JHANSI: Muskan walks into a hotel room with her husband and another employee. Within 5 seconds, she suddenly collapses backwards near the doorway, her head hitting the ground. Her husband immediately picks her up and carries her inside.The sequence captured on CCTV has raised questions about what happened in the moments before 28-year-old Muskan Simolia collapsed. She died the following morning, and her father has accused her husband of murder.Muskan, who married a bank manager nearly four months ago, was staying with her husband, Nilesh, a resident of Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, at a hotel in Jhansi’s Sipri Bazaar police station area. According to police, the couple checked into the hotel on Friday night. The following morning, Muskan was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared her dead.The circumstances surrounding her sudden collapse are now under investigation. Police have detained Nilesh for questioning, while the postmortem examination is expected to help establish the cause of death.
CCTV captures moments before woman’s collapse
The CCTV footage reportedly shows Muskan entering the hotel room with Nilesh and another employee. Shortly afterwards, she suddenly falls backwards near the doorway. Nilesh is then seen lifting her and carrying her inside the room.SP City Preeti Singh said police inspected the hotel and examined the CCTV footage, which showed Muskan suddenly collapsing outside the room.According to Nilesh, Muskan fell while the couple were preparing to check out of the hotel. Hotel staff subsequently helped take her to the hospital.However, the circumstances that led to her collapse remain unclear. The footage captures the fall but does not, by itself, establish what caused it or whether any assault took place.Muskan’s father, Ramji Lal Ahirwar, has questioned the circumstances surrounding her death, pointing to injuries on her head and alleging that she was assaulted. He has demanded a thorough investigation into the incident.
Father alleges husband had concealed first marriage
Muskan married Nilesh on June 29 this year, according to her father. Ahirwar alleged that the family later learnt that Nilesh was already married and that his first wife lived in Indore.The revelation reportedly led to frequent quarrels between the couple. Her father has cited the alleged marital discord while raising suspicions about the circumstances surrounding his daughter’s death.Ahirwar has accused Nilesh of murdering Muskan. Police have detained him for questioning, but the allegation has not been established, and investigators are yet to determine the cause of death.
Woman had returned home to prepare for railway exam
Muskan had returned to her parental home in Jhansi on October 10 to prepare for a railway junior engineer examination scheduled for October 28, her father said.Ahirwar alleged that Nilesh arrived in Jhansi on October 23 and took Muskan with him on the pretext of visiting his aunt. He claimed that Nilesh instead took her to a hotel.The couple checked into the hotel on Friday night. The following morning, Muskan collapsed near the room’s entrance and was subsequently taken to the district hospital, where she was declared dead.Her father has questioned the sequence of events and demanded that investigators establish what happened before she collapsed and whether the injuries on her head were linked to her death.
Postmortem report awaited
Police have sent Muskan’s body for postmortem examination. The findings are expected to help establish the cause of death and clarify the nature of the injuries cited by her father.Investigators are examining the CCTV footage and questioning Nilesh as they piece together the events surrounding the couple’s hotel stay.While the footage reportedly captures Muskan’s sudden collapse and her husband carrying her inside, the precise circumstances leading to the incident remain unclear. Police are continuing their investigation.