Haryana-cadre IAS officer Nitin Kumar Yadav’s wife ends life in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, August 8

An Indian Postal Service officer, wife of a Haryana-cadre IAS officer, reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at a government accommodation in Sector 18 this evening. She was 45 and posted in Chandigarh.

The victim has been identified as Meenakshi Yadav, wife of Nitin Kumar Yadav. She was taken to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, where doctors declared her brought dead.

Sources said the victim was depressed. Nitin’s name had been recommended for the post of Home Secretary by the UT Administration to the Ministry of Home Affairs for approval. The police have initiated inquest proceedings into the matter at the Sector 19 police station.—TNS