LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, wife of a UP police DIG, who is a member of the Special Investigation Team investigating the Hathres case, committed suicide on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Pushpa Prakash, wife of UP police DIG Chandra Prakash. It is learnt that Pushpa hung herself in her house on Saturday morning.

Though she was rushed to the hospital, doctors pronounced her dead. She was 36 years old. Police have started investigating the matter. Pushpa's body will be handed over to her relatives after post mortem. The case was handed over to the SIT's three-member probe team following the request of the girl's relatives, who said they had no faith in the police investigation.