Hyderabad: A 24-year-old man, who went missing from his house on Monday, was found dead in the Durgam Cheruvu on Tuesday evening.
Vikas, from Madhapur, left the house and went missing. Anxious family members after searching him in all possible places later approached the police.
Based on a complaint from Vikas’s family, the Madhapur police booked a missing person case and took up an investigation.
Even as the family members and police were searching, his body was recovered from the lake.
The rescue operation was conducted with the help of expert swimmers and the body was retrieved, a day after he is suspected to have died by suicide. The family raised no suspicion over his death. He was reportedly upset for the last few days.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.