Andhra Pradesh: Man Dies by Suicide in Front of Estranged Lover’s House

Vijayawada: A 30-year-old software engineer died by suicide at his estranged girlfriend’s house in Gandigunta village in Vuyyur mandal on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as C. Madhava Datta Raju,30, a software engineer at an IT firm in Hyderabad and a native of Vuyyur mandal in Krishna district.

According to Vuyyur sub-inspector P. Viswanath, the deceased individual Madhava Datta Raju and his estranged girlfriend Madhavi met during their engineering graduation days and became friends. Their friendship later developed into a relationship. However, the deceased and Madhavi who is also working as a software engineer at an MNC in Chennai got separated due to domestic issues and have been apart since 2021.

“On Friday night, the deceased Madhava Datta Raju went to Madhavi’s house in Gandigunta village and sought her parents’ permission to marry their daughter for which they refused and asked him to leave their house. However, Madhava Datta Raju was found dead in front of the girl's house during the early hours of Saturday” the SI said.

The deceased died by suicide late on Friday night and the girl's family members found his body around 4 am on Saturday. Based on a complaint by the deceased’s father, a case under Section 194 of BNS Act has been registered and a probe is underway.