Retired Army officer's wife found dead at Panchkula apartment, police probe circumstances

Panchkula, Nov 9 (UNI) The wife of a retired Army officer was found dead at her apartment in Panchkula on Monday, hours after the family returned from Delhi following Diwali celebrations, police said. The deceased was identified as Shikha Verma, wife of retired Lieutenant Colonel Piyush Verma. Police suspect that she died by suicide, but the circumstances leading to her death remain unclear. According to police, the couple had been living in a rented apartment at DLF Valley in Panchkula for nearly two years with their five-year-old son. The family had travelled to Delhi to celebrate Diwali and returned to…