Married woman feared drowned at Vizag beach surfaces with lover in city

NT Correspondent
Bengaluru:

In an unexpected turn of events, a married woman who was assumed to have drowned at a beach in Visakhapatnam two days ago was reportedly traced to the city with her new boyfriend, local police confirmed on Thursday.

R Sai Priya, 21, a resident of Sanjeevaiah Nagar in Visakhapatnam was married to CH Srinivasa Rao, a private employee in Hyderabad, in 2020. However, according to reports, it is speculated that the couple was not happy with each other.

Speaking to News Trail, the Visakhapatnam police said, “The couple had visited the Simhachalam temple here in the morning (July 25) and Ramakrishnapuram beach in the evening to spend some time on the occasion of their second wedding anniversary on Monday. As the husband received a phone call, he moved aside while his wife was capturing selfies on her phone. However, when he came back after a few minutes, there was no trace of his wife. He feared she had been carried away in the sea by a tide and quickly notified the authorities," the police said.

The case was considered a priority because the mayor and deputy mayor of Visakkhapatnam were actively involved in the search operation, and a navy chopper was also pushed into action. According to reports from Visakhapatnam police, the authorities spent around Rs 1 cr on search operations for the woman.

However, the missing woman is now in Bengaluru, according to the circle forensic officer at K Rama Rao. The Visakhapatnam Additional Commissioner of Police (east) Harshitha Chandra said the missing woman has been traced and she has sent a voice message to her parents over the phone saying she is safe and would return soon.