Two sisters fall to death from 4th floor of Gurgaon building, family seeks answers
Lalit Kumar, SHO Sector 40 (Gurgaon), said, “We are investigating the case from all angles… The post-mortem of the bodies has been done but the reports are pending. We will have a clearer picture once the reports come in.”
Written by Himanshu Harsh
Gurgaon | Updated: January 13, 2025 09:28 AM IST
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While the police are investigating the case as a suicide, having registered it under Section 194 (inquiry and report on suicide) of the BNSS. (File Photo/Representational)
Two sisters, working as domestic helps in Gurgaon’s Sector 40, were found dead on Friday with the police saying that the two had jumped from the fourth floor of a residential building. While the police are investigating the case as a suicide, having registered it under Section 194 (inquiry and report on suicide) of the BNSS, family members of the two women are still seeking clarity.
Deepak Kumar Kushwaha, the husband of one of the women, Chandini, left his home in Gurgaon’s Sector 40 on Friday around 9.30 am, heading to his job as a store helper at Grand Bazaar, just 500 meters away in Sector 40 HUDA Market.
“I was out delivering an order in Sector 45 when I received a call between 1 and 1:30 pm from a resident of the building. She told me that my wife was nowhere to be found and asked me to come home quickly,” Deepak said. Chandini, 21, worked as a domestic helper on the second and fourth floors of the residential building, and the couple lived in the parking area of the building.
Upon returning home, Deepak, 23, couldn’t find his wife. He began searching for her, checking both the second and fourth floors.
He called his brother-in-law, Punit Kumar, to see if he had any information.
“Punit told me he didn’t know. My sister-in-law, Rashmi, worked as a domestic help too. She would visit my wife every day with her 2.5-year-old daughter after finishing her morning shift to spend time together,” Deepak explained.
When Punit couldn’t answer, Deepak returned to the parking area. “That’s when I found them (the two women) unconscious under the shade at the back of the parking lot,” he said.
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Lalit Kumar, SHO Sector 40 (Gurgaon), said, “We are investigating the case from all angles… The post-mortem of the bodies has been done but the reports are pending. We will have a clearer picture once the reports come in.”
Kushwaha said he and Chandni had plans to leave for Jhansi on Sunday. “We had booked a ticket to Jhansi today (January 12) to meet her aunt… why would she steal or die by suicide?” Deepak questioned.
Himanshu Harsh is a Correspondent with The Indian Express, currently leading on-the-ground coverage in Bihar. With a reporting career rooted in the complexities of the National Capital Region (NCR), Himanshu specializes in the critical intersection of law, crime, and civic governance.
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