HYDERABAD: Two sisters — Veena (60) and Meena (59) — were found dead at their apartment under Kharkhana police station limits. The women, who were reportedly suffering from mental health issues, are suspected to have died by suicide a few days ago.
The matter came to light after residents of the apartment complex noticed a foul smell coming from the sisters’ flat and alerted the police. Upon reaching the scene, police broke open the locked door and discovered the bodies lying on a bed in the living room.
On April 13, the deceased women’s sister, Balvuri Sadhana, lodged a complaint with the police. In her statement, she mentioned that their parents had eight children — seven daughters and one son. Two daughters had already passed away, and of the remaining five, three were married. Sadhana is the youngest of the siblings.
According to her, Veena and Meena were unmarried, unemployed, and had been living together in the apartment. She said both had been battling mental illness for a long time. Over the past few months, the sisters had been in regular contact with Sadhana through phone calls, with their last conversation taking place around 10 days ago.
After the calls ceased, Sadhana assumed they were doing fine since they lived together and did not attempt to contact them again. However, on April 13, Kharkhana police reached out to her about a strong stench coming from the flat. She rushed to the scene and found the door locked from the inside. When police broke it open, the sisters were found dead inside, and their bodies were in an advanced stage of decomposition.
Police have registered a case and initiated an investigation to determine the exact cause and time of death. The bodies were shifted for postmortem examination.
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