Reeta Lankalingam

CHENNAI: Reeta Lankalingam , the joint managing director of a car dealership in Chennai, committed suicide at her residence in Nungambakkam on Thursday. She was 50.

Reeta’s husband, Lankalingam Murugesu , is the managing director of the firm. He was not in the house when she committed suicide.

There were four maids and a security guard at her residence. Since Reeta had not come for breakfast, the maids knocked on the door of her bedroom. Since there was no response, they informed her husband and police.

A team from the Nungambakkam police station rushed to the house, broke open the door and found her body hanging from the ceiling. She used a sari to commit suicide.

The police registered a case of unnatural death under Section 174 of the CrPC.

Nungambakkam assistant commissioner of police Muthuvel Pandi, who visited the residence, said, “We have not found any suicide note. We will inquire with the family members to find out the reason for the suicide.”

The couple’s son and his family lives elsewhere in the city while their daughter is living abroad with her family.

Apart from car dealership, the family is into other businesses, as well.

