AGRA: The last wish of Captain Renu Tanwar (28), who had left a suicide note at a guest house in Delhi Cantt that she be “cremated hand-in-hand” with her husband, Flight Lieutenent Deen Dayal Deep (32), who also took the extreme step around 250km away in Agra on Monday night, could not be fulfilled, as her body was sent to her native place in Rajasthan.Flt Lt Deep was cremated with military protocol at Tajganj crematorium in Agra on Thursday.
Sources said families of the couple did not agree to perform the last rites of the two together. The final journey of the husband and wife began separately, 380 km apart.
Deep’s father, mother and two brothers arrived in Agra for the cremation, said police adding that the family didn’t provide any insight into the possible reasons behind his death. Deep and Tanwar had a love marriage in Dec 2022. “We suspect that there were some personal issues between the couple, forcing them to take the extreme step,” said ACP Mayank Tiwari. The matter is being internally investigated by IAF. So far, no police complaint has been received, he said. Captain Tanwar, along with her brother and mother, had arrived at the officers’ guest house in Delhi on Oct 14 evening, and she was found hanging the next morning.
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