The daughter-in-law of Kamla Pasand pan masala company owner, Kamal Kishor Chaurasia, allegedly died by suicide in Delhi, said police on Wednesday.
Deepti Chaurasia, 40, was found hanging in her south Delhi residence on Tuesday by her husband, Arpit Chaurasia, who immediately informed the family members and police, they said.
According to the police, the husband rushed her to the Safdarjung hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.
While the cause of death is being investigated, marital discord is said to be the reason behind the extreme step, especially with the recovery of a purported suicide note that mentions tensions between the couple.
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A diary was also seized that contained multiple references to regular disputes with her husband, the police said.
A mother of two, Deepti was married since 2010, but was living separately due to ongoing disputes.
Meanwhile, Rajender Singh, family lawyer of Kamal Kishor Chaurasia, dismissed the allegations of marital discord as “baseless”, saying, “Whatever is being reported in the media is totally false. There is no allegation in the suicide note. She has not particularly named anyone to be responsible for this.”
“We are cooperating with the police. We don’t know the cause of suicide,” he further added.
Calling the incident “unfortunate”, the lawyer said it was decided by both set of families to cremate Deepti “harmoniously” in order to “give full respect to her”.
The body was sent for a post-mortem examination, the police said.
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