Rs 80 lakh package, US house and a secret marriage: Bengaluru engineer found dead at apartment, techie wife jumps from 18th floor 20 minutes later

In a distressing incident, a techie couple who recently shifted from Hyderabad, died by suicide within minutes of each other at their apartment in Bengaluru's Kothanur area. The back-to-back sudden deaths left behind a trail of unanswered questions and shocking revelations about their personal and professional lives, reports TOI's Rajiv Kalkod. 32-year-old Bhanu Chander Reddy was found dead in his apartment and within minutes of discovering his body, his wife died by suicide after jumping from the 18th floor of the same residential complex, police said.

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When 31-year-old Bibi Shaziya Siraj returned home from night shift around 7.30 am on Tuesday morning, she sensed something suspicious when her husband failed to answer her calls. She immediately raised an alarm and contacted the building's security staff saying that the bedroom door was locked from inside. When guards broke open the door, Reddy's body was found and a suicide note was also recovered from a table.


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Couple's final moment in 20 minutes

Merely just twenty minutes after hubby Bhanu Chander Reddy was found hanging, Bibi Shaziya Siraj jumped from 18th floor of their apartment. Police said that Shaziya Siraj was at the scene as neighbours began coming and calls were made to emergency services.

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“We are told she was around for 20 minutes after the body was discovered,” an officer told TOI. Amid the commotion, she is believed to have left unnoticed, taken the lift to the 18th floor and jumped.

Rs 80 lakh package job lost due to AI

The details that emerged about the couple paint a picture of disturbed professional anxiety. In the purported suicide note, Bhanu Chander Reddy blamed job loss behind his stress and anxiety. He reportedly earned a package of around Rs 80 lakh and the couple even owned a house in the United States, indicating financial stability and professional success. The man's family revealed that he had also built another house for his family in Telangana. But life changed after he lost his job due to AI and his anxiety kept on increasing when he was unable to find another job.

Police said the couple had moved to Bengaluru about eight months ago after Shaziya secured a job with a multinational technology company, IBM. Reddy had returned to India after losing his job in the US and had been trying to find work.

A secret marriage

Preliminary probe said the couple was married for two and a half years but only the man's family were aware of the relationship. Friends and colleagues of Reddy told police that Shaziya Siraj had not informed her family about the marriage.

Investigators said the couple initially stayed in Hyderabad but found it difficult to continue there due to the need to keep their marriage secret from relatives. They later moved to Bengaluru and were living on the eighth floor of Tower 6 in an apartment complex on Thanisandra Main Road. Officers said Reddy had been struggling with anxiety linked to unemployment after the move. Further investigation is ongoing.

Police are continuing their investigation, looking into the events leading up to the deaths, including the contents of the note and the couple’s recent financial and personal struggles. Officials said preliminary findings suggest the man had been dealing with anxiety over unemployment, along with increasing pressure in recent months.

(With TOI inputs)