New Delhi, August 15 (DHNS) : Hours after former Union minister Dilip Singh Judeo passed away on Wednesday, his wife tried to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills. Madhvi Devi, 61, was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where her condition is stated to be stable.

Judeo, 64, was being treated for liver and kidney infection at Medanta Medicity in Gurgaon for the past 45 days.

He was declared dead on Wednesday afternoon, but Madhvi was informed only around 9.30 pm.

She was alone at their house in central Delhi’s Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, as relatives and family members were in the hospital.

“On hearing the news, Madhvi took an overdose of sleeping pills. She was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital around 10.15 pm,” said S B S Tyagi, Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi.

Her suicide bid came to light when a domestic help found her unconscious and made a call to police.

Dr H K Kaur, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, added that Madhvi underwent a stomach wash soon after arrival.

“Toxins were flushed out from her stomach with sterile water and saline solution by Thursday afternoon. Her condition is stated to be stable,” Kaur said.

Judeo is survived by wife Madhvi and two sons Prabal Pratap Singh and Yudhvir Singh. Close friends of the family said Judeo had been depressed since his newly married eldest son died of heart attack around three months back and his mother passed away some weeks later.

A Member of Parliament from Bilaspur constituency in Chhattisgarh, Judeo had run into controversy after he was accused of accepting a bribe from an Australian company in exchange for mining rights in Chhattisgarh.

Judeo, who hailed from the royal family of Jashpur, was minister of state for environment and forests in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s BJP-led coalition government.