Five held in girl’s suspicious death case

The suspicious death of a 19-year-old girl at Nagendra Colony in the Gopalapatnam area of Visakhapatnam took a turn with the police taking five persons, including her brother and sister-in-law, into custody.

The girl, Bhagyalakshmi, allegedly committed suicide by hanging. Though the incident occurred on 8 November, it came to light only on 10 November as the locals, who noticed her brother and sister-in-law performing her last rites in a hurry, suspected some foul play and informed the police.

The Visakhapatnam police, who registered a case of suspicious death case, arrested the victim’s brother, sister-in-law and three others on 11 November night. Bhagyalakshmi had been residing with her brother and sister-in-law for the past one year.

Woman ends life

In another case, a housewife in the city committed suicide due to alleged harassment for additional dowry.

According to the police, the woman, Dilleswsri was married to one Rajasekhar of Akkayyapalem.

In a complaint lodged with the police, the victim’s father alleged that he gave Rs 6 lakh to her daughter as she was being harassed by his son-in-law for money. She took the extreme step as his son-in-law did not stop harassment even after giving the demanded amount, he alleged in the complaint.

Following the complaint, the police registered a case and are investigating.

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This article is written by Senior Journalist Lakkoju Nagesh Babu