Nafisa Joseph

MUMBAI (Reuters) A former Miss India and television anchor committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home in Mumbai, police said on July 30. Police said they were investigating why Nafisa Joseph, 25, a familiar face on Indian television, killed herself on July 29.

“Our preliminary investigations show that she committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her apartment,” A.R. Bodhare, a police officer, told Reuters. Joseph’s mother told television reporters the model ended her life after her wedding planned for next month was called off.

[Joseph had an altercation with her fiancé, Gautam Khanduja, over his divorce from his current wife, police said in Mumbai on July 30, Indo-Asian News Service reports.]

Born in Bangalore, Joseph entered the glamour world of modelling after she won the coveted Miss India crown in 1997. An animal lover and well-known video jockey, she hosted a show on MTV India, ‘Housefull,’ for nearly five years. She also anchored a television show on fashion called ‘Style’ and played herself in a cameo role in a Bollywood film.