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Tributes paid to India hotel balcony plunge victim
By Ben EndleyNovember 08, 2010
A HORLEY?woman who plunged to her death from a hotel balcony in India has been described as "very valued and popular" by her employer.
Doctors surgery?receptionist Sunanda Valand, 37, died after apparently jumping from the sixth floor of the Ramee Guestline Hotel in Mumbai?last Thursday (November 4), the day before she was due to return to the UK.
And Dr Vijay Kumar, senior partner at Birchwood Medical Practice in Kings Road, Horley,?revealed that patients and colleagues were still struggling to come to terms with the devastating news.
“We are all deeply shocked by what happened, but at the moment our thoughts are with her family at this dreadful time,” said Dr Kumar.
“We are all still reeling from the shock of it all. She was a very valued and popular member of staff.”
Mrs Valand had been?in the country on holiday?with her husband Ajay, a security worker at Heathrow Airport, since October 29.
Mr Valand told police his wife had been unhappy in India because of the heat.
Mumbai police inspector Ashok Pimple said: "It is a clear case of suicide and there is no suspicion."
A Foreign Office spokesman said that Mrs Valand's next of kin had been contacted and were receiving support and assistance.
The spokesman?declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding her death.
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