Will look at every aspect in Geetika case: NCW

The National Commission for Women (NCW) team probing the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma on Tuesday said it would look into every possible aspect of her death. "We have spoken to her (Sharma's) parents and brother. We will be soon talking to (former Haryana minister) Gopal Kanda also," NCW member Shamina Shafiq told reporters here. Sharma committed suicide on Sunday at her north Delhi residence.

A National Commission for Women (NCW) team, probing the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, on Tuesday said it would look into every possible aspect of her death. "We have spoken to her (Sharma's) parents and brother. We will be soon talking to (former Haryana minister) Gopal Kanda also," NCW member Shamina Shafiq told reporters here. Sharma committed suicide on Sunday at her north Delhi residence.

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In her suicide note, the 23-year-old former employee of Kanda's MDLR Airlines had accused the Haryana politician and his employee Aruna Chadha of harassing her and held them responsible for her taking the extreme step."Statements have been recorded. We will look into every aspect of the case," Shafiq added.

Geetika's brother, Gaurav Sharma, said his sister was being constantly mentally harassed by Kanda and Chadha. Kanda owned MDLR Airlines, where Sharma worked as a flight attendant. After the airline ceased to function in 2009, Sharma was given a job in another company owned by Kanda.
Kanda, who resigned as minister of state for home and urban local bodies in Haryana, has been booked for abetment to suicide by Delhi Police. The NCW team said it will submit the inquiry report after talking to everyone concerned with the case. "We will talk to everyone concerned with the case. Let the inquiry report come out," Shafiq added.