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55-YO Mumbai techie lived alone in trash-filled flat
Videos have surfaced online showing how a 55-year-old former techie was living in complete isolation for three years, cut off from the outside world, surrounded by filth inside his apartment.
Who is this techie? The complete story
The man, Anup Kumar Nair, was a former computer programmer from Navi Mumbai's Juinagar in Maharashtra, who had reportedly not stepped outside his Gharkool CHS flat in Sector 24 for over three years, till he was rescued.
He relied on food delivery apps for survival — his only contact with the outside world, as reported by The Times of India.
However, behind the locked door of Nair's apartment was a tragic life marked by loss, isolation, and depression.
Anup Kumar Nair lost both his parents in the past six years, while his elder brother committed suicide about 20 years ago.
The techie's mother, Poonamma Nair, served in the telecommunications branch of the Indian Air Force. His father, V P Kutty Krishnan Nair, worked at the Tata Hospital in Mumbai, as reported by ToI.
Loss of parents, unemployment, and poor health conditions had reportedly pulled Nair into a deep and prolonged depression.
Nair’s shocking condition came to light after social workers from the Social and Evangelical Association for Love (SEAL) rushed to Nair’s flat following a call from a Good Samaritan.
When rescuers managed to force entry into the techie’s residence, they were met with a shocking scene: the space was littered with human waste.
The rescuers said that they were shocked to find out that Nair would sleep only on a chair.
“We were shocked to see that Nair would only sleep on a chair kept in the living room because most of his furniture seems to have been taken away by someone,” Pastor K M Philip of SEAL told TOI.
Neighbours had long noticed his silence. Vijay Shibe, the techie's next-door neighbour and chairperson of the housing society, said that the techie would rarely open the door.
The neighbour also mentioned that many times, people in the housing had to persuade Nair to take the trash out.
“We even helped transfer his parents’ fixed deposit into his account,” TOI quoted Shibe as saying.
Now safe at the SEAL Ashram in Panvel, Nair told TOI: “I don’t have any friends. My parents and brother are gone. And with my poor health, I can’t find a job.”
Anup Kumar Nair from Juinagar disconnected from the world —
— SachTheReality (@RealitySach) June 30, 2025
No calls. No visitors. No stepping out.
Only survival through online food orders. pic.twitter.com/xhWBNitoIY
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