28- year- old techie falls to death at Chennai airport

Mystery shrouds the tragic death of a 28- year- old techie after falling 35- 40 feet from the departure level on the second floor of the Chennai airport to the ground below in the early hours of Monday.

The police said the man, later identified as Chaitanya Vuyuru from his belongings in the bag he had left behind at the flyover railing near Gate No. 4, sustained severe head injuries and died on the spot. Preliminary probe revealed that he hailed from Vijayawada and was working in a software company at Bengaluru.

While some officials at the airport maintained that the man could have committed suicide, considering that the railing at the flyover where he was seen standing before the fall was at a safe height and falling off accidentally was just not possible, it appears that Chaitanya’s family insisted that he had “absolutely no reason” to contemplate ending life as he was quite cheerful and had no problems whatsoever either at home or at the place of work.

However, investigators are looking into all the possible angles of the mysterious tragedy, which occurred around 0640 hours. “The man had left his bag on the top, from where he had fallen off. And he had left his footwear next to the bag. Why would he take off his footwear if he was merely walking around speaking on the phone or taking selfies?” wondered an officer, requesting anonymity.