Police constable jumps into Godavari at Bhadrachalam, yet to be traced

Ramana Reddy, the constable left his footwear and mobile phone on the bridge before jumping into the river.

Kothagudem: A police constable jumped into river Godavari from the bridge across the river at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday.

The constable was said to be Ramana Reddy, who works in the district police clues team. The passersby who watched him jumping into the river informed Bhadrachalam police. The town CI Sanjeeva Rao and Vijayalakshmi rushed to the spot.

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The town traffic SI Madhu Prasad along with expert swimmers launched search operations in the river. The constable left his footwear and mobile phone on the bridge before jumping into the river. The search operations were hampered because the flood flow in the river was intense.

In a selfie video he shot on his mobile phone, Ramana Reddy stated that he was under severe pressure following recent developments in his life and was unable to handle it. He said he suffered an injury in a car accident and was unable to sleep for the past 15 days.

He said he was blessed with a good wife but she was suffering from many ailments. A house his father-in-law built recently was damaged due to floods, he said while asking for forgiveness from his wife, children and family members. The video that went viral on social media moved everyone.