Fiza’s ex-husband: Do not ask me,hadn’t been in touch

In January 2009,‘Chand Mohammed’ annulled his marriage to ‘Fiza’ and went back to being Chander Mohan.

Rohit Mahajan,a friend and former colleague of Bali’s,said it was difficult to believe the gutsy former assistant advocate general of Haryana would choose to kill herself. “It is odd that she went to sleep in the ground floor bedroom. She always slept on the first floor. In the past few years,she had become very brave,and a drastic step like suicide would be unexpected of her,” Mahajan said.

“Clarity on the cause of death will be clear after the post mortem report,” SSP Mohali Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said.

Neighbours said Bali had few friends in the colony and kept to herself. “The only times we saw her was when she had an argument with someone. She swore unabashedly and was prone to violent outbursts over small things,” said a neighbour.

Bali had been arrested recently after she allegedly assault some children in her neighbourhood. Following a spat with her neighbours,she had sought police protection. When denied,she had reportedly hired two private security guards. Another neighbour claimed to have seen her last at 2 pm on August 2. “Since that night,she hadn’t switched on the decorative lights she had put in her balcony,which she usually did,” the neighbour said.

Police on Monday questioned a Sector 20 Panchkula photographer who works for a local TV channel. Bali is believed to have been a frequent visitor to the youth’s home.

Mohali Senior Medical Officer Rajiv Bhalla said sample from the body had been sent to “chemical examiners who normally take two to three weeks” to submit their report. He said “poisoning cannot be ruled out as excessive consumption of liquor is also poisonous”.