Police investigate fatal attack on woman and building fall in Vijayawada

Police in Vijayawada have opened an investigation after a 22-year-old man allegedly attacked a 19-year-old woman and later jumped from a multi-storey building in New Rajarajeswaripeta on Saturday. The man, identified as M. Chinna Rao, died at the scene from multiple injuries, according to police.

His body was taken to the Government General Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination. Police said Chinna Rao had allegedly been stalking the woman, identified as Mahalakshmi, and had proposed marriage to her. He had reportedly approached her family for consent, but they rejected his proposal.

Mahalakshmi sustained serious injuries, including an injury to her throat, and was admitted to the Government General Hospital. Her condition was described as critical in the source material. The Satyanarayanapuram police registered a case and began investigating the circumstances of the alleged attack and the subsequent death.

The source material did not report any arrest or provide further details about the investigation. The report said Chinna Rao was a native of Srikakulam district and had moved to Vijayawada about two years earlier. It did not give further information about the relationship between the two people or the events immediately preceding the alleged attack.

The incident combines a serious assault with a fatal fall, but police have not publicly established a motive beyond the reported rejected marriage proposal. Further findings are expected to depend on the investigation and post-mortem examination.