to give up her life," a policemen involved in the investigation told IANS.

According to the source, Alan's mother Lissy had married twice and had another son from her first marriage. After the death of her first husband, she remarried in 2018. Her second husband too died some time ago.

The police told IANS, the duo, on bail, was accused in the case of abetment of suicide of Lissy's second husband.

"The police had received information about a body on a rail track, close to platform No 3 of Sarai Rohilla station, on Saturday. The body was found in two parts. The police recovered mobile phone, some documents and driving licence, which revealed that it was a body of Alan Stanley," a Delhi Police officer had told IANS.

Stanley, an ad-hoc faculty of philosophy at St Stephen's College, was pursuing PhD from IIT-Delhi. He had been living in Delhi for one-and-a-half years and was joined by his mother only seven months ago.

St Stephen’s teacher, mother found dead: ‘He was troubled by media coverage of stepfather’s suicide’

St Stephen’s teacher, mother found dead: ‘He was troubled by media coverage of stepfather’s suicide’

In a social media post, Stanley’s friend Rajiv Pereira also made similar allegations, referring to reports in two Malayalam news portals on October 15 and 18.

Written by Sukrita Baruah |New Delhi |Updated: October 21, 2019 9:23:14 am


XAlan Stanley (27) and his mother lived in Pitampura.

After the death of PhD scholar and teacher Alan Stanley, and his mother, Saturday, his mentor and friends have alleged the two were driven to death by media coverage of the death of his stepfather.

The 27-year-old was a second-year PhD candidate at IIT-Delhi’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and his area of research was the philosophy of chemistry. In January, Stanley had joined St Stephen’s College as an ad-hoc teacher in its philosophy department. He had studied BSc Chemistry at St Stephen’s before doing an MA in Philosophy from Hyderabad Central University and beginning his PhD.

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“Everyone was aware that both mother and son were very disturbed by reports in Malayalam newspapers, connecting them to his stepfather’s death… We are going to pursue the matter legally and demand that there be some kind of guidelines on how reporting is done,” said his PhD supervisor Sanil V.
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In a social media post, Stanley’s friend Rajiv Pereira also made similar allegations, referring to reports in two Malayalam news portals on October 15 and 18: “Aunty was compared to the prime suspect of the Koodathai murder incident.. For the past six months, Alan and his mother were facing legal battles on (a) property dispute and an investigation regarding the suicide of Alan’s stepfather. These cases had broken them down… Alan stopped communicating after October 15. Our friends in Delhi reached (out) to him, only to find he and his mother had lost all hope.”

His students remember him as being deeply passionate about teaching philosophy. “We were the first batch that he had taught; he was very excited about it. He would spend a lot of time teaching us different mathematical paradoxes. I will always remember the internal assessment test he conducted. In the middle of it, he pulled out packets of fruit juices. We stopped writing for a few moments to squeal about how sweet the gesture was,” said Urna Chakraborty, whom Stanley had taught in her final semester.

Delhi: St Stephen's lecturer found dead on railway track, mother's body found in Pitampura flat

Delhi: St Stephen's lecturer found dead on railway track, mother's body found in Pitampura flat

Primary investigation reveals suicide to be the cause of death in both cases. However, the police are probing another angle -- that the son might have first killed his mother and then committed suicide.
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Puneet Kumar SharmaNew DelhiOctober 20, 2019UPDATED: October 20, 2019 15:43 IST



Photo: Facebook/Alan Stanley

In a potential case of double murder-suicide, Delhi Police have recovered the body of a 55-year-old woman in a suspicious state from Delhi's Pitampura area.

The woman's body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her Aashiana Apartment flat and her mouth was stuffed with cloth. However, in an added twist to the mysterious death, the police also found her son's body on the tracks of Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station.

Primary investigation reveals suicide to be the cause of death in both cases. However, the police are probing another angle -- that the son might have first killed his mother and then committed suicide.

The son, identified as Alan Stanley, was a guest lecturer of Philosophy in Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's College. He was also pursuing his PhD from IIT Delhi.

Both the victims belonged to Kottayam in Kerala. Stanley had been living in Delhi since the past one-and-a-half years and was joined by his mother only seven months ago. All of their relatives live in Kerala.

During the investigation, it was revealed that there was a pending case of abetment of suicide against the mother-son duo in Kerala and they were out on anticipatory bail.
Did suicidal son kill mother?

The son was a professor of philosophy. According to some of the witnesses, Alan was suicidal and had tried to commit suicide earlier also. The witness told that Alan tried to force his mother to commit suicide five days back but she was not ready for it then.

According to police sources, they have recovered a suicide note from the flat. The note mentions Alan's mental condition and that he was suffering from depression.
Mother-son duo were out on bail

The sources further added that Alan's mother Lissy had been married twice. She had Alan and another son from her first marriage. After the death of her first husband, she remarried in 2018 but her second husband also died some time ago.

Her second husband's family filed a case of abetment of suicide against her and Alan in Kerala. Kerala Police is collecting information about the case.

The police have registered a case of murder in Lissy's death and a case of suicide in Alan's death.

Police are suspicious that Alan first killed his mother and then committed suicide.

The two bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The matter is under investigation.

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