Mother of newborn jumps from eleventh floor in Hyderabad; police suspect family troubles

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old mother of a newborn jumped to death from the eleventh floor of an apartment in a gated community. The event happened at Chandanagar of Hyderabad on December 17. Priyanka Sreevasthav sustained multiple injuries from the fall and died on the spot. Priyanka’s husband, Anubhav Chitrey, works as a manager at an MNC in the city.

The couple married in 2017 and resided at a rented flat since September 2019 along with their eleven-month-old child. On Wednesday morning, while the child was with Anubhav’s parents and the latter was getting ready to work, the mother went into the bathroom for a bath and jumped down from the French window. The security guard noticed her in a pool of blood and alerted the residents. Later, Anubhav had to go down to identify her.

Thought the reason behind the suicide is yet to be known, police suspect family issues led to death.