Suicide case: Sirisha's boss, her friend arrested

Hyderabad: Two days after the death of beautician Sirisha, Hyderabad police has arrested her employer V. Rajeev Kumar and her friend B. Sravan Kumar, a realtor, in connection with the case.

Sirisha allegedly committed suicide. Sub-inspector of police Prabhakar Reddy was accused of molesting her and took his own life a day later. But it appears that he was not the only one. Rajeev assaulted her several times on a trip to Hyderabad. Police believes that Sirisha ended her life because of abuse from the three men.

According to the investigation, Rajeev was in a relationship with Sirisha but had started seeing another woman, an HR manager in a software firm named Tejaswini. On May 30, after finding out about the relationship between Sirisha and Rajeev, Tejaswini came to their office and tried to attack Sirisha.

Sravan had introduced Sirisha to police official
Rajeev called the cops and Banjara Hills police counselled both parties but Tejaswini, continued to threaten Sirisha over phone.

The third suspect, Sravan, knew sub-inspector Prabhakar Reddy and introduced him to Sirisha and Rajeev. The SI had put in a word with the Banjara Hills police. Sravan convinced them to meet Prabhakar Reddy to discuss the issue.

“On Monday night, they drove to Kukun-oorpally to meet the SI  where the molestation took place,” said Hyderabad commissioner of police M. Mahender Reddy.

Meanwhile, Sirisha’s relatives continued to allege that she was murdered. They alleged that the police was cooking up stories and defaming her.