In a span of hours, DGCA officer, wife die by suicide at Defence Colony residence

According to police, Monika found her husband lying unconscious at their house on Wednesday night. “She panicked and called her father, who is a doctor. She sent him photos of her husband and the bottle lying near him. Her father sent her names of a few medicines and asked her to rush her husband to the hospital. She took him to the hospital around 11 pm-12 am but he was declared dead. She left the body there and went back home. In the meantime, she had informed Ajay’s friends. When they tried to call her back, she didn’t pick up,” said a police officer.

One of the friends, Ashish Tiwari, called police at 2.49 am on Thursday saying Monika wasn’t responding to calls.

DCP (South) Chandan Chowdhary said, “When we went to the house, it was locked from the inside. A guard was present, and the door had to be broken down as there was a central lock. We found Monika lying on the floor, frothing at the mouth. She was taken to Safdarjung hospital where she was declared dead on arrival.”

Police said Monika had told their neighbours about her husband’s suicide attempt while she was taking him to the hospital. “Her husband had committed suicide earlier in the night. He worked with the DGCA cell near Jor Bagh. The couple ingested poison from the same pesticide bottle. We are investigating the matter to ascertain the reason behind the suicides, they didn’t leave a suicide note,” added the DCP.

Police said no foul play is suspected.

The couple, both hailing from Chhattisgarh, had met on a matrimonial site last year and got married in November. Monika’s family lives in Bhopal. They said she wanted to do a PhD and study further.