Overview
- Police say 35-year-old constable Muthe Chandrasekhar hanged himself at his Shalivahana Nagar home during a video call with a woman, according to multiple reports on Monday.
- The woman alerted Chaitanyapuri police, who informed Malakpet officers; police reached the scene, recovered the body and moved it to Osmania General Hospital for postmortem, and a case has been registered.
- Investigators are probing the constable’s relationship with the woman and the motive for his action while reports differ on his posting, with sources variously naming Malakpet, Amberpet headquarters and Malkajgiri.
- The death comes after DGP C.V. Anand used World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10 to warn about a recent string of police suicides and to link many cases to debts from online betting.
- The case is likely to renew focus on force welfare and financial pressures, and officials and outlets have pointed readers to regional mental-health helplines for immediate support.