Woman Found Dead in Hyderabad Flat After Alleged Suicide Threat During Video Call

A 29-year-old woman was found dead at her flat in Hyderabad on Sunday morning after allegedly threatening to end her life during a video call with a colleague over marriage, police said. An investigation into the incident is underway.

The woman, a native of Uttar Pradesh, worked as a senior associate at a multinational company in Hyderabad. According to police, she had been in a relationship with her colleague, who belongs to Uttarakhand, for the past four years.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the man was undergoing divorce proceedings, police said.

According to police, the woman made a video call to her colleague at around 2.30 am on Sunday while he was attending a function with his mother. During the call, she allegedly showed him a chunni (scarf) tied to a ceiling fan and threatened to end her life if he did not marry her.

The man reached the woman’s flat at around 5.30 am, but found the door locked from inside. Police were alerted through Dial 112, following which personnel forcibly opened the door and found the woman hanging from the ceiling fan, police said.

A clues team inspected the scene as part of the investigation. The woman’s body was subsequently shifted to Osmania General Hospital for further procedures.

Police registered a case and initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. Further details about the case and the findings of the investigation were not immediately available.

The incident came to light on Sunday morning, with police examining the circumstances leading to the woman’s death. No further details regarding the investigation were provided in the initial police account.