"We Should Be Cremated Hand-In-Hand": Double Suicide By Military Officers

An Indian Army Captain died by suicide after her husband and Indian Air Force Flight Lieutenant's death in Agra.

Renu Tanwar, was found hanging inside a room at Delhi's Army Cantonment Garuda Sharat officer's guest house on Tuesday. The suicide note found in the guest house mentioned her will to be "cremated hand-in-hand" with her husband Deendayal Deep.

Delhi Police said the suicide likely occurred on the intervening night of October 14 and 15.

Deep, a native of Bihar, was posted at the Kheria Air Force Station in Agra.

Deep's body was found hanging inside his residential quarters at the Air Force station, as per reports. A day before his death, the officer engaged in usual conversations with his colleagues during dinner and showed no signs of stress. When he failed to emerge from his room the next morning, his colleagues broke into the room to find him hanging. No suicide note has been recovered.