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The deceased have been identified as Shantha G Rao (70), wife of retired teacher Gopalkrishna Rao, a resident of Manya Meginadka near Neerchalu in the district and her daughter Mallika Rao (50). The corpse were found in the pond near their house on Saturday, October 5 and it is assumed that the victims must have committed suicide based on a letter that they had written and kept in the house.
According to the cops, the letter has been written by Shantha Rao which state, “Daughter is unwell. I and daughter are going.”
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Soon, the family stared searching for the missing women and located their footwear was found at around 100 meters from the house near the pond. Suspecting that they might have jumped into the pond, the family immediately alerted the fire service personnel.
The fire brigade reached the location and after some time, recovered the corpses from pond with assistance from the locals.