Anuradha Bali aka Fiza the wife of former Haryana Deputy CM Chander Mohan, has been found dead at her home in Mohali near Chandigarh.The police believes she has committed suicide, though no suicide note has been found.
Her body was found hanging from a fan in her house. Initial reports say that she might have died some days ago; neighbours called the police to complain about a foul smell emanating from her house. The police investigated to find her dead.
Ms Bali was the Assistant Advocate General of Haryana when she quit her job and converted to Islam along with Mr Mohan in 2008 so that they could marry legally – he was already married. Ms Bali took the name Fiza and Mr Mohan became Chand Mohammad. The politician had to quit as Deputy Chief Minister and he was also disowned by his father, Bhajan Lal, the then chief minister of Haryana.
In January 2009, Mr Mohan left Ms Bali, to reunite with his first wife and their children. He then converted back to Hinduism in a ceremony at a temple. Ms Bali had reportedly spent the last few months in deep depression and had repeated fights with her neighbours; the police were called few times to intervene