Loan App Harassment Suspected Behind Woman’s Suicide
During preliminary inquiry, police examined the deceased woman’s mobile phone and found indications that she had borrowed money through an unidentified loan application.
A 25-year-old married woman was found dead at her residence in Neredmet, reportedly unable to bear harassment from loan app operators. However, her family has raised suspicions over the circumstances surrounding her death, prompting police to register a case of suspicious death and launch an investigation from all possible angles.
According to Neredmet police, the deceased was identified as Shivadanapu Devanandini, a native of Ganapavaram village in Krishna district. She had married Tirumala Revanth Kumar, a native of Dwarakatirumala in West Godavari district, in a love marriage on November 8, 2022. The couple have been residing at an apartment in JJ Nagar under the Neredmet police station limits for the past three years and were employed in private jobs.
Police said that on June 7, Kumar left home around 10 am for work. After repeated phone calls to his wife went unanswered, he returned home and found her hanging from a ceiling fan, using a chunni in the bedroom. He immediately alerted the police.
During preliminary inquiry, police examined the deceased woman’s mobile phone and found indications that she had borrowed money through an unidentified loan application. Investigators suspect that repeated calls and harassment over repayment delays may have driven her to take the extreme step.
However, the woman’s father, Bhimavarapu Venkata Reddy, lodged a complaint expressing suspicion over his daughter’s death, including doubts regarding her husband’s role. Police said further investigation is underway.
Teen dies after eating mangoes
A 14‑year‑old girl died after consuming mangoes suspected to be contaminated, while four of her family members who also ate them were hospitalised with diarrhoea in Kacheguda.
The victim, Sudha Rani, a class VIII student and third daughter of Vaidyanath and Indumathi of Vittalwadi, Narayanguda, fell ill on Sunday night after eating mangoes at home along with her mother and three sisters. All five suffered severe food poisoning symptoms, including vomiting and diarrhoea.
Her father rushed them to a private hospital, where Sudha succumbed in the early hours of Tuesday. The condition of her mother Indumathi and her sisters is reported to be stable. Police said the mangoes had been brought from a local market by Sudha’s aunt Renuka and confirmed the death was caused by eating the mangoes.
Vaidyanath and Indumathi, natives of Bidar district in Karnataka, had settled in Hyderabad about 30 years ago. “The health condition of Indumathi and her daughters is stable,” said J. Sai Sandeep, sub‑inspector of Narayanguda police station.
Police registered a case of suspicious death under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. After post‑mortem at Osmania General Hospital, the body was handed over to the family.
Man dies after coming underneath train bogie
A 31-year-old passenger boarding a moving train at Secunderabad railway station died after he slipped and fell underneath the carriage. According to GRP DSP S.N. Jawed, the incident occurred at 21.45 hours on platform number 8, when the victim was boarding Jaipur Express. During investigation, the victim was identified as Azad Ansari, a labourer and a native from Jharkhand.
“His family members have been informed about the incident and after the autopsy at the Gandhi Hospital, the body has been preserved and it will be handed over to his kin, when they come,” Jawed said.
Sircilla Pocso court awards 20 years' jail for sexual harassment
Rajanna Sircilla Posco Court magistrate Radhika Jaiswal on Tuesday awarded 20 years' jail imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000 to the accused in a case related to sexual harassment of a minor girl under Gambhiraopet police station limits.
Sircilla SP Gite Mahesh Babasaheb said Kotagiri Srinivas of Gorintla village had sexually harassed a minor girl. Subsequently, her parents filed a complaint with Gambhiraopet police in 2020. Public Prosecutor Penta Srinivas succeeded in proving the accused guilty with the help of 15 witnesses and providing scientific proof.
Additional SP Chandraiah, then DSP Chandrasekhar Reddy, court monitoring sub-inspector Ravinder Naidu and the public prosecutor played a crucial role in securing the conviction of the accused.
2 arrested at Kamareddy railway station, 10-kg ganja seized
Kamareddy prohibition and excise personnel conducted a raid within the Nagavali Express train at Kamareddy Railway Station and arrested two persons travelling with 10 kg of dry ganja on Tuesday.
The accused have been identified as Suneel and Praveen of Jalna district in Maharashtra.
Kamareddy excise circle inspector CH. Sampath Krishna disclosed that the accused had purchased ganja from Rayghad in Odisha for transporting the same to Maharashtra.
Those involved in the raid include district prohibition and excise officer B. Hanimantha Rao, excise sub-inspector M. Vikram Kumar, head constables John, Balawanth Rao and Farooq.
