Grieving Mother Drowned Herself In Water Tank Three Days After Newlywed Son Was Found Hanging Dead

A bereaved Indian mother ended her life reportedly three days after her newlywed son hanged himself to death.

The 48-year-old mother, identified as Dharmakar Varalakshmi was a resident of the southern Indian state of Telangana.

On Friday, July 29, Varalaxmi killed herself by jumping into a minor irrigation tank located on the outskirts of Ramayampet town in Medak district, according to local media reports.

The police were alerted of the incident by local farmers who found the woman’s body in the water tank.

The scene was investigated and the body was transported to a medical examiner’s office for an autopsy. The exact cause of death remains unclear as autopsy results were being awaited.

Investigators believe the mother took her own life as she was going through extreme grief after her only son, Shiva Kumar hanged himself on Tuesday. It is not known if a suicide note was recovered in both incidents.

The 21-year-old, who got married to the love of his life three months ago, was reportedly dealing with depression after his new wife left him and went to live with her parents following an altercation between the couple.

He was last seen leaving his home on Tuesday night. The next morning, his lifeless body was found hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Ramayampet, reports said.

The body was taken to a medical examiner’s office, where an autopsy revealed the cause of death to be due to asphyxiation.

The Ramayampet Police have registered a case and a further probe is underway.

A similar incident was reported in India’s Udaipur, where a father hanged himself to death shortly after performing the last rites of his 19-year-old son, who filmed his suicide on an Instagram reel.

On Monday, July 11, the teen, identified as Devisingh from Ongana, made an Insta reel, in which he was seen crying and consuming some poisonous substance, according to local media reports.

The boy’s brother saw the video and immediately alerted the people of the village, who then rushed the teen to a nearby hospital. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Devastated by the sudden death of his son, Devisingh's elderly father, 61-year-old Kalusinh killed himself by hanging at their home just hours after performing the boy’s last rites.