PARENTS CONTEST COPS’ ‘LOVE FAILURE’ CLAIM

T. Shriya Prasad, 19, was studying BTech, second year in a university in Andhra Pradesh. On February 12, 2016, her mother Ms Yovnne Prasad, a resident of Vayupur in Secunderabad, received a call from the university informing that her young daughter had committed suicide by hanging herself in the hostel room.

Based on the suicide note found in the room, the Vizag police concluded it was case of ‘Love Failure’. A post-mortem was performed even before the parents reached the university. The same day, the body was brought to Hyderabad and buried in Ammaguda graveyard. The distraught parents started an independent investigation; the evidence collected indicated doctoring of facts.

The FIR stated the girl died at 5 pm on February 12 but her Facebook account was active at 5.24 pm. Parents in consultation with a handwriting experts found the suicide note.

The words ‘Miss u 2maro darling’ written in it did not match with her handwriting (a copy was showed to this newspaper).

And on the same day at around 12.40 pm, Shirya spoke to her mother about her NCC exam and sounded fine. Parents alleged that her death was manipulated to make it look like suicide. The girl’s parents filed a petition in the High Court seeking nod to re-conduct the post-mortem.

The HC directed the Cyberabad police commissioner to exhume the body. In March 2016, the body was exhumed and a post-mortem was done again. “We also filed a petition in the HC seeking the status of the investigation by the police. The court asked the police to file their counter, in which the police mentioned that they had examined the witnesses, special teams were constituted to investigate the postmortem report and the investigation was still in progress. Over two years, the police have not been able to conclude that it was a suicide due to a love affair, despite the first FIR claiming it was,” said a source.

The family refused to comment since the case is still in the HC.