Overview
- Police say the woman, identified as software engineer Tejaswini, removed her clothes, entered a temple, took a Goddess Ammavaru idol and then entered a nearby pond where her body was later recovered.
- The Disaster Response Force has deployed boats to search the pond because the idol has not been found and investigators consider it potential evidence.
- Officers have questioned the deceased’s mother and are examining an alleged death declaration, the woman’s recent movements and her financial transactions for clues.
- Investigators flagged the rented flat where she stayed for unusually high daily rent and reports that the building’s upper floors were being used like a lodge, and they are probing whether that is relevant.
- Police list suicide as a working theory but say the sequence and motive are unclear while CCTV footage, witness statements and forensic tests are still under review.