New Delhi, May 10
Ritu Singh, daughter of senior Congress leader Natwar Singh, who reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her bedroom last evening was cremated today at the Lodhi Road crematorium here .

The pyre was lit by her elder brother, Jagat Singh, whose estranged wife Natasha Singh had also committed suicide less than two months ago by jumping from the terrace of the Hyat Regency hotel here. The cremation was attended by Ritu’s maternal uncle and Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt Amarinder Singh, Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Ashok Gehlot, CM of Rajasthan, Mr Salman Khursheed, Mr Bansi Lal, Swami Agnivesh and other senior leaders and bigwigs of the Capital.

Ms Priyanka Gandhi and the Vice-President of India, Mr Krishan Kant, visited Natwar Singh’s House to console the family last evening.

The cremation was done after a post-mortem was conducted by a panel of three doctors in Safdarjung Hospital. The post-mortem report confirmed that Ritu Singh died due to hanging from a cupboard in her room.

The post-mortem was completed by 1 pm after which the body was taken to Natwar Singh’s house in Vasant Vihar. After the rituals, the body was taken to crematorium at 3.45 pm and consigned to flames after 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, the South-West district police has started investigations to know the reasons that led Ritu Singh to commit suicide. As no suicide note was recovered from her possession, it has questioned relatives, friends, acquaintances and the domestic help to ascertain the cause of her taking such an extreme step. The investigators are also planning to talk to Ritu’s friends in London where she had been taking treatment for depression for the past around 10 years.

The police said that family members believed though Ritu was a patient of depression, her mental state did not suggest that she could have committed suicide.