A trainee woman constable at Telangana Police Academy here committed suicide, hours after her close friend, also a woman constable, ended her life in Nalgonda district, police said on Sunday.
T. Naveena, 23, selected as a constable last year, hanged herself in her hostel room late on Saturday.
Naveena was reportedly upset over the suicide of her friend K. Madhavi, a serving constable at Vemulapally station in Nalgonda district, who hanging herself at her residence on Saturday morning.
Madhavi, 25, was reportedly not willing to marry the man selected by her parents. Police said they were investigating if there was any link between the two incidents. Both women hailed from Nalgonda district of Telangana.
According to their relatives, they were close friends since their college days.
Naveena was upset after learning about Madhavi's suicide. When she did not respond to the phone calls made by her father, he asked his son, who lives in Hyderabad, to check on her. However, she ended her life before her brother could reach the academy.
--IANS
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