VIJAYAWADA: A 27-year-old techie died under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Arundelpet area of the city on Sunday evening. The incident came to light on Monday after her family members lodged a complaint at Suryaraopet police station, alleging that her husband had killed her. The deceased was identified as Usha Rani, a software engineer working with a tech major in Hyderabad.
She was working from home for the past several months due to the pandemic situation.
Suryaraopet circle inspector NV Surya Narayana said the incident happened at around 6.30 pm on Sunday. Rani had visited her mother’s place at Prasadampadu in the morning as it was Rakshabandhan. After tying the sacred thread on her brother’s wrist, she had returned to her in-laws’ place at around 4 pm.
About three hours later, her husband M Phani called her family members and informed them that Rani had passed away. He said she suddenly collapsed and doctors pronounced her dead by the time they could take her to a nearby private hospital.
Her shocked family members rushed to the hospital, and suspected foul play after seeing their daughter’s lifeless body.
On Monday morning, they filed a police complaint alleging that Phani and his family mambers might have murdered her. Police have registered a case under section 174 of CrPC (suspicious death) and are waiting for the post-mortem report.
Rani and Phani, a medical representative by profession, fell in love and got married about two years ago. However, there was marital discord between them which she used to frequently share with her parents. The dispute only grew after both came back from Hyderabad after their respective companies allowed them to work from home. They had no kids.
“We have sent her body to Vijayawada government general hospital for post-mortem. We can’t draw any conclusion till we get the report. We will wait for the doctor’s opinion before moving forward with her parents’ complaint,” Surya Narayana told TOI.
