Visakhapatnam, Dec 3 || A couple died by suicide by jumping from the third floor of an apartment building in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in Akkireddy Palem in the Gajuwaka area early morning. The deceased were identified as Pilli Durga Rao (32) and Sai Sushmita (27), an employee in a pharma company in Hyderabad.
A police officer said they received the call about 5.50 a.m. about a couple jumping from an apartment building in Sheela Nagar in Venkateshwara Colony
Police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for autopsy.
Quoting the neighbours, the police officer said the couple had been living together in a flat in the same building for the last three months and had an argument before the incident.
However, the investigations were on how and why the couple died.
The couple is said to have hailed from Amalapuram in Dr B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. Durga Rao was residing in a flat on the third floor of the same building. Sushmita was also living with her.
According to neighbours, Durga Rao was running a food catering service. One of them said he was unmarried. They had no knowledge about the woman.
A watchman of the apartment building said Durga Rao and Sushmita were living together. The reason for their extreme step was under investigation.