IITian who claimed to hear invisible voices kills his mother:Admits to crime before police, had earlier attempted suicide

Mother was cutting vegetables. She asked me to bring some items from the market. When I refused, she started yelling at me. I got very angry and attacked her with a sickle kept nearby. Nitesh Jharbade, a student of IIT Mumbai, has confessed to killing his own mother on October 9 during a fit of anger. His family had initially tried to hide the incident. Police investigations revealed that Nitesh suffers from a mental illness called schizophrenia. While studying in Mumbai, he had even attempted suicide once. He has been receiving treatment at AIIMS Bhopal for the past two years and was living in his village for the last year because of his illness. Experts say schizophrenia makes a person hear invisible voices that give instructions. Police are still investigating to confirm whether Nitesh’s confession is fully true. Currently, he is in jail on charges of his mother’s murder. How did Nitesh get this illness, why did the family try to hide the matter initially? To find answers to these questions, the Bhaskar team reached Madni village in Betul. Here, they tried to talk to Nitesh’s family along with the villagers. They also understood from experts what schizophrenia is. Read the report. A call to the police and a tangled story
On the night of October 9, a frantic call came to Dial 112 of Bordei Police Station. The caller reported that a woman named Imla Jharbade had fallen at her home in Madni village and needed immediate medical assistance. Upon receiving the information, Station In-charge Radheshyam Vatti reached the spot with his team. The scene at home was heart-wrenching. 56-year-old Imla was lying on the ground, covered in blood. Without delay, the police took her to the local government hospital, from where she was referred to Amla Hospital. But by then it was too late; doctors declared Imla dead. Police team reached the village on the second day
Looking at the crime scene, the police at first glance did not think this was just a case of falling. On October 10, the police team reached the village again. During the inquest, several deep wounds were found on the woman’s body, which indicated an attack. As suspicion deepened, the body was sent for post-mortem. The PM report revealed all secrets, Imla’s death was not due to a fall. In the PM report, doctors wrote that Imla’s death was caused by a fatal attack with a sharp weapon. Following this, the police registered a murder case and started the investigation. Nitesh came to know – his mother had died, so he fled
When the police started questioning the family, a well-rehearsed story emerged. The family stated that Imla had fallen while cutting vegetables. At the time of the murder, only Imla and her son Nitesh were present at home. Imla’s elder daughter Roshni, who is posted in CISF in Delhi and had come home for Diwali holidays, had gone to the market with her father Santosh Jharbade. When the father and daughter returned from the market, they found Imla lying on the ground, covered in blood, and Nitesh was sitting beside her, crying loudly. Nitesh was the one who told everyone that mother had fallen. The family took her to the hospital, but as soon as doctors at Amla Hospital declared Imla dead, Nitesh fled from there. Confessed the crime at once
Nitesh went and hid in a nearby municipal toilet and locked himself inside. Police broke down the door and took him out, but by then no one had any idea that he was the killer. When the post-mortem report confirmed the murder, the police interrogated the family again strictly. This time the family broke down and confessed that Imla had been murdered. When the police questioned Nitesh, he confessed his crime in one go. He said, ‘Mother was cutting vegetables. She asked me to bring some things from the market. When I refused, she started yelling at me. I got very angry and attacked her with the sickle kept nearby.’ TI said – Nitesh is suffering from schizophrenia.
Nitesh studied up to eighth grade at the village school and then went to Bhopal for further studies. After completing B.Tech from Bhopal, he was selected for M.Tech at IIT Mumbai, the country’s most prestigious institution, but behind this peak of academic success, a deep darkness was hidden. Police investigation revealed that Nitesh was suffering from a severe mental illness called ‘schizophrenia’. During his studies in Mumbai, he once attempted suicide. Since then, he had been undergoing treatment at AIIMS Hospital in Bhopal for the past two years. Due to his illness, he had been living in his village for the past year. Villagers said that Nitesh used to spend all day on his laptop at home. He neither went out of the house nor talked to anyone. His family also kept to themselves in the village. Entire family isolated in the village
Nitesh’s villagers said that his entire family was cut off from society. They neither participated in anyone’s joys or sorrows nor took part in any village events. Mithilesh Jharbade, a villager, said that Nitesh’s father, Santosh Jharbade, was a teacher at the village’s government school, but he had been suspended from the school. According to Mithilesh, “Santosh often fought with other teachers at school and physically abused students, which led to him being fired from his job. He also had some mental illness.”