Representative image of a dead body.
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Bengaluru: The Siddapura police on Saturday recovered the body of a woman from Lalbagh lake in southern Bengaluru.
The police were alerted around 6.45 am by guards near the West Gate, who noticed the body floating. The woman is suspected to have died by suicide.
The deceased, identified as Jenisha Nath, 22, a house help, was found wearing a nightdress. Police said she was suspected to be suffering from post-partum depression (PPD). She was married to Navnath Raj, a security guard, four years ago and lived in the Sarjapur area.
Investigations revealed that Jenisha escaped from Vani Vilas Hospital around 4 am, about 3.2 km from Lalbagh. She had given birth to a baby boy on August 16, who was suffering from a liver-related ailment, police said. They suspect she was upset and under PPD, which may have led her to take the extreme step.
Police said she entered the park around 5.30 am, and security guards let her in, assuming she was a morning walker. Her body was found floating an hour later, around 6.30 am. Police alerted her family, who were about to file a missing complaint, and the body was identified.
“There were no visible injuries on her body, and death by suicide is suspected,” a police officer told DH. “The body has been sent for post-mortem, and the report is awaited. It is yet to be clear if she drowned or consumed something. An Unnatural Death Report (UDR) has been registered.”