Former airhostess Geetika Sharma's mother commits suicide

NEW DELHI: In a new twist in the sensational Geetika Sharma case, her mother also committed suicide today, six months after the former airhostess ended her life due to alleged "harassment" by former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda.

Anuradha Sharma, in her fifties, took the extreme step this evening by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence in Ashok Vihar in north-west Delhi with her relatives saying she was under depression ever since Geetika's death.

Police, which rushed to her residence, said they have not found any suicide note as yet.

Geetika committed suicide in August last year alleging harassment by Kanda, who is currently in jail in connection with the case.

The 23-year-old airhostess, who was employed with the now defunct MDLR Airlines owned by Kanda, was found dead on August 5 at her Ashok Vihar residence in North West Delhi.

During police probe, it emerged that Geetika and his family were very well known to Kanda and his wife and both families had gone on tours and pilgrimage in the country.

Kanda had resigned as Haryana Minister of State for Home after he was booked in the case and was arrested a fortnight after Geetika committed suicide.

However, Kanda has been reiterating before the court that no case of abeting suicide is made out against him. He also says Geetika was "hypersensitive".