Domestic help from N-E commits suicide, no one to claim body

A 20-year-old domestic help, who hails from Assam, allegedly hanged herself from the ceiling fan at her employer’s residence in west Delhi’s Kirti Nagar on Friday. Failed love affair is alleged to be the reason behind her extreme step.

A suicide note has been recovered from her possession addressing the woman she worked for. The letter reads that the due money should be handed over to her brother, a police official said. Her brother works in Bangalore and the siblings lost their parents few years ago. So far, her uncle who resides in Dhubri in Assam has not come to Delhi to collect her body.

However, police said that her brother claimed he does not have the money to come to Delhi and collect his sister’s body. The body has been kept at Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital and the police are awaiting for the arrival of her either family members before the post-mortem examination.

Dhunita Munda, the deceased was working in a house in Kirti Nagar since six months. Her employer runs a thread-making factory in the same area. He discovered Dunita’s body on Friday when he went to the servant’s room and found her hanging from the ceiling fan. Immediately, police was informed and her employer is being quizzed. So far, it has not been established if she was being mistreated by her employer. Dhunita’s friends in Delhi told police that she was very happy with her employer and his family.

During investigation, a diary that belongs to the deceased was also recovered from her room the content of which point towards a failed relationship. ‘Further investigation is underway,’ the official added.