AGRA: A military couple – husband an IAF Flight Lieutenant and wife an Army Captain – allegedly died by suicide, one in Agra and the other in Delhi, on Tuesday. Flt Lt Deen Dayal Deep, 32, was posted at Kheria Air Force station in Agra and his wife, Capt Renu Tanwar, was posted at the military hospital in the same city.
The body of Capt Tanwar, who had come to Delhi for her mother’s treatment, was found at the officers’ mess in Delhi Cantt on Tuesday morning while Deep’s body was found hanging in his Agra quarters by his colleagues later.
Capt wanted to be cremated with her husband: Suicide note
Police in Delhi have recovered a suicide note, in which the Army officer wrote that she wanted to be cremated with her husband. However, no suicide note was found in the husband’s quarters in Agra.
Agra deputy DCP (city) Suraj Kumar Rai said they were informed about the incident by officials at the Air Force station.
On Monday night, Deep, who was originally from Bihar’s Nalanda district, had dinner with his colleagues where he is believed to have “cracked jokes” and engaged in conversation with them, the station staff told police. He bid them good night and returned to his quarters “without showing any signs of distress or worry”, they added.
When Deep didn’t wake up late into Tuesday, staff broke down the door to find him dead.
Agra ACP Mayank Tiwari said the postmortem revealed asphyxiation as the cause of death. He added that Deep’s family is on their way to Agra and may provide insight into the possible reasons behind his death.
Meanwhile, a senior Delhi police officer said a preliminary inquiry found that Capt Tanwar, along with her brother Sumit and her mother, Kaushalya, had arrived at the guesthouse on Oct 14 at 8pm. She was a native of Rajasthan.
Havaldar Dinesh Kumar, posted at Garuda Sharat Officers’ Mess, informed police about the suicide of the officer.
“Her mother and brother were at AIIMS when she died by suicide. We came to know about her husband later. They had a love marriage,” a Delhi cop said.