Anuradha Bali, estranged wife of former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan, was on Monday found dead at her residence in Mohali.
The body of 39-year-old Bali alias Fiza Mohammad, a former assistant advocate general of Haryana, was found lying on her bed in her residence with several insects roaming over it, SHO Kulbir Singh said.
A senior police officer said the body found in a ground floor bedroom was in a decomposed state and preliminary inquiry showed that she may have died four to five days back.
"At this stage nothing can be stated on whether it is a case of suicide," the officer said.
No suicide note has so far been recovered, police said.
Police later said they would take a definitive view once the post-mortem report was received.
The police were called to her house by her uncle after neighbours complained of a foul smell from her house.
"The police broke open the door. Her body was in a bad shape with insects all over," Fiza's uncle Satpal said.
The neighbours told the police that she seemed to be depressed for the past few months, especially after her mother passed away.
She had been living alone in the house. She had several arguments and fights with neighbours in the area in the past couple of years and she was even arrested in this regard.
Bali hogged limelight after her marriage with Chander Mohan a few years back when he was deputy chief minister of Haryana.
However, after his controversial marriage Chander Mohan was disowned by his father and former chief minister Bhajan Lal.
According to neighbours, Anuradha Bali alias Fiza Mohammad seemed to be depressed for the past few months, especially after her mother passed away. HT Photo, File
Originally known as Anuradha Bali and a lawyer by profession at the Punjab and Haryana high court, she was an assistant advocate general with the Haryana government till 2008.
She had gone missing in November 2008 along with then Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan. They reappeared in early December 2008 as a married couple after embracing Islam. They got secretly married in Meerut city in Uttar Pradesh.
Both changed their names from Chander Mohan and Anuradha Bali to Chand Mohammed and Fiza.
Following the controversy over his affair and second marriage, Chander Mohan, elder son of three-time Haryana chief minister and political strongman Bhajan Lal, lost his job in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government.
The marriage lasted hardly 40 days with Chander Mohan suddenly leaving her house January 28, 2009 and not communicating with her at all.
Using technology over long distance, Chander Mohan telephoned Fiza in March 2009 on her mobile and divorced her by saying "Talaq, Talaq, Talaq" three times.
Fiza later told reporters that Chand called her up from London and uttered "talaq" three times. He also sent her a SMS to confirm that he was divorcing her.
She had earlier filed a complaint of rape, cheating, intimidation and hurting religious sentiments against Chander Mohan. However, he was given a clean chit by the Mohali police. He had described her complaint as "nothing more than toilet paper".
Chander Mohan later did a volte-face June 2009 and arrived at her house. He even apologised to her and told the media that he had never divorced her.
"I never left, I still love her and I wanted to spend rest of my life with her. I am ready to leave everything, even my family, for her sake. I was under immense pressure and was bound with some prior commitments when I left her house," Chander Mohan had told IANS after returning.
However, within days he deserted her again and later underwent Hindu prayers at his hometown Hisar in Haryana to re-convert to Hinduism.
Both had not been in touch since then.
Fiza had later appeared in a TV reality show shot in Malaysia.
Sources said that she was planning to join BSP.
Chander Mohan had recently buried his differences with his younger brother Kuldeep Bishnoi and joined the HJC headed by the latter.
In the 2009 assembly elections in Haryana, Fiza had vigorously campaigned against the Bhajan Lal family which was contesting from Adampur in Hissar district.
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| Fiza Mohammad and former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan address media. |
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