Reeta Lankalingam, Joint Managing Director of the Lanson Toyota car dealership, was found dead at her residence in Chennai on Friday, 13 September. Lankalingam was found hanging from the ceiling.
According to the police, when Lankalingam did not come out of her bedroom for breakfast, the servants knocked on her door. When they did not get any response, they broke open the door to find her hanging.
Her husband Lankalingam Murugesu, who is the Managing Director of Lanson Toyota, was not at home and had spent the night at a hotel.
An investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of death and no suicide note has been recovered so far.
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