The morning of March 30 started like every other in Kothanur, a quiet, tree-lined neighbourhood in Bengaluru. A low hum pervaded a residential advanced, waking as much as one other Monday. Inside one house, nonetheless, a life had already ended. Inside minutes, one other would comply with.
Bhanu Chander Reddy, a younger software program engineer, was discovered hanging in his residence. Quickly after, Shazia, his spouse of 9 years, found his physique. After informing the authorities, she went as much as the seventeenth flooring of the constructing and jumped to her loss of life.
Theirs is a narrative of dashed goals, ruptured relationships, and psychological anguish.
CAREER SETBACK
Police sources stated Reddy had been working within the US with an annual package deal of about Rs 1 crore. Then his firm went large in on AI and laid off a bunch of workers. Reddy was one of many casualties.
He remained unemployed for almost a 12 months regardless of making use of to a number of corporations. Restricted alternatives attributable to coverage adjustments beneath Trump additional constrained prospects within the US. He moved to Canada however didn’t land a job there as properly earlier than returning to India.
Shazia, who had been working in Hyderabad, resigned and later secured a place at IBM. The couple relocated to Bengaluru and started rebuilding their lives, police sources stated. All the pieces appeared superb, for a time.
Nonetheless, Reddy was beneath remedy and battling despair, which investigators imagine contributed to his loss of life.
RELATIONSHIPS UNDER STRAIN
Police stated the couple had recognized one another since childhood. They began relationship, ultimately moved in collectively and even obtained hitched. However they have been apprehensive about how their households would take an interfaith marriage.
When Reddy knowledgeable his mom in regards to the marriage, she stopped chatting with him, which deeply affected him. Over time, he grew distant from his household.
Shazia was additionally anxious about revealing the wedding to her household. Her father is claimed to be influential, and he or she continued to maintain the connection beneath wraps.
She would go to residence often. Her household later advised police she appeared regular throughout her final go to over Eid and confirmed no indicators of misery.
FINAL MOMENTS
After discovering her husband’s physique, Shazia was unable to manage. Earlier than taking the acute step, she tried calling her mom twice however acquired no response.
She then despatched messages saying, “Forgive me, I’ve gotten married. I lied to you. Please forgive me.”
Her mom, who police stated shouldn’t be very literate, didn’t totally perceive the messages and didn’t alert different relations.
It was solely after the police contacted them that the household realized of the deaths. The information hit them like a bolt from the blue.
REGRETS IN LIFE, TOGETHER IN DEATH
In his suicide observe, Reddy reportedly wrote that he had precipitated hassle to others and couldn’t do justice to his spouse. He additionally expressed remorse over not with the ability to overtly introduce her to his mother and father.
By Monday afternoon, each our bodies have been despatched for last rites in the identical ambulance. Relations initially objected to this association, however later agreed.
They have been reportedly satisfied when one particular person advised them, “They may not be collectively whereas alive, at the very least allow them to go collectively now.”
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