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Akhil Mehta

Akhil Mehta (Delhi, September 19, 1987 - Ghaziabad, March 28, 2015) was an Indian entrepreneur and comedian. He was known for his Twitter and Facebook satire communities with followers over 270,000. He was the president of Student Union in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus. He was an influential social media personality and was known for his outspokenness. He wrote against corruption, religion, hypocrisy or any other wrongdoings he saw in the society in a humorous manner and millions of people liked it.

Akhil Mehta
Born(1987-09-19)September 19, 1987
New Delhi, India
DiedMarch 28, 2015(2015-03-28) (aged 27)
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Cause of deathSuicide
Other namesTillu, Notepad Guy, Tyler Durden, ACH Guy
EducationB.E. (Hons) Electronics & Instrumentation, M.Sc. (Hons) Economics
Alma materBirla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus
Occupation(s)Comedian, entrepreneur
Notable workTapa tap Tapa tap
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
MovementAap Chutiye Hain
AwardsYoungest Microsoft Certified Trainer - The Statesman Newspaper, 2000
Websitetwitter.com/AapChutiyeHain

Early life

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Akhil was born in Delhi on September 19, 1987. He studied his kindergarten at Air Force School, Thane and thereafter completed his schooling from Arvind Gupta DAV Centenary Public School, New Delhi. He became Microsoft Certified System Engineer at a record age of 13 in year 2000, was accredited Microsoft Certified System and Internet Engineer and a Microsoft Certified Trainer at a World Record age of a little over 15 years.[1] He won many titles for singing and quizzes during his school days. He was an avid reader, music lover and writer.[2]

Career

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After completing studies at BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Akhil Mehta worked for Breakthrough Management Group India at Mumbai for about one and a half years.[3] He was accredited Black Belt in Six Sigma practices. Thereafter Akhil founded two start up firms at Mumbai - LearningPractice and Pointtalent, where he experimented with many novel business ideas.[4]

Comedian

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He created the viral satire handle @AapChutiyeHain on Twitter in May 2011. Apart from his social media comedy he also used to perform local stand-up acts. Mehta's Twitter handle described him as a proud Indian achieving ‘world peace through insult comedy'. The Finding Akhil Mehta revealed in a post that they fear he might have been kidnapped. Mehta would regularly receive threats from "several political and religious groups for criticising them"[5] through his tweets as he was passionately against corruption, hypocrisy and disclosed any injustices done in society as he viewed it.[6]

Death

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Akhil went[7] missing on March 27, 2015, after a 15-day search,[8][9][10][11] Police found that Akhil allegedly committed suicide on March 28, 2015, by[12][13][14][15] jumping off a high-rise water tank in Tronica City Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, at the age of 27. The reason given by[16][17][18] cops and family was depression but some of the people suspect kidnapping and conspiracy behind that case, because of some political and religious criticism on his page, he was getting threats from many big political and religious followers. Police and other investigating agencies are currently looking into that matter.[19][5]

References

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  1. ^ "BITSAA Footprints". Bitsaa. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Akhil Mehta's Goodreads Page". GoodReads. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Akhil Mehta's Linkedin Page". Linkedin. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ^ "LIST OF PROJECTS COMPLETED UNDER CERTAIN PROJECT-ORIENTED COURSES IN THE YEAR 2009 (GOA CAMPUS)" (PDF). Bits Pilani. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Twitter handle admin of @aapChutiyeHain Akhil Mehta allegedly committed suicide". DNA. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ^ "AapChutiyeHain Twitter Page". Twitter. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Reddit India : Akhil Mehta Missing". Reddit India. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Gone too soon: Twitter mourns death of Akhil Mehta, brain behind @AapChutiyeHain". FirstPost. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Twitter mourns the death of witty Twitter celebrity and founder of AapChutiyeHain". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Reddit India Akhil Mehta suicide case". Reddit India. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Twitterati condoles death of internet celebrity". I Am In. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Youth commits suicide by jumping off water tank". Business Standard. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Twitter humorist killed himself in ghaziabad : Amar Ujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  14. ^ ABP News Bureau. "Man who ran Twitter handle @AapChutiyeHain allegedly commits suicide". ABP Live. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  15. ^ "RIP Akhil Mehta". StoryPic. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Akhil killed himself : Cops". The Times of India. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  17. ^ Neha Singh (13 April 2015). "Witty Twitter Handler commits suicide". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  18. ^ "RIP@AapChutiyeHain: Funny Twitter star kills self, Twitterati grieve". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  19. ^ "A sorrowful death of a Twitter celebrity builds mystery". India TV News. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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