Delhi: Autopsy report says MoD official died of suffocation due to burns

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New Delhi: The autopsy report of Defence Ministry official Kumar Yashkar Sinha says Kumar Yashkar died of suffocation due to burns. The Delhi Police have received the report. Preliminary medical investigations had suggested that no external or internal injuries other than burn injuries were found on the victim.

The police are now probing if Yashkar was under any sort of financial burden other than the work pressure. The police are also examining the possibility of financial problems being a reason for domestic tensions.

Yashkar and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their house on Friday. The post-mortem report of his wife confirmed that she was strangled to death. Yashkar's body was found charred.

Earlier on Tuesday, the brother of Kumar Yashkar alleged foul play and ruled out that marital differences could have brought this about as the couple was happily married.

Meanwhile, the police have sent the diary recovered from Yashkar's South Delhi residence for examination to ascertain its timing.

In the diary, allegedly written by Yashkar, he has blamed two senior Army officers for driving him to despair by putting pressure on him at work.

Although three to four MoD officials have been questioned, officials investigating the case said Yashkar wasn't handling any confidential assignment.

Yashkar, who was Deputy Director in the Directorate General of Medical Services, and his wife Archana were found dead in their flat on Friday afternoon. Police had registered a case of murder suspecting that the official probably strangled his wife before committing suicide.