30-year-old Delhi judge found hanging

A young Delhi judge has died, and the story is already bigger than a single police line about suspected suicide. Aman Kumar Sharma, 30, was found hanging in the bathroom of his Green Park home on May 2, and police have started inquest proceedings while his family makes serious allegations about harassment inside the marriage. That gap matters — one side is the official first view, the other is a family account of distress, conflict, and a final call for help. Right now, the case is less about certainty than about what still needs to be established. (indianexpress.com) ### Who was Aman Kumar Sharma? Sharma was a Delhi Judicial Services officer posted as Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority at Karkardooma Court. He joined the judicial service on June 19, 2021, studied law at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, and had hand(indianexpress.com) infant under nine months old. (indianexpress.com) ### What happened at the house? Police say a PCR call reached Safdarjung Enclave police station at 1:45 pm on Saturday. Officers went to the Green Park residence, entered after forcing access, and found Sharma hanging in the bathroom. His body was taken to Safdar(indianexpress.com)been established so far, but the inquiry is still open. (indianexpress.com) ### Why are family allegations central? Because the family is not describing a sudden, unexplained collapse. Relatives say Sharma had been under severe distress and had told his father around 10 pm the previous night that he was troubled and finding it hard to go(indianexpress.com) exactly the kind of claims investigators now have to test against phone records, statements, and the post-mortem timeline. (newindianexpress.com) ### Who is the family accusing? Relatives have publicly pointed to Sharma’s wife, identified in reports as Swati and described as a judicial officer, and her sister Nidhi Malik, described as an IAS officer posted in Jammu. The allegation is th(newindianexpress.com)ns, not established facts, but they have become the core factual dispute around the death. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) ### What is the claimed sequence before the death? The family’s version is stark. Sharma’s father reportedly traveled from Alwar after the late-night distress call, reached Delhi around midnight, and later(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)the bathroom. A guard allegedly climbed through a window after the glass was broken and found him hanging. (newindianexpress.com) ### What are police doing now? At this stage, police are recording statements, conducting inquest proceedings, and waiting on the post-mortem. Basically, they have to separate three things that are now tangled together — the physical evidence, (newindianexpress.com) was said, and whether any prior complaints or messages back up the harassment claim. (indianexpress.com) ### Why has this hit such a nerve? Because Sharma was not just another professional under stress — he was a sitting judicial officer in his early thirties. That makes the death feel like a window into two pressures at once: private domestic strain and the public (indianexpress.com)immediately ask whether the system notices distress only after the worst outcome. (indianexpress.com) ### What’s the bottom line? Aman Kumar Sharma’s death is being treated, for now, as a suspected suicide. But the real story is the unresolved middle — a young judge, a family alleging prolonged harassment, and an investigation that now has to prove or disprove th(indianexpress.com)around him before he did. (indianexpress.com)