NRI Fijian woman's death at Chandigarh, may Foul Play or suicide

Chandhigarh, June 10, 2008
Harbans Lal

NRI Rosy Sharma, 33, Fiji borne woman, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her Sector 20 , Chandigarh.

Her husband, Pradeep Sharma told media that she had committed suicide due to their strained relations. She often took sleeping pills. When he got up in the morning, his wife was sleeping and he did not disturb her thinking that she was in deep sleep. Rosy did not get up till about 3pm, he got suspicious and rushed her to the PGI hospital where the doctors declared her “brought dead.”

Pardeep is a hindu and she was muslim. In 1998, she met Pradeep Sharma when he had gone to Australia for studies. In 2001, they were married even their families were against their marriage. They moved to India in 2005. They have two children aged eight and nine and were born before they got married.

Pradeep Sharma works with local company - Aggarwal Distributors in Sector 26. His father retired police inspector with the Chandigarh Police

Rosy's sister, Zubeda alias Zubi arrived in Chandigarh, gave her statement at police station and ruled out any foul play in her death.

The Police DSP said, we can just say that Rosy committed suicide, as her sister has ruled out any sort of abetment on part of the husband. We are waiting for Rosy's family to come from Australia before taking the matter further. The exact cause of the death can be ascertained only after the postmortem report comes.