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Ex-Techie Goes Naked To Hyderabad Temple, Then Dies By Suicide: Cops

A Hyderabad woman with mental health issues walked naked to a temple and died by suicide.

By Project Chintan Newsroom
19 July 2026 · 1 min read
Ex-Techie Goes Naked To Hyderabad Temple, Then Dies By Suicide: Cops

A 25-year-old woman former techie in Hyderabad, who was suffering from mental health issues, walked naked to a temple and later died by suicide by jumping into a pond, police said on Saturday.

The woman had earlier worked as a techie in Bengaluru before shifting to Visakhapatnam.

Due to marital disputes between her mother and father, the latter lives in Visakhapatnam. The victim and her mother have been living at Peerzadiguda in Hyderabad.

On July 17, she and her mother went to Miyapur in the city to see a double bedroom apartment for purchasing it. They came back home and slept in separate rooms. Later, the deceased woman locked her mother's bedroom and went naked to a temple before jumping into a pond.

Police, who received information on Saturday morning about the incident, recovered the body from the pond.

The body was handed over to her mother after post mortem. The woman's father was informed about the incident, a police official said.

The official added that both the woman and her mother were suffering from phobias and fears.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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