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A three-member team of doctors - Alexander Khakha, Arvind Phergaonkar and A K Sharma - who conducted the post-mortem at the Safdarjung Hospital opined that the death had occurred due to 'asphyxia and cerebral congestion', the sources said.
Family members also don't suspect foul play, they said.
The 31-year-old unmarried fashion designer, who was found hanging in her room at her Vasant Vihar residence on Thursday evening, is suspected to have committed suicide.
Police are investigating the reasons that led Ritu to take the extreme step.
Ritu is believed to have been suffering from depression and was apparently undergoing treatment for the same.
Meanwhile, her mortal remains were consigned to flames at the Lodhi crematorium on Friday evening in the presence of a host of political personalities and others.
Ritu's brother Jagat Singh lit the funeral pyre amid chanting of vedic hymns.
Prominent among those present at the funeral ceremony were chief ministers of Punjab and Rajasthan, besides senior Congress leaders R K Dhawan, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Suresh Kalmadi and Salman Khurshid.
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