Judge's wife found hanging at flat in Delhi, 3 suicide notes recovered: Police

Around 10.30 pm on Saturday, the Saket court judge informed the police that his wife had been to the Malviya Nagar market at around 11.30 am but did not return

|May 29, 2022, 18:18:09 IST

New Delhi: The wife of a local court judge was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her brother's residence in South Delhi, police said on Sunday.

Three suicide notes were recovered from the flat in Rajpur Khurd Extension, they said.

Around 10.30 pm on Saturday, the Saket court judge informed the police that his wife had been to the Malviya Nagar market at around 11.30 am but did not return. He filed a missing complaint at the Saket police station and an investigation was carried out, a senior police officer said.

Police checked the CCTV footage and found the 42-year-old woman boarding an auto-rickshaw. During an inquiry, the auto-rickshaw driver informed the police that he had dropped the judge's wife at Rajpur Khurd.

The officer said this information was shared with the judge, who confirmed that his brother-in-law lived in that area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Benita Mary Jaiker said.

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