The body, which was found burnt in the GHMC park within the high-security Officers’ Colony at Panjagutta, has been identified as that of 20-year-old chartered accountancy student Pujitha Vasireddy from Nandigama in Krishna District.
She was identified by her relatives based on her footwear, earrings and other belongings. Later, when her parents, Srinivas and Annapurna, reached the city on Saturday, they too identified the body.
Police officials have also recovered a suicide note from the student’s house which says that she was depressed over not finding a job.
“Mummy I love you,” the note read. “Don’t want to live anymore. Even Rohitha (Pujitha’s sister) has got a job, but I couldn’t. Thought would be happy after my CA, but it didn’t work. Wanted to choose suicide by hanging at home only but later changed my mind and will end my life elsewhere. I took `2,000.”
According to another source,Pujitha had come Hyderabad and met a male friend. Both had gone out shopping and she had bought him a shirt too. She was later dropped by him. We suspect she committed suicide due to depression,” a relative told.
It is believed that the male friend is one Akshay Kumar, a bank employee and Pujitha’s former classmate. A year ago, she was in Hyderabad for the coaching classes, during which time she stayed at her uncle’s house and in a hostel. Cops have now brought in Akshay for questioning and are checking if he has any role in the case. Police is pursuing multiple angles in the investigation.