Police: Wife of Atlas Cycle’s owner kills herself at Delhi residence, a half-page suicide note was found

A
57-year-old woman, identified as the wife of Atlas Cycles co-owner and
-promoter Sanjay Kapur, allegedly killed herself at her Aurangzeb Lane home in
Lutyens’ Delhi on Tuesday, the police said on Wednesday.

Deputy
commissioner of police (New Delhi) Eish Singhal said Natasha Kapur was found
hanging from a ceiling fan in the bathroom of her bedroom. A half-page “suicide
note” was also found there. The DCP said, “In the note, written by her, Natasha
asked her husband and children to take care of themselves. The exact reason
behind her extreme step is not known and we are yet to speak to the family
about it.”

DCP Singhal
said that around 3:32pm Tuesday, the police received a call informing that
Natasha Kapur had hanged herself. “The room was not locked from inside. By the
time the police reached, the occupants of the house had already brought her
body down,” Singhal said.

An officer
from the area police station said Natasha was rushed to Sir Gangaram Hospital
where she was declared brought dead. The body was later moved to Ram Manohar
Lohia (RML) Hospital’s mortuary, where the autopsy was conducted on Wednesday.

Police said
an inquiry proceeding under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
(CrPC) has been initiated since Natasha’s death was unnatural but prima facie,
they do not suspect foul play.

Atlas Cycles
is one of India’s leading cycle manufacturing companies.