Overview

• Sunkari Laxmibai, 80, and daughter Gouramma, 50, were found dead on Friday afternoon after jumping into Vinayakasagar lake in Bangalpet, Nirmal.
• Passersby alerted police after spotting the bodies; divers recovered them later that day.
• Authorities opened a case and have begun probing the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide pact.
• Family members report that long-term health struggles, including Gouramma’s recent gangrene-related leg amputation, had led to her depression.
• Relatives accuse the woman’s sons of neglect, intensifying familial tensions preceding the deaths.