Hyderabad Tech Worker Found Dead in Hussain Sagar as Police Probe Suspected Suicide

Overview

• The deceased was identified by police as 26-year-old Topnival (T.) Vijayalakshmi, a Kukatpally resident and IT employee originally from Kandlakoya.
• She left home on Saturday and was reported missing by a relative on Sunday after she did not return, according to the Kukatpally police.
• A woman spotted the body in the lake on Monday and alerted the lake police, who informed Kukatpally officers and coordinated the recovery.
• Police said she was the primary caregiver for her mother, who has a mental illness, and that marriage proposals were reportedly withdrawn after she insisted her mother live with her post-marriage.
• Investigators said her computer history showed searches about suicide methods and that she had recently been under psychiatric care; the body was sent for postmortem and the case remains under investigation.