Fiza Mohammed aka Anuradha Bali found dead

Chandigarh: Anuradha Bali alias Fiza Mohammad, estranged wife of former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan, was on Monday found dead at her residence in Mohali.

The body of 39-year-old Bali, a former Assistant Advocate General of Haryana, was found lying on her bed in her residence, SHO Kulbir Singh said. A senior police officer said the body found in a ground floor bedroom was in a decomposed state and preliminary inquiry showed that she may have died four to five days ago.

“At this stage nothing can be stated on whether it is a case of suicide,” the officer said. No suicide note has so far been recovered, police said.

The police opened the house after neighbours reported foul smell coming from there.

Bali hogged the limelight after getting married to Chander Mohan a few years ago when he was Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. Mr. Chander Mohan was disowned by his father and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal after the controversial marriage.

Having remained incommunicado for several days, the couple had resurfaced after embracing Islam and Bali changing her name to Fiza and Chander Mohan to Chand Mohammed.

Relations later soured between the two and Bali joined politics by launching a political outfit. Sources said that she was planning to join BSP.

Chander Mohan had recently buried his differences with his younger brother Kuldeep Bishnoi and joined the HJC headed by the latter.

In the 2009 Assembly elections in Haryana, Bali had vigorously campaigned against the Bhajan Lal family which was contesting from Adampur in Hissar district.