Domestic Worker Found Dead In Chandigarh Employer's Home, Suicide Suspected

A 19-year-old domestic help was found dead at her employer's residence here, with police on Sunday saying the case was being investigated as a suspected suicide.Her family, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, told reporters that she started working at the house a week ago and was staying in one of the rooms there.She was allegedly found hanging from the ceiling on Saturday, following which her employer informed the police.Suspecting crime, her brother Amit demanded a thorough inquiry into her death, saying he did not believe she could have taken the extreme step.He claimed that the body had been shifted to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sector 16 before the family reached the house."According to the investigation, the girl died by suicide," SHO of Sector 3 police station Sanjeev Kumar said, adding that the post-mortem report is awaited.A businessman had recently employed the girl as a domestic help at his residence, he added.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)