Pan masala company owner’s daughter-in-law dies allegedly by suicide in Delhi, probe under way

NEW DELHI: Deepti Chaurasia (40), daughter-in-law of Kamla Pasand owner Kamal Kishore, allegedly died by suicide in the national capital on Tuesday evening, officials said. Her body was found hanging, they said.

Police officials said that a diary was recovered from her bedroom, in which she had mentioned “a dispute” with her husband, Harpreet Chaurasia. Deepti married Harpreet Chaurasia in 2010, and the couple has a 14-year-old son.

Her body was brought to Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday night and a postmortem will be conducted by a panel of doctors. Rajender Singh, the family advocate of Kamla Pasand owner, said whatever happened is very unfortunate, and they are cooperating with the police.

#WATCH | Delhi | Rajender Singh, family advocate of Kamla Pasand owner, says, “… Arpit had left for the gym at 9 am. The children had already left for school, and he returned from the gym at 12.30 pm. He received a call from his mother-in-law that when he was at the gym, Deepti… pic.twitter.com/eUEcrf1TBb

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“Both families have decided that the cremation will be done together because we want to give full respect to her. This is a huge loss for both families. 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 don’t know what is the cause of suicide. We are cooperating with the Police. The investigation is under way”, he said.

#WATCH | Delhi: Rishabh, brother of Kamla Pasand company owner Kamal Kishore’s daughter-in-law, Deepti Chaurasia, says, “… Her mother-in-law and husband used to beat them. Her husband, Harpreet, had affairs. When we got to know about it, we took our daughter home… After that,… https://t.co/LByyepc72Y pic.twitter.com/fzmNVGbT3n

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Rishabh, brother of Deepti Chaurasia, said they want justice. “Her mother-in-law and husband used to beat her. Her husband, Harpreet, had affairs. When we got to know about it, we took our daughter home… After that, her mother-in-law took her back. My sister used to call me and say that she was tortured and that her husband had affairs. I don’t know whether my sister was killed or died by suicide,” he said.

Rishabh told reporters he spoke with his sister two-three days ago. “I just want justice… My sister was married in 2010. His relations with her husband were not good. He used to physically assault her and abuse her”, he alleged. (ANI)