Mancherial municipal commissioner’s wife found hanging

The couple have a seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter

Mancherial: The wife of Mancherial Municipal Commissioner N Balakrishna was found hanging in their residence at Aditya Enclave Colony here on Tuesday.

Mancherial Assistant Commissioner of Police B Tirupathi Reddy said Jyothi, 30, was found hanging by a neighbour, who got suspicious when Jyothi did not open the door after knocking for quite a long time. The neighbour alerted Balakrishna, who rushed home, after which the police were called in.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police Kekan Sudhir Ramnath and Thirupathi Reddy are investigating. Thirupathi Reddy told the media that though initial suspicion was of a suicide, there was no suicide note found in the house. The police were also waiting for Jyothi’s parents to come from Khammam. Balakrishna was in shock and not in a condition to talk, he said.

The couple have a seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter.