Vodafone India Vice-President, Chandramurli Iyer committed suicide by hanging in Mumbai last week, with allegations of blackmail surrounding the affair. Mr Iyer was found hanging from the ceiling fan by a rope at his residence in suburban Santa Cruz on Friday, the same day he had announced a plan to visit his family in Delhi, police said.
"The post mortem report suggested it was not a case of murder. He died due to hanging and there were no external injuries. There was no struggle either and the entire room was in order though the door was ajar when he was noticed hanging," said Madhukar Choudhari, senior inspector at Santacruz police station.
The police said that they did not find any suicide note. Iyer's friend Rastogi, who stays in Delhi and had worked with Vodafone for a decade, had found him hanging when she visited Iyer's home after he failed to respond to phone calls, police also said.
However, Iyer's wife has alleged he was blackmailed and that he was stressed tremendously, Choudhari added.
Iyer had held meetings with two friends from other mobile networks earlier in the evening, and upon complaining about being ill was taken to a local hospital. He was discharged and went home later, which is the last time anyone is thought to have seen him alive.
Iyer has been with Vodafone since 2005 and he transferred to Mumbai last year.
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