Shiladitya Chetia, who was serving as Secretary, home and political department, in the Assam government, died by suicide on Tuesday in Guwahati only "10 minutes" after his wife breathed her last at ICU of a hospital following a prolonged illness. A report by The Print quoted Dr Hitesh Baruah, director of the Nemcare Super Specialty hospital in Guwahati as saying that Chetia took his life, only “ten minutes” after his wife died at the isolated ICU of the hospital. Baruah said Chetia's wife was battling terminal brain cancer for the past few months. As per NDTV report, she was in the fourth stage of carcinoma and was undergoing treatment. Chetia was on leave for the last four months to take care of his wife who was 43, a year younger than him.