Woman Slumps on Footpath, Dies

Hyderabad: A woman died after falling on the footpath and suffered a head injury, allegedly under the influence of alcohol near the KPHB Metro Rail station, KPHB police said on Tuesday.

According to the police, K. Mallesh, 40, the victim’s husband, consumed alcohol late on Monday night. On Tuesday, he attempted to wake his wife up to go rag-picking but she did not wake up. He tried to wake her up for a couple of hours, but she said she was feeling unwell. Leaving her, he went away.

On returning at 11 am, he saw that his wife was dead. He called the police and the investigation is underway. Intial reports say that she might have fallen down, suffered injuries and died.