NEW DELHI: Six months 10 days after Geetika Sharma committed suicide at her northwest Delhi residence, her 62-year-old mother, Anuradha Sharma , also committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her flat in Ashok Vihar on Friday evening.

The cops have recovered a suicide note from the spot and are investigating the matter. Anuradha has reportedly blamed former Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda for ruining their family and forcing her daughter, Geetika to commit suicide, a senior police officer said. The cops have not revealed the exact content yet.

The incident came to light around 4.25pm when Anuradha’s body was discovered hanging from the ceiling by the family members who raised alarm and alerted the neighbors.

Anuradha had returned from her office and went to her room where she was took the extreme step. Nobody from the family was present at home when the incident took place. While Anuradha’s husband, Dinesh Sharma was out for work, her son was in office, a family member said.

Police was subsequently informed and she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead. Sources say the Cats ambulance staff had found her dead at the spot itself.

The body has been preserved in the mortuary for post mortem which will be conducted on Saturday morning. Geetika Sharma had committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling in the early hours of August 5, 2012 at the same house. She had blamed Kanda for the reason of her suicide after which the cops had reistered case under various sections of IPC and arrested him.